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    Tierra nveva.
    Tierra nueva
    Shows the Atlantic coast from Labrador to north Florida. Publication information from atlas. Text titled "Della terra nova del Bacalaos" on verso. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
    • Contributor: Gastaldi, Giacomo - Ptolemy
    • Date: 1548-01-01
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    Claudii Ptolemaei Alexandrini Mathematico[rum] principis, opu...
    Opus geographiae nouiter castigatum & emaculatum additionibus | Opus geographiae noviter castigatum & emaculatum additionibus
    Relief shown pictorially. First publication of the Geographica to include a map with the name "America". Imprint from colophon. Text in double columns with 55 lines to a full column. Title page printed in red and black. Signatures: A-D⁶ E-F⁴ G-R⁶ S⁸. Sabin, J. Dictionary of books relating to America from its discovery to the present time, 66481 Phillips, 361 John Boyd Thacher Collection...
    • Contributor: D'angelo, Jacopo - Grüninger, Johann - Abtei Amorbach - John Boyd Thacher Collection (Library of Congress) - Ptolemy
    • Date: 1522
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    Muriel H. Parry map collection The collection consists of some 871 maps that are largely pictorial. Muriel H. Parry, a librarian for the U.S. State Department, compiled the maps and several were deaccessioned from the StateDepartment's library. Formats in the collection include single map and maps in books, magazines, calendars, and advertisements. In addition, there are maps on napkins, gift cards, cloth, etc. Included are maps by Ernest Clegg,...
    • Contributor: Parry, Muriel H. - Chase, Ernest Dudley - Clegg, Ernest - Shelton, Hal - Gill, Macdonald - Harrison, Richard Edes - Wallingford, Daniel K.
    • Date: 1538
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    Das heilig Lande mit Ausztheilung der zwoelff Geschlechter.
    Palaestina, des heiligen Landes Beschreibung mit sampt den anstossenden Laendern und Voelctern alss die Ammoniter, Jdumeer [sic], Araber, u.
    Relief shown pictorially. Title and text in German. Place names in Latin. Appears in Sebastian Munster's Cosmographey. Basel : Sebastian Petri, 1588. Exhibition: Jordanian Display, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., May 25-27, 2005. Includes notes. LC copy imperfect: Central fold line with 2 stains at center, mended tear in central right margin. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster...
    • Contributor: Münster, Sebastian - Henricpetri, Sebastian
    • Date: 1588-01-01
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    Americæ pars, nunc Virginia dicta : primum ab Anglis inuenta,... Scale ca. 1:1,700,000. Has watermark. Oriented with north to the right. Relief shown pictorially and by hachures. Pictorial map. Covers coastal region from Cape Fear to Chesapeake Bay. From Thomas Hariot's A briefe and true report of the new found land of Virginia, 1590. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2
    • Contributor: Bry, Theodor De - White, John - Harriot, Thomas
    • Date: 1590-01-01
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    Novvs Orbis.
    Novus Orbis
    Dedication in cartouche: "Doctiss. et ornatiss. Rich. Hakluyto F.G.S. Cuipotius quam tibi Orbem huncnovum dicassem: cum tu assiduis eruditisq. libris tuis ipsum eundem in dies illustriorem reddas. Eumigitur Uti tua humanitate dignum est accipe, teq nos vicissim amabimus. Paris. cal. Maij. MDLXXXVll." Gift; John (Jack) M. Raymond; July 2016. Appears in: Petri Martyr d'Anghiera, De Orbe Novo ... Decades octo ... Paris, Apud Guillemum...
    • Contributor: Gaulle, Francis
    • Date: 1587
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    Norvmbega et Virginia, 1597.
    Norumbega et Virginia
    Covers coast from R. Primero in the north to Buelta de Arenas in the south. Shows rivers and Native American settlements. Relief shown pictorially. Gift; John (Jack) M. Raymond; July 2016. Appears in: Wytfliet, Corneille. Descriptionis Ptolemaicae augmentum. 1597.
    • Contributor: Wytfliet, Corneille
    • Date: 1597
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    [Maps of Guiana, from approximately 1595 to 1970] This record covers single maps of Guiana which are not represented in the LC database by separate catalog records. This collection includes single printed maps and photocopies of printed or manuscript single maps as well as some multi-sheet single maps, plates from atlases, books or periodicals, and printed facsimiles. These maps cover Guiana as a whole and regions and physical features of Guiana as...
