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MapWu bei zhi Wood block print. "Juan 240" shows Zheng He's voyager route from Nanjing, passing through South East Asia, Indian Ocean, Red Sea, all the way to Persian Gulf. Early Qing Dynasty ed., prefaced Tianqi 1 (1621). Juan (chapter) 240 is one of 80 volumes in 8 cases (30 x 19 cm.). "Wu bei zhi juan er bai si shi." Available also through the Library of...
- Contributor: Mao, Yuanyi
- Date: 1644
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MapAtlas designed to illustrate Burritt's Geography of the heavens ... Cover title. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
- Contributor: Burritt, Elijah H. (Elijah Hinsdale) - Mattison, Hiram
- Date: 1856
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MapHarmonia macrocosmica, seu, Atlas universalis et novus, totius universi creati cosmographiam generalem, et novam exhibens : in quâ omnium totius mundi orbium harmonica constructio, secundum diversas diversorum authorum opioniones, ut et uranometria ...
Atlas universalis et novus Phillips, 4274 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes index. Some plates engraved by Johannes van Loon. In addition to the 29 plates specified in the table of contents, there is an additional plate between plates 4 and 5, an additional plate between plates 19 and 20, and 3 additional plates following plate 29. Rebound and conserved...- Contributor: Schenk, Peter - Loon, J. Van - Cellarius, Andreas - Valck, G. (Gerard)
- Date: 1708-01-01
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MapSozviï¸ e︡zdÄ«iï¸ a︡ predstavlennyiï¸ a︡ na XXX tabiltï¸ s︡akh s opisanÄ«em onykh i rukovodstvom k udobnomu ikh otyskanÄ« iï¸ u︡ na nebiï¸ e︡ sostavlennym dliï¸ a︡ uchebnykhiï¸ e︡ zavedenÄ«Ä i liï¸ u︡biteleÄ astrognozÄ«i Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes an engraved title page for the plates, two engraved section titles, one showing stellar magnitude, and thirty celestial charts. Twenty-eight of the charts show the constellations in detail, both as stars and as images of animals, etc., printed in gold on black, with small holes punched out for the high...
- Contributor: ReÄssig, K. (Kornelius)
- Date: 1829-01-01
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MapCharte der Gebirge des Mondes nach eigenen Beobachtungen in den Jahren 1840-1874 Relief shown by contours and shading. Title from cover. Unbound in portfolio. Accompanied by hardbound text: xii, 303, [1] p. : tables ; 31 cm. Also accompanied by softbound text: Kurze Erläuterung zu J. Schmidt's Mondcharte, in 25 Sectionen, Berlin : In Commission bei D. Reiner, 1878 : 19, [1] p. ; 30 cm. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as...
- Contributor: Dietrich Reimer Verlag (Berlin, Germany) - Prussia (Germany). Ministerium Der Geistlichen, Unterrichts- Und Medizinal-Angelegenheiten - Schmidt, J. F. Julius (Johann Friedrich Julius)
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Map[Portolan atlas of 9 charts and a world map, etc.].
Portolan atlas containing 10 maps Pen-and-ink and watercolor, on vellum. Each double-page illumination is 21 x 29 cm. Compass rose on inside back cover. Dedicated to Hieronymus Ruffault, Abbot of St. Vaast. Title provided by cataloger. "Maps 1, 2, and 10 show America. No. 1 shows the Gulf of California which Ulloa discovered in 1539. On the same map Yucatan is shown as an island, and the east and...- Contributor: Agnese, Battista
- Date: 1544-01-01
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MapMapamondi. Relief and depths shown pictorially. Title from first word of descriptive text on first facsim. leaf. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. In Catalan; introd.; uncaptioned in Spanish by J. Vernet and D. Romano. Traditionally attributed to A. Cresques, with the possible collaboration of his son, J. Cresques. Facsim. of the 1375 ed. of the Catalan atlas,...
- Contributor: Bibliothèque Nationale De France - Cresques, Abraham
- Date: 1959-01-01
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MapTheatrvm orbis terrarvm.
Theatrum orbis terrarum Relief shown pictorially. Colophon: 20 Mai 1570. Catalogus auctorum includes 87 names. T.p. verso blank. Includes 53 map sheets, with descriptive text on verso. Acid offset on facing pages. Blank leaves inserted between map sheets. Front cover displays the name and arms of Jean, comte de Hoya, bishop of Münster and Osnabrück (1566-74). Phillips, 3389 Koeman, C. Atlantes Neerlandici, Ort 1A Includes "De Mona...- Contributor: Ortelius, Abraham - Llwyd, Humphrey - Diesth, Aegid. Coppenius (Aegidius Coppenius)
- Date: 1570-01-01
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MapTheatrvm orbis terrarvm.
