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Cartographer: Waldseemuller/Fries
Title: : Tabula nova Prouinciarum Rheni
Date: 1541 Size: 17 x 10 inches
Published: Vienne
Description: Early woodcut map of the Rhine River Valley from Basel, Switzerland to Frankfurt, Germany through Alsace and Lorraine. From the 1541 Vienne edition of Ptolemy's Geography edited by Michael Servetus.
Map Ref: GER2086

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Cartographer: Sebastian Munster
Title: : Sueviae et Bavariae Descriptio
Date: 1558 Size: 14 x 10 inches
Published: Basel
Description: Very early regional map covering Bavaria and Swabia orientated South to North. SL
Map Ref: GER2175

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Cartographer: Abraham Ortelius
Title: : Thietmarsiae Holsaticae Regionis Partis Typus and Rugiae Usedomiae et Iulienae
Date: 1592 Size: 20 x 15 inches
Published: Antwerp
Description: Two maps of one sheet showing Dietmarschen at the mouth of the Elbe and Eider Rivers and with the north Pomeranian coast showing the island of Rugen and the peninsula of Wolin and Usedom. Original colour.
Map Ref: GER2262

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Cartographer: Abraham Ortelius
Title: : Palatinatus Bavariae Descriptio and Argentoratensis Agri Descriptio
Date: 1592 Size: 20 x 15 inches
Published: Antwerp
Description: Two maps on one sheet showing the Palatinate of Bavaria and Strassbourg and environs. Original hand colour.
Map Ref: GER2263

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Cartographer: Abraham Ortelius
Title: : Wirtenberg Ducatus
Date: 1592 Size: 20 x 15 inches
Published: Antwerp
Description: Map of Wurtemburg sourced from an unpublished map by Georg Gadner. There is a suggestion that Ortelius actually pirated this map. Original colour.
Map Ref: GER2156

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Cartographer: Abraham Ortelius
Title: : Palatinatus Bavariae and Argentoratensis Agri
Date: 1592 Size: 19 x 12 inches
Published: Antwerp
Description: Two maps on one sheet illustrating the Palatinate of Bavaria and the region around Strasburg. Original colour. SL
Map Ref: GER2172

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Cartographer: Abraham Ortelius
Title: : Hassiae Descriptio / Holsatiae Descrip.
Date: 1592 Size: 19 x 12 inches
Published: Antwerp
Description: Two maps on one sheet showing Hesse and Holstein. Based on surveys by Johann Dryander and Marcus Jordan respectively. Original colour. SL
Map Ref: GER2173

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Cartographer: Abraham Ortelius
Title: : Mansfeldiae Comitatus
Date: 1592 Size: 17 x 15 inches
Published: Antwerp
Description: Mansfeld and the surrounding region from a survey by Tillemann Stella. Original colour. SL
Map Ref: GER2174

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Cartographer: Abraham Ortelius
Title: : Brandeburgensis Marchae Descriptio
Date: 1592 Size: 20 x 15 inches
Published: Antwerp
Description: Stunning early map showing the territory controlled by the Electorate of Brandenburg at the end of the 16th century. Berlin is located at the centre of the map. Original hand-colour.
Map Ref: GER2237

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Cartographer: Abraham Ortelius
Title: : Bavariae Olim Vindeliciae Delieneationis Compendium
Date: 1598 Size: 20 x 15 inches
Published: Antwerp
Description: Early map of Bavaria from the 1598 French edition of Ortelius's landmark "Theatrum Orbis Terrarum", generally considered the first modern world atlas. Original hand-colour.
Map Ref: GER2248

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Cartographer: Matthias Quad
Title: : Thietmarsiae Holsaticae regionis
Date: 1609 Size: 12 x 8 inches
Published: Cologne
Description: Map of the Ditmarschen region of Schleswig-Holstein showing the mouth of the River Elbe.
Map Ref: GER2146

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Cartographer: Matthias Quad
Title: : Francia Orientalis Vulgo Franconia, A Franco Quodam Eorum Duce Orta Creditur Gens
Date: 1609 Size: 13 x 10 inches
Published: Cologne
Description: Franconia, southern Germany, including parts of Baden-Wurttemberg, Bavaria, and Thuringia. Black and white woodcut.
Map Ref: GER2204

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Cartographer: Matthias Quad
Title: : Braunswick Ducatus. Hildesheim Episcop: & Halberstat Episcop:
Date: 1609 Size: 13 x 9 inches
Published: Cologne
Description: Hildesheim to Halberstat, showing parts of Lower Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt, formerly the Duchy of Brunswick. Black and white woodcut.
Map Ref: GER1810

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Cartographer: Matthias Quad
Title: : Thuringia
Date: 1609 Size: 11 x 9 inches
Published: Cologne
Description: Thuringia. Decorative map of region showing the major towns, rivers, and trade routes. Black-and-white woodcut.
Map Ref: GER1811

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Cartographer: Matthias Quad
Title: : Lunaeburgensis Ducatus
Date: 1609 Size: 11 x 9 inches
Published: Cologne
Description: Duchy of Luneburg, northern Germany. Decorative woodcut map of the region. Includes the towns of Hamburg, Bremen, Brunswick, and Hannover.
Map Ref: GER1815

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Cartographer: Petrus Bertius
Title: : Description du Marquisat de Brandenbourg
Date: 1618 Size: 5 x 4 inches
Published: Amsterdam
Description: Early miniature map of Brandenburg, Mecklenburg, and Pomerania, as well as the border region with Poland. Coloured.
Map Ref: GER2238

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