Antique Map of the East Indies by Moll ‘1745’
Antique Map of the East Indies by Ortelius (1572)
Description: Antique map titled 'Indiae Orientalis Insularumque Adiacientium Typus'. One of the earliest published maps of the East Indies, decorated with a pair of frolicking mermaids, galleons, sea monsters, a crest and decorative title within a strap work frame. Ortelius's map of the Indies improved upon the positioning of the all important Moluccas (the Spice Islands), than those of Gastaldi 1548, Ramusio 1554 and Forlani 1565. His map of Asia and this one, are the first published works to definitely map the island of Formosa (Taiwan) and to identify it by that name. Originates from 'Theatrum oder Schawplatz des Erdbodems'.
Artists and Engravers: Abraham Ortelius, Flemish cartographer and geographer, conventionally recognized as the creator of the first modern atlas, the Theatrum Orbis Terrarum (Theatre of the World). He is also believed to be the first person to imagine that the continents were joined together before drifting to their present positions.
- Date: 1572
- Overall size: 52 x 38.5 cm.
- Image size: 50 x 35 cm.
- Condition: Good, map is mounted/restored. Few defects. German text on verso, please study image carefully.
Antique Map of the East Indies by Ortelius (c.1603)
Description: Antique map titled 'Indiae Orientalis Insularumque Adiacientium Typus'. One of the earliest published maps of the East Indies, decorated with a pair of frolicking mermaids, galleons, sea monsters, a crest and decorative title within a strap work frame. Ortelius's map of the Indies improved upon the positioning of the all important Moluccas (the Spice Islands), than those of Gastaldi 1548, Ramusio 1554 and Forlani 1565. His map of Asia and this one, are the first published works to definitely map the island of Formosa (Taiwan) and to identify it by that name. Originates from 'Theatrum Orbis Terrarum'.
Artists and Engravers: Abraham Ortelius, Flemish cartographer and geographer, conventionally recognized as the creator of the first modern atlas, the Theatrum Orbis Terrarum (Theatre of the World). He is also believed to be the first person to imagine that the continents were joined together before drifting to their present positions.
- Date: c.1603
- Overall size: 52.5 x 42 cm.
- Image size: 49.5 x 35 cm.
- Condition: Fair, age-related toning. Original/contemporary hand coloring. Defect on folding line and minor wear. Latin text on verso, please study image carefully.
Antique Map of the East Indies by Rossi (1683)
Description: Antique map titled 'Isole Dell'India cioe le Molucche la Filippine e della Sonda Parte de Paesi di nuova scoperta e l'Isole de Ladri ne Mare del Zud (..)'. Decorative map of Southeast Asia, northern Australia and the islands of Melanesia. Depicting Malaya (Penisola di Malacca), Sumatra, Java, Celebes, Nova Guinea, and Nuova Olanda (Australia).
Artists and Engravers:Â Giacomo Giovanni Rossi (1627-1691) was an Italian engraver and printer. He worked in Rome, the heir to an important printing business founded by his father, Giuseppe de Rossi (1570-1639). Giuseppe began the press in 1633 and Giovanni and his brother, Giandomenico (1619-1653) took it over upon his death. The brothers expanded the business and by the mid-seventeenth century it was the best-known printing house in Rome. For his maps, Giovanni worked with Giacomo Cantelli da Vignola.Â
- Date: 1683
- Overall size: 59.5 x 47 cm.
- Image size: 58 x 44.5 cm.
- Condition: Fair, age-related toning. Some soiling, repair on folding line and right part of the map including the top right corner. Blank verso, please study image carefully.
Antique Map of the East Indies by Scott (c.1810)
Description: Antique map titled 'East India Islands'. Scarce and highly detailed map of Southeast Asia and the Philippines. The map extends from Hainan and the Gulf of Tonkin to Pegu and the Bay of Bengal, in the North and showing all of the Philippines, Papual New Guinea, Timor, Java, Sumatra and the Malaysian Peninsula.
Artists and Engravers: Engraved by R. Scott.
- Date: c.1810
- Overall size: 25.5 x 20.5 cm.
- Image size: 23.5 x 19.5 cm.
- Condition: Fair, some defects and creasing. Repair lower margin. Please study image carefully.
Antique Map of the East Indies by Scott (c.1840)
Antique Map of the East Indies by Speed ‘1676’
Antique Map of the East Indies by Speed (1676)
Description:Â Antique map titled 'A New Map of East India'. John Speed's map of Southeast Asia, China, Taiwan and part of India, which was engraved by Francis Lamb and first appeared in the enlarged edition of Speed's world atlas in 1676. The map covers Southeast Asia, from the Maldives and India to modern Indonesia, Malaysia, and the Philippines.
