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Gift ideas for people that "have everything". One of the best and easiest ways to find a print or topic is to use the "Search" function in the upper right hand corner.
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Curiosities

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"Andrea Bianco's Erdkarte" Andrea Bianco made at least ten maps of the known world. Wood engraving on a page of text about maps msde by Andres Bianco and Marino Sanuto. Text continues on revrse side. Published 1881. Original antique print

Maps, Curiosities, World Map, Andrea Bianco

$28.00

"Die Legende des heiligen Brandanus" St. Brendans Island is a mystical island in the Atlantic. This fascinating image shows the island in the upper area. In the lower left are the Isulae Fortunatae ( Canary Islands ). A priest is saying Mass on the back of the fish with a small group. In the lower area is St. Brendan and two other monks. Wood engraving published ca 1900. Original antique print

Maps, Curiosities, Spain, Canary Islands, St. Brendanus, mystical island

$80.00 $65.00

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Egypt,maps, "Landkarte auf einem aegyptischen Papyrus aus der Zeit Ramses II" ( Egytian map that was made on pappyrus at the time of Ramses II )

Maps, Egypt, Landkarte auf einem aegyptischen Papyrus aus der Zeit Ramses II

$40.00

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"Paolo dal Pozzo Toscanellis Karte" Interest map shows the Atlantic Ocean between Europe and Asia. America was not yet discovered. . In the center is the Island of St. Bradanus. Wood engraving after a very old map. Published ca 1900.

Maps, Atlnatic Ocean, St.Bradanus, Paolo dal Pozzo Toscanellis Karte

$45.00 $31.50

"Jagd auf das Einhorn und auf Elefanten" (hunting unicorns and elephants) Wood engraving of a mythological hunting scene. Published 1881. Made after a very old copper engraving. One a page about hunting in India that continues on the reverse side. Original antique print

Curiosities, Hunting, Animals, Unicorn, Elephants

$35.00 $20.00

"Hundskopfmenschen" (people with dog heads) Curiosities, Dogs, Hundskopfmenschen, Kynokephale, Hemikynes, Cynokephale, Strabon, Plutarch Wood engraving published 1881. Original antique print

Animals, Dogs, Curiosities, Dogs, Hundskopfmenschen, Kynokephale, Hemikynes, Cynokephale, Strabon, Plutarch, Nacumera, Java

$25.00 $15.00

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"Erdansicht des Eratosthenes" Wood engraving of a map by Eratosthenes (270-190 B.C.). On the reverse side is text (in German) about the work of Eratosthenes using astronomy to understand the geography of the earth. Published 1881. Natural age toning.

Maps, Curiosity, map by Eratosthenes

$35.00 $24.50

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"Erddurchschnitt mit Zentralfeuer, seitlichen Feuerherden und Vulkanen" (Earth middle cut with the center fire and the fires going out to the edge with the volcanos) Wood engraving made after a copper engraving (1665) by Athanasius Kircher (1602-1680). This print was published 1895.

Volcanos, Earth middle cut, center fire

$70.00 $42.00