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. Price £140.00/$280.00.

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. Sebastian Munster, showing also Arabia and Persia. Wood cut engraving circa 1590. 17 x 21 cm Condition good £94.00 / $188.00 (plus packing and postage) Click for info Back to top

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 / $96.00 (plus packing and postage) Click for info Back to top

Great Tartary, Copper engraved map by Herman Moll,Geographer, with his comments, dated 1732. 27 x 20 cm Condition excellent. £95.00 /$190.00 (plus packaging and postage) Click for info Back to top

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. £450.00 /$900.00 (plus packaging and postage) Click for info Back to top

A Map of the East Indies. From A New Voyage Round the World, Printed for James Knapton. William Dampier spent twelve and a half years as a pirate, plundering ships in the West Indies and Central America, and eventually making his way across the Pacific to the Philippines, the East Indies, and Australia. He published his carefully kept journal in 1697. This map is from the 1703 edition. 30 x 18 cm Condition fair as seen £165.00 /$230.00 (plus packaging and postage) Click for info Back to top

Tabula Asie XII, Taprobana. Ptolomy, Wood cut, hand coloured, with description in Italian on the back, circa 1550. 28 x 20 cm Condition poor. £60.00 /$120.00 (plus packaging and postage) Click for info Back to top

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. £56.00 /$112.00 (plus packaging and postage) Click for info Back to top

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 /$50.00 (plus packaging and postage) Click for info Back to top

Tibet. Drawn by Henry Sharbau, with inset Explanation of Tibetan Names. Engraved by W.and A.K.Johnston from Encyclopedia Britannica, 1888. 27.5 x 19.5 cm Condition good. £35.00 /$70.00 (plus packaging and postage) Click for info Back to top

Selected Asian prints currenlty in stock

Lassa- Lamassery of Potala in the Seventeenth Century. Taylor, wood engraving circa 1875. 19 x 13 cm (picture only) Good Condition £30.00 / $60.00 (plus packing and postage) Click for info Back to top

Saigon, Government Palace. Wood engraving, 1863. 20 x 13 cm condition good £32.00 / $64.00 (plus packing and postage) Click for info Back to top

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 / $60.00 (plus packing and postage) Click for info Back to top

Astracan, Engraved for Barlow, Showing fortification of town, with ships at anchor and people with camels in the background. Copper engraving, circa 1800. 18 x 12 cm Good condition £48.00 / $96.00 (plus packing and postage) Click for info Back to top

Kandahar. Barclay, wood engraving 1875. 18.5 x 13 cm Good condition £28.00 / $56.00 (plus packing and postage) Click for info Back to top

The Emperor of Cochin China and his Ministers. Wood engraving, hand coloured , circa 1880. 21 x 16 cm condition quite good. £40.00 / $80.00 (plus packing and postage) Click for info Back to top

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 / $170.00 (plus packing and postage) Click for info Back to top

Piak Savages of Anam, hand coloured engraving, circa 1880. 14 x 21 cm condition good £40.00 / $80.00 (plus packing and postage) Click for info Back to top

Japanese Tea Garden. Wood engraving, hand coloured, circa 1880. 15 x 11.5 cm Good Condition £30.00 / $60.00 (plus packing and postage) Click for info Back to top

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 / $96.00 (plus packing and postage) Click for info Back to top

Interior of a Grand Budhist Temple in Jedo. Therond, wood engraving, hand coloured, circa 1885. 23 x 15.5 cm condition fair £30.00 / $60.00 (plus packing and postage) Click for info Back to top

Ispahan. Allain M. Mallet, Copper engraved map, hand coloured, from Description L'Univers dated 1685. 9.5 x 14 cm condition good £58.00 / $116.00 (plus packing and postage) Click for info Back to top

Teheran. Meyers Universum, steel engraving dated 1859. 14.5 x 11 cm condition good £32.00 / $64.00 (plus packing and postage) Click for info Back to top