    • Date: 1595
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    [Egypt, course of Nile] Title devised by cataloger. Oriented with north to the bottom. Copied from the 13th century Codex, the oldest available copy of "Geographia". Includes geographic notes on the margins. LC copy accompanied by negative photocopy. LC copy annotated: "Egypt, Course of Nile, Ptolemy, Mt. Athos manuscript, 2-4."
    • Contributor: Ptolemy
    • Date: 1500
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    Floridae Americae provinciae recens & exactissima descriptio ... Relief shown pictorially. Shows Florida region, northeastern coastline, Port Royal, Fort Caroline, Cuba, rivers, cities, and other geographical entities. Mounted on cloth backing. Published in Le Moyne's Brevis narratio eorum quae in Florida Americae provincia Gallis acciderunt ... 1591, pt. 2 of Théodore de Bry's Great voyages. Accompanied by a reduced reproduction, with missing medallion and part of title and scale bar cut-off. (1...
    • Contributor: Le Moyne De Morgues, Jacques
    • Date: 1591
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    Le novveav monde descovvert et illvstre de nostre temps
    Nouveau monde descouvert et illustre de nostre temps
    Relief shown pictorially. Woodcut. Includes illustrations and notes. Described in the Library of Congress Quarterly Journal of current acquisitions, v. 6 no. 3 May 1949. p. 20-21. LC copy mounted on cloth. Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 1305 Gift ; Lessing J. Rosenwald ; June 29, 1948. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
    • Contributor: Chaudière, Guillaume - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) - Thevet, André
    • Date: 1581-01-01
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    Hauslab-Liechtenstein map collection. The Hauslab-Liechtenstein map collection contains some 10,000 manuscript and printed sheets. A large portion of these map and atlas sheets were compiled by the Austrian cartographer and general Franz Ritter von Hauslab. Upon Hauslab's death, they were acquired by Prince Jordan II of Liechtenstein, whose own maps complemented the Hauslab collection, hence the name Hauslab-Liechtentstein. Within the collection there are examples of various types...
    • Contributor: H.P. Kraus (Firm) - Hauslab, Franz - Johann II
    • Date: 1500
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    Emden & Olden Borch Comit. Scale ca. 1:367,000. Facsimile. Hand colored. AACR2: 100; 651
    • Contributor: Mercator, Gerhard - Verlag Lohse-Eissing
    • Date: 1500
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    The making of America. Central Plains Relief shown by shading and spot heights. "September 1985." Panel title. Title within border: Central Plains. "Design: John F. Dorr, Charles W. Berry ; content: Harry D. Kauhane, Andrew J. Wahll ; research: Gail C. Foley, Jan Holderness." "Map nine in a series of seventeen." Also issued, without plastic-coating, as a supplement to the National Geographic. Includes historical notes, list of abbreviations, and "Metric...
    • Contributor: Meinig, D. W. (Donald William) - National Geographic Society (U.S.). Cartographic Division - Conzen, Michael P. - Garver, John B. - Shupe, John F.
    • Date: 1540
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    Chiu pien tʻu lun. Replaced unk81036119 upgraded to RDA and 2021587920 ga16 2021-09-07 Reminder: Establish heading [Hsü, Lun, chin shih 1524] [from old catalog] ga16 2021-09-07 Call number to be updated to G2306.R4 H 1538
    • Contributor: Hsü, Lun
    • Date: 1538
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    [Map of western South America]. Relief shown pictorially. Title supplied by cataloger. Attributed to Gerard Mercator? Cf. Philip D. Burden's letter, April 14, 1994, to James Flatness. In cartouche: Celeberrimæ prouinciæ in America versus occidentem ... Andreas Theuetus Latius hoc commemorat. In lower border: Meridies. Includes note and ill. LC copy incomplete: One sheet of 6 sheets? Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster...
    • Contributor: Mercator, Gerhard - Thevet, André
    • Date: 1569-01-01
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    [San Juan de Ulúa Watercolor on vellum. Upper corners damp marked, with very slight marking of the drawing. Mounted on cloth. Kraus, H.P. Sir Francis Drake, 46 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) - Eraso, Cristóbal De
    • Date: 1570-01-01
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    [Atlantic coast of Central America]. Transferred from the collection of the Canal Zone Library-Museum, 1980. From an atlas in the Havre (France) Public Library, about 1525; probably made by Salvat. de Pilestrina. LC copy annotated in lower margin prior to reproduction: Atlantic coast of Central America. Photocopy made from manuscript original. Includes ill. of flags. LC copy annotated in pencil, on verso, with Canal Zone Library map checklist number:...
