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Auction 186, Lot 1

Subject: World & Continents

Mercator/Hondius

[Lot of 5] Orbis Terrae Compendiosa Descriptio... [and] America [and] Nova Africae Tabula [and] Asiae Nova Descriptio [and] Europa..., 1619

Size: See Description
Estimate: $10,000 - $13,000
Matching Set of World and Continents
Sold for: $7,500
Closed on 2/9/2022

Auction 186, Lot 3

Subject: World, Americas & Africa

Lopez, D. Tomas

[Lot of 3] Mapa Mundi o Descripcion de Todo el Mundo y en Particular del Globo Terrestre... [and] Mapa de America Sujeto a las Observaciones Astronomicas [and] Mapa de Africa..., 1772-92

Size: See Description
Estimate: $4,000 - $6,000
Rare Spanish Maps Including the Second Printed Map to Locate San Francisco Bay
Sold for: $16,500
Closed on 2/9/2022

Auction 186, Lot 13

Subject: World

Wit, Frederick de

Nova Orbis Tabula, in Lucem Edita, 1665

Size: 21.8 x 18.3 inches (55.4 x 46.5 cm)
Estimate: $4,500 - $5,500
First State of De Wit's Stunning Double-Hemisphere Map
Sold for: $3,250
Closed on 2/9/2022

Auction 186, Lot 14

Subject: World

Zahn, Johannes

Tabula Geographico-Hydrographica Motus Oceani Currentes, Abyssos, Montes Igniuomos in Universo Orbe Indicans, Notat haec Fig. Abyssos Montes Vulcanios, 1696

Size: 16.6 x 13.9 inches (42.2 x 35.3 cm)
Estimate: $1,700 - $2,000
Early Example of Thematic Cartography
Sold for: $1,200
Closed on 2/9/2022

Auction 186, Lot 16

Subject: World

Fer, Nicolas de

Mappe-Monde, ou Carte Generale de la Terre, Divisee en Deux Hemispheres..., 1700

Size: 27.7 x 17.3 inches (70.4 x 43.9 cm)
Estimate: $2,400 - $3,000
Rare First State of De Fer Two-Sheet Map of the World
Sold for: $1,500
Closed on 2/9/2022

Auction 186, Lot 17

Subject: World

Moll, Herman

A New & Correct Map of the Whole World Shewing ye Situation of Its Principal Parts. Viz the Oceans, Kingdoms, Rivers, Capes, Ports, Mountains, Woods, Trade-Winds, Monsoons, Variation of ye Compass..., 1719

Size: 47.9 x 27.8 inches (121.7 x 70.6 cm)
Estimate: $5,500 - $7,000
Moll's Large-Scale Map of the World
Sold for: $4,000
Closed on 2/9/2022

Auction 186, Lot 43

Subject: World

Peace Map of the World United - A Pictorial History of Transport and Communications from Jonah to the Jet Plane as Paths to Permanent Peace, 1945

Size: 35.2 x 14.9 inches (89.4 x 37.8 cm)
Estimate: $1,000 - $1,400
Rare Pictorial Map Promoting Unity after World War II
Sold for: $750
Closed on 2/9/2022

Auction 186, Lot 44

Subject: Ancient World

Schonsperger, Johann

Secunda Etas Mundi, 1496

Size: 5.8 x 4 inches (14.7 x 10.2 cm)
Estimate: $3,750 - $4,500
A Miniature Version of Schedel's Ancient World Map
Sold for: $2,750
Closed on 2/9/2022

Auction 186, Lot 46

Subject: North Pole

Mercator/Hondius

Septentrionalium Terrarum Descriptio, 1606

Size: 15.5 x 14.8 inches (39.4 x 37.6 cm)
Estimate: $2,200 - $2,500
The First Printed Map Devoted to the Arctic
Sold for: $2,750
Closed on 2/9/2022

Auction 186, Lot 67

Subject: Persuasive Maps, Russo-Japanese War

A Humorous Diplomatic Atlas of Europe and Asia, 1904

Size: 22.5 x 16.5 inches (57.2 x 41.9 cm)
Estimate: $2,750 - $3,500
Japanese Propaganda Map Depicting the Russian Octopus
Sold for: $1,850
Closed on 2/9/2022
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