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Superb pictorial bird’s-eye view of Mount Etna drawn by the legendary illustrator Heinrich Caesar Berann and published in 1953 by the Catania Tourist Board. This charming tourist map is illustrated in baroque style with decorative borders and an antique-looking map of Catania in the left side-panel. On the verso are photographs of Etna and its environs, accompanied by information about climbing the volcano. Heinrich Caesar Berann (1915 – 1999) was an Austrian painter and cartographer. He achieved…
- Dimension: 43 x 62 cm
- Place of publication: Genoa
- Year: 1953
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Uncommon map of South Africa from the rarest and most elegant cartographic work by Francesco Celestino Marmocchi, the Corso di Geografia Commerciale published in Genoa in 1858.
- Dimension: 29 x 34 cm
- Place of publication: Genoa
- Year: 1858
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Rare map of Alaska (America Russa) and the contiguous parts of Canada and the US extending to the Upper Missouri River and the Fraser River. The map is one of the earliest printed maps to focus on the region which would become Alaska. From the rarest and most elegant cartographic work by Francesco Celestino Marmocchi, the Corso di Geografia Commerciale published in Genoa in 1858.
- Dimension: 27 x 34 cm
- Place of publication: Genoa
- Year: 1858
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A fascinating map of Australia illustrating a scheme for dividing up Australia suggested by Captain James Vetch in 1838.
- Dimension: 27 x 33 cm
- Place of publication: Genoa
- Year: 1858
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Impressive Federico Caminati large tinted lithograph view of Genoa with the new molo Duca Galliera in the foreground published in 1890 at Piazzetta Maggi nr. 62.
At top coat of arm of the city below the title the dedication to:
“alla nob.sa m.sa Brignole Sale duc.sa di Galliera v.va De Ferrari quale memoria rimarrà eterna in ogni cuore cittadino per il compianto Duca che con spontanea e rara beneficenza elargiva venti milioni per l’ampliamento del Porto che ne verrà il nuovo risorgimento commerciale Ligure Genovese”.- Dimension: 41 x 78 cm
- Place of publication: Genoa
- Year: 1890
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Rare map of the regions surrounding the Caspian Sea, Aral Sea, and Turkestan during the 19th century. From the rarest and most elegant cartographic work by Francesco Celestino Marmocchi, the Corso di Geografia Commerciale published in Genoa in 1858.
- Dimension: 29 x 34 cm
- Place of publication: Genoa
- Year: 1858
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Fascinating map of the region bounded by Hudson’s Bay, Iceland, Greenland, and Baffin Bay, showing the Arctic Regions and detailing the prospects for a passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific via the legendary Northwest Passage. From the rarest and most elegant cartographic work by Francesco Celestino Marmocchi, the Corso di Geografia Commerciale published in Genoa in 1858.
- Dimension: 25 x 38 cm
- Place of publication: Genoa
- Year: 1858
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Uncommon map of Arabia and the Persian Gulf (called “Mare Verde”) from the rarest and most elegant cartographic work by Francesco Celestino Marmocchi, the Corso di Geografia Commerciale published in Genoa in 1858.
- Dimension: 29 x 34 cm
- Place of publication: Genoa
- Year: 1858
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Rare map of the Philippines and Southeast Asia, extending north to Hong Kong and Taiwan. The map provides a detailed topographical treatment of the region, with the various countries identified in outline colors. From the rarest and most elegant cartographic work by Francesco Celestino Marmocchi, the Corso di Geografia Commerciale published in Genoa in 1858.
- Dimension: 29 x 34 cm
- Place of publication: Genoa
- Year: 1858
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Uncommon map of Northern and Western Africa (and Canaries) highlighting the main roads and tracks in the Sahara. From the rarest and most elegant cartographic work by Francesco Celestino Marmocchi, the Corso di Geografia Commerciale published in Genoa in 1858.
- Dimension: 29 x 34 cm
- Place of publication: Genoa
- Year: 1858
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Uncommon double hemisphere map of the world on a polar projection which focuses on the distribution of European colonies in different parts of the world. From the rarest and most elegant cartographic work by Francesco Celestino Marmocchi, the Corso di Geografia Commerciale published in Genoa in 1858.
- Dimension: 25 x 38 cm
- Place of publication: Genoa
- Year: 1858
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Rare map of the Northwest Passage, Northern Canada, part of Alaska (America Russa) and Greenland showing the known islands of the Northwest Passage, including several partially known coastlines. From the rarest and most elegant cartographic work by Francesco Celestino Marmocchi, the Corso di Geografia Commerciale published in Genoa in 1858.
- Dimension: 25 x 38 cm
- Place of publication: Genoa
- Year: 1858