Washington: Government Printing Office, 1900. Map. Color lithograph. Image measures 11 1/2" x 13 5/8" This map is the first in a thirty-part series mapping the islands of the Philippines. Titled 'Pacifico', this map is the smallest scale of the series, depicting the entire "South Seas" region, extending from Borneo in the west to the Pacific coast of California in the east. Hundreds of Pacific islands are labeled, comprising dozens of island groups including the Hawaiian, Carolina, Marshall, Solomon, Samoan..... More

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1900. Map. Color lithograph. Image measures 11.75 x 13.75". This incredibly detailed map of the island of Panay was originally prepared as part of a series made by the Manila Observatory of the Jesuits in 1899. Led by director P. Jose Algue, the Observatory employed only native Philippine draftsmen to complete the technical work required for the project. Upon learning of the Jesuits' undertaking, the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey entered into cooperation with the Observatory..... More

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1900. Map. Color lithograph. Image measures 11.75 x 13.75". This map of the San Juanico Strait, connecting the Philippine islands of Leyte and Samar, was originally prepared as part of a series made by the Manila Observatory of the Jesuits in 1899. Led by director P. Jose Algue, the Observatory employed only native Philippine draftsmen to complete the technical work required for the project. Upon learning of the Jesuits' undertaking, the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey..... More

Paris: Jacques-Francois Benard, 1785. Map. Engraving with hand coloring. Image measures 15.25" x 26". 1785. This important map of the North Pacific covers the northwest coast of America including Alaska east as far as the Hudson Bay and the northeast coast of Asia including Kamchatka. Published in French, the map is based on a Russian manuscript map and is the first French edition of the official account of Captain James Cook's Third Voyage in the HMS Revolution between 1778 and..... More

London: Bowles, 1794. Map, in two sheets. Colored outline. Top sheet measures 20 3/4" x 28 3/8", bottom sheet measures 20 3/4" x 27 9/16" Beautiful set of maps featuring the Coromandel Coast of southeast India from Narsapur south to Nagapattinam. Important cities, rivers, mountains and lakes noted. The Bowles family of publishers and map sellers were active in London for four generations, from the late 17th century to the early 19th century. Carrington Bowles took over the Cornhill bookshop..... More

London: G. & J. Cary, 1806. Map. Engraving with original hand coloring. Image measures 18" x 20.5". This stunning early 19th century map of Asia by Cary depicts the continent, showing from Europe to Japan, and as far south as New Zealand. Identifies the Great Wall of China. The disputed waters between Korea and Japan are here unlabeled. Important cities, rivers, towns, mountains, deserts, islands and other topographical features are noted throughout. Focusing on the political divisions at the time..... More

New York: Prentice-Hall, 1948. Map. Offset Lithograph. 16 1/4" x 18 1/4". Stereographic projection centered on Japan. Good detail in south china sea region. More

Venice. Map. Uncolored engraving. Sheet measures 17 3/4" x 24". This gorgeous circa 1691 map of the Old World is by Vincenzo Coronelli. Dedicated to Jacobo Marcello, the map is based on classical geography and covers the Eastern Hemisphere including the continents of Europe, most of Asia and Africa. The northeast parts of Asia, China and Japan are not included. Africa is only depicted as far south as the Tropic of Capricorn. A series of rings surround the map noting..... More

London: James and John Knapton, 1728. Sea Chart. Uncolored engraving.19 x 22 1/2 inches. This beautiful early sea chart of the Coromandel coast in Southeast India covers the entire eastern coast of India as well as the western coast of Burma (Myanmar) and southern Thailand. Extends from modern day Kanyakumari north to include the Ganges River Delta, the coast of Bangladesh and then south along western coast of Burma or Myanmar to Thailand. The northern parts of Sri Lanka or..... More

Leiden: Van der Aa, Pierre. Map. Copper plate engraving. Image measures 11 1/8 x 14 3/8". A dynamic bird's-eye view of Valletta, the capital city of Malta, published circa 1720. Seen from the northwest, the city is richly detailed, although likely arranged more geometrically than in reality. Surrounding cities of Senglea and Vittoriosa, as well as Fort Ricasoli, are also shown to the left of the capital. A figured title cartouche in the lower left shows a group of men..... More

Paris: de Fer, Nicolas. Map. Engraving with modern hand coloring. Image measures 5.5" x 6.5". Rare and unusual map of the Phillipines with an inset of Japan, circa 1720. Names Sincapura and Balli. With centerfold. Nicolas de Fer (1646-1720) was a French cartographer, engraver and publisher. He became official geographer to the French Dauphin (1691) and to the Spanish King (1702). More

London: J. Harris & Son, 1823. Set of 2 maps. Engraving with original hand coloring. Repair to lower center fold, chips to margins. Each measuring 13.75 x 16.75 inches. Abbe Gaultier, was an educational reformer who fled revolutionary France for London. He began publishing his works in the late eighteenth century, and his philosophy of teaching geographical knowledge through games. More

London: Laurie & Whittle, 1794. Map. Engraving with hand coloring. Together measure 42" x 48". This informative late 18th-century wall map of Asia is based on the cartography of the famous French cartographer Jean Baptiste Bourguignon D'Anville. He was particularly interested in the Far East, making exact studies from many sources, and including the excellent contributions made by Jesuit missionaries to China and Indonesia. It is interesting to note the Asiatic royal leader in the cartouche with an opium pipe..... More