1790 to 1849: Age of sail
Sea charts and maritime prints printed between 1790 and 1849, the age of sail. Every one a period original.
102 pieces
Antique Map of Straits of Makassar by J.W. Norie, Engraved Chart, 1820
Naval Battle Lithographs in Frame– Etna and Palermo Engagements of 1676, Schotel
Large Chart of the Gambier Islands, Tuamotu Archipelago, French Polynesia, 1838
Nautical Chart of Cape Verde Islands by J.W. Norie, 1824 Coastal Map
Lighthouse Architecture & Engineering Engravings, Set of 3, c. 1800
Old Map of Cook's Discovery and Charting of the East Coast of Australia, 1803
Attractive Antique Map of the World as Planisphere, Shows Cook's Voyages, 1799
Singapore Environs View, French Exploration Lithograph, La Bonite Voyage, 1845
Early Chart Identifying British Spice Trading Colony of Bencoolen, Sumatra, 1797
View of the Dardanelles: Fortified Hill and Ships, Hand-Colored Lithograph, 1840
Antique Map of the Dutch Gold Coast in Africa by Van den Bosch '1818'
Jamaica Map by John Thomson, Kingston & Port Royal Harbors, c.1817
Antique Chart of the Southern Pole, Showing Three Routes of Captain Cook, 1803
Old Map Showing the Tracks of Cook Between North America and Asia's Coast, 1803
Original Copper Engraving of the Northeast Coast of Australia, 1803
Boston Harbor View from Castle William, Hand-Colored Aquatint by Fumagalli, 1827
Antique Coastal Views and a Map of Van Diemens Land (Tasmania), Australia, 1803
Rare City View of London and Westminster, Showing Many Battles Ships, 1804
Human Sacrifice in a Morai, Tahiti, Cook Voyage Engraving c.1795
Old Sea Chart of the Tenasserim area, Myanmar 'Burma' in South East Asia, c.1790
Antique Great Yarmouth Fishing Boats Maritime Etching by E.W. Cooke, 1828
Bertuch African Slave Trade & Slave Ship Engraving, 1805
Map of the Vietnamese Coast, Centered on Turon Harbor 'Da Nang Area', 1796
View of the Island of Tahiti, with Outrigger Canoes and Sailing Catamarans, 1803
Original Chart Showing the Region between Cape Grenville and Cape Suckling, 1803
Antique Map of the Coast of New Ireland, Earlier Part of German New Guinea, 1833
Original Old China Map, From Korea and the Sea of Japan to Teypin Island, 1803
The Battle of Trafalgar, Admiral Nelson & British Fleet, 1805
Map of the East Coast of Hanshu or Honshu & a View of the Japanese Coast, 1803
Detailed Map of New Zealand Showing the Route of Capt. Cook's First Voyage, 1803
Prince Albert Landing at Dover, Royal Maritime Engraving, c.1840
Dutch Antique Engraving with Coastal Views of Asia by Cook, 1803
Antique Print of the Harbour Sunda Kelapa of Batavia in the Dutch Indies, 1826
Old Print of Anjer or Anyer, Coastal Town in Banten, West Java, Indonesia, 1844
Old Drawing or Plan of a Proa of Amsterdam Island, Now Tongatapu, Tonga, 1803
Interior of Winter House, Kamchatka, Cook Voyage Engraving c.1803
Antique Print of a Ship Near the Coast of Sumatra, Indonesia, c.1845
Coëtlogon Captures Four Dutch Warships off Lisbon, 1839
Rotterdam from the Ferry, Stanfield Sketches, Boys after Stanfield, 1833
Interior of a Nootka House, Vancouver Island, Cook Voyage Engraving c.1795
Original Lithograph with a Scene of a Village and Harbour in New Guinea, c.1836
Antique Map of the Harbour of Tongatabu, One of the Tonga Islands, 1803
Summer & Winter Houses, Kamchatka, Cook Voyage Engraving c.1803
Hawaiian Volcanoes & Valleys, Antique Voyage Engravings, Renzi, Paris 1836
Old Print of Ships near Anyer & Krakatoa in the Sunda Straits, Indonesia, 1844
French-British Naval Battle of Negapatam, India, c.1840
Chinese Junks and Sailing Vessels, Ferrario Il Costume Antico e Moderno, 1815
Antique Print of a Loading Dock in Batavia, Dutch East Indies, 1844
1790 to 1849: Age of sail
The age of sail at its height, from the Napoleonic wars to the first steamships. English chart makers such as Norie and Imray, the later editions of Cook's voyages, and the French voyages of Dumont d'Urville belong here, along with aquatint and early lithographed harbour views.
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