Belgian Maps

Ortelius Asia Japan China Taiwan Philippines East Indies Antique Map 1570 This highly important early map of Asia titled “Indiae Orientalis Insularumque Adiacientium Typus” is one of the most influential 16th-century European depictions of East and Southeast Asia. Published by Abraham Ortelius for his groundbreaking atlas Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, this map presents a sweeping geographical vision of the Far East before the full penetration of the Dutch into the region. It covers India, Indochina, China, Korea, Japan, the Philippines, the East Indies or Spice Islands, New Guinea, and parts of the western Pacific. Ortelius was the first European cartographer to name Formosa (modern Taiwan), marking a milestone in Western geographic knowledge of Asia. Japan appears in its famous early “kite-shaped” form, shown as a large oval island...

1711 Star Chart of the Southern Sky - "Mappa Stellarum Australium quae in Altitudine Poli Borei Graduum" This beautiful star chart, engraved by Arnold van Westerhout in 1711, shows ...

Antique Map of Assam and Bhutan – Hand-Colored Lithograph by Vandermaelen, 1827 This original antique map titled “Assam et Boutan” (No. 84) is a finely detailed lithograph from the ...

Antique Map of Kalmykia – Vandermaelen Lithograph of Central Asia, 1827 This rare antique map titled “Partie de la Kalmoukie” (No. 56) is an original 1827 lithograph by Belgian cart...

Antique miniature map titled 'Illyricum'. Original small map of Illyricum. The Roman province of Illyricum stretched from the Drilon River (the Drin, in...

1950s didactical anatomical school poster of the cow. Used to explain and show the anatomical aspect of a cow to the pupils. Printed on linen. Cool curio item to decorate a ...

Antique map titled 'Insularum Aliquot Maris Mediterranei Descriptio'. A very attractive example of Ortelius' map combining, on one page, maps of the islands of Sicily, Sardinia, Corfu, Elba, Malta and Zerbi (Jerba, off the coast of Tunisia.) The maps detail fortifications on the islands and other major features. (Jerba, for instance, is shown connected to the mainland by a causeway.) The waters are attractively engraved and are sailed by ships. A shipwreck, north of Malta, indicates the point at which St. Paul is thought to have shipwrecked. Volcanoes are indicated in the Sicily map...

Antique map titled 'Barbariae et Biledulgerid Nova Descriptio'. Original antique map of North Africa. The map covers the regions of Barbaria and Biledulgerid, essentially the territo...

Decorative 16th Century Map of Northern France by Ortelius, circa 1590 This richly colored antique map titled *Nobilis Hannoniae Comitatus Descriptio* depicts the County of Hainaut ...

Antique map titled 'Barbariae et Biledulgerid nova descriptio'. Old map of coastal North Africa and the Mediterranean. The map extends from Morocco and the Sahara to Libya and sh...

Antique map titled 'No. 95 Bengale'. Detailed map of Bengal, Bangladesh. With text about the Ganges river. Originates from 'Atlas Universel' by P.M. Vand...

Antique Map of Asia Minor, Egypt & Carthage – Ortelius Theatrum 1572 This rare and beautifully hand-colored map sheet originates from Abraham Ortelius’s groundbreaking atlas, Theatr...

Description: Antique map titled 'Prussia'. Original map of Prussia, a historically prominent German state that originated in 1525 with a duchy centered on the region of Prussia o...

Holsatia Ducatus Antique Map of Holstein and Hamburg Region, Petrus Kaerius 1650 A scarce and historically significant 17th-century engraved map titled “Holsatia Ducatus,” depicting...

Caen – Antique Hand-Coloured Normandy Town Plan Engraving (1666) This 17th-century copper engraving offers a finely detailed early plan of Caen, published in Antwerp in 1666 for the...

Cherbourg – Antique Hand-Coloured French Coastal Town Engraving (1666) This 17th-century copper engraving presents a finely detailed early plan of Cherbourg, published in Antwerp in...

Dieppe – Antique Hand-Coloured French Coastal Town Engraving (1666) This charming 17th-century copper engraving presents an early bird’s-eye plan of the fortified port town of Diepp...

Antique Map of Turkestan – Vandermaelen Lithograph of Central Asia, 1827 This finely detailed antique map titled “Turkestan” (No. 34) is an original lithograph from the groundbreaki...

Antique Map of Tartary – Hand-Colored Lithograph of Central Asia, 1827 This original antique map, titled "Partie de la Tartarie" (No. 42), is an exceptional example of early 19th-ce...

Antique map titled 'Amérique septe. Physique'. Small map of the United States. lithographed by C. Callewaert brothers in Brussels circa 1870.

Antique lithograph, with a text vignette on Borneo. This important map for the Philippines shows Southern Mindanao, and the area between Sulawesi, Mindanao and Gilolo (today: Halmahe...