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Dear Collector,
This curated offering brings together a rare and illuminating group of historically important maps that trace the evolution of political power, colonial ambition, and urban development from the 17th to early 19th centuries. From Blaeu’s richly detailed depiction of Southern Italy to Jaillot’s majestic rendering of Provence, and from early Dutch and Spanish colonial charts of the Brazilian coast to intimate manuscript surveys of Manhattan’s West Side, each map offers a window into the priorities and worldviews of its time. Collectively, they reveal how cartography served not just as a tool of navigation, but as an assertion of empire, identity, and economic intent.
Graham Arader
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![Bonivet, Giraldon (19th c). Carte de L'Amerique Septentrionale Avec Les Regiones Polares [North America, North Pole]. 1825](//aradernyc.com/cdn/shop/files/CMC0682_580x.jpg?v=1750446819)
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Bonivet, Giraldon (19th c). Carte de L'Amerique Septentrionale Avec Les Regiones Polares [North America, North Pole]. 1825
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$ 275.00
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A refined 1825 French map showing North America’s evolving borders, Arctic ambition, and imperial competition across a shifting continental landscape.
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Guillaume Delisle (1675–1726) and Philippe Buache (1700–1773). Mappemonde...1780
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$ 1,800.00
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Elegant double-hemisphere map showcasing Enlightenment science, global exploration, mythical lands, and early outlines of Australia and the Pacific.
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![Mercator, Rumold (1545-1599). Orbis Terrae Compendiosa Descriptio [World Map]. 1587.](//aradernyc.com/cdn/shop/files/MB0493_580x.jpg?v=1750447383)
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Mercator, Rumold (1545-1599). Orbis Terrae Compendiosa Descriptio [World Map]. 1587.
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$ 3,200.00
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Mythic southern continent, elusive Northwest Passage—Mercator’s elegant 1587 map captures Renaissance cosmology and the drama of discovery.
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![Homann, Johann Baptist (1664-1724). Scandinavia Complectens Sueciae, Daniae, & Nor Vegiae Regna [Scandinavia, Sweden, Denmark, Norway]. Nuremberg, 1720..](//aradernyc.com/cdn/shop/files/CMC0292_580x.jpg?v=1750446344)
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Homann, Johann Baptist (1664-1724). Scandinavia Complectens Sueciae, Daniae, & Nor Vegiae Regna [Scandinavia, Sweden, Denmark, Norway]. Nuremberg, 1720..
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$ 450.00
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Post-war Scandinavia revealed—Homann’s 1720 map captures royal ambition, territorial shifts, and a fading Swedish empire after the Great Northern War.
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![Allard, Carel (1648-1709). Stockholm (from Orbis habitabilis oppida et vestitus, centenario complexa...Des bewoonden Waerlds steden en dragten in een honded-getal begreepen). [Stockholm]. Amsterdamn, 1695.. (Copy)](//aradernyc.com/cdn/shop/files/stockholm_580x.jpg?v=1750443881)
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Allard, Carel (1648-1709). Stockholm (from Orbis habitabilis oppida et vestitus, centenario complexa...Des bewoonden Waerlds steden en dragten in een honded-getal begreepen). [Stockholm]. Amsterdamn, 1695.. (Copy)
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$ 575.00
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A sweeping 1695 view of Stockholm—Allard captures Sweden’s royal capital as a bustling maritime and political force in Northern Europe.
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![L'Isle, Jacques Nicolas de (1688-1768). Atlas Russicus-- Sheet 13L Omsk, Siberia. [Russia]. 1745.](//aradernyc.com/cdn/shop/files/DJM0004_580x.jpg?v=1750440681)
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L'Isle, Jacques Nicolas de (1688-1768). Atlas Russicus-- Sheet 13L Omsk, Siberia. [Russia]. 1745.
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$ 200.00
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De L’Isle’s 1745 Russian map captures Enlightenment cartography and imperial ambition in the remote, pivotal frontier of Siberian expansion.
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De Wit, Frederick (1629-1706). "Exactissima Tabula qua tam Danubi Fluvii Pars Media, ab Urbe Lentlae ad Bydenam Urbem..." [Danube, Slovakia, Austria]. Amsterdam, c. 1710.
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$ 275.00
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De Wit’s masterful 1710 map charts the Danube’s heartland—linking empires, trade routes, and power struggles in Central Europe.
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![Mercator, Gerard (1512-1594). Tab.x.Europae Macedoniam Epirum ac Peloponnesum [Macedonia, Epirus, Peloponnesus]. Amsterdam, 1578.](//aradernyc.com/cdn/shop/files/mercator_580x.jpg?v=1750431213)
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Mercator, Gerard (1512-1594). Tab.x.Europae Macedoniam Epirum ac Peloponnesum [Macedonia, Epirus, Peloponnesus]. Amsterdam, 1578.
