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Ioseph Acerbi.
Ioseph Acerbi.
C Westermayr.
[German.] [n.d. c.1810.]
Stipple with large margins on three sides. Plate 135 x 82mm (5¼ x 3¼").
Giuseppe Acerbi (1773-1846) the Italian naturalist, Arctic explorer and composer. In 1798 he travelled to Lapland, publishing his experiences in 'Travels through Sweden, Finland and Lapland to the North Cape in the years 1798 and 1799'. He collected some Finnish folk melodies, one of which he used in a clarinet concerto. The portrait was published in 'Allgemeine Geographische Ephemeriden' (Universal Geographical Ephemerides (i.e. encyclopedia)) by Friedrich Bertuch et al.
W: 6 - not in.
[Ref: 29726]   £120.00   (£144.00 incl.VAT)
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Iean Baptiste Adanson. gebohren zu Paris d. 2en Julius 1732.
Iean Baptiste Adanson. gebohren zu Paris d. 2en Julius 1732.
Nach Natur gezeichnet v. Cless. gest. v. Westermayr.
[German.] [n.d. c.1810.]
Stipple. Plate 147 x 89mm (5¾ x 3½").
Jean-Baptiste Louis Adanson (1732-1803), the dragoman and Chancellor of France to the Orient. Like many Western Diplomats he was fascinated by Eastern civilisations and created watercolours and drawings to illustrate works on Turkish Music by his colleague Charles Fonton. From "Allgemeine Geographische Ephemeriden".
[Ref: 29539]   £120.00   (£144.00 incl.VAT)
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Michel Adanson.
Michel Adanson. Mitglied des französischen National=Instituts Geb.zu Aix. i.d. Provence, im jahr 1727.
Nach Büste gez. v. Cless. Gest. v. Westermayr.
[n.d. c.1810.]
Stipple. Plate 148 x 89mm. 5¾ x 3½".
Michel Adanson (1727-1806) was a French naturalist of Scottish descent. In 1748, funded by the director of the Compagnie des Indes, he left France on an exploring expedition to Senegal. He spent five years there, collecting and describing numerous animals and plants. In 1759 he was elected a member of the Academy of Science and in 1763 he published his 'Familles naturelles des plantes'.
[Ref: 26002]   £60.00   (£72.00 incl.VAT)
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Domingo Badia y Leblich.
Domingo Badia y Leblich.
C Westermayr fecit.
[n.d. c.1800.]
Stipple. Plate 135 x 89mm. 5¼ x 3½".
Domingo Badia y Leblich (1766-1818) the Spanish traveller, known as Ali Bey. He set out from Cadiz in 1803 and travelled through North Africa, Syria and Arabia, reaching Mecca. He wrote 'Voyage d'Ali Bey en Asie et en Afrique' (1814).
[Ref: 25984]   £130.00   (£156.00 incl.VAT)
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N. Bonaparte. Oberconsul der Republick Frankreich.
N. Bonaparte. Oberconsul der Republick Frankreich.
Bader dalbe p. Westermayr Sc.
[n.d. c.1810.]
Stipple. 165 x 89mm. 6½ x 3½". Creasing. Trimmed to plate along left edge.
Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821) the French military leader and emperor.
[Ref: 26001]   £65.00   (£78.00 incl.VAT)
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Hans Moritz Graf von Brühl. Auf Martins Kirchen Churg.
Hans Moritz Graf von Brühl. Auf Martins Kirchen Churg. Sächs. wirkl. Geh. Rath, Kammerherr und Gesandter zu London. Ritter des weissen Adler Ordens. Verschied. Konigl. Academ. und gelehrt. Gesellsch. Mitglief. Geboren zu Dresden d.20 Decbr: 1736.
C Westermayr sculp R.A. Northcote pinx.
[n.d. c.1796.]
Stipple. Plate 140 x 85mm. 5½ x 3¼".
Hans Moritz Graf von Brühl (1736-1809), the German diplomat and astronomer, and resident for much of his life in London. In 1764 he was appointed ambassador extraordinary to the court of St James's. During his time in London he promoted astronomy and was intimate with William Herschel, and transmitted news of discoveries abroad through Johann Elert Bode's "Jahrbuch". From 1788 he belonged to the Saxon privy council, and was a knight of the White Eagle.
