c. 1655, Paris

49.5 x 32 cm.

Extremely rare separately published map of the Holy Land, Cyprus, Asia Minor and the Eastern Mediterranean and contiguous regions, published in Paris by Jacob (Jacques) Honervogt.

The map illustrates the travels of the Apostole Paul, based upon the Gospel of Luke, from the New Testament.

Jacob (or Jacques) Honervogt (c.1583-c.1694), a native of Cologne, mainly published engravings but is known to have published at least 16 maps, primarily based upon the work of other mapmakers.

The maps are exceptionally rare — none are mentioned by Pastoureau.

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(1527 – 1598)

c. 1589, Antwerp

35 x 50 cm.

Decorative example of Ortelius’ map of the travels of St. Paul the Apostle through the Mediterranean, extending west to Italy and east to the Euphrates, including parts of the Red Sea and the Black Sea. Two ornate scenes from the St. Paul’s travels are illustrated and colored with unusual detail. Several sailing ships and sea monsters in the Mediterranean. At the bottom, a quote from Corinthians.Reference: Van den Broecke 181; Laor 545; Karrow 16c.
Numerous paleoanthropological finds, for example from the Arago cave near Perpignan, prove that Homo erectus already lived in the Mediterranean. In the period of several hundred thousand years, the polar ice caps repeatedly expanded, glaciers covered the high mountains during the ice ages. The sea level was therefore temporarily up to 150 meters below today’s level. The Strait of Gibraltar temporarily closed. The Stone Age replaced the Stone Age in different regions. Copper spreads first, then bronze. Spain, rich in metals, began around 2300 BC. The Bronze Age (El Argar culture). Numerous fortified settlements were created. The first states emerged with the Pharaoh dynasties around 3000 BC. BC in Egypt. Almost simultaneously, the first city-states were formed on the Levant and Aegean coasts. The great empires of the early days of Assyria, Babylonia and the Hittites – temporarily expanded into the Mediterranean area. Since the archaic period, i.e. from 800 BC BC, ancient Greece also emerged as a trading power and increasingly created competition for the Phoenicians. The Greeks settled as far as the Rhône (Massilia) and the Crimea and set up offices and factories as far as Egypt. Tuscany was the settlement area of the Etruscans, who also controlled the rich iron deposits of Elba. This culture developed from the local Villanova culture, later under strong Greek and Syrian (“oriental”) influence. In Rome, the founding of Rome began with the slow but steady rise of the Romans, which began around 500 BC. BC finally emancipated from the Etruscans and founded the republic. The south of the Apennine Peninsula was characterized by the Greek colonies (“Magna Graecia”). At the same time, the Persian empire extended to Egypt and the Bosphorus, subjugating the Phoenicians and the Egyptians. The period of great Persian expansion coincided with the blossoming of Greece, which was able to ward off the Persian invasions in several battles. While the Greeks colonized large parts of the northern Mediterranean coast, the Phoenicians – after (Tire) had lost their independence – built Carthage in North Africa as a new power base and also established commercial branches in Spain (Cadiz), Morocco, Corsica and Sardinia. Sicily was contested between the great powers at that time because of its rich resources and location. In late antiquity, the slow Christianization of the Roman state began, which should have far-reaching consequences, such as the rejection of paganism. The late Middle Ages were characterized by a sustained upswing in the Italian area. Especially the Republic of Venice. The most important naval powers of the early modern period continued to be Venice and Genoa, which dominated trade with the Arab world and thus to Southeast Asia. They also had numerous colonies in the eastern Mediterranean. The War of the Spanish Succession brought about a reorganization of the western and central Mediterranean region in 1713. The French expansion was initially stopped, Spain was reduced to the mainland and the Balearic Islands and the Italian area was redistributed among the rulers. The winner was above all the Habsburg-Austrian line, which also won southern Italy, Sicily, Sardinia and Milan. However, this situation did not last long: the Spanish-Bourbon royal family soon regained control of the Italian territory. Most of the Maghreb were now ruled by Berber tribes, which were beyond the control of the Ottoman Empire but neglected the economy. Morocco and Algeria were marginalized economically, which invited the Spaniards to invasions. The Ceuta and Melilla bases are still under Spanish control.

