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Antique maps depicting cityscapes and coastal views from different eras, showcasing detailed engravings of urban structures and natural landscapes.

View of the Dardanellen, 1726, 1726 print View of the Zeestraat the Dardanellen (Hellespont) with the Turkish city of Constantinople in the distance. Plate no. 464 in part XVIII of the print work: Les Forces de l'Europe, Asie, Afrique et Amerique ... Comme Aussi Les Cartes des Côtes de France et d'Espagne from 1726, this second part with 271 hand -numbered Plates of renowned strong cities and fortresses in the context of the Spanish War of Succession 1701-1713. For the most part, these records have been copied to the anonymous French records of renowned strong cities and forces: in Les Forces de l'Europe and in: Le Theater de la Guerre, Dans Les Pays-Bas, both originally published by Nicolas de Fer in Paris (1693-1697) in the context of the Nine Years' War. Title and inscriptions in French. Bottom traces of the PLAYED number: 150. print maker: Northern Netherlandspublisher: Leiden paper etching maps of separate countries or regions Constantinople. Dardanelles
View of the Dardanellen, 1726, 1726 print View of the Zeestraat the Dardanellen (Hellespont) with the Turkish city of Constantinople in the distance. Plate no. 464 in part XVIII of the print work: Les Forces de l'Europe, Asie, Afrique et Amerique ... Comme Aussi Les Cartes des Côtes de France et d'Espagne from 1726, this second part with 271 hand -numbered Plates of renowned strong cities and fortresses in the context of the Spanish War of Succession 1701-1713. For the most part, these records have been copied to the anonymous French records of renowned strong cities and forces: in Les Forces de l'Europe and in: Le Theater de la Guerre, Dans Les Pays-Bas, both originally published by Nicolas de Fer in Paris (1693-1697) in the context of the Nine Years' War. Title and inscriptions in French. Bottom traces of the PLAYED number: 150. print maker: Northern Netherlandspublisher: Leiden paper etching maps of separate countries or regions Constantinople. Dardanelles
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CIVITATES ORBIS TERRARUM - VISTA DE LA CIUDAD Y DEL PUERTO DE CALCUTA - GRABADO - SIGLO XVI. Author: BRAUN GEORG 1541-1622 / HOGENBERG FRANS. Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.The new fortress of Charleroi, 1666; Caerte figurative from the new city from Charle Roij (...); Plant the La Nouelle Fortresse de Charle Roij (...). The new fortress of Charleroi for which the first stone has been laid by landlift Francisco de Castel Rodrigo on September 3, 1666. View of the fortress on a hill, in the foreground the governor and officers on horseback. In framed oak leaves and a monogram of the letters CC. Two verses of five lines in Dutch and French in the captions.Boston, city and harbour, in 1748, America, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact date unknownThird map of Europe (France and Belgium). Full gold border. Commentary text in green border, with gold rubrics and 4-line gold initial on green, pink and blue field. 1460. Ptolemy, 2nd cent.. Cartographic. Religious books, Manuscripts, Maps. Manuscripts and Archives Division. Belgium, FranceDawn; Spes proxima phoebi; Life of Mary in emblems. Presentation of the dawn of the day above a landscape with cottages. Stars disappear, an owl flies away, the sky is lighter in the distance. Above and below this print Latin and French texts in letterpress. This leaf is part of the 'Life of Maria's Life in Emblems'. In addition to a title page and 26 emblems, the first state of this series also includes three blades with hymns on Maria in letterpress without image.Photo collection Government information service. View of Havana (Cuba) Card from the Vingbonsatlas. undated. Cuba, HavanaAztec Map 1577. P. 630 Off: Nimborger, Hanss Augustus, Geometria. Dresden: Slub mscr.dresd.c.493Vue de Quebec, capitale du Canada , Québec Québec, Aerial views Norman B. Leventhal Map Center CollectionMap of the province of Utrecht (fifth part of below), Thomas Doesburgh, in or after 1696 - 1702 print Part (fifth of below) of a map of the province of Utrecht. paper engraving / etching maps of separate countries or regions. coat of arms (as symbol of the state, etc.). hunting, chase. agriculture. peat-cutting. fishing (sports). river-gods. cattle UtrechtWillem Barents, 1550-97, Dutch navigator, narrative of last voyage, by Gerrit de Veer, 