b'17113881385 1388BRAUN (1541 - 1622) & HOGENBERG (1535 - 1590) POLNAFRANCOIS XAVIER BIANCONI (French, 1840-19?),(in Bohemia) being a double-page spread birds-eye view fromCarte Spciale de le Chine.Volume 6 of CIVITATES ORBIS TERRARUM (Cities of theRare engraved geo-political French map of China, detailing World) (1617), copper engraving, hand-coloured, 31 x 49cm;political and economic spheres of influence of western world attractively framed and glazed, overall 51 x 68cm. powers including France, Russia, Germany, England and $300500 Japan. Published in Paris , 1900. Sectioned into 18 panels mounted on cloth backing,1386 64 x 80cm overall.UNITED EAST INDIA COMPANY: Manuscript map. Note: As a direct consequence of the events leading to the This survey of Gaspar & Clements Straits is respectfullyBoxer Rebellion (1899-1900) and the Eight-Nation Alliance dedicated to the Honorable the Court of Directors for theformed in 1900 to suppress the uprising, Bianconis map Affairs of the United East India Company by their obedientsuggests to place various territorial parts of China under the servant D. Ross Commander in the H.C. Marine, 1818. Protectorate or Control of each of the Great Powers in order Drawn by M. Houghton, I was assisted in this Survey byto avoid Chinas military and economic expansion.Lieutt P. Maughan, Assistant Surveyor, and by LieuttThis rare map appears in very few public institutions with only J. Crawford commanding the Investigator. D.R two copies appearing in the public domain, one at the Library 91 x 61cm overall Of Congress in Washington, the other at the Bibliotheque $400600National de France in Paris.$1,0001,5001387 1389Arch. FULLARTON & Co.: NORTHUMBERLAND,Australian Geographic globe of the world, 21st century,steel engraving, 1833, with contemporary hand45cm highcolouring; framed & glazed, overall 36.5 x 29.5cm. $60100 $100150 1390A globe of the world with embossed leather finish and metal stand, circa 2000,74cm high$120200 '