BRION DE LA TOUR, Louis. [Eastern Hemisphere]
Hémisphère Oriental. Desnos, Paris, 1786, Original Colour, 235 x 265mm within extra border containing letterpress.
From the "Géographie Moderne, Historique et Politique" Showing the Eastern Hemisphere, with routes taken by explorers denoted by a dotted line, Australia is shown as joined up to both Papua New Guinea and Tasmania.
[Ref: 7554]    £145.00 ($223 • €175 rates)

LAPIE, Pierre. [The World on Mercator's Projection]
Mappemonde Physique Sur La Projection De Mercator. Paris, c.1812, coloured, 300 x 460mm.
The World from Conrad Malte-Brun's "Précis de la Géographie Universelle", prepared by Giraldon and engraved by Chamouin.
[Ref: 11078]    £250.00 ($385 • €303 rates)

TALLIS, John. [Eastern Hemisphere]
Eastern Hemisphere. London, J. & F. Tallis, 1851. Original outline colour.Steel engraving, 265 x 330mm.
Eastern Hemisphere surrounded by decorative border with vignettes of costumes and animals. Of particular interest is the mail route from England to Australia and Hong Kong.
[Ref: 9741]    £150.00 ($231 • €182 rates)

GEOGRAPHIA LTD [Large World Map]
Daily Telegraph World Map Hutchinson & Co, London, c.1940, Original Colour, 695 x 970mm.
An attractive, large and detailed map, printed in colour and showing the various colonial possessions of the time, the British colonies being marked in pink and the French in purple. Also containing detailed measurements of the distances between various locations on the map. Interestingly this map has "Manchukuo" marked which was a puppet state in Manchuria and eastern Inner Mongolia created by former Qing Dynasty officials with help from Imperial Japan in 1932. The puppet state was founded and administered by Imperial Japan, with Puyi, the last Qing emperor, as the nominal regent and emperor. Manchukuo ceased to exist in 1945 with the defeat of Japan by the Allies. Alexander Gross came to London from Hungary, founding the map publishing company Geographia Ltd in 1911 and emigrating to the US around 1930. His daughter, Phyllis Pearsall, walked the 23,000 streets of London in the 1930s and compiled London's first A-Z.
[Ref: 8278]    £200.00 ($308 • €242 rates)

DU VAL, Pierre. [South Pole]
Terres Antarctiques dites autrement Australes et Inconnues. Paris, 1682. Original outline colour, 100 x 125mm.
The southern hemisphere, from Du Val's miniature atlas, "Géographie Universelle''. New Zealand is connected to the 'Grand Terre Australe; Australia is connected to 'Diemes' by an east-west strip of land.
[Ref: 10805]    £240.00 ($370 • €290 rates)

DU VAL, Pierre. [North Pole]
Terres Arctiques Dites Autrement Septentrionales Et Boreales. Paris, 1682. Original outline colour. 100 x 125mm.
The Northern Hemisphere, from Du Val's miniature atlas, 'La Géographie Universelle'. The area occupied by Alaska and Kamchatka is left largely empty with only the mythical "Terre de Jesso" marked.
[Ref: 10819]    £200.00 ($308 • €242 rates)

MALLET, Alain Manesson. [Arctic]
Continent Septentrional. Paris, 1683. Coloured. 145 x 105mm.
The North Pole, showing the northern tip of the island of California and the 'Terre de Iesso'. Published in the 'Description de l'Univers'.
[Ref: 7949]    £110.00 ($169 • €133 rates)

MALLET, Alain Manesson. [Antarctic]
Continent Meridional. Frankfurt, c.1686. 165 x 110mm.
Published in a German edition of the 'Description de l'Univers'.
[Ref: 8785]    £120.00 ($185 • €145 rates)

MULLER, Johann Ulrich. [Uncommon Miniature Map of Arctic]
[Die Nord=Pol-Lander...] Ulm, 1692. 70 x 80mm, set in text.
Charming miniature map, with a letterpress text in German.
[Ref: 8946]    £180.00 ($277 • €218 rates)

MULLER, Johann Ulrich. [Uncommon Miniature Map of the Antarctic]
[Die Sud=Pol-Lander...] Ulm: Georg W. Kühnen, 1702. 70 x 80mm, set in text.
Charming miniature map, with the title in the German letterpress text. KING: Miniature Maps, 160-1.
[Ref: 8812]    £200.00 ($308 • €242 rates)