NPG: D14874.
[Ref: 25981]   £60.00   (£72.00 incl.VAT)
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Thomas Bugge.
Thomas Bugge. Kön: Dän: Just: Rath, Professor d. Mathematick u Astronomie an der K. Universität zu Kopenhagen, und bey der Königle. Marine. Mitglied mehrerer Akadem.d.Wissenschaften.
[German.] [n.d. c.1810.]
Stipple with large margins. Plate 133 x 82mm (5¼ x 3¼").
Thomas Bugge (1740-1815) the Danish astronomer, mathematician and surveyor. He was appointed professor of mathematics and astronomy at the University of Copenhagen. He was very imporant in the development of economic surveying in Denmark and between 1765-77 he was given to the task to map these developments, which was part of the Royal Danish Academy's 80-year work on the mapping of Denmark in scale 1:120000. The portrait was published in 'Allgemeine Geographische Ephemeriden' (Universal Geographical Ephemerides (i.e. encyclopedia)) by Friedrich Bertuch et al.
[Ref: 29732]   £120.00   (£144.00 incl.VAT)
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D. Christoval Colon Entdecker der neuen Welt.
D. Christoval Colon Entdecker der neuen Welt.
Maella p. Westermayr f.
[German.] [n.d. c.1810.]
Engraving and etching with large margins. Plate 127 x 82mm (5 x 3¼").
Christopher Columbus (1451-1506) the Italian explorer, navigator and colonizer. He completed four voyages across the Atlantic Ocean that led to general European awareness of the American continents, and led to the establishment of permanent settlements on the island of Hispaniola and the Spanish colonization of the New World. The portrait was published in 'Allgemeine Geographische Ephemeriden' (Universal Geographical Ephemerides (i.e. encyclopedia)) by Friedrich Bertuch et al.
[Ref: 29560]   £80.00   (£96.00 incl.VAT)
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Nicolaus Copernicus. Geb. zu Thorn d.19 Febr. 1743. Gestorb. in Ermeland d.24 May. 1543.
Nicolaus Copernicus. Geb. zu Thorn d.19 Febr. 1743. Gestorb. in Ermeland d.24 May. 1543.
CWestermayr f.
[German.] [n.d. c.1810.]
Stipple. Plate 140 x 89mm (5½ x 3½"). Cut to plate on right.
Nicolaus Copernicus (1473-1543), the mathematician and first astronomer to formulate a comprehensive heliocentric cosmology, which displaced the Earth from the centre of the universe. Prior to the work of Copernicus, the Earth was considered to be the stationary centre of the universe, a notion first advocated by the Egyptian astronomer Ptolemy (c 90-168 AD). Copernicus's pioneering work 'The Revolutions of Celestial Spheres' (1543) describes his idea of a Sun-centred universe, in which the Earth is merely one of the planets revolving around the Sun and rotating on its axis. From "Allgemeine Geographische Ephemeriden".
[Ref: 29535]   £140.00   (£168.00 incl.VAT)
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Don Vasco de Gama.
Don Vasco de Gama.
C Westermayr f
[German.] [n.d. c.1810.]
Stipple with large margins. Plate 127 x 82mm (5 x 3¼").
Don Vasco de Gama (c.1460-1524), the Portuguese explorer and most successful in the Age of Discovery; he also commanded the first ships to sail directly from Europe to India. This discovery was very significant and paved the way for the Portuguese to establish a long lasting colonial empire in Asia. The portrait was published in 'Allgemeine Geographische Ephemeriden' (Universal Geographical Ephemerides (i.e. encyclopedia)) by Friedrich Bertuch et al.
[Ref: 29561]   £80.00   (£96.00 incl.VAT)
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Don Ios. de Mendoza y Rios.
Don Ios. de Mendoza y Rios. Köngl. Span. Schifs, Capitain Mitglied der Köngle. Gesellsch. d.Wiss. zu London u. Corresp. d. Köngl. Acad. d. Wiss. zu Lisabon. Gebohr. zu Sevilla. 1763.
C. Westermayr sc.
[German.] [n.d. c.1810.]
Stipple with small margins. Plate 171 x 95mm (6¾ x 3¾"). Slight creasing and crinkling.
