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WILLEM BLAEU (1571-1638), “India quae Orientalis dicitur 
et Insulae Adiacentes”, antique hand-coloured copper plated 
engraved map, circa 1640,
showing parts of Cape York and the accidental discoveries on 
the west coast of Australia,
sight size 43.5 x 52cm, framed & glazed 68 x 76cm overall.
$1,200–2,000
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CHRISTOPHER SAXTON (1540-1610), 
“Oxoniensis” (Oxfordshire), antique hand-
coloured copper plate engraved map, William 
Kip and William Hole reduced version from 
Camden’s Brittania (2nd Edition), circa 1610,
sight size 30 x 32cm, attractively framed and 
mounted 59 x 60cm overall.
$200–300 ❖
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JOHANNES JANSSONIUS (1588-1664), 
“Mar Di India”, hand-coloured copper 
plate map, first published in Amsterdam, 
circa 1650.
An important map of the Indian Ocean 
showing early Australian discoveries on the 
Western and Southern coasts.
Sight size 46 x 58cm, framed & glazed 
68 x 78cm overall.
$1,200–2,000
275
PIERRE DUVAL (1618-1683), “Carte des Indes Orientales Par 
P. Du Val Geographe Ordinaire du Roy”, copper engraving, 
[Paris, 1665],
40 x 54.5cm; mounted 61 x 76cm overall.
Very rare first edition map from Duval’s atlas “Cartes de 
Geographie les Plus Nouvelles” depicting the Indian Ocean, 
extending from Australia and South Africa to China and Asia 
Minor. This is one of the earliest French maps to show the 
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