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Polar Maps A good group of 8 maps showing the Arctic (including one of the Antarctic) regions of North (South) America and Asia, as follows: Mercator, Gerard. Septentrionalium Terrarum descriptio. Amsterdam, [1606 or later]. Double-page engraved map (16 x 21 in.; 406 x 534 mm, sight), contemporary handcoloring; light marginal spotting and soiling, small hole in lower blank margin. Glazed and framed. The first map devoted to the North Pole, second state. Burden 88. Blaeu, Willem & Jan. Regiones sub Polo Arctico. Amsterdam, [1645]. Engraved double-page map (17 3/4 x 22 in.; 450 x 560 mm), contemporary handcoloring; dampstain in lower right corner affecting image, small tear in lower margin entering printed frame. Second state, with dedication to Willem Backer de Corneliis. Burden 252. Hondius, Henricus. Poli Arctici, et circumiacentium terrarum Descriptio Novissima. Amsterdam, [ca. 1676]. Double-page engraved map (17 1/2 x 20 in.; 445 x 508 mm, sight), contemporary handcoloring; somewhat browned. Matted, glazed and framed. State 5 with imprint removed, and incorporating the splendid scenes of whaling. Burden 246. Robyn, Jacobus. Paskaerte van Yslandt en Noorweegen. Amsterdam, [1683]. Engraved double-page map (20 3/4 x 24 in.; 527 x 610 mm, sight), contemporary handcoloring; a few minor spots. Glazed and framed. From his Zee-Atlas, after Van Keulen. Doncker, Hendrik. Pas-caerte van Groenlandt, Yslandt, Straet Davids en Ian Mayen Eylant. Amsterdam, [1686]. Engraved double-page map (20 x 23 in.; 508 x 585 mm, sight), contemporary handcoloring in outline; some soiling and spotting. Glazed and framed. From his Le Grand & Nouveau Miroir ou Flambeau De la Mer. Tirion, Isaak. Nieuwe Kaart van de Noord Pool. Amsterdam: J. Keyser 1735. Engraved folding map, (11 1/2 x 13 1/4 in.; 292 x 337 mm, sight), contemporary handcoloring; two smudges in margins. Matted. McLaughlin, California as an Island 216. Delisle, Guillaume. L'Hemisphere Septentrional pour voir plus distinctement les Terres Arctiques. Amsterdam: Covens & Mortier, [1742]. Double-page engraved map (21 1/8 x 25 1/2 in.; 536 x 648 mm), contemporary handcoloring, tipped onto a board. Prints the text of a letter on the discovery of 34 islands by Captain Spanberg, text in French and Dutch. From the Atlas Nouveau. Delisle, Guillaume & Philippe Buache. Hémisphere Méridional pour voir plus distinctement les Terres Australes. Paris: chez l'auteur, [Dezauche, 1782]. Double-page engraved map (22 3/4 x 23 5/8 in.; 578 x 600 mm), contemporary handcoloring; some fraying in lower margin. Tooley, Australia, 1523.