Superb small map by Ortelius from the famous Plantin printing house.
From the first French edition and evidently an early use of the plate as the impression is good and strong. Finely engraved with all name places easily readable.
Very decorative with stipped sea, galleons, sea monster and box cartouche.
Rare map in excellent condition
Publication…Epitome du Theatre du Monde

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from “The Cabinet Atlas of the World”.
Alvin Jewett Johnson (1827 – 1884). Alvin J. Johnson entered into the business of publishing atlases in 1860. Having previously been a book canvasser who sold maps and atlases for the well-known map and atlas publisher, J.H. Colton, Johnson was introduced to the profitability of atlases as a reference book. Whether he originally planned to start his book publishing business with atlases or not is unknown. It does appear that, when he came to New York City in 1857, he began to support Colton in the publishing of his atlases and maps. In 1859, Colton’s General Atlas was published by the firm of Johnson & Browning, and the next year he published the first edition of his own atlas, titled, Johnson’s New Illustrated (Steel Plate) Family Atlas, With Descriptions Geographical, Statistical and Historical. The early editions of the Family Atlas, as it is most commonly referred to, was comprised of maps developed by the Colton firm, and the title page announces that the publishers, Johnson & Browning, are “formerly (successors to J.H. Colton and Company…”. Browning was an agent who worked in Johnson’s book canvassing business.

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*originally four sheet map…this one is the lower two sheet map…
This map comes from Thomas Kitchin’s A General Atlas. This atlas was conceived of by Thomas Jefferys in the 1760s. Following Jefferys’ bankruptcy in 1766, the atlas was first completed by Robert Sayer in 1773. This was Robert Sayer’s first terrestrial atlas. From 1794 the atlas was published by his successors Laurie & Whittle. Later editions tend to be more desirable. Thomas Kitchin’s name appears on title pages even after his death in 1784. The maps are after a variety of makers such as d’Anville, Roberts, Dunn, Rocque, Delarochette, Rennell, Zannoni, Dury, Cook, Vancouver, Perouse and others.
This map is from the 1797 edition of the atlas. This atlas was later expanded and replaced by Laurie & Whittle’s A New Universal Atlas.
Robert Sayer Biography
Robert Sayer (ca. 1724-1794) was a prominent London map publisher. Robert’s father was a lawyer, but his older brother married Mary Overton, the widow of prominent mapmaker Philip Overton and the proprietor of his shop after his death. Mary continued the business for roughly a year after her marriage and then, in early 1748, it passed to Robert. Robert became a freeman of the Stationers’ Company later that year; his first advertisement as an independent publisher was released in December.
Sayer benefited from Overton’s considerable stock, which included the plates of John Senex. In the 1750s, Sayer specialized in design books and topographical prints, as well as comic mezzotints. In 1753, he, along with John Roque, published a new edition of

Thomas Read’s Small British Atlas, the first of several county atlases that Sayer would publish.
Sayer’s business continued to grow. In 1760 he moved further down Fleet Street to larger premises at 53 Fleet Street. In 1766, he acquired Thomas Jefferys’ stock when the latter went bankrupt. In 1774, he entered into a partnership with John Bennett, his former apprentice. The pair specialized in American atlases, based on the work of Jefferys. They also began publishing navigational charts in the 1780s and quickly became the largest supplier of British charts in the trade.
Bennett’s mental health declined, and the partnership ended in 1784. As Sayer aged, he relied on his employees Robert Laurie and James Whittle, who eventually succeeded him. He spent more and more time at his house in Richmond. In 1794, he died in Bath.

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Italian edition of Ortelius’s map of Turkish Empire, from a later pirated Venice edition of Ortelius’s “Epitome”.

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Victor Adolphe Malte-Brun was a french Georapher and Map maker. His father was the founder of “Société de Géographie”.

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Nice example of Speed’s map of the Turkish Empire, from Speed’s Epitome. The maps were engraved by Peter Van Den Keere (Petrus Kaerius).
John Speed Biography
John Speed (1551 or ’52 – 28 July 1629) was the best known English mapmaker of the Stuart period. Speed came to mapmaking late in life, producing his first maps in the 1590s and entering the trade in earnest when he was almost 60 years old.
John Speed’s fame, which continues to this day, lies with two atlases, The Theatre of the Empire of Great Britaine (first published 1612), and the Prospect of the Most Famous Parts of the World (1627). While The Theatre … started as solely a county atlas, it grew into an impressive world atlas with the inclusion of the Prospect in 1627. The plates for the atlas passed through many hands in the 17th century, and the book finally reached its apotheosis in 1676 when it was published by Thomas Bassett and Richard Chiswell, with a number of important maps added for the first time.