Jose de Mendoza y Rios (1763-1816) the Spanish astronomer and mathematician, famous for his work on navigation. He published his treatise about the science and technique of navigation in 1787 and later published several tables for facilitating the calculations of nautical astronomy and useful in navigation to calculate the latitude of a ship at sea from two altitudes of the sun, and the longitude from the distances of the moon from a celestial body. He developed the nautical instrument, the reflecting circle. The portrait was published in 'Allgemeine Geographische Ephemeriden' (Universal Geographical Ephemerides (i.e. encyclopedia) by Friedrich Bertuch et al.
[Ref: 29750]   £130.00   (£156.00 incl.VAT)
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Iean. Bapt. Ios. Delambre.
Iean. Bapt. Ios. Delambre. Mitglied des National-Instituts der Künste und Wissenschaften, und der Commision der Mecres=Länge in Paris. gebohren zu Amiens den 19ten Septbr 1749.
Guennedey gez: Westermayr gest.
[German.] [n.d. c.1810.]
Stipple. Plate 177 x 102mm (7 x 4"). Cut to platemark on two sides.
Jean Baptiste Joseph Delambre (1749-1822) the French mathematician and astronomer. In 1801, Napoleon appointed him Permanent Secretary for the Mathematical Sciences at the French Academy of Sciences, a post he held until his death. In 1804 he was appointed director of the Paris Observatory and he was also made professor of Astronomy at the College de France. He was one of the first astronomers to derive astronomical equations from analytical formulas and was one of the 72 names inscribed on the Eiffel Tower. The crater Delambre on the Moon is named after him. The portrait was published in 'Allgemeine Geographische Ephemeriden' (Universal Geographical Ephemerides (i.e. encyclopedia)) by Friedrich Bertuch et al.
[Ref: 29734]   £120.00   (£144.00 incl.VAT)
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[Denmark] Fried. Ludw. Norden. Geb. zu Glükstadt i.I.1708. Gestorb. zu Paris d.22 Sept.1742.
[Denmark] Fried. Ludw. Norden. Geb. zu Glükstadt i.I.1708. Gestorb. zu Paris d.22 Sept.1742.
C.Westermayr f.
[n.d. c.1804.]
Stipple. Plate 127 x 77mm. 5 x 3". Crease.
Friedrich Ludwig Norden (1708-1742) was a Danish naval officer and explorer.
[Ref: 26009]   £60.00   (£72.00 incl.VAT)
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Placidus Fixlmillner.
Placidus Fixlmillner. Benedictiner u. Astronom im Stift Kremsmünster in Oesterreich. Geb. d.28. May 1721 zu Achleitenin Vord. Oestr. Gestorb. d. 27. Aug. 1791. zu Kremsmünster.
C. Westermayr fecit Keffau.
[German.] [n.d. c.1810.]
Stipple with large margins. Plate 128 x 82mm (5 x 3¼"). Some rubbing to title area.
Placidus Fixlmillner (1721-1791) the Benedictine monk and priest who was one of the first astronomers to compute the orbit of Uranus. He joined the Benedictine monks of Kremsmünster Abbey and in 1761 he was appointed director of an observatory there. His numerous observations of Mercury were of great service to Lalande in constructing tables of that planet. The portrait was published in 'Allgemeine Geographische Ephemeriden' (Universal Geographical Ephemerides (i.e. encyclopedia)) by Friedrich Bertuch et al.
W. 984 - not in.
[Ref: 29737]   £120.00   (£144.00 incl.VAT)
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Iean Francois Galup, de la Perouse. Gebohr. zu Alby 1741.
Iean Francois Galup, de la Perouse. Gebohr. zu Alby 1741.
1800 Conrad Westermayr sculps.
[German.] [n.d. c.1810.]
Stipple with small margins. Plate 135 x 83mm (5¼ x 3¼").
Jean Francois de Galaup, comte de Lapérouse (1741-c.1788) the French Navy officer and great explorer whose expedition vanished in Oceania, somewhere off the western and southern coasts of Australia. Many places were named in his honour all over the world, included La Pérouse crater on the Moon. Commanded the "Bousade & Astrolobe" which arrived in Australia just after Capt. Phillip. From "Allgemeine Geographische Ephemeriden".
Kivell & Spence: pg.170 not in.