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$ 350.00
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Mercator’s 1578 map of ancient Greece revives classical geography—uniting scholarly rigor with Renaissance artistry in a cartographic masterpiece.
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Ortelius, Abraham. Graecia Sophiani. Antwerp, 1624.
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$ 525.00
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Ortelius’s 1624 map of ancient Greece revives Sophiani’s classical vision—uniting scholarship, elegance, and the grandeur of antiquity.
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Matthew Bolton (active circa 1750s). South America...1755
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$ 300.00
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Early British map showing growing interest in South America during a time of global exploration, colonial rivalry, and shifting power.
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Robert Dudley (1574–1649). Carta particolare...Arabia...1647
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$ 2,800.00
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Charting vital Arabian Sea trade routes, Dudley’s pioneering English sea atlas united art and science during early global maritime expansion.
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Mark Tideman (fl. 1790–1815). A Chart of New York Harbour. 1812
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$ 2,400.00
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Strategic British chart of New York on the eve of 1812 conflict.
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Matthäus Albrecht Lotter (1741–1810). Partie...Canada. 1755
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$ 1,600.00
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Striking French colonial view of Canada during the Seven Years’ War.
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Alexis-Hubert Jaillot (1632–1712), and Nicolas Sanson. L’Amerique Meridionale ...1695
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$ 2,200.00
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A grand French vision of South America during the age of Louis XIV.
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Arent Roggeveen (c. 1628–1679). De Cust van Westindien, Tusschen Rio Demarary en Rio d'Oroonque (The Guiana coastline). 1720
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$ 1,400.00
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Rare Dutch chart of Guiana, made during the Golden Age, when the WIC sought its rich land, rivers, and control from Spain.
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William Bridges, Adolphus Loss, and Amos Corning. Map of Several Lots on Greenwich and Washington Streets. 1805
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$ 650.00
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Rare pre-grid survey tied to William Bridges, architect of modern Manhattan.
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Johannes Blaeu (1596–1673). Portus Calvus, showing Insula Tamaraca...1647
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$ 900.00
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A landmark Blaeu engraving documenting Dutch military power in colonial Brazil.
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José Custodio de Sá e Faria (active mid-18th century). Plano...Costa del Brasil. 1776
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$ 4,500.00
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Original Spanish drawing of Brazil coast from the french archives asserting colonial presence in Brazil.
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J.D. Potter. Mexico to Bolivia. 1840
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$ 375.00
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British Admiralty chart documenting Pacific trade routes post–Spanish Empire.
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Alexis-Hubert Jaillot (1632–1712)...Général de Provence ...1742
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$ 900.00
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Detailed pre-Revolutionary map of Provence's ancient jurisdictions.
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![Bonivet, Giraldon (19th c). Carte de L'Amerique Septentrionale Avec Les Regiones Polares [North America, North Pole]. 1825](http://aradernyc.com/cdn/shop/files/CMC0682_580x.jpg?v=1750446819)
![Mercator, Rumold (1545-1599). Orbis Terrae Compendiosa Descriptio [World Map]. 1587.](http://aradernyc.com/cdn/shop/files/MB0493_580x.jpg?v=1750447383)
![Homann, Johann Baptist (1664-1724). Scandinavia Complectens Sueciae, Daniae, & Nor Vegiae Regna [Scandinavia, Sweden, Denmark, Norway]. Nuremberg, 1720..](http://aradernyc.com/cdn/shop/files/CMC0292_580x.jpg?v=1750446344)
![Allard, Carel (1648-1709). Stockholm (from Orbis habitabilis oppida et vestitus, centenario complexa...Des bewoonden Waerlds steden en dragten in een honded-getal begreepen). [Stockholm]. Amsterdamn, 1695.. (Copy)](http://aradernyc.com/cdn/shop/files/stockholm_580x.jpg?v=1750443881)
![L'Isle, Jacques Nicolas de (1688-1768). Atlas Russicus-- Sheet 13L Omsk, Siberia. [Russia]. 1745.](http://aradernyc.com/cdn/shop/files/DJM0004_580x.jpg?v=1750440681)
![Mercator, Gerard (1512-1594). Tab.x.Europae Macedoniam Epirum ac Peloponnesum [Macedonia, Epirus, Peloponnesus]. Amsterdam, 1578.](http://aradernyc.com/cdn/shop/files/mercator_580x.jpg?v=1750431213)
