Art

JOHN TALLIS in the United Kingdom 1817 - 1876

JOHN RAPKIN in the United Kingdom 1813 - 1899

Islands in the Atlantic. 1850
Steel engraving
Signed and titled
Sizes 27.6 x 35.8 cm
Comes from the work "The Illustrated Atlas and the Modern History of the World".

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NICOLAS SANSON D'ABBEVILLE
France 1600 - 1667

Isles Canaries. 1656
Copper engraving
Signed, titled and dated
Size 19 x 26.5 cm plate

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JACQUES NICOLAS BELLIN in Paris 1703 - Versailles 1772

JAKOB VAN SCHELEY in Amsterdam 1715 - 1779

Carte des Isles Canaries. 1746
Copper engraving
Signed, titled and dated
Size 22.3 x 29.5 cm plate

A copy of the rare Dutch version.

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JACQUES NICOLAS BELLIN
Paris 1703 - Versailles 1772

ABBÉ A. F. PRÉVOST in France 1697 - 1763

Carte des Isles Canaries. 1840
Copper engraving
Signed, titled and dated
Size 21.6 x 29.7 cm plate

Comes from the work "Histoire G. des Voyages de Prevost", t. II, nº 6.

Bibliography:

C. Broekema, Maps of the Canary Island before 1850

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RIGOBERT BONNE
Racourt, France 1727 - 1795

ABBÉ G. TH. RAYNAL
France 1713 - 1796

Carte des Isles Canaries. 1780
Copper engraving
Signed, dated and titled
Size 21.1 x 32.1 cm plate
Comes from the work "Athas de Toutes les Parties ... du Globe. Histoire du Commerce des Européens dans les Deux Indes ", Pellet, 1780.

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NICOLAS SANSON D'ABBEVILLE
Francia 1600 - 1667

JOHANN DAVID ZUNNER
1641 - 1704

Insulae Canariae. 1683
Copper engraving
Signed, titled and dated
Size 19.7 x 34.6 cm plate
Very rare specimen, eagle replacing the large initial cartouche.

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OLFERT DAPPER
The Netherlands 1639-1689

JOAN BLAEU
1596 - 1673

Insulae Canariae alias Fortunatae dictae. Amsterdam, 1668
Colored copper engraving
Signed, titled and dated
Size 26.1 x 34.4 cm plate
Comes from the work "Naukeurige beschrijvinge der Afrikaensche Eylanden", 168.

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JACQUES NICOLAS BELLIN
Paris 1703 - Versailles 1772

ANTOINE F. PREVOST in France 1697 - 1763

Carte de L'Ocean Occidental. 1746
Colored copper engraving
Signed, titled and dated
Size 31.6 x 46.1 cm plate
Comes from the work "Histoire Generale des Voyages".

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MATTAÄUS MERIAN "EL VIEJO"
Basel, Switzerland 1593 - Bad Schwalbach, Germany 1650

JL GOTTFRIED
1584 - 1633

Siege of the Dutch fleet to Las Palmas de Gran Canaria . June 1599
Copper engraving
Signed, titled and dated
Size 15.5 x 18 cm plate
Comes from the work "Newe Welt und Americanische Historien ...", Frankfurt, 1631-1655 , p. 448.

Landing attempts by van der Does's troops during the siege of Las Palmas from June 25 to 28, 1599. After the failures to enter the island and some 1,400 casualties, on July 4 they leave the city, but not before looting it and setting it on fire, heading for the island of La Gomera.

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MATTAÄUS MERIAN "EL VIEJO"
Basel, Switzerland 1593 - Bad Schwalbach, Germany 1650

J. L. GOTTFRIED
1584 - 1633

Island and city of La Gomera. Dutch attack on July 16, 1599
Copper engraving
Signed, dated and titled
Sizes 15.5 x 18 cm
Comes from the work "Newe Welt und Americanische Historien ...", Frankfurt, 1631-1655, p. 452.

Gomeros clash with a company of 800 Dutch that was entering the island to supply the wine and food fleet, causing significant casualties. Before leaving the island, Van der Does sacked and set fire to San Sebastián.

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JACQUES NICOLAS BELLIN
Paris 1703 - Versailles 1772

JACQUES PH. ROUSSELOT DE SURGY
France 1737 - 1791

Carte de L'isle de Teneriffe. 1764
Colored copper engraving
Signed, titled and dated
Size 16.5 x 21.5 cm plate
Comes from the work "Histoire G. des Voyages ou Nouvelle Collection", vol. 2, nº 7 of La Petit Atlas Maritime of 1752.

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LEOPOLD VON BUCH
Stolpe, Uckermark 1774 - Berlin 1853

PIERRE ANTOINE TARDIEU in France 1784 - 1869

Carte Physique d'Isle de Palma. Paris, 1824
Copper engraving
Signed, titled and dated
Size 44.5 x 32.5 cm plate

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THOMAS CONDER - United Kingdom 1746 - 1831 - Book JOHN HAMILTON MOORE - United Kingdom 1738 - 1807 -
Various Charts of Islands in the Atlantic & Pacific Oceans. 1782
Copper engravings
Signed, dated and titled
Size 46.2 x 23 cm plate
Comes from the work "New & Complete Collection of Viyages and Travels", London, 1782.

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JOHANN CHRISTOPH HOMANN
1703 - 1730

Statuum Maroccanorum Regnorum nempe Fessani. Insulae Canariae. Nuremberg, 1728
Colored copper etching (three)
Signed, titled and dated
Size 49.3 x 57.5 cm plate

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