[Ref: 29530]   £140.00   (£168.00 incl.VAT)
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Ad. Chr. Gaspari.
Ad. Chr. Gaspari. Russ. Kais. Hofrath u. Prof. d. Geschichte zu Dorpat. Geb. zu Schleusingen d. 18 Nov. 1752.
C. Westermayr del & sculp.
[German.] [n.d. c.1810.]
Stipple with large margins. Plate 133 x 88mm (5¼ x 3½").
Adam Christian Gaspari (1752-1830) the German geographer. He held many educational posts from associate professor at the University of Jena, professor at the Oldenburg Gymnasium, professor of history, geography and statistics at the University of Dorpat, and professor of geography and statistics at the University of Konigsberg. He published the 'New Methodological School Atlas' in 1799. Australian map interest. The portrait was published in 'Allgemeine Geographische Ephemeriden' (Universal Geographical Ephemerides (i.e. encyclopedia)) by Friedrich Bertuch et al.
[Ref: 29738]   £160.00   (£192.00 incl.VAT)
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Alex. Hub. Iaillot. Königl. Franzoes. Geograph.
Alex. Hub. Iaillot. Königl. Franzoes. Geograph.
C Westermayr f.
[German.] [n.d. c.1810.]
Stipple. 145 x 89mm (5¾ x 3½"). Narrow margins.
Alexis-Hubert Jaillot (1632-1712) the French geographer, printer and cartographer in Paris, in the service of King Louis XIV. Around 1669 he went into partnership with Nicolas Sanson's sons, Guillaume and Adrien, to produce an enlarged edition of Sanson's maps. Jaillot's most important work was, 'Le Neptune Francois', a wonderful sea-atlas produced in 1693, in co-operation with Cassini. However, falling out with Sanson's heirs, he helped Pierre Mortier publish a pirate edition in Amsterdam. The portrait was published in 'Allgemeine Geographische Ephemeriden' (Universal Geographical Ephemerides (i.e. encyclopedia)) by Friedrich Bertuch et al.
[Ref: 29536]   £140.00   (£168.00 incl.VAT)
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Abrah. Gotth. Kaestner.
Abrah. Gotth. Kaestner. K. Grosbitt. Hofrath, Profess.d. Mathem. U. Naturlehre ander K. Univers. zu Göttengen, u. mehrer Academ. d. Wiss, u. gelehrt. Gesellschaften Miglied. Gebohr. Zu Leipzig. d.27. Sept. 1719.
E. Specht p. C. Westermayr Dessau S.
[German.] [n.d. c.1810.]
Stipple with large margins. Plate 127 x 82mm (5 x 3¼").
Abraham Gotthelf Kästner (1719-1800) the German mathematician and epigrammatist. He is better known for his epigrammatic poems, but he spent a lot of his life writing textbooks and compiling encyclopaedias. He taught at both the University of Leipzig and of Göttingen, the latter of which he was also later appointed director of the observatory. In 1789 he was made a Fellow of the Royal Society, and the crater Kästner on the Moon is named after him. The portrait was published in 'Allgemeine Geographische Ephemeriden' (Universal Geographical Ephemerides (i.e. encyclopedia)) by Friedrich Bertuch et al.
[Ref: 29739]   £120.00   (£144.00 incl.VAT)
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Francois Levaillant.
Francois Levaillant.
Cless del 1801. C Westermayr f.
[German.] [n.d. c.1810.]
Stipple with large margins. Plate 172 x 102mm (6¾ x 4").
Francois Levaillant (1753-1824) the French author, explorer, naturalist, zoological collector and noted ornithologist. He published his 'Histoire des oiseaux d'Afrique' and continued to publish volumes on his bird discoveries. The portrait was published in 'Allgemeine Geographische Ephemeriden' (Universal Geographical Ephemerides (i.e. encyclopedia)) by Friedrich Bertuch et al.
[Ref: 29741]   £110.00   (£132.00 incl.VAT)
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Alexand. Mac-Kenzie.
Alexand. Mac-Kenzie.
Lawrence p. Westermayr f.
[German.] [n.d. cc1810.]
Stipple with small margins. Plate 140 x 89mm (5½ x 3½").
