Est. 1964 · A Curated Archive
Rare Prints, Discovered & Preserved
Antique maps, botanical illustrations, and historical engravings — each one a window into its era, each carefully kept for its next chapter.
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Each print arrives with a story worth telling.
For more than two decades, The Tin Fish has sought out printed matter from the 16th through early 20th centuries — cartography from Amsterdam's golden age, botanical plates from royal expeditions, engravings pulled from long-forgotten folios.
We believe a print is never merely ornamental. It is a document, a testament, and a small act of witness. Our job is to find them, to authenticate them, and to place them in homes where they will be read as well as admired.
New Acquisition · Catalogue No. 0847
A 1689 Chart of the North Atlantic
“One of perhaps fourteen surviving copies — engraved in Amsterdam by Gerard van Keulen, marking the trade winds that would shape two centuries of Atlantic commerce.”
- Medium
- Copper engraving, hand-coloured
- Dimensions
- 58 × 49 cm
- Condition
- Exceptional
- Price
- $4,850
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