    • Contributor: Pilestrina, Salvatore De
    • Date: 1525
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    Fushimi jōka ezu.
    伏見城下絵図
    Cadastral map showing landownership in Fushimi, Kyoto. Publication date inferred from date Fushimi Castle collapsed in 1596. Title information from map on Website Old Map Collection, Geospatial Information Authority of Japan, July 6, 2020. Includes text and col. ill. Imperfect: Worm holes in the map. Acquisitions control no. 96-11d
    • Date: 1596
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    Colombo, from Correa's "Lendas da India," 1518 Relief shown pictorially. Includes text and illustrations.
    • Contributor: Brohier, Richard Leslie - Corrêa, Gaspar - Ceylon. Surveyor-General's Office - Ceylon. Survey Department
    • Date: 1518
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    Asiento present hordenat a payon les responsions dels pezos e... Diagrammatic map of weights and measures in use in 27 Mediterranean and European seaports. Oriented with north to the right. Each port city is represented by a vignette of a prominent local tower and the vignettes are connected by rhumb lines. Manuscript: pen-and-ink (light brown) and watercolors. Includes notes and an aerial view of the walled city of Siena in the upper margin (neck...
    • Contributor: Domenech, Arnald - Roselli, Piero
    • Date: 1563-01-01
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    Hiberniae, Britannicae Insvlae nova descripto. Relief shown pictorially. Phillips, 406 Available also through the Library of Congress web site as a raster image. Filed with Eastham Collection in G&M Vault: EA 20-A: ga61 02-20-2013
    • Contributor: Ortelius, Abraham
    • Date: 1598-01-01
  • Collection
    [Maps of the Western Hemisphere--various subjects]
    Western Hemisphere title collection--various subjects
    This record covers maps of the Northern Hemisphere which are not represented in the LC database by separate catalog records. This collection includes single printed maps and photocopies of printed or manuscript single maps as well as some multi-sheet single maps, plates from atlases, books or periodicals, and printed facsimiles. To request a specific map or for more information, contact a reference librarian in...
    • Date: 1580
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    Carta geográfica de Brasile VA 397-923 U.S. Copyright Office
    • Contributor: Ramusio, Giovanni Battista
    • Date: 1556
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    La table des isles neufues : lesquelles on appelle isles d'oc... Relief shown pictorially. Gift; John (Jack) M. Raymond; July 2016. On verso: Le Monde nouveau lequel contient les isles de la Oceane d'Indie ... 14. From Ptolemy, 1540 and Cosmographia, 1544. Two sheets joined to form 1.
    • Contributor: Münster, Sebastian
    • Date: 1544
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    [Compilation map of all discoveries made up to 1529, along th... Shows South America, West Indies, Central America, and a portion of Mexico. Transferred from the collection of the Canal Zone Library-Museum, 1980. In right margin: Parte de la "Carta universal la que contiene todo lo que del mundo se ha descubierto fasta agora," confeccionada en 1529. Includes text. Vault
    • Contributor: Ribero, Diego
    • Date: 1529
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    Algieri fortificato l'anno MDLXXVIIII. Bird's-eye views show city wall, castle, coast defences, port fortifications, buildings, mosques, light house, roads, two large ships sailing and two ships docked at the port, and physical features: coastal line, water canals, vegetation, etc. Includes index to important buildings.
    • Contributor: Schoel, Hendrick Van
    • Date: 1579
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    Organisation paroissiale, en 1558, du Namurois et du Brabant ... Also shows churches, other religious institutions, dioceses, castles, and commune centers. Includes insets of Nivelles, Dinant, and Namur each with index of religious institutions. "16.261."
    • Contributor: Institut Géographique Militaire (Belgium)
    • Date: 1558
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    [Maps of the Northern Hemisphere from approximately 1580 to 1...
    Northern Hemisphere title collection
    This record covers single maps of the Northern Hemisphere, which are not represented in the LC database by separate catalog records. This collection includes single printed maps and photocopies of printed or manuscript single maps as well as some multi-sheet single maps, plates from atlases, books or periodicals, and printed facsimiles. These maps cover the Northern Hemisphere as a whole, and regions of the...
    • Date: 1580
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    [Maps of South America from approximately 1500 to 1970] This record covers single maps of South America, which are not represented in the LC database by separate catalog records. This collection includes single printed maps and photocopies of printed or manuscript single maps as well as some multi-sheet single maps, plates from atlases, books or periodicals, and printed facsimiles. These maps cover South America as a whole, regions of South America, counties, and...
