ATLANTIC OCEAN. Coronelli. 1690/1696.
Mare del Nord Auttore Il P. M. Coronelli M. C. Cosmografo della Serenissima Repvblica di Venetia. 17 1/2”h x 23 1/2”w. Light centerfold toning. Strong engraving. Very good condition. Map by Vincenzo Maria Coronelli (1650-1718).

Published in Coronelli's Atlante Veneto (Venice, 1690-1696). Large title cartouche upper left.

A sea chart with rhumb lines. Interior details are sparse. Shows parts of Europe, Africa, South America and North America. The prime meridian is through the Island of Ferro. A note indicates Labrador was discovered by Antonio Zeno (also a Venetian) in 1390. No mention is made of the Norsemen who visited there as early as the 10th Century.

TRADE WINDS. ATLANTIC OCEAN. Dampier. 1699/1705.
A View of the General & Coasting Trade-Winds in the Atlantick & Indian Oceans. 11 ¾”w x 5 ¾”h. Upper left: Tab: 1. Fold lines, one with faint toning. Backed with archival tissue. Image in very good condition.

Published in the 3rd edition of “Voyages and Descriptions”, vol. II of A Voyage Round the World ... By William Dampier. London: James Knapton, 1705. Although his name does not appear on the map, this map was engraved by Herman Moll (c1654-1732), of German origin who worked in England beginning in the 1670s. The map is identical in style and size to map of the winds in the South Ocean which does bear Moll's name. This map first appeared in the 1st edition of vol. II in 1699.

The map depicts the winds from 30 degrees north latitude to 30 degrees south latitude in the North Sea, The Ethiopian Sea and Indian Ocean. At the right are portions of Asia; in the center is Africa; and on the left is the east part of South America. A note at the bottom states: “Note, that the Arrows in the void spaces shew the Course of the Shifting Trade-Winds, and the Abbreviations, Sept &c. Shew the Times of the year when such Winds blow.”

William Dampier (1652-1715) was a soldier, buccaneer, pirate, British navy captain, and an hydrographer. He was also among the most influential of travel writers. Dampier completed his first circumnavigation between 1679 and 1691, during which he was among the first group of Englishmen to land in New Holland (Australia). His memoir, A Voyage Round the World, was published in 1697, and went through three more editions in next two years. Dampier was given command for two more voyages, one to New Holland in 1699, and the other his second circumnavigation 1703 -1706. Dampier made his third and final circumnavigation as pilot of the expedition led by Woodes Rogers in 1708 to 1711.

BERMUDA. Jansson. 1633/1647.
Mappa Aestivarum Insularum, alias Bermudas dictarum, ad Ostia Mexicani aestuarij . . . descripta. . Imprint: Amstelodami, Apud Iohannem Ianssonium. . 15"h x 20"w. Centerfold repair. Image very good. French text verso.

First published in 1633. This edition published in Nouvel Atlas ou Theatre du Monde (Amsterdam: Jan Jansson, 1647). Koeman Me 106.

This map is nearly identical to the Blaeu and Hondius versions. It shows Bermuda at a large scale surrounded by small-scale outline maps of the coasts of Europe, America and Hispaniola. Bermuda had been discovered by the Spanish during the 16th Century but not colonized. In 1609 Sir George Somers shipwrecked on the island; early maps refer to the English name Somers in their titles. This map uses the Latin words for Summer Islands (Aestivarum Insularum). Within a few years it was being settled. The name Bermuda apparently comes from the sighting by Juan de Bermudez in 1515. Bermuda is shown divided into numbered plots within 8 named tribes (or parishes).

CAPE VERDE ISLANDS. Bonne. c1780.
Isles Du Cap-Verd. Par M. Bonne Ingenieur-Hydographe de la Marine. Upper right: 101. Lower right: Andre sculp. Lower left: Bonne fil, del. 9”h x 14”w. Very good condition. Map by Rigobert Bonne (1727-1795). The entry “Bonne fil, del.” indicates the map was drawn by Bonne’s son. The map was engraved by Gaspard Andre.

Published in Atlas de Toutes Parties Connues du Globe Terrestre… (Paris: T. G. F. Raynal, c1780).

The Cape Verde Islands are a group of volcanic islands in the Atlantic Ocean north of the Equator and west of Africa. The map includes 10 of the larger islands. Inset: “Plan de la Rade de la Praya”. Cape Verde became part of Portugal’s domain in 1495. It became independent in 1975.

MADEIRA. Bonne. c1780.
Isles de Madere, de Porto Santo, et celles de Salvages. Par M. Bonne, Ingénieur-Hydrographé de la Marine. Lower right: André sculp. Upper right: 102 bix. 14”w x 9”h. Image in very good condition. Map in French. Map by Rigobert Bonne (1727-1795). Engraved by Gespard André.

Published in Atlas de Toutes Parties Connues du Globe Terrestre. . . (Paris: G.T. F. Raynal, c1780).

This map includes Madeira Island and in a separate inset, a detailed plan of its capital and chief port, Funchal. Shown, too, is Porto Santo, one of the Madeira Islands. Inset lower right: “Isle de Gorée Située á la Cöte Sud de Cap Verd.”