Some browning, elso good copy showing Japan and Formosa,

Taken from the fake description of the Island of Formosa by George Psalmanazar, who was probably French but claimed to be from Formosa upon his arrival in England in 1703.

Showing Jerusalem, engraved by Stoopendael, edited by Jacob and Pieter Keur for their Bible in 1736.

1535 edition (with title on top, no text on verso) of the first (1522) printed map to focus on the Southeast Asian islands and the only map to focus on this area in the first half of the 16th Century.

Showing anthropophagi (cannibals) on the island of Angama (Bali??)

Strong print, excellent condition

Small map (26x20cm) of the Holy Land, lacking the upper margin

First carte à figures of Asia, showing the main cities, including Macao and Goa, six images of the kings, as well as eight figures of various countries.

From: l'Atlas Curieux. Engraved by Herman van Loon, this map was dedicated to the Children of France.First edition on a large scale of the earlier map by de Fer: Suivant les Nouvelles. The cartouches are more elaborately ornamented. De Fer's general map of Asia does introduce one new feature: a continuous landbridge extending from northern Korea and eastern Siberia across to the American Northwest. (Antiques of the Orient, Mapping the Continent of Asia, # 83)

Early edition with rare cartouche in the left upper corner.

Detailed map of the Caspian Sea.

Highly attractive map of Russia and Siberia, still showing Nova Zembla as part of the continent, undecided whether the Street of Anian open or closed.