    • Date: 1500
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    Magyarország legrégibb részletes térképe, 1528
    Earliest map of Hungary, 1528 | Tabula Hungarie ad quatuor latera | Tabula Hungariæ ad quattuor latera
    Relief shown pictorially. Text on recto in Latin and German; text on verso in Hungarian, German, and English. Facsimile. Original version: Tabula Hungarie ad quatuor latera / per Lazarum quondam Thomas Strigonieñ. Cardin. Secretariū virū exp[er]t[m] congesta ; á Georgio Tanstetter Collimito reuisa auctiorq[ue] reddita ; atque iamprimū á Jo. Cuspiniano edita. Ingolstadii [Germaniae] : opera Petri Apiani, 1528. Oriented with north toward the...
    • Contributor: Apian, Peter - Cartographia Kft - Lázár - Collimitius, Georgius - Cuspinianus, Johannes
    • Date: 1528
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    [Portion of Panama and Central America]. Reproduced from Gabriel Marcel's Reproductions de cartes & de globes relatifs à la découverte de l'Amérique ... Relief shown pictorially. Transferred from the collection of the Canal Zone Library-Museum, 1980. LC copy annotated at bottom of sheet prior to reproduction: Portion of Panama and Central America. This was a marine chart with a XVI century manuscript of about 1570; published by M. Gabriel Marcel...
    • Contributor: Marcel, Gabriel
    • Date: 1570
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    Hollandia qvæ olim Catthorvm sedes fvit nvlli regioni fertili... Facsimile. Alternate title at map center: Hollandt. "Orde van den Prince, 's-Gravenhage 29 september 1984." Original version: [S.l. : s.n.], 1565.
    • Contributor: Hooge, Cornelis De
    • Date: 1565
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    [Maps of Alaska, from approximately 1568 to 1880]
    Alternate supplied title: Alaska title collection--drawer 1 | Alternate supplied title: Alaska title collection--general 1568-1880
    This record covers single general maps of Alaska, which are not represented in the LC database by separate catalog records. This collection includes single printed maps and photocopies of printed or manuscript single maps as well as some multi-sheet single maps, plates from atlases, books or periodicals, and printed facsimiles. To request a specific map or for more information, contact a reference librarian in...
    • Date: 1568
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    Typus orbis descriptione Ptolemaei. Relief shown pictorially. Woodcut that appears in edition of Ptolemy's Geographia published in 1541. Includes illustrations of winds. LC copy stamped on in lower left corner: 0 674. Mounted on cloth and laminated. Shirley, R.W. Mapping of the world, 47 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
    • Contributor: Trechsel, Gaspard - Fries, Lorenz - Ptolemy
    • Date: 1541-01-01
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    Royal grant in 1521 : [Panama]. "To accompany letter of A.B. Nichols, June 23-1908." Transferred from the collection of the Canal Zone Library-Museum, 1980. Blueprint. "Drawer 226-5 #2." Map no. A191. Vault
    • Date: 1521
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    Von den newen Inseln : der Statt Themistitan in den newen Ins... Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. LC copy annotated in ink: "From an unidentified German edition of Sebastian Münster's Cosmographia Universalis, 1597 or later. Bought from Salvation Army." Vault
    • Contributor: Münster, Sebastian
    • Date: 1597-01-01
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    A New Description of Asia.
    Asiae nova descriptio
    The Flemish geographer and scholar Abraham Ortelius (1527-98) published the first edition of his Theatrum orbis terrarum (Theater of the world) in 1570. It contained 53 maps, each with a detailed commentary. It was the first true atlas in the modern sense: a bound book of map plates and accompanying text specifically produced to give a uniform, complete presentation. More than 7,300 copies of...
    • Contributor: Ortelius, Abraham
    • Date: 1579-01-01
    • Resource: - 2 pages
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    Lincolniæ Notinghamiæq[ue] comitatuũ noua vera et accurata de... Relief shown pictorially. From the author's An atlas of England and Wales, London, 1579. From the Rosenwald Collection, Library of Congress. Includes col. ill. and coats of arms. Vault Acquisitions control no. 19-82
    • Contributor: Rosenwald, Lessing J. (Lessing Julius) - Hogenberg, Remigius - Saxton, Christopher
    • Date: 1576
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    [Maps of the West Indies, from approximately 1500 to 1970] This record covers single maps of the West Indies, which are not represented in the LC database by separate catalog records. This collection includes single printed maps and photocopies of printed or manuscript single maps as well as some multi-sheet single maps, plates from atlases, books or periodicals, and printed facsimiles. These maps cover the West Indies as a whole and regions and physical...