Theatrum orbis terrarum Relief shown pictorially. Catalogus auctorum includes 92 names. Epigram on t.p. verso has 16 lines. Includes 53 map sheets, with descriptive text on verso. List of geographical atlases in the Library of Congress, 374, copy 1 Koeman, C. Atlantes Neerlandici, Ort 1 Includes "De Mona druidum insula" by H. Llwyd. Exhibited: A world of names, 1990. Exhibited: Images of the World, 1984. Available also...- Contributor: Ortelius, Abraham - Llwyd, Humphrey - Diesth, Aegid. Coppenius (Aegidius Coppenius)
- Date: 1570-01-01
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MapEl atlas abreviado, ò compendiosa geografia del mvndo antiguo, y nvevo : segun està oy dia dividido, ilustrada con quarenta y quatro mapas, nuevemente abiertas y explicadas en castellano
Compendiosa geografia del mvndo antiguo, y nvevo | Title from engraved title page: Atlas Relief shown pictorially. Title page printed in black and red. Includes index. Maps numbered with the page before which they are bound. LC copy leather bound. Phillips, 5965 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.- Contributor: Afferden, Francisco De
- Date: 1711
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MapLe theatre du monde, ou, Novvel atlas
Novvel atlas Relief shown pictorially. French text. Maps in Latin. Maps by numerous cartographers, as well as Willem and Joan Blaeu. Koeman, C. Atlantes Neerlandici, Bl 16 A Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. LC copy assembled from loose sheets. LC copy imperfect: Lacking 16 maps: Nova totius terrarum orbis geographica ac hydrographica tabula -- Regiones sub polo arctico...- Contributor: Blaeu, Joan - Blaeu, Willem Janszoon
- Date: 1647-01-01
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MapCartes et tables de la géographie physique ou naturelle Relief shown pictorially. "Présentées au Roi le 15 mai 1757". Phillips, 220 Engraved title page. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. LC copy imperfect: map titled "Planisphere physique, où l'on voit du pole septentrional ce que l'on connoît de terres et de mers ... vigies" removed and cataloged separately.
- Contributor: L'isle, Guillaume De - Buache, Philippe
- Date: 1757-01-01
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MapGeografia tavole moderne di geografia de la maggior parte del mondo di diversi avtori raccolte et messe secondo l'ordine di Tolomeo con i disegni di molte città et fortezze di diverse provintie ... ga10 2006-03-10 sent to CMT Relief shown pictorially. Phillips, 3392 Each plate or leaf is numbered with pencil, pen-and-ink, or both, with some numbers crossed out. Map 79 is printed on blue paper. Strips of paper affixed to the margins of some plates. Rebound in brown leather incorporating original tooled front and back boards. Includes manuscript table of contents, which does not correspond exactly...
- Contributor: Lafréry, Antoine
- Date: 1575-01-01
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Map[Geografia tavole moderne di geografia]. Relief shown pictorially. Some maps entirely in Italian, some maps entirely in Latin. Title derived by cataloger from title page of bound Lafréry atlas. Seventeen loose sheets that appear in atlases sold by Antoine Lafréry. Phillips, 5917 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
- Contributor: Forlani, Paolo - Gastaldi, Giacomo - Lafréry, Antoine
- Date: 1575-01-01
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Map[Celestial globe gores] Title provided by cataloger. Likely proof sheets, as lines for the tropics and the ecliptic are missing. Earliest known celestial gores. Bound in the Schöner Sammelband. Gores trimmed and mounted on paper. LC copy annotated by Schöner. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Provenance: Gift of Jay I. Kislak Foundation.
- Contributor: Jay I. Kislak Collection (Library of Congress) - Schöner, Johann
- Date: 1517
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Map[Fragmentary celestial globe gores] Title provided by cataloger. Bound in the Schöner Sammelband. Found in the binding of the Sammelband in 1905, mounted on paper, and bound in. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Provenance: Gift of Jay I. Kislak Foundation.
