Rare nautical charts, port plans and copperplate engravings!
From the Malaspina Expedition
Corveta Atrevida entre Bancas de nieve la noche
del 28 de Enero de 1794...
Fernando Brambila, Madrid 1798
NEW! Rarecharts
presents a selection of scarce early charts of Latin American and Caribbean ports and
harbors from Spain's Direccion Hidrografia published in one of the four parts of
the "Portolano de la America Septentrional". As such they are a rare early
record of Spain's New World possessions in 1809.
Another section presents the antique copperplate ship engravings by Henri Sbonski de Passebon, galley Captain in
Louis XIV's galley corps. Passebon's fine, folio-sized engravings are drawn
from first-hand experience and reflect a unique look at 17th century
Mediterranean naval architecture including the galeasse, bomb ketch, polacre,
saique, and galley.
Rarecharts
offers for sale a carefully selected and diverse group of antique
nautical charts, nautical engravings, and scarce maritime paper artifacts aimed
at those with an interest in nautical history and
those with a focus on aesthetics: rare old charts, old nautical atlases,
copperplate prints, rare port plans and harbor plans from the 17th, 18th and 19th centurys.
Most items are nautical antiques over 100 years old but all reflect our intense interests
in maritime cartography and nautical history.
We never sell reproductions.
Our inventory of rare antique charts is small and carefully chosen to reflect our interests and taste, which we hope you will share.
Welcome! Chuck Ashman - Proprietor and webmaster for RareCharts.com