Double-hemisphere world map showing California as an island, the partial outlines of Australia, Tasmania & New Zealand, and a large Jesso shown as a large peninsula of Asia almost connected to Japan. Underneath the map is a large vignette with allegorical figures representing the continents (including an armour-clad European with a flintlock) and a central figure of the Earth being showered with gifts.

A highly decorative steel engraved map showing Africa east to Australia. Surrounded by an ornate pictorial vignette border of natives and wildlife, including a camel and a giraffe. John Tallis is without question one of the most renowned cartographers and publisher of the C19th. His maps are the last of the lavishly decorated and ornamental maps, considered to be works of art as well as geographically accurate. He was born in Stourbridge in Worcestershire in about 1818 and it is likely that he stayed in the Midlands working as a publisher in Birmingham, until he moved to London in the early 1840′s.

A German postcard map of the World, shows ancient ruins, the Sphinx a steam train and a German castle.

The classic world map on Mercator's projection, engraved by Josua van den Ende, state 4. Highly decorative with the seven wonders of the world forming the lower border, figures representing the seasons on the right and the elements on the left. The top border cartouches show the planets depicted by figures in chariots pulled by various animals; The Moon, Mercury, Venus, The Sun, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn.

The classic world map on Mercator's projection, engraved by Josua van den Ende, state 4. Highly decorative with the seven wonders of the world forming the lower border, figures representing the seasons on the right and the elements on the left. The top border cartouches show the planets depicted by figures in chariots pulled by various animals; The Moon, Mercury, Venus, The Sun, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn. + Americæ nova Tabula, + Africæ, nova descriptio, + Europa recens descripta, + Asia noviterdelineata. WORLD + FOUR CONTINENTS.

A decorative steel-plate engraving, with a vignettes of Vesuvius, London, Gibraltar, the Pyramids, Niagara, Constantinople and Paris. Marked in red are the British Colonies and in blue the Steam Routes. John Tallis is without question one of the most renowned cartographers and publisher of the C19th. His maps are the last of the lavishly decorated and ornamental maps, considered to be works of art as well as geographically accurate. He was born in Stourbridge in Worcestershire in about 1818 and it is likely that he stayed in the Midlands working as a publisher in Birmingham, until he moved to London in the early 1840′s.

The classic oval shaped map of the World after Gerard Mercator's 1569 and Gastaldi's 1561, with a large land-mass to the bottom of the map. This example is plate 1, state 1 and can be identified by the lack of damage in the lower left hand corner that appeared in later states. Engraved by Franciscus Hogenbergus.

The classic oval shaped map of the World, with a large land-mass to the bottom of the map. This map supersedes the first two plates of the same title replacing the clouds with strap-work. Medallions occupy the four corners and the South American coastline has been corrected.

A map of the world by Gerard Mercator and published in his revision of Prolemy's "Geographia". This decorative copper-plate map was engraved by Mercator himself. Shirley states - "His general Ptolemaic map is one of the finest available". Originally done in 1578 and published at Cologne, seven further editions were printed and published in Frankfurt and Amsterdam as late as 1704. The plate was later reworked and can be found in Dutch copies as late as 1730. This example has Latin text on the verso.

The most decorative 'modern' map of the Americas available. A fine steel engraved circular map surrounded by vignettes depicting natives and wildlife found in the area, including a bison, a polar bear and a walrus.