Sir Alexander Mackenzie (1764-1820) the Scottish explorer, known for his overland crossing of Canada to the Pacific Ocean in 1793. This was the first east to west crossing of North America and predated the Lewis and Clark expedition by 10 years. The Mackenzie River, Canada, is named after him. From "Allgemeine Geographische Ephemeriden".
[Ref: 29537]   £190.00   (£228.00 incl.VAT)
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Etienne Marchand.
Etienne Marchand.
C Westermayr.
[German.] [n.d. c.1810.]
Stipple with large margins. Plate 134 x 82mm (5¼ x 3¼").
Etienne Marchand (1755-1793) the French captain, businessman and yachtsman. He led the Solide Expedition, which was the second successful circumnavigation by the French, which took place between 1790 and 1792. Little is known about the actual expedition and the exploration due to is commerical aims in the fur trade between the northwest American coast and China. The portrait was published in 'Allgemeine Geographische Ephemeriden' (Universal Geographical Ephemerides (i.e. encyclopedia)) by Friedrich Bertuch et al.
[Ref: 29743]   £70.00   (£84.00 incl.VAT)
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Ios. Marx. Frhr,v,Liechtenstern.
Ios. Marx. Frhr,v,Liechtenstern. Geb. zu Wien den 12 Febr. 1765.
C.Westermayr.
[n.d. c.1800.]
Stipple. Plate 140 x 89mm. 5½ x 3½". Slight creasing.
Joseph Marx (1765-1828), Freiherr von Lichtenstein, a geographer and cartographer.
[Ref: 26035]   £85.00   (£102.00 incl.VAT)
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Edme Mentelle.
Edme Mentelle. Mitglied des Instiut national de France. Gebohr. zu Paris 1730.
Cless im Natur. Westermayr S.
[Weimar: n.d., c.1810.]
Stipple with large margins. Plate 140 x 90mm (5½ x 3½"). Tear in left margin taped.
Edme Mentelle (1730-1815), a French geographer, historian and cartographer, a professor at the École Normale. With Conrad Malt-Brun he produced the 'Géographie mathématique, physique et politique de toutes les parties du monde' (6 vols., published between 1803 and 1812). Cape Mentelle in south-west Australia was named after him by Nicolas Baudin. The portrait was published in 'Allgemeine Geographische Ephemeriden' (Universal Geographical Ephemerides (i.e. encyclopedia)) by Friedrich Bertuch et al.
[Ref: 29612]   £95.00   (£114.00 incl.VAT)
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Pierre Louis Moreau de Maupertus Geb. zu St. Malo. d. 28 Sept. 1698. Gest. zu Basel d.27 Marz 1759.
Pierre Louis Moreau de Maupertus Geb. zu St. Malo. d. 28 Sept. 1698. Gest. zu Basel d.27 Marz 1759.
CWestermayr f.
[German.] [n.d. c.1810.]
Stipple with large margins. Plate 145 x 89mm (5¾ x 3½").
Pierre Louis Moreau de Maupertuis (1698-1759) the French mathematician, philosopher and man of letters. He became Director of the Academie des Sciences, and the first President of the Prussian Academy of Science, at the invitation of Frederick the Great. He made an expedition to Lapland to determine the shape of the Earth. The portrait was published in 'Allgemeine Geographische Ephemeriden' (Universal Geographical Ephemerides (i.e. encyclopedia)) by Friedrich Bertuch et al.
[Ref: 29562]   £120.00   (£144.00 incl.VAT)
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Mungo Park.
Mungo Park.
C Westermayr fecit.
[German.] [n.d. c.1810.]
Stipple. Plate 129 x 76mm (5 x 3"). Cut to plate on left.
Mungo Park (1711-1806) the Scottish explorer of the African continent. He was known as the first Westerner to encounter the central portion of the Niger River. The portrait was published in 'Allgemeine Geographische Ephemeriden' (Universal Geographical Ephemerides (i.e. encyclopedia)) by Friedrich Bertuch et al.
[Ref: 29557]   £110.00   (£132.00 incl.VAT)
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Franc. Aug. Peron.
Franc. Aug. Peron. Geb. zu Cerilly den 22: Aug. 1775.
Cless del. Westermayr sc.
[German.] [n.d. c.1810.]
Stipple with large margins. Plate 133 x 85mm (5¼ x 3¼").