Abraham Ortelius, (1527 – 1598) Antwerp, comes from an Augsburg family and was born in Antwerp, Spain, where he lived throughout his life. After thorough training, he joined the Antwerp Guild of St. Luke in 1547 as a card painter. In 1554 he took over an antiquarian bookshop that mainly deals with the coloring, distribution and publishing of maps. Basically he is more of a publisher than a scholar. And so he also made the acquaintance of another great man of his time, Gerhard Mercator (1512-1594), who encouraged him to draw cards and to make maps of the most varied of countries. His first cartographic work of his own is a large 8-sheet map of the world that appears in Antwerp in 1564. This is followed by a two-sheet map of Egypt (1565) and another of Asia (1567). The great achievement of Ortelius, who was one of the most famous European cartographers of his time, and the enthusiastic reception of his theater, mark a decisive turning point in the history of the world map. The new path is mapped out with the Theatrum. For the general view of the world, the appearance of Ortelius-Theatrum is important insofar as it emphatically confirms that America is a completely independent continent, which is also not connected to the Asian mainland mass at its northern tip. Ortelius was the first to come up with the idea of producing a handy collection of reliable maps, all kept in the same format and only by the same author for each country. These sheets could also be bound into a book for easy storage and use. Mercator, who also realized the idea of a world atlas from 1569, persuaded his friend to publish the famous Theatrum Orbis Terrarrum. Ortelius collected, traveled, corresponded and negotiated for 10 years before he could have his work printed in the best European printing house (Plantijn / Amsterdam). In addition to technical difficulties, Ortelius had to submit to the political / religious conditions, since maps were also subject to strict scrutiny during the Inquisition. Biblical scenes are pleasant, portraits of outstanding Catholics are welcome, but not family coats of arms or other emblems that could be politically suspect. On May 20, 1570, his first edition of the Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, the first collection of maps in book form, was published, financed and edited by Gillis Hooftman, an Antwerp merchant, banker and shipowner. Atlases did not yet have this name at that time. This collection was published between 1570 and 1612 in 42 editions and in 7 languages: Latin, German, Dutch, French, Spanish, English and Italian. Unlike his professional colleagues, he clearly referenced the sources of his maps and texts. The work contains, among other things, an illustration of the world known until 1492 and was therefore already looking back at the time the map was created.

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Publisher: SAYER, Robert (1725-1794)

1772, London

53 x 136 cm.

(a very rare map even to find one half, rarer for both parts)

SAYER was a leading publisher and seller of prints, maps and maritime charts in Georgian Britain.

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39 x 50.5 cm.

A superb example of Speed’s carte-a-figure map of the Roman Empire at its height, from his ‘Prospect Of The Most Famous Parts Of The World.’ The map centres on the Mediterranean Sea, dividing Europe, North Africa, and Western Asia into their Roman era provinces, as well as depicting adjoining kingdoms and regions. The borders of the Roman provinces are outlined in hand colour, and feature anglicised versions of their original Latin names. Ancient cities and settlements are picked out in red, and sea coasts and mountain ranges are also highlighted in hand colour. The map is further embellished with a pair of lions in Nubia, an ostrich and leopard below a camel train in ancient Tingitania (Morocco), and a pair of sea monsters, a ship, and a naval battle in the Atlantic. In the top right corner, a strapwork cartouche encloses the title, while a larger box cartouche at the bottom of the plate contains a lengthy description of the history of the growth of the Roman empire.

Like other carte-a-figures maps, this example features three decorative borders. To the left and right, five pairs of male and female figures show the manner of dress of the various peoples that inhabit the former Roman empire. In seventeenth century habit are Spaniards, Italians, Tyrians, Egyptians, and Moroccans. In the top border are a set of six oval-bordered views of principal cities: Rome, Genoa, Jerusalem, Venice, Constantinople, and Alexandria, as well as a pair of portrait roundels in the form of Roman coins depicting the goddess Roma and the eponymous founder of the Empire, Romulus.

