Collection Items
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MapLa herdike enterprinse faict par le Signeur Draeck D'Avoir cirquit toute la Terre Includes two inset maps and a portrait of Francis Drake. Kraus, H.P. Sir Francis Drake, 48 Available also through the Library of Congress web site as a raster image. Gift of Hans P. and Hanni Kraus.
- Contributor: Hans and Hanni Kraus Sir Francis Drake Collection (Library of Congress) - Sype, Nicola Van
- Date: 1581-01-01
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Map[Map of the Western Hemisphere] Title plate to Nova Reperta, a series of engravings after drawings by Stradanus published by Galle in Antwerp. Shows Christopher Columbus pointing to a map of the Western Hemisphere. New France and Florida are indicated in North America. In addition to the map, notable developments in science and technology of the late 16th century are illustrated. Mounted on paper. LC copy imperfect: Margins trimmed....
- Contributor: Straet, Jan Van Der - Galle, Théodore
- Date: 1590-01-01
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MapNouvelle carte des découvertes faites par les vaisseaux russiens aux côtes inconnues de l'Amérique Septentrionale avec les pais adiacents : dressées sur des memoires authentiques de ceux qui ont assisté a ces ... Map of northwestern North America and the Russian Far East including the Bering Strait region showing the exploration routes of Bering, Chirikov, and other Russian explorers. Relief shown pictorially. Hand colored in light and dark brown watercolors (wash) and in red ink line. Imperfect: Trimmed, vertically fold-lined at center, has rubber-stamped insigne of "Depot de cart. pl. et journ. de la Marine" in title...
- Contributor: Imperatorskai︠a︡ Akademīi︠a︡ Nauk (Russia)