Francois Auguste Peron (1775-1810), the French naturalist and explorer. In 1800 he joined Nicolas Baudin's expedition to Australia where he gathered some 100,000 specimens, which form the basis of the most comprehensive Australian natural history collection to date.
Kivell & Spence: pg.246.
[Ref: 29895]   £120.00   (£144.00 incl.VAT)
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Franz Ludwig Pfyffer.
Franz Ludwig Pfyffer. Generallieutenant in französischen Diensten. geb. 1716 Verfaser des berühmten Reliefs von der Schweiz; in seiner Alpen Tracht, auf dem Pilatus berge zeichnend.
C. Westermayr f. [after Joseph Reinhard]
[Weimar: n.d., c.1808.]
Stipple with large margins. Plate 140 x 90mm (5½ x 3½").
Franz Ludwig Pfyffer von Wyher, an officer in the French king's Swiss Guard who made a three-dimensional map of the area around Lake Lucerne, completed in 1786 and now the oldest relief map in existence. He took 24 years to construct it, using available materials including plaster, charcoal, sand, beeswax, brick & pottery, in 136 separate sections for easy transportation. It has been on display in the Glacier Garden in Lucerne for over a century. His military career was also successful: he retired with the rank of lieutenant general in 1768. The portrait was published in 'Allgemeine Geographische Ephemeriden' (Universal Geographical Ephemerides (i.e. encyclopedia)) by Friedrich Bertuch et al.
For a larger version of this image see ref. 12163
[Ref: 29605]   £130.00   (£156.00 incl.VAT)
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Alfonso de Albuquerque.
Alfonso de Albuquerque.
Westermayr f.
[German.] [n.d. c.1810.]
Stipple with large margins. Plate 120 x 82mm (4¾ x 3¼").
Alfonso de Albuquerque (c.1453-1515) the Portuguese general, 'great conqueror', statesman and a leading empire builder. He advanced the Portuguese grand scheme of combatting Islam, spreading Christianity and securing the trade of spices and the establishment of a vast Portuguese Asian empire. He was the first European to enter the Persian Gulf and led the first voyage by a European fleet into the Red Sea. He led the conquest of Goa in 1510 and the capture of Malacca in 1511. The portrait was published in 'Allgemeine Geographische Ephemeriden' (Universal Geographical Ephemerides (i.e. encyclopedia)) by Friedrich Bertuch et al.
[Ref: 29727]   £120.00   (£144.00 incl.VAT)
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Joh. Hier. Schroeter.
Joh. Hier. Schroeter. Kön. Grossbrit.u. Chrf. Br. Lün. Ober Amtman zu Lilienthal. Gebohr. d.30. Aug. 1745.
CWestermayr fecit.
[German.] [n.d. c.1810.]
Stipple with large margins. Plate 140 x 82mm (5½ x 3¼"). Some fox marks & scratching in face area.
Johann Hieronymus Schröter (1745-1816), German astronomer. In 1777 he was appointed Secretary of the Royal Chamber of George III in Hanover, where he made the acquaintance of two of William Herschel's borthers. He made extensive drawings of the features of Mars, which were lost during the Napoleonic Wars, and were not rediscovered until 1873. The lunar crater Schröter and the Martian crater Schroeter are named after him, as is Vallis Schröteri on the Moon. The portrait was published in 'Allgemeine Geographische Ephemeriden' (Universal Geographical Ephemerides (i.e. encyclopedia) by Friedrich Bertuch et al.
[Ref: 29751]   £120.00   (£144.00 incl.VAT)
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D.F. Sotzmann.
D.F. Sotzmann. Geh. exped. Secretair beym Ingen. Depart. u Geograph der Academie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin.
C. Westermayr f.
[Weimar: n.d., c.1808.]
Stipple with large margins. Plate 140 x 90mm (5½ x 3½").
Daniel Friedrich Sotzmann, a geographer who compiled the maps for the 'Atlas Von Nordamerika', part of Ebeling's seven volume 'Erdbeschreibung und Geschichte von Amerika'. Sotzmann only completed ten of the intended 18 maps, based on contemprary American maps including Carey, all highly-detailed with symbols for churches, roads, court houses, distilleries, iron works, mills, academies, etc. Complete sets of ten are rare. The portrait was published in 'Allgemeine Geographische Ephemeriden' (Universal Geographical Ephemerides (i.e. encyclopedia)) by Friedrich Bertuch et al.
