6 ANTIQUE MAP PRINTS,WORLD,N&S AMER EUROPE,AFRICA,ITALY

''''PLEASE READ MY FEEDBACK FROM PEOPLE THAT HAVE BOUGHT THESE MAPS.  THEY ARE REALLY NICE'''''THESE PRINTS ARE VERY, VERY SUITABLE FOR FRAMING. YOU WILL BE PLEASED WITH THEM.  !!! THESE PRINTS WOULD COST MINIMUM $ 15.00 EACH FROM A RARE MAP PRINT STORE..THATS ALMOST A HUNDRED BUCKS!!!!! THIS COLLECTION OF 6 ANTIQUE REPODUCTION MAPS COMES WITH BEAUTIFULLY DESIGNED, ARTISTICALLY DRAWN AND ILLUSTRATED MAPS, BUT ALSO WITH A BOOK OF DESCRIPTIONS OF THE MAPS. THE FIRST 2 PHOTOS ARE THE ONLY ONES WITH A CREASE BECAUSE IT IS A BOOK, (FIRST 2 PHOTOS) AND HISTORY OF MAPMAKING. THIS BOOK COVER IS ON HEAVY STOCK AND IS BEAUTIFULLY ILLISTRATED. THE BOOK HAS WELL DONE HISTORICAL PAGES THAT ARE TITLED--''MAPS IN ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONS'', ''THE AGE OF DISCOVERY'', AND HISTORY OF GERHARD KREMER, THE FATHER OF MODERN CARTOGRAPHY. IN ADDITION TO EACH MAPS HISTORY .

THESE MAPS WERE REPRODUCED FROM THE ORGINAL PRINTS BY HAMMOND INCORPORATED. THE MAPS WERE SELECTED BY GERARD L. ALEXANDER, CHEIF MAP DEVISION, NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY. THEY WERE REPRODUCED IN AUTHENTIC COLORS FROM THE ORGINAL PRINTS. THESE PRINTS ARE 16 IN X 20 IN.

PHOTO 1 AND 2--BOOK OF DESCRIPTIONS OF THE MAPS AND HISTORY OF MAPMAKING

THE 6 INCLUDED MAPS ARE IN THE ORGINAL PACKAGING WITH HEAVY TISSUE SHEETING BETWEEN EACH MAP. THESE MAPS HAVE NEVER BEEN USED OR HANDLED. BESIDES THE WEALTH OF HISTORICAL INFO. IN THIS COLLECTION, THESE MAPS ARE BEAUTIFUL ART PIECES. THESE MAPS ARE WORKS OF ART. THEY ARE ETERNALLY WORTHY OF COLLECTION.

PHOTO 3---DOUBLE HEMISPHERE WORLD MAP BY JOHN SPEED OF LONDON. JOHN SPEED WAS THE MOST FAMOUS ENGLISH MAPMAKER OF THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY. HIS WORLD MAP WAS CONSIDERED THE BEST ENGLISH SPECIMAN OF THE CENTURY. WAS ISSUED IN 1627 AND WAS PRINTED UNTIL 1770. HIS MAPS WERE CONSIDERED REMARKABLE FOR THEIR HISTORICAL AND ANTIQARIAN DETAIL. THEY WERE DECORATIVE  AND HAD MAGNIFICENT COLORING.

PHOTO 4---A DESCRIPTION OF EUROPE, BY GUILIELMUS BLAEU, AMSTERDAM. THE BLAEU FAMILY FOUNDED ONE OF THE GREATEST DUTCH MAP MAKING FIRMS. THEIR MAPS HAD PRECISE, CARTOGRAPHY, SUPERB ILLUSTRATIONS AND COLORING. THIS MAP OF EUROPE WAS PUBLISHED BETWEEN 1648-1665.

PHOTO 5---A NEW DESCRIPTION OF AFRICA BY GUILIELMUS BLAEU, AMSTERDAM. THIS MAP WAS FIRST DRAWN ABOUT 1630 AND WAS ISSUED AS PART OF THE GROOTEN ATLAS IN 1650. IT REMAINS ONE OF THE MOST REMARKABLE AND HISTORICALLY IMPORTANT MAPS OF THE 17TH CENTURY THIS MAP HAS DRAWINGS OF EXOTIC ANIMALS AND WILDLIFE. IT SHOWS MINITURE CITY PLANS AND FIGURES IN NATIVE DRESS.

PHOTO 6---ITALY BY JAN JANNSON, AMSTERDAM. JAN JANNSON WAS ONE OF THE CENTURYS FINEST MAPMAKERS. HIS WORK WAS RENOENED BECAUSE OF THE SUPERB DECORATING, USE OF COAT OF ARMS, COLORS, ORNATE AND ITALIAN LETTERING. IT IS ALSO ILLISTRATED WITH SHIPS AT SEA, MONSTERS, GODS, AND GODDESSES OF THE SEA.

PHOTO 7---NORTH AMERICA--MISSISSIPPI AND ST. LAURENCE VALLEYS, BY H.A. CHATELAIN, AMSTERDAM. THIS MAP WAS ACCLAIMED AS BRILLIANT AND HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT. THIS MAP WAS ISSUED IN 1719 AND SHOWS QUEBEC (CAPITAL OF NEW FRANCE) AND NAMES AND LOCATIONS OF INDIAN TRIBES AND SOME FANCIFULLY MADE NATIVE ANIMALS.

PHOTO 8---NORTH AND SOUTH AMERICA. JOHANN BAPTIST HOMANN, NUREMBERG. THIS BEAUTIFULLY COLORED AND ILLUSTRATED MAP WAS ISSUED ABOUT 1732. IT PORTAYS NORTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA AS PART OF THE MAINLAND CORRECTING EARLIER AREAS. IT DEPICTS NATIVE AMERICANS, WILDLIFE, A EUROPEAN SETTLEMENT AND MISSIONARIES. THIS MAP IS BRILLIANTLY ILLISTRATED AND IS NOTED AS OUTSTANDING IN ACCURACY, DETAIL AND COMPLEXITY