Artists and Engravers: John Speed (1551 or 1552 – 28 July 1629) was an English cartographer and historian. He is, alongside Christopher Saxton, one of the best known English mapmakers of the early modern period.
- Date: 1676
- Overall size: 57 x 44 cm.
- Condition: Good, general age-related toning. English text on verso, minor wear. Please study image carefully.
Antique Map of the East Indies by Speed (1676)
Description:Â Antique map titled 'A New Map of East India'. John Speed's map of Southeast Asia, China, Taiwan and part of India, which was engraved by Francis Lamb and first appeared in the enlarged edition of Speed's world atlas in 1676. The map covers Southeast Asia, from the Maldives and India to modern Indonesia, Malaysia, and the Philippines.
Artists and Engravers: John Speed (1551 or 1552 – 28 July 1629) was an English cartographer and historian. He is, alongside Christopher Saxton, one of the best known English mapmakers of the early modern period.
- Date: 1676
- Overall size: 57 x 44 cm.
- Condition: Good, general age-related toning. English text on verso, minor wear. Please study image carefully.
Antique Map of the East Indies by Van der Aa ‘1849’
Antique Map of the East Indies by Wells (1712)
Description: Antique map titled 'A New Map of the East Indies'. Old map covering all of Southeast Asia from Persia to the Timor Island, inclusive of the modern day nations of India, Ceylon, Thailand, Burma (Myanmar), Malaysia, Cambodia, Vietnam, Laos, Indonesia, Borneo, and the Philippines. Based on Nicholas De Fer's map of Asia, the map renders the region in detail offering both topographical and political information with mountains beautifully rendered in profile. The Island of Singapore is shown but not labeled. Bali (Baly) and Lombok (Lombock) as well as Batavia are identified. Most of the Great Sunda Islands as well as the Lesser Sunda Islands, which were largely unexplored well into the 19th century, are mapped speculatively. Depicts a fairly narrow India and a misshaped Taiwan. This map originates from 'A New Sett of Maps both of Ancient and Present Geography' by E. Wells.Â
Artists and Engravers: Edward Wells (1667 - 1727) was an English mathematician, geographer, and classical scholar based at Christ Church College, Oxford. Well's was trained for the ministry but quickly found himself unsuited to religious life and instead applied for an academic position at Oxford, where he authored numerous well respected works on a wide range of mathematical and scientific topics. He was chosen to tutor the young Prince William, the sickly son of Queen Anne. The two must have been quite close for Well's dedicated nearly all of the maps in his most important atlas, A New Sett of Maps both of Ancient and Present Geography. Sadly, he young prince died in July of 1700 shortly before the atlas was published. Nonetheless, Wells' geography proved popular and was published in number editions well into the 1730s.
- Date: 1712
- Overall size: 53.5 x 42 cm.
- Image size: 47.5 x 35.5 cm.
- Condition: Fair, age-related toning. Repair on folding line and lower margin, some other defects and creasing. Blank verso, please study image carefully.
Antique Map of the East Indies by Wells (1712)
Description: Antique map titled 'A New Map of the East Indies'. Old map covering all of Southeast Asia from Persia to the Timor Island, inclusive of the modern day nations of India, Ceylon, Thailand, Burma (Myanmar), Malaysia, Cambodia, Vietnam, Laos, Indonesia, Borneo, and the Philippines. Based on Nicholas De Fer's map of Asia, the map renders the region in detail offering both topographical and political information with mountains beautifully rendered in profile. The Island of Singapore is shown but not labeled. Bali (Baly) and Lombok (Lombock) as well as Batavia are identified. Most of the Great Sunda Islands as well as the Lesser Sunda Islands, which were largely unexplored well into the 19th century, are mapped speculatively. Depicts a fairly narrow India and a misshaped Taiwan. This map originates from 'A New Sett of Maps both of Ancient and Present Geography' by E. Wells.Â
Artists and Engravers: Edward Wells (1667 - 1727) was an English mathematician, geographer, and classical scholar based at Christ Church College, Oxford. Well's was trained for the ministry but quickly found himself unsuited to religious life and instead applied for an academic position at Oxford, where he authored numerous well respected works on a wide range of mathematical and scientific topics. He was chosen to tutor the young Prince William, the sickly son of Queen Anne. The two must have been quite close for Well's dedicated nearly all of the maps in his most important atlas, A New Sett of Maps both of Ancient and Present Geography. Sadly, he young prince died in July of 1700 shortly before the atlas was published. Nonetheless, Wells' geography proved popular and was published in number editions well into the 1730s.
- Date: 1712
- Overall size: 57 x 44 cm.
- Image size: 48 x 35.5 cm.
- Condition: Good, general age-related toning. Minor wear, small defects outside image. Blank verso, please study image carefully.