John Speed (1552-1629) is the most famous of all English cartographers primarily as a result of ‘The Theatre of the Empire of Great Britaine’, the first atlas of the British Isles. The maps from this atlas are the best known and most sought-after of all county maps. The maps were derived mainly from the earlier prototypes of Christopher Saxton and Robert Norden but with notable improvements including parish “Hundreds” and county boundaries, town plans and embellishments such as the coats of arms of local Earls, Dukes, and the Royal Household. The maps are famed for their borders consisting of local inhabitants in national costume and panoramic vignette views of major cities and towns. An added feature is that regular atlas copies have English text printed on the reverse, giving a charming description of life in the early seventeenth century of the region. The overall effect produced very decorative, attractive and informative maps.

Speed was born in 1552 at Farndon, Cheshire. Like his father before him he was a tailor by trade, but around 1582 he moved to London. During his spare time Speed pursued his interests of history and cartography and in 1595 his first map of Canaan was published in the “Biblical Times”. This raised his profile and he soon came to the attention of poet and dramatist Sir Fulke Greville a prominent figure in the court of Queen Elizabeth. Greville as Treasurer of the Royal Navy gave Speed an appointment in the Customs Service giving him a steady income and time to pursue cartography. Through his work he became a member of such learned societies as the Society of Antiquaries and associated with the likes of William Camden Robert Cotton and William Lambarde. He died in 1629 at the age of seventy-seven.

Condition: Strong impression with fine hand colour. Pressed central fold, as issued.

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c. 1741, Augsburg

49.4 x 57.8 cm

George Matthaus Seutter, a German publisher, cartographer and engraver from Augsburg, was born 1678 as the son of a goldsmith. After an apprenticeship at J. B. Homann in Nuremberg, he returned to his native city of Augsburg and worked in the publishing firm of Jeremiah Wolf. In 1707 he founded his own successful publishing company and produced maps, atlases and globes. Seutter died in 1757. The company went over to his son Albrecht Carl and his stepsons G. B. Probst and T. C. Lotter in after his death in 1757. The latter being regarded as his true successor. According to C. Sandler, following atlases have been published by Seutter:

– Atlas Geographicus oder Accurate Vorstellung der Ganzen Welt, 1725
– Atlas Compendiosus oder die ganze Welt in den nothwendigsten Geographischen Charten
– Atlas Compendiosus Scholasticus
– Atlas Novus Indicubus Instructus, 1728
– Grosser Atlas, 1734
– Atlas Minor, 1744

Beside the atlases, Seutter produced a pair of 20 cm table globes during his early days.

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c. 1655, Paris

49.5 x 32 cm.

Extremely rare separately published map of the Holy Land, Cyprus, Asia Minor and the Eastern Mediterranean and contiguous regions, published in Paris by Jacob (Jacques) Honervogt.

The map illustrates the travels of the Apostole Paul, based upon the Gospel of Luke, from the New Testament.

Jacob (or Jacques) Honervogt (c.1583-c.1694), a native of Cologne, mainly published engravings but is known to have published at least 16 maps, primarily based upon the work of other mapmakers.

The maps are exceptionally rare — none are mentioned by Pastoureau.

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Paul HADOL’un orijinal Fransız baskısı olan Avrupa’nın bu yergili karikatür haritası (1870), ülkeleri kişi biçiminde karikatürize ederek Temmuz 1870’de Fransa Prusya Savaşı ile neticelenecek gerginliğe gönderme yapmaktadır.

Politik karikatür haritaların (Serio-Comic) ilk örneklerinden olan HADOL’un haritası İngilizce, Almanca ve Flamanca olarak kopya edilmiştir.

