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Arnoldus Montanus
Angra op Tercera
Amsterdam: c. 1671. Notes: A fine map of Angra, Azores, in Portugal, during the mid 17th century. The map shows roadways buildings, fortifications and geographical features; with numerous ships shown sailing off of the coast in the foreground in great detail. Arnoldus Montanus (c.1625–1683) was a Dutch teacher and author.....
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Arx Nassovii
Amsterdam: 1671. Notes: A view of Fort Nassau in the Bahamas. This print is from Arnoldus Montanus’ Die Nieuwe en onbekende Weereld, published in Amerstdam., Image Size : 280x350 (mm), 11x13.75 (Inches), Platemark Size : 290x360 (mm), 11.375x14.125 (Inches), Paper Size : 305x385 (mm), 12x15.125 (Inches), Coloring: Hand Colored, Medium.....
Arnoldus Montanus
Athabalipa
Amsterdam: c.1671. Notes: Athabalipa (c.1500–26 July 1533) was the last Sapa Inca (sovereign emperor) of the Inca Empire before the Spanish conquest. Athabalipa became emperor when he defeated and
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John Ogilby [Arnoldus Montanus] | America: being the latest, and most accurate description of the New World, 1671
John Ogilby [Arnoldus Montanus]
America: being the latest, and most accurate description of the New World.... Collected from the most Authentick Authors... by John Ogilby. London: Printed by the Author, 1671
Folio (407 x 271 mm.), engraved allegorical frontispiece, folding engraved general map of the Americas, and 49 double-page or folding engraved views, maps and other subjects (including maps of the Americas, Maryland, New England and Jamaica), 6 engraved portraits, and 66 illustrations in the text (including the view of New Amsterdam at p.171), caption of "Nova Virginiae Tabula" map after p.192 amended in an early hand, contemporary calf, rebacked, marbled edges, slight worming at inner margin extending from prelims to P3 (not affecting text or plates), extremities rubbed
Ogilby's text is in part a translation of Montanus's De Nieuwe en Onbekende Weereld,
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. A fine, tall copy bound in contemporary calf, rebacked (corners bumped, wear to the extremities, some skavsår and scrapes to the boards, recent endpapers.) Profusely illustrated with an engraved title page, a folding engraved map showing the T�kaid� road from Osaka to Edo (Tokyo) and the sea route from Osaka to Nagasaki; 24 folding double-page engraved views of Osaka, Miyako, Edo, Tsukishima and Kagoshima, and double-page illustrations (such as an earthquake, crucified Christians, and a temple scene). The skrivelse is illustrated with smaller engraved images depicting Japanese culture. The contents are in fine condition, with just a small hole on leaf R1 affecting one word, a few light marginal stains, a short marginal tear to leaf R2, and light browning to 6 plates. A detailed and extensive compilation of western accounts of Japan, largely compiled from sources in the Dutch East India Company (VOC) and Jesuit sources and first published the previous year in A