1598. Shows Barents' marooned sailors finally leaving land in 2 open boats. Barents died on boardLes principales forteresses, ports &c. de l'Amérique septentrionale, 1745, 1745, Amsterdam, Publisher, chez Jean Covens & Corneille Mortier, 18 maps on 1 Sheet hand col.; 17 x 15 cm. or smaller, sheet 48 x 80 cm., The image features a collection of 18 hand-colored maps depicting the main fortresses and ports of North America as of 1745, presented on a single sheet of dimensions 48 x 80 cmPhoto collection Government information service. engraving. undated. ArnemuidenPunishment of theft at the corner, 1595, anonymous, after Gerrit de Veer, 1598 print On board the ship, a man is being brightened, August 21, 1595. On land figures with sleds and the idols of the Samojeden. Opposite page 25 in: 'Warhafftige Relation. Der Dreyen Newen Unerhörten Seltzamen Schiffart So Die Holländischen und Seeländischen Schiff .... Anno 1594, 1595 und 1596 performed '(1598). Nuremberg paper engraving New ZemblaUne expédition aérienne jeu instructif et amusant pour la jeunesse. - digital file from original print | Library of CongressNederland, Amsterdam, Conynenberg, Jacobus, Oorlogsschepen, Netherlands, verso - gestempeld, Blad met 20 Schilderijen van various oorlogschepen op zee. Onder elkaar een titel. Numbered top left: 43., print, prent, volksprent, prints, prenten, volksprenten, verso - stamped, height 304 mm, width 396 mm, Publication (Event), Publication, Dutch, 1675 - 1728, publisher, 1711 - 1723, paper, papier, houtcut, kleuren, letterpress printing, boekdruk, print maker, printmakerPlan von Neu Eben-ezer. Prints, Maps. 1747. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection. Ebenezer (Ga.)Siege from Maastricht, 1676; Profil of the works of and for Maestricht and Wijck, leegert by S.K.H. The Prince of Orangien, Stadtholder etc / flat gront, mines counterpramines approches, trenchene batterys circurallations etc. from the city of Maestricht; Neat Afteeckeningh and Des description of the Stadt Maestricht and Wyck, with Haer Wercken, as to be admired. Leaf about the siege of Maastricht by the Dutch army under Prince Willem III. Canceled on July 7 but broken down on August 29, 1676. At the top a face of the besieged city. Centrally a map of the defenses around the city with a portrait of the prince and two cross-sections of the city walls. Under the plate 2 columns text and the legendas A-Z, A-Z and 1-18CARTOGRAFIA. PLANO DEL ARZOBISPADO DE MEXICO. CURATO DE OTUMBA. AÑO 1767. REALIZADO POR JOSE ANTONIO DE ALZATE. BIBLIOTECA LORENZANA - BORBON. TOLEDO.Praefecture Paranambucae Pars Borealis una cum Praefectura de Itamaraca, Casparis Barlæi, rervm per octennivm in Brasilia et alibi nuper gestarum: sub præfectura illustrissimi Comitis I. Mavritii, Nassoviæ, andc. comitis, nunc Vesaliæ gubernatoris and equitatus fœderatorum Belgii ordd. sub Auriaco ductoris, historia, Baerle, Caspar van, 1584-1648, Post, Frans Jansz, 1612-1680, Savery, Salomon, 1594-1665, van Brosterhuisen, J., Engraving, 1647, Engraving, plate 4; a map with legend and illustration. It is the third plate (third in a sequence of four plates) located between these page numbers.Hunting plant for deer, design, floor planDike breach near Elden, 1740, 1741 print Map of the area affected by the flood after breaking the dike near the village of Elden, 1740 and 1741. In the foreground people look for salvation in trees and on the roof of a farm, more people are pulled out of the water in boats . Northern Netherlands paper etching / letterpress printing Dike-BreakAmsterdam, Ram, Johannes de, Vinckboons, I., Milheuser, Julius, View of Batavia (right sheet), verso - stamped, View of Batavia with Batavia Castle on the left, surrounded by its bastions. In the foreground sailing ships of the VOC. Top right a coat of arms with a ship, probably of the United East India Company., print, prints, height 427 mm, width 473 mm, 1611 - 1680-01-08, print maker, printmaker, 1619 - 1680, paper, papier, etching, etchings, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, after a design by, Publication (Event), Publication, Noord-Nederlands, 1648-06-18 - 1693-05-15, publisherSiege of names, 1746; Plan du Siége de la Ville et du Chteau de Namur. Detailed plan of the city names and all reinforcements around the city, besieged from 12-13 September and taken by the French on September 19, 1746. At the top right and bottom right legendas in French.T'Fort Nieuw Amsterdam op de Manhatans,' 1651, by Joost Hartgers and Kryn Frederycks. Published in Amsterdam by J. Hartgers. The engraving depicts Fort Nieuw Amsterdam on the island of Manhattan. 