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Scarce map of the Middle East focusing on the Turkish empire with an elaborate Rococo style title is at lower left.
From Atlas geographicus omnes orbis terrarum regiones
Leonhard Euler (1707 – 1783)
Euler was one of greatest mathematicians of the period of Enlightement. Born in Switzerland but worked most of his life in Russia and Germany. He made important discoveries in fields as diverse as infinitesimal calculus and graph theory. He also introduced much of the modern mathematical terminology and notation, particularly for mathematical analysis, such as the notion of a mathematical function. He is also renowned for his work in mechanics, fluid dynamics, optics, astronomy, and music theory.
Euler’s involvement with cartography began by his tuition by the great French cartographer Delisle who had been invited to work at the Petersburg Academy Observatory. Delisle taught Euler astronomy and observational techniques with telescopes and other instruments. In September 1734 Delisle suggested that Euler work with a three foot quadrant prior to working independently making observations the following month. The results of Euler’s research and observation into determining longitude, led later to the formation of the geography department of the academy.

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Bowen’s map of the Arabian Peninsula showing the area between the Mediterranean Sea and the Arabian Sea centred around Saudi Arabia. From ‘A Complete System of Geography’. Decorated with a compass rose and a nice figural title cartouche.
Emanuel Bowen (1694?-1767) was a British engraver and print seller. He was most well- known for his atlases and county maps. Although he died in poverty, he was widely acknowledged for his expertise and was appointed as mapmaker to both George II of England and Louis XV of France. His business was carried on by his son, Thomas Bowen. He also trained many apprentices, two of whom became prominent mapmakers, Thomas Kitchin and Thomas Jeffreys.

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Detailed and finely engraved map of Gerard De Jode from his Speculum Orbis Terrarum of East Mediterranean covering the Ottoman Empire territories in Europe, Anatolia and Levant.
The map has two title cartouches and three ships which make this map quite attractive. The upper cartouche indicate the geographical information Natoliam modern, dicunt eam partem quam Asiam Minorem apellavere veteres….. the lower cartouche indicate that it is a map of Turkish Empire. Another interesting feature is the Noah’s Ark on Mount Ararat. Jode maps are quite rare compared to his contemporary Ortelius. This is mainly because only 2 editions of his atlas was printed compared to 42 editions of Ortelius atlas.

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with them and direct their Course by the stars. A Country that has neither Men, Beasts, Birds, Trees, Grass nor Pasture, and nothing but sands and rocky mountains.”
The title cartouche is a simple framed ornament. The dedicatory cartouche is more decorative, with the Vernon coat of arms, garlands, and flowers. The map is dedicated to Thomas Vernon (ca. 1670-1726), a Turkey Merchant and MP. Vernon worked for the Levant Company, which conducted British trade with the Ottoman Empire. Vernon briefly served as a Commissioner of the Board of Trade and Plantations in 1713-14, as mentioned here.
Based on the work of Guillaume de L’Isle, the map was first published in 1714. It was included in Moll’s atlas, The World Described, from 1715 onward.
Herman Moll (c. 1654-1732) was one of the most important London mapmakers in the first half of the eighteenth century. Moll was probably born in Bremen, Germany, around 1654. He moved to London to escape the Scanian Wars. His earliest work was as an engraver for Moses Pitt on the production of the English Atlas, a failed work which landed Pitt in debtor’s prison. Moll also engraved for Sir Jonas Moore, Grenville Collins, John Adair, and the Seller & Price firm. He published his first original maps in the early 1680s and had set up his own shop by the 1690s.
Moll’s work quickly helped him become a member of a group which congregated at Jonathan’s Coffee House at Number 20 Exchange Alley, Cornhill, where speculators met to trade stock. Moll’s circle included the scientist Robert Hooke, the archaeologist William Stuckley, the authors Jonathan Swift and Daniel Defoe, and the intellectually-gifted pirates William Dampier, Woodes Rogers and William Hacke. From these contacts, Moll gained a great deal of privileged information that was included in his maps.
Over the course of his career, he published dozens of geographies, atlases, and histories, not to mention numerous sheet maps. His most famous works are Atlas Geographus, a monthly magazine that ran from 1708 to 1717, and The World Described (1715-54). He also frequently made maps for books, including those of Dampier’s publications and Swift’s Gulliver’s Travels. Moll died in 1732. It is likely that his plates passed to another contemporary, Thomas Bowles, after this death.

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