Antique Maps and Prints of Asia

Map making within the continent of Asia predates European printing by hundreds or even thousands of years.

Asia. Pieter van den Keere,(or Kaerius) small copper plate engraved map dated circa 1640. Also called Miniature Speed. Size 12 x 8.5 cm, condition good but cropped as seen.
Asia. Pieter van den Keere,(or Kaerius) small copper plate engraved map dated circa 1640. Also called Miniature Speed. Size 12 x 8.5 cm, condition good but cropped as seen. Price £140.00/$227.00.

The continent was well covered by Ptolemy, although India appears much foreshortened and Ceylon is drawn much larger. The earliest printed maps are the Munster maps.


Selected Asian maps currently in stock

Asia.An Accurate Map of Asia by Emanuel Bowen, Geographer to His Majesty, regulated by Astronomical Observations. Showing the  mythical Juan de Gama Land that Bering was looking for. He had instructions from Peter the Great to look for a land bridge joining Asia and North America, and also the Island of Juan de Gama, he sailed west for three days looking for it in 1729. In 1741 he tried again, but
 instead discovered Alaska. Copper plate map, engraved by J.Wheatley, dated 1747.

Asia.An Accurate Map of Asia by Emanuel Bowen, Geographer to His Majesty, regulated by Astronomical Observations. Showing the mythical Juan de Gama Land that Bering was looking for. He had instructions from Peter the Great to look for a land bridge joining Asia and North America, and also the Island of Juan de Gama, he sailed west for three days looking for it in 1729. In 1741 he tried again, but instead discovered Alaska. Copper plate map, engraved by J.Wheatley, dated 1747.

23 x 17 cm
Condition good

£75.00 / $122.00
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Central Asia, showing Russian and British Possessions and Chinese Empire. Outline colours,William Heinemann, printed by the Bibliographisches Institut, Lepzig circa 1900.

Central Asia, showing Russian and British Possessions and Chinese Empire. Outline colours,William Heinemann, printed by the Bibliographisches Institut, Lepzig circa 1900.

27 x 20 cm
Condition good

£48.00 / $78.00
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Tartary, Copper engraved map by Herman Moll,Geographer, with his comments, dated 1732.

Great Tartary, Copper engraved map by Herman Moll,Geographer, with his comments, dated 1732.

27 x 20 cm
Condition excellent.

£95.00 /$154.00

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East Indies, Archipel des Indes Orientales, Les Isles de la Sonde, Moluques et Philippines. Sr. Robert,

East Indies, Archipel des Indes Orientales, Les Isles de la Sonde, Moluques et Philippines. Sr. Robert, Copper engraved map contemporary colours circa 1740.

59 x 48 cm
Condition good.

£380.00 /$616.00

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Persien. Showing  Persien, Russian and Turkish Possesions in colour, i.e. Transkaukasien, Aserbedschan, Irak Adschmi, Kurdistan and others.  Meyers Konversation Lexicon, Leipzig, 1906.

Persien. Showing Persien, Russian and Turkish Possesions in colour, i.e. Transkaukasien, Aserbedschan, Irak Adschmi, Kurdistan and others. Meyers Konversation Lexicon, Leipzig, 1906.

26.5 x 21 cm
Condition good.

£30.00 /$48.00

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Armenia Mesopotamia, Babylonia, Assyria. Keith Johnston, engraved and printed in Colours with very detailed place names from Classical Geography published by William Blackwood and Sons 1868.

Armenia Mesopotamia, Babylonia, Assyria. Keith Johnston, engraved and printed in Colours with very detailed place names from Classical Geography published by William Blackwood and Sons 1868.

24 x 32 cm
Condition good.

£64.00 /$104.00

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Asia, General Map. Coloured map showing Bitish India, Ceylon, Siam, Burma, Sumatra, Sunda islands and Borneo under Netherlands India among others, published in 1895.

Asia, General Map. Coloured map showing Bitish India, Ceylon, Siam, Burma, Sumatra, Sunda islands and Borneo under Netherlands India among others, published in 1895.

46 x 38 cm
Condition good

£42.00 /$68.00

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Further India, Malay, Siam.  With Inset map of Singapore, Singapore Strait, and Hanoi, and The Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Coloured large map, from the Edinburgh Geographical Institute, published by John Bartholomew in 1922.

Further India, Malay, Siam. With Inset map of Singapore, Singapore Strait, and Hanoi, and The Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Coloured large map, from the Edinburgh Geographical Institute, published by John Bartholomew in 1922.

44 x 58 cm
Condition good.

£40.00 /$65.00

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Burma. Showing  Rangoon, Madalay and with an inset map of Andaman and Nicobar Island. From the Encyclopedia Britannica, 1910.

Burma. Showing Rangoon, Madalay and with an inset map of Andaman and Nicobar Island. From the Encyclopedia Britannica, 1910.

17.5x 26 cm
Condition good.

