87 SANSON, N. Amerique Meridionale. Paris, Mariette, 1650. Beau col. ancien. Rousseurs, pâles mouillures, fente en bas du pli central (sans manque). Bordures et cartouches coloriés à l'époque. - Paper slightly age toned, split in lower part centerfold, minor water staining and brown spotting. 390 x 553 mm.

400 - 600 €
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¤ Carte d'Amérique du Sud gravée par A. Peyrounin, avec les bordures et cartouches coloriés à l'époque. - Map of South America with scale borders and title-cartouches brightly coloured at the time of publication. The map is engraved by Peyrounin.
The colouring is uncommon, curious and very decorative. -

88 MONTANUS, A. Urbs Salvador. / Siara. / Arx Principis Guiljelmi. / Castrum Mauritij.. Amsterdam, 1671. 2 cartes au papier lég. jauni. Quelques fentes/déchirures marginales. Déchirure sur 4,6 cm en haut d'1 carte. 280 x 349 mm.

600 - 700 €
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¤ Lot de 4 vues représentant des villes du Brésil. - Four views of Brazilian towns: Salvador de Bahia, Fort William, Fort Maurice and Ceará (today Fortaleza).

89 LATTRÉ / BONNE, R. Carte de la Terre Ferme, de la Guyane et du Pays des Amazones.. Paris, ca. 1783. Limites en col. ancien. Bel exemplaire. Légèrement jauni le long du pli central. - Minor discolouration along centerfold. Printed on heavy paper. Good impression. 310 x 429 mm.

100 - 150 €
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¤ Carte figurant le bassin de l'Amazone ainsi que les différentes "Guyane" : Hollandoise, Françoise, Espagnole et Portuguaise. Attractive map centred on the Amazon drainage basin, covering the northern part of South America. Decorated with a rococo title cartouche. Boundaries outlined in hand colour.
From theAtlas moderne ou collection de cartes sur toutes les parties du globe terrestre...
Rigobert Bonne (1727-1795 ) was one of the most important cartographers of the late 18th century. In 1773 he succeeded Jacques Bellin as Royal Cartographer to France at the Depôt de la Marine.
Working in his official capacity Bonne compiled some of the most detailed and accurate maps of the period. Bonne’s work represents an important step in the evolution of the cartographic ideology away from the decorative work of the 17th and early 18th century towards a more detail oriented and practical aesthetic. With regard to the rendering of terrain Bonne maps bear many stylistic similarities to those of his predecessor, Bellin. However, Bonne maps generally abandon such common 18th century decorative features such as hand colouring, elaborate decorative cartouches, and compass roses. While mostly focusing on costal regions, the work of Bonne is highly regarded for its detail, historical importance, and overall aesthetic appeal.

90 MERCATOR, G./ HONDIUS, J. Freti Magellanici ac novi Freti vulgo Le Maire. Amsterdam, 1635. Beau col. ancien. Papier lég. bruni. Déchirure sur 2 cm au centre. - Paper slightly browned, a tear of 2 cm in the middle of centerfold. Orig. col. 383 x 493 mm.

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¤ Carte de la Terre de Feu, ornée de 3 cartouches ainsi que de nombreux vaisseaux et monstres marins. - A good and dark impression of this fine map of Tierra del Fuego. Hondius added a Dutch translation of the explanatory text of the passage by Barent Jansz. Potgieter who accompanied captain Sebald de Weert to the Straits in 1599/1600, being the first Dutch vessels to sail through the Strait of Magellan. After various English voyages, the Dutch appeared in the Strait of Magellan in 1599.
One of the Dutch pioneering voyages to the Southwest was the one by Jacques Mahu and Simon de Cordes, who were sent out by Rotterdam merchants.
The five ships of this fleet were the first Dutch vessels to sail through the Strait of Magellan. One of them, the De Liefde , completed the crossing of the Pacific, reached Japan and laid the foundations for Dutch trade there. - Koeman/Krogt, Vol.I, 9950:1B.