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Mappa do Estado de Minas Gerais Contendo os do Rio de Janeiro, Espirito Santo e S. Paulo / organisado por J. Chrockatt de Sá, engenheiro civil, ex-director geral das Obras Publicas do mesmo Estado com a collaboração de Eduardo A. G. Thompson.
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Mappa do Estado de Minas Gerais Contendo os do Rio de Janeiro, Espirito Santo e S. Paulo / organisado por J. Chrockatt de Sá, engenheiro civil, ex-director geral das Obras Publicas do mesmo Estado com a collaboração de Eduardo A. G. Thompson.

2,800.00€
  A monumental map of Minas Gerais, the vast inland Brazilian state that was long home to immensely productive gold and diamond mines, and more recently had become an agrarian powerhouse fueled by a railway boom; compiled the eminent civil engineer João Chrockatt de Sá from a wide variety of recent sources, it is the definitive geographical record of Minas…
Plan of the Island of Tobago, laid down by Actual Survey under the Direction of The Honorable The Commissioners for the Sale of Lands in the Ceded Islands by John Byres, Chief Surveyor 1776.
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Plan of the Island of Tobago, laid down by Actual Survey under the Direction of The Honorable The Commissioners for the Sale of Lands in the Ceded Islands by John Byres, Chief Surveyor 1776.

4,500.00€
  The extremely rare first edition of the first scientifically accurate survey of Tobago, made in the wake of France ceding the island to Britain upon the conclusion of the Seven Years’ War (1756-63); created as part of the ‘Ceded Islands Surveys’ under the direction of John Byres; the map precisely depicts the topography and infrastructure of Tobago and carefully…
New Map of the Island of Trinidad divided into Counties and Parishes, under the Instruction of, His Excellency the Right Honble Lord Harris K.C.B. K.C.H. &c. From the original survey of Capt.n Mallet R.E. the Documents in the Colonial Office, the Railway Surveys of W.J. Curtis Esq. and other Authentic Information. Published by James Wyld Geographer to the Queen and H.R.H. Prince Albert, Charing Cross East London.
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New Map of the Island of Trinidad divided into Counties and Parishes, under the Instruction of, His Excellency the Right Honble Lord Harris K.C.B. K.C.H. &c. From the original survey of Capt.n Mallet R.E. the Documents in the Colonial Office, the Railway Surveys of W.J. Curtis Esq. and other Authentic Information. Published by James Wyld Geographer to the Queen and H.R.H. Prince Albert, Charing Cross East London.

5,500.00€
  Exceedingly rare – 1 of only 2 known examples – a colossal work which is by far and away the finest map of Trinidad from the Post-Emancipation Era, complied by colonial authorities from the best sources, including the regional and cadastral surveys of Jospeh Basanta, the island’s surveyor general, and the railway surveys of the esteemed engineer William Joseph…
General, Agricultural & Gold Fields Map of Victoria. Compiled & Reduced from the Government Maps by F. Proeschel.
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General, Agricultural & Gold Fields Map of Victoria. Compiled & Reduced from the Government Maps by F. Proeschel.

6,500.00€
  A stellar example of perhaps the most beautiful and one of the most information-packed maps of the Victoria Gold Rush, an event which transformed Australia and saw the rise of Melbourne, by Frederick Proeschel, the Alsatian émigré who was the Australia’s first dedicated commercial mapmaker; predicated upon the best official sources, with resplendent original hand colour, it shows all…
MOZAMBIQUE: Planta da Praça de Moçambique

MOZAMBIQUE: Planta da Praça de Moçambique

8,500.00€
  An amazing and unique survivor, being a finely executed original manuscript map of the Praça de São Sebastião, the grand 16th century fortress which guarded the town of Ilha de Moçambique, the capital of Portuguese East Africa and a globally significant entrepôt for slaves, gold and ivory, and which today has the distinction of being the oldest complete fortress…
Mesopotamian campaign: سلمان پاك ميدان محاربه سى “قته سيفون” و زيلى

Mesopotamian campaign: سلمان پاك ميدان محاربه سى “قته سيفون” و زيلى

1,600.00€
  A comprehensive first-hand report on the Battle of Salman Pak, located south of Baghdad, which took place during the Mesopotamian campaign, authored by Bimbashi (Major) and military historian Mehmet Emin, featuring extensive maps and charts for detailed analysis.  
EGYPT / SUDAN: السودان :من التاريخ القديم إلى رحلة البعثة المصرية

EGYPT / SUDAN: السودان :من التاريخ القديم إلى رحلة البعثة المصرية

950.00€
  An indispensable and highly sophisticated primary account tracking the interconnected geopolitical and cultural ties of the Nile Valley, written during the complex dual governance of the Anglo-Egyptian Condominium.  
日本昆蟲圖鑑 Nippon Konchū Zukan

日本昆蟲圖鑑 Nippon Konchū Zukan

3,400.00€
  The first edition of the monumental Japanese work on insects.