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1877 tarihli bu Serio-Comic harita ROSE’un Avrupa Ülkeleri politik karikatür haritalarının ender baskılarından biridir. Ahtapot Harita olarak bilinen bu eserde Rusya’nın Avrupa’daki endişe verici varlığı kocaman bir ahtapotun kollarının Avrupa’nın üstüne uzanmasıyla betimlenmiştir.

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Obj Height cm:
67
Obj Width cm:
100

Publication Author:
(سودى)نك يكى خريطه كلياتندن [SÛDÎ’NIN YENI HARITA KÜLLIYATINDAN / SUDI’S NEW CARTOGRAPHIC ESTABLISHMENT].
Pub Date:
1927
Pub Title:
انا وطن [Ana Vatan / Homeland].

Note:
“‘Ana Vatan’ (Homeland) is one of the iconic images of Turkey’s Early Republican Era, being a colourful map of the country variously decorated with a portrait of its revolutionary founding president, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk; the figure of an infantry man, hailing the might and bravery of the Turkish Army which secured the nation’s independence; and the figure of a lady draped in the Turkish flag, personifying the virtue and liberty of the country – a large format ephemeral work – extremely rare. On October 29, 1923, Mustafa Kemal ‘Atatürk’ formally completed what virtually everyone a few years before would have considered impossible, by declaring the creation of the Republic of Turkey, a completely independent state embracing the great majority of the lands inhabited the Turkish people. The Treaty of Sèvres, (1920), which aimed to settle the fate of Anatolia and adjacent lands, in the wake of the collapse of the Ottoman Empire following World War I, inflicted the harshest possible terms on the Turkish people, denying them any chance to form a viable country. Istanbul and the Turkish Straits were to become an international zone controlled by the Great Entente powers; the Smyrna (Izmir) region of Western Anatolia was to become part of Greece; southwestern Anatolia was to be an Italian zone, Cilicia (southcentral Anatolia) was to be a French domain; while Eastern Anatolia was reserved for a proposed independent Armenian state. The Turks were to be left with a rump extending from central Anatolia to the Black Sea coast; the great majority of Turks were to live under foreign flags. Atatürk, a former Ottoman general and hero of the Battle of Gallipoli, and his associates never accepted the verdict of the Entente Powers. In 1919, he formed a nationalist movement that aimed to retake the Turkish lands by force, instigating a conflict known as the Turkish War of Independence (Türk Kurtuluş Savaşı, 1919-23). Headquartered in Ankara, then a small provincial city deep in the interior, Atatürk initially led a poorly equipped and under-funded rag-tag force of Ottoman veterans, in a situation not unlike Washington at Valley Forge. Indeed, Atatürk had to fight a multi-front war against at least six major opponents, although he benefitted from extremely low expectations, which caused their opposition to become exceedingly overconfident. Atatürk was a stellar proven battle commander and extraordinarily charismatic and bold leader, and against all odds he managed to galvanize his motley force into and amazingly driven and deadly war machine, that after teething pains, eventually came to vanquish all of their opponents on the battlefield, while causing their other foes to withdraw from the contest. By the latter part of 1922, Atatürk had decisively won the war, and the complete withdraw of all foreign powers from Anatolia, Istanbul, and Eastern Thrace (virtually all of modern Turkey) was assured. Atatürk would go on to found a revolutionary new Turkish state based upon his philosophy of Kemalism, summed up by what would become known as the ‘Six Arrows’ (Republicanism, Populism, Nationalism, Laicism, Statism, and Reformism). While controversial both in its time and up to the present day, Atatürk’s regime utterly transformed Turkey into a modern secular state more in line with Western European values than its Eastern roots. Turkey became a strong, confident regional power that was able to maintain its independence even in what was the world’s most dangerous d neighborhood. Anchoring Atatürk’s regime was one of the world’s world most sophisticated propaganda machines, that assumed great control over popular visual and literary culture. It was able to harness Turkey’s word-class communities of artists and authors to create posters, maps, paintings, books, pamphlets, and newspapers that celebrated Atatürk and his new revolutionary values. The present work is one of the most famous and beloved of all the propaganda works of the Early Republican Era. The present map was published by