Mechelen commented by Braun “In the year 1473 Charles the Bold moved the Supreme Court, also called the Royal Council or Assembly, to Mechelen: he himself is the supreme judge... More info
Bohemia Bohemia was a a dutchy of Great Moravia, later an independent principality, a kingdom in the Holy Roman Empire, and subsequently a part of the Habsburg Monarchy and the... More info
XII Provinces The oval map of the Low Countries is also known as the ‘Egg’ map, because of its oval strapwork borders. The title is adorned with ribbons and is... More info
...the eastern river area. They dismantled the redoubt after a certain period of time. After the recapture in 1590, Maurits van Oranje had the redoubt reinforced and expanded into a... More info
...in 1569 was burried in Notre-Dame-de-la-Chapelle. The engraving is made after a plan from Guicciardini (1567), some topographical details may derive from a sketch by Jacob van Deventer (c. 1550).... More info
Tartary by Ortelius This map covers a large section of Asia (Tartary, China and Japan) as well as the the west coast of North America, It is the earliest obtainable... More info
Ortelius and Aeneas In the cartouche (top right) Ortelius dedicates this map to Balthasar Robianus: “In memory of his friendship, Abraham Ortelius dedicated this map to the honourable and famous... More info
Dedicated to Albertus Conradi van der Burch, director of the Westindian Company. Cartographically the map draws on the extremely rare chart by Hessel Gerritz, c. 1631. The area of coverage... More info