£25.00 /$40.00

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 Von den Landern Asie, Das Funfften Buch, Sebastian Münster, wood cut from Cosmography  1588.

Von den Landern Asie, Das Funfften Buch, Sebastian Münster, wood cut from Cosmography 1588.

19 x 29 cm
Condition good.

£85.00 /$138.00

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Selected Asian prints currenlty in stock

Lassa- Lamassery of Potala in the Seventeenth Century. Taylor, wood engraving circa 1875.

Lassa- Lamassery of Potala in the Seventeenth Century. Taylor, wood engraving circa 1875.

19 x 13 cm (picture only)
Good Condition

£30.00 / $48.00
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Grand Lama, Allein Manesson Mallet, Copper plate engraving from the German Edition of Description of the Universe, 1683.

Grand Lama, Allein Manesson Mallet, Copper plate engraving from the German Edition of Description of the Universe, 1683.

10 x 15 cm
condition good

£38.00 / $62.00
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 Sumatra Homes, The Chief of Batou-Bara and his Sons. Steel engravinging drawn by Auguste de Sainson, engraved by Dunaime, 1834.

Sumatra Homes, The Chief of Batou-Bara and his Sons. Steel engravinging drawn by Auguste de Sainson, engraved by Dunaime, 1834.

17 x 26 cm
condition fair

£25.00 / $40.00
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Barges on the Meekong River, Cambodia. Wood engraving from The Countries of the World circa 1880.

Barges on the Meekong River, Cambodia. Wood engraving from The Countries of the World circa 1880.

20x 14 cm
condition good

£28.00 / $46.00
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Samarkand. Native police at the gate of the Mosque of Shah Zindeh. Wood engraving circa 1880.

Samarkand. Native police at the gate of the Mosque of Shah Zindeh. Wood engraving circa 1880.

14.5 x 18 cm
Good condition

£30.00 / $48.00
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>A Street in Tiflis, Caucasus. Wood engraving, circa 1875.

A Street in Tiflis, Caucasus. Wood engraving, circa 1875.

19 x 13 cm
Good condition

£25.00 / $40.00
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> The Mosque of Soerabaija, Batavia, Java. Wood engraving c1880.

The Mosque of Soerabaija, Batavia, Java. Wood engraving 1880.

14.5 x 21 cm
Good condition

£25.00 / $40.00
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>The Governor of Batavia's Palace, in the East Indies. Copper plate engraving from Moore's Voyages and Travels circa 1779.

The Governor of Batavia's Palace, in the East Indies. Copper plate engraving from Moore's Voyages and Travels circa 1779.

28 x 18 cm
Good condition

£38.00 / $62.00
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The Emperor of Cochin China and his Ministers. Wood engraving, hand coloured , circa 1880.

The Emperor of Cochin China and his Ministers. Wood engraving, hand coloured , circa 1880.

21 x 16 cm
condition quite good.

£35.00 / $56.00
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The Pompous Funerals of the Kings of Tunquin, showing galleys, horses, elephants and the nobility and attendants. Bernard Picart from Ceremonial and Religious Customs, copper plate engraving 1731.

The Pompous Funerals of the Kings of Tunquin, showing galleys, horses, elephants and the nobility and attendants. Bernard Picart from Ceremonial and Religious Customs, copper plate engraving 1731.

41 x 36 cm
condition fair

£85.00 / $138.00
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Piak Savages of Anam, hand coloured engraving, circa 1880.

Piak Savages of Anam, hand coloured engraving, circa 1880.

14 x 21 cm
condition good

£35.00 / $56.00
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Japanese Tea Garden. Wood engraving, hand coloured, circa 1880.

Japanese Tea Garden. Wood engraving, hand coloured, circa 1880.

15 x 11.5 cm
Good Condition

£30.00 / $48.00
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A Pagoda of Canon, Xantai a Japanese Deity. B. Picart, Ceremonial and Religious Customs.Copper plate engraving by C. du Boss, 1731.

A Pagoda of Canon, Xantai a Japanese Deity. B. Picart, Ceremonial and Religious Customs.Copper plate engraving by C. du Boss, 1731.

22 x 34 cm
condition good

£48.00 / $78.00
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Interior of a Grand Budhist Temple in Jedo. Therond, wood engraving, hand coloured, circa 1885.

Interior of a Grand Budhist Temple in Jedo. Therond, wood engraving, hand coloured, circa 1885.

23 x 15.5 cm
condition fair

£30.00 / $48.00
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Ispahan.Allain M. Mallet, Copper engraved map, hand coloured, from Description L'Univers dated 1685.

Ispahan. Allain M. Mallet, Copper engraved map, hand coloured, from Description L'Univers dated 1685.

9.5 x 14 cm
condition good

£58.00 / $94.00
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Teheran. Meyers Universum, steel engraving dated 1859.

Teheran. Meyers Universum, steel engraving dated 1859.

14.5 x 11 cm
condition good

£30.00 / $48.00
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