Sudi’s New Cartographic Establishment, a small, boutiquey Istanbul mapmaker. Little would they have known when they first released the map that it would become one of the most iconic and beloved images of Early Republican Turkey! Entitled ‘Ana Vatan’ (Homeland), the map is a veritable pageant of imagery, an unabashed celebration of the new Republic of Turkey and its founding principles. The centre of the composition is a conventional map the country, divided into brightly coloured provinces, and labelling all major cities, topographical features, railways and roads. Turkey’s boundaries are the same as they are today with the notable exception that the country did not then yet include the Hatay Province (featuring the cities of Antakya and Iskenderun), to the south, which is still shown to be a part of Syria; under Turkish pressure, Hatay would succeed from Syria in 1938, joining Turkey the following year later. To the lower left of the map are two cartographic insets, one showing Istanbul, the old Ottoman capital and Turkey’s commercial centre, and the other, Ankara, the new capital of the republic. At the top of the map is a portrait of President Atatürk, contained within a roundel, framed by laurels. To the left, is a large image of a Turkish infantry man in full field dress, honouring the very men who so valiantly, and against all odds, secured Turkey’s unity and independence. To the right, is an image of a woman, draped in the national flag, bearing laurels, and perched upon a Classical plinth; she personifies the new state, its virtue, liberty and hope for the future. The inclusion of the lady is iconographically significant in that it marks a dramatic rupture from Ottoman or Eastern patriotic imagery, for such figures had rather been a traditional part of Western culture (ex. the Roman goddess Libertas, Britannia, Marianne, Lady Liberty, etc.). Indeed, consistent Kemalist principles, the map is strictly secular, void of the Islamic iconography that was prevalent on Ottoman propagandist works. While the text of the map is entirely given in Ottoman Turks script (Turkey would shortly switch to using Latin script, in 1928-9), in line with Atatürk’s ethic, it features only the Western date of ‘1927’, as opposed to employing the old Ottoman Rumi calendar. ‘Ana Vatan’ struck a chord, and in its time and through the generations since, had been frequently reproduced and favourably commented upon in countless works. It was, and remains, one of the most popular and recognizable images of the early period of Atatürk’s regime, proving its success as a work of patriotic propaganda. The map would have been sold in bookstores and news kiosks to the general public, where it would have been hung in homes and offices. Despite the map’s contemporary popularity and the fact that it remains very well known, examples are today extremely rare. The ephemeral, fragile nature of the map would have ensured a very low survival rate. While we are anecdotally aware of a few examples of the map held by unspecified Turkish institutions, as well as in private collections, the only example we can trace outside of Turkey is held by the Library of Congress (acquired in 1928, perhaps as a diplomatic gift).” (Alexander Johnson, 2021)

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40 X 34

Ptolemaic map prepared for the Cl. Ptolemaei Alexandrini, Geographiae Libri Octo, first published in Cologne by Gottfried von Kempen (1578) and then reprinted by the same publisher in 1584 (Van der Krogt 1, 502) and then by Isaac Elsevier for the Petrus Bertius’ Theatrum Geographiae veteris (Leyden 1618). Mercator’s interpretation of the 28 Ptolemaic text was possibly one of the truest undertaken up until that time. He had spent 13 years researching, drawing and engraving the maps at much commercial sacrifice to himself, having seen Ortelius’s Theatrum and De Jodes Speculum published, to become both technical and commercial successes. In later life he devoted himself to his edition of the maps in Ptolemy’s Geographia, reproduced in his own engraving as nearly as possible in their original form. The work is also famous for its longevity, since the original plates were still in use in 1730, over one hundred and fifty years after their engraving. Example taken from the Tabulae geographicae Cl: Ptolemei by François Halma, printed between Utrecht, Amsterdam and Leiden in 1695, 1698, 1704 (2 printings) and 1730. The plates are amended and the cartouches completely changed; smaller and made over the previous ones – erased – leaving large white areas on the print. Copperplate, good condition.

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