[Ref: 29609]   £130.00   (£156.00 incl.VAT)
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Ioh. Bapt. Tavernier.
Ioh. Bapt. Tavernier. Ritter u. Freyherr von Aubone, Geb: zu Paris 1605 gestorb: zu Moskau 1698.
Westermayr f.
[German.] [n.d. c.1810.]
Stipple with large margins. Plate 140 x 89mm (5½ x 3½").
Jean-Baptiste Tavernier (1605-1698) the French diamond merchant, traveller and pioneer of diamond trade with India. He is best known for the discovery and sale of the 118-carat blue diamond that he subsequently sold to Louis XIV of France in 1668; this was stoel in 1792 and re-emerged in London as the Hope Diamond. He travelled a lot around the Middle East, in particular Persia. The portrait was published in 'Allgemeine Geographische Ephemeriden' (Universal Geographical Ephemerides (i.e. encyclopedia) by Friedrich Bertuch et al.
[Ref: 29752]   £90.00   (£108.00 incl.VAT)
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Carl. Pet. Thunberg.
Carl. Pet. Thunberg. M.Dr.Prof.Ord.der Botan. zu Upsala u.d. Wasa Ord. Ritter. Geb. zu Joenkoeping d. 11 Nov. 1743.
C. Westermayr.
[German.] [n.d. c.1810.]
Stipple with large margins. Plate 140 x 95mm (5½ x 3¾").
Carl Peter Thunberg (1743-1828) the Swedish naturalist and an apostle of Carl Linneaus. He is often referred to as "the father of South African botany" or the "Japanese Linneaus". In 1771 he was commissioned to visit the Dutch colonies and Japan to collect specimens for the Dutch botanical garden. After many travels he published in 'Flora Japonica' in 1784 and four years later he began to publish his travels. The portrait was published in 'Allgemeine Geographische Ephemeriden' (Universal Geographical Ephemerides (i.e. encyclopedia) by Friedrich Bertuch et al.
W: 2936.
[Ref: 29748]   £130.00   (£156.00 incl.VAT)
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Tippoo Saheb lezter Sultan von Mysore.
Tippoo Saheb lezter Sultan von Mysore.
C. Westermayr f.
[German.] [n.d. c.1810.]
Stipple. Plate 159 x 95mm (6¼ x 3¾"). Trimmed along left hand edge.
Tippoo Sahib or Tipu Sahib, (1749-1799), Indian ruler, sultan of Mysore (1782-99); son and successor of Haidar Ali. He fought in his father's campaigns against the Marathas and the British but, after his succession, made peace with the British in 1784. His invasion (1789) of Travancore, a state under British protection, provoked war anew, and in 1792 he was defeated by a force under Lord Cornwallis composed of British, Maratha, and Hyderabad troops. He was forced to cede territory. In 1798, Tippoo formed a vague alliance with the French, which gave the British governor-general Lord Wellesley a pretext to invade Mysore in alliance with the nizam of Hyderabad. Tippoo was killed (May, 1799) defending his capital at 'Shrirangapattana'. His kingdom was divided among the victors. The portrait was published in 'Allgemeine Geographische Ephemeriden' (Universal Geographical Ephemerides (i.e. encyclopedia)) by Friedrich Bertuch et al.
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Anton. Frgr. von Zach.
Anton. Frgr. von Zach. K.K. General Major. Geb. zu Pesth. d. 14ten Iun. 1748.
C Westermayr f.
[German.] [n.d. c.1810.]
Stipple. Plate 140 x 89mm (5½ x 3½").
Anton Freiherr von Zach (1748-1826) the Hungarian military officer. He joined the Austrian army and saw active service during the French Revolutionary Wars and Napoleonic Wars. He played an important role at the Battle of Marengo, but was captured. In 1809 he was appointed fortress commander and was Proprietor of the Austrian Infantry Regiment #15. He was awarded the Military Order of Maria Theresa and the Order of Leopold. Astronomer. The portrait was published in 'Allgemeine Geographische Ephemeriden' (Universal Geographical Ephemerides (i.e. encyclopedia) by Friedrich Bertuch et al.
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