8.2 x 12.4 cm. Indians of North America, New York (State), New YorkEXPLICACION DE LA 1ªBARCA CAÑONERA POR DIRECCION DE D.ANTONIO BARCELO. Author: RIBERT RAMON. Location: MUSEO NAVAL / MINISTERIO DE MARINA. MADRID. SPAIN.Photo collection Government information service. Floods, historic, general. undatedCIVITATES ORBIS TERRARUM - CADIZ - DETALLE - PESCA DEL ATUN - GRABADO - SIGLO XVI - CONJUNTO NUMERO 3034. Author: GEORG BRAUN 1541-1622 / FRANS HOGENBERG. Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.Weapons of the city of Paris, in 1604Map of Kennemerland and West-Friesland (fourth part), Coenraet Decker, 1680 print Fourth part of a map of Kennemerland and West Friesland. Numbered in the bottom right: 4. paper engraving maps of separate countries or regions. coat of arms (as symbol of the state, etc.) Kennemerland. West Friesland. North HollandFencing Book (Fechtbuch) 16th century copy of a mid-15th century manuscript Hans Talhoffer German This volume is a rare sixteenth-century copy of one of the earliest surviving European fencing manuals, Hans Talhoffer's influential Fechtbuch (Fencing Book), written in the 1440s. Talhoffer was following a tradition established by Johannes Liechtenauer, an itinerant master swordsman of the fourteenth century who recorded the secrets of his fighting techniques in the form of cryptic verses. The Talhoffer manuscript includes verses from Liechtenauer, sections devoted to the procedures for fighting judicial combats both with and without armor, and the use of the weapons employed in such combats, including the highly specialized Stechschilde (thrusting shields), maces, long swords, spears, and daggers. There are also sections on knife fighting and wrestling, the latter based on the methods of Ott the Jew, a renowned wrestling master to the archdukes of Austria.. Fencing Book (Fechtbuch). GermBLAEU, Jan (1596-1673). Atlas Novus or Atlas Maior. 1635 - 1665. Africae Nova Descriptio. Map of Africa printed in Amsterdam circa 1635. Detail of the Canary Islands.CIVITATES ORBIS TERRARUM - VISTA DE SAN SEBASTIAN - GRABADO - SIGLO XVI. Author: BRAUN GEORG 1541-1622 / HOGENBERG FRANS. Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.Count Willem Lodewijk van Nassau conquers house-te-wedde, 1593. Count Willem Lodewijk van Nassau conquers house-te-wedde, 30 August 1593. Face from a high position on Groningenland with the places, Groningen, Winschoten, Slochteren and Delfzijl . With caption of 4 lines in Latin. Numbered 213. Printed on the back with text in Latin.VISTA DE POTOSI - SIGLO XVII. Author: JOHN OGILBY (1600-1676). Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.The Dutch RAID on the Medway, 1667. Sheet with two performances over the trip to Chatham on June 20-23 1667 by the state fleet under Admiraal de Ruyter. On the left a map of the English east coast and the mouth of the Thames. On the right the Dutch ships on the Thames and Medway and the fighting at the island of Sheppey and the places Sheerness and Chatham. On the blade under the show a description in 3 columns.Three men surround cartouche; Insula Corsica, Olin Regni Titulo Insignis (...). A man with a bag on his shoulder, a man with two horses and a dog and a man sailing in a boat surround a cartouche with the title. Detail of a map of the island of Corsica.Chronica, this is Kurtz-enabled history description, which is issued and contributed to this 1668th year from the beginning of the worldRECONOCIMIENTO DEL ESTRECHO DE MAGALLANES Y SAN VICENTE - SIGLO XVII. Author: DIEGO RAMIREZ DE ARELLANO ( / 1633). Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.Isles du Cap Verd , Cape Verde, Maps, Early works to 1800 Norman B. Leventhal Map Center CollectionBûmey Haman Seaka, King of Barsalli; Plan of Yamyamakunda, factory in the Gambra. Prints, Plans, Illustrations. 