- Contributor: Jay I. Kislak Collection (Library of Congress) - Schöner, Johann
- Date: 1517
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Map[Fragmentary terrestrial globe gores] Relief shown pictorially. Bound in the Schöner Sammelband. Found in the binding of the Sammelband in 1905, mounted on paper and bound in. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Provenance: Gift of Jay I. Kislak Foundation.
- Contributor: Jay I. Kislak Collection (Library of Congress) - Schöner, Johann
- Date: 1517
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MapCarta marina navigatoria Portvgallen navigationes, atqve tocius cogniti orbis terre marisqve formam natvram sitvs et terminos nostris temporibvs recognitos et ab antiqvorum traditione differentes, eciam qvor vetvsti non meminervnt avtores, hec generaliter ...
Carta marina navigatoria Portugallen navigationes, atque tocius cogniti orbis terre marisque formam naturam situs et terminos nostris temporibus recognitos et ab antiquorum traditione differentes, eciam quor vetusti non meminerunt autore, hec generaliter indicat Relief shown pictorially. Includes text and illustrations. Bound in the Schöner Sammelband. Sheet 6 appears to be a proof copy and was laid in after the Sammelband was bound. All sheets except for sheet 6 annotated in ink and red ink by Johann Schöner. All sheets bear a watermark of a triple pointed crown. Sheet 9 has a paper patch within a shield covering...- Contributor: Jay I. Kislak Collection (Library of Congress) - Schöner, Johann - Waldseemüller, Martin
- Date: 1516
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Map[Manuscript copy of sheet 6 of Waldseemüller's Carta marina] Title provided by cataloger. Relief shown pictorially. Includes text and illustrations. Originally bound in the Sammelband. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Provenance: Gift of Jay I. Kislak Foundation. Acquisition control number: 2015-052.
- Contributor: Jay I. Kislak Collection (Library of Congress) - Schöner, Johann - Waldseemüller, Martin
- Date: 1516
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MapA new universal atlas, comprising separate maps of all the principal empires, kingdoms & states throughout the world, and forming a distinct atlas of the United States
Universal atlas Relief shown by hachures. Engraved title page. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. LC copy quarter bound in brown leather over brown cloth. Acquisitions control no. 2003-14- Contributor: Greenleaf, J. (Jeremiah)
- Date: 1848
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MapA new and elegant general atlas, containing maps of each of the United States. Relief shown pictorially. Most maps engraved by S. Harrison. Some maps engraved by H.S. Tanner or S. Lewis. Map 52 of Louisiana is a reduction by S. Harrison of W. Darby's 4 sheet map issued in 1817. Engraved title page. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
- Contributor: Lewis, Samuel - Harrison, Samuel - Darby, William - Tanner, Henry Schenck - Lucas, Fielding
- Date: 1817-01-01
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MapHe mau palapala aina, a me na niele e pili ana. Hookahi ke pai ana. Microfilm G&M - 3011 LC Hawaii, 25 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault
- Date: 1840-01-01
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Map[Mitchell's school atlas] Also shows regional United States maps. Relief shown by hachures. Prime meridians: Greenwich and Washington, D.C. List of geographical atlasse in the Library of Congress, 6085 "Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1839 by S. Augustus Mitchell in the clerk's office of the District Court of Connecticut"--On each plate. Maps engraved by J.H. Young and W. Williams. Available also through the...
- Contributor: Young, J. H. (James Hamilton) - Mitchell, S. Augustus (Samuel Augustus) - Thomas, Cowperthwait & Co
- Date: 1839
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MapA new and elegant imperial sheet atlas, comprehending general and particular maps of every part of the world : principally compiled from the great French atlas, and others of the most distinguished ...
Imperial sheet atlas Relief shown pictorially and by shading. Map title within ornamental border. Atlas consists of folded maps pasted onto endpapers along spine. Copy annotated in pencil on contents p. Copy imperfect: Torn edges and waterstains on some leaves Phillips 716 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Previous call no.: G1015.L38 1808- Contributor: Robert Laurie and James Whittle
- Date: 1808-01-01
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MapCedid atlas tercümesi Relief shown pictorially. In Ottoman Turkish. Maps based on William Faden's plates for his General atlas. Introductory text: Ucaletü'l-coğrafiyye / Mahmud Rai̇f. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Each map mounted on cloth. Black circle stamped on verso of each leaf. Decorative stamping and pencil or ink annotations in arabic or latin script on verso of some...
- Contributor: Tab'hane-Yi Hümayun (Istanbul, Turkey) - Faden, William - Mahmud Raif Efendi
- Date: 1803-01-01
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