1745 - 1747. Rare Book DivisionAmsterdam, Allard, Carel, Northern Netherlands, Pertinent Illustration and Description of the Conquest of the Nieuwe- or Lang-Acker-Schans, The night between 21 and 22 July 1673. Nieuwe Styl, Pertinent Illustration of the famous Nieuwe- or Lang-Acker-Schans that was conquered by the people of Groningen under the command of Lord Carel Rabenhaupt Lieutenant General, the night between 21 and 22 July 1673 New style taken by storm, Conquest of Nieuwe Schans, July 1673, Conquest of Nieuweschans by the Dutch troops under Rabenhaupt from the Bishop's army in the night of 21 to 22 July 1673. Plan of the fort with a battle scene in the foreground. Below the image a description of the events in 2 columns in Dutch., print, prent, nieuwsprent, prints, prenten, Frederik Muller Historieplaten, height 374 mm, width 290 mm, print maker, prentmaker, 1673 - 1675, third quarter 17th century, derde kwart 17e eeuw, paper, papier, etching, etchings, letterpress printing, boekdruk, Publication (Event), PublicCARTA TOPOGRAFICA DEL PERU-RUTAS DEL PACIFICO. Location: MUSEO NAVAL / MINISTERIO DE MARINA. MADRID. SPAIN.CASTILLO DE BELLAGUARDA. 1675. PLANTA BIBLIOTECA UNIVERSIDAD DE BARCELONA. Author: MATIES JENER.Creation of the world, depicted by Bartholomeus Anglicus (before 1203 - 1272), an early 13th-century scholastic scholar of Paris, a member of the Franciscan order. He was the author of the compendium De proprietatibus rerum ("On the Properties of Things"), dated at 1240, an early forerunner of the encyclopaedia and one of the most popular books in medieval timesMEELMOLLS, CA. 1625, DURK EVERYS LONS, 1631 print A flour or grain mill. In the foreground chickens. Numbered below: 3. paper etching windmillUS Historical Documents. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and PersonnelItaly, Tempesta, Antonio, Famous military river crossings, Passaggio di Alessandro al Granico, Alexander the Great crossing the river Grancius, verso - stamped, Alexander the Great and his army crossing the river Grancius in ranks on horseback., print, prent, prints, height 164 mm, width 277 mm, Italian, 1555 - 1630-08-05, print maker, printmaker, 1565 - 1630, paper, papier, etching, etchingsAnnouncement of a new type of water mill, ca. 1691, 1690 - 1691 print Leaf with the announcement or advertisement and two performances of a new type of water mill that can handle much more efficiently, can be seen on the Schinkel in Amsterdam, ca. 1691. With texts in Dutch and French. Bottom left traces of the Maker's name of the maker. Northern Netherlands paper etching / letterpress printing windmill. advertisement, noticePublication of a new type of water mill, ca. 1691; Membling / avertissement. Leaf with the announcement or advertisement and two performances of a new type of water mill that can easily be drained, to the Schinkel in Amsterdam, approx. 1691. With texts in Dutch and French. Bottom left traces of the polished name of the maker.H ESPAÑA-LLEGADA DE LA ESCUADRA INGLESA A GIBRALTAR EN 1830- COLONIA INGLESA. Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.The rough seas and rocky coast of Greenland have been the cause of many shipwrecks Date: 1555XLVII Frustra Qui Iterum. XLVII Frustra Qui Iterum. Second shock. Part of 'SinnePops', R. Visscher, 1614.BLAEU, Jan (1596-1673). Atlas Novus or Atlas Maior. 1635 - 1665. Detail of the world map with representation of Mozambique. Etching. SPAIN. CATALONIA. Barcelona. Biblioteca de Catalunya (National Library of Catalonia).Map of the Wormer and Enwormer in the shape of a bird, 1625; De Groote Wormer; The Wormer in Figure of a Voghel is set. Map of the Polders De Wormer, or the Wijdewormer, and the ENWormer in the shape of a bird. The body of the bird forms the wisewormer, the neck and cup form the and wrormer. He holds a worm in the zaan with his beak. His legs represent two drills. Left and top right the bird a cartouche with information about the future polder and widewormer respectively. This print is in 1625, before completing the drainage of the Wijdewormer (1626) and ENWormer (1638), issued on a sheet with a text in letterpress, as a result of fear of drainage problems when drying.The Dutch Raid on the Medway, 1667, 1667 print Leaf with two performances about the trip to Chatham on 20-23 June 1667 by the State fleet under Admiraal de Ruyter. On the left a map of the English east coast and the mouth of the Thames and the Medway. On the right the State fleet on the Thames and the fighting around the island of Sheppey and the places Sheerness and Chatham. On the leaf under the performance a description in 3 columns. print maker: Northern Netherlandspublisher: Amsterdam paper etching / engraving / letterpress printing maps of separate countries or regions. battle (+ naval force). Raid on the Medway Theems. Sheerness. Sheppey, isle of icle. MEDWAY. ChathamWar of the Pacific.1879-1883. Conflict between Chile and Peru and Bolivia. Plane of the bay and town of Pisagua. La Ilustracion Espanola y Americana, 1879.Kultura w Śeci Kultura+ William Honda, Pleitner, Jan