    • Date: 1500
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    [The Codex Quetzalecatzin]
    Alternate title from dealer's publication: Mapa de Ecatepec-Huitziltepec | Alternate title from dealer's publication: Codex Ehecatepec and Huitziltepec | Alternate title from dealer's publication: Charles Ratton Codex
    Shows genealogical information and land ownership for the Nahuatl "de Leon" family from 1480-1593. Map covers southern Puebla from the church of Todos Santos, Ecatepec (now suburb to the north east of modern-day Mexico City), and Lake Texcoco (now the National Reserve "El Caracol") to the church of Santa Cruz Huitziltepec, Pue at the lower right, with the lower portion of the map crossed...
    • Date: 1593
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    Mexico City med omgivningar, 1555 : handritad karta på pergament Relief and buildings shown pictorially. Title in Swedish, English, and Spanish. Facsim. of col. ms. map. in the Uppsala University Library. Original version: [1555]. Original title, text, and date (if any) are unintelligible. Lower right corner (including part of text) of the original is missing. "Size of original 75 x 114 cm." Includes text, coat-of-arms, and embellished borders.
    • Contributor: Uppsala Universitetsbibliotek - Santa Cruz, Alonso De
    • Date: 1555
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    Isole famose, porti, fortezze, e terre maritime sottoposte al... A collection of maps illustrating the 1570-1573 war between Turkey and Venice, including coasts and ports of Austria, Turkey, Greece and some Mediterranean islands, as well as maps of Africa, Great Britain and Ireland, Italy, and Iceland. Entirely engraved. All plates are numbered. LC copy has annotations in margin of plate 14. LC copy imperfect: lacks plates 1-3, 49-51, 65, 67. List of geographical...
    • Contributor: Camocio, Giovanni Francesco
    • Date: 1574
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    [Kopiekarten der historischen Landkarten von Europa und Näher...
    Copies of historical maps of Europe and the Near East by the Swiss historian Aegidius Tschudi (1505-1572)
    Relief shown pictorially on some maps. Specific titles (if present) and notes in German; place-names in Latin, German, or indigenous language. Common titles devised by cataloger. Gift; Walter Blumer; Aug. 1966. The original maps were drawn ca. 1560 to accompany historical texts (e.g. Chronicon Helveticum) by Aegidius Tschudi of Glarus, Switzerland. Sheet numbers are handwritten in black ink at upper right. Some sheets include...
    • Contributor: Tschudi, Aegidius - Blumer, Walter
    • Date: 1560
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    Tabvla secvnda, Aphricae.
    Aphricae tabula | Tabula secunda, Aphricae
    Relief shown pictorially. Publisher data from book colophon. Includes illustrations. Text on verso.
    • Contributor: Trechsel, Gaspard - Fries, Lorenz - Ptolemy
    • Date: 1541
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    [Portolan chart showing the east coast of North America from ...
    Title from dealer's description: Manuscript portolan of the North American coast from Texas to Labrador
    Shows geographic discoveries made by Jacques Cartier during his voyages to Canada in 1534 to 1536. Title provided by cataloger. Pen-and-ink and watercolor on vellum. Attributed to Bartolomeu Velho. This chart, found in England in 1961 in a 17th century binding, is the upper left section of a larger map. Includes many coastal place names, images of three flags, and bar scale without legible...
    • Contributor: Velho, Bartolomeu
    • Date: 1560
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    Americae sive qvartae orbis partis nova et exactissima descri...
    Americae sive quartae orbis partis nova et exactissima descriptio
    Covers North and South America with the adjacent seas. Relief shown pictorially. From the Rosenwald Collection, Library of Congress, no. 1303. Originally printed on 6 sheets. Described in Quarterly Journal of the Library of Congress, v. 6, no. 3 (May 1949), p. 18-20. Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 1303 Includes texts in cartouche, statements of dedication, coats-of-arms, ill. of allegorical figure "Victoria",...
    • Contributor: Cock, Hieronymus - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) - Gutiérrez, Diego
    • Date: 1562-01-01
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    [San Juan de Ulúa Ground plan of a projected fortress.
    • Contributor: Hans and Hanni Kraus Sir Francis Drake Collection (Library of Congress) - Eraso, Cristóbal De
    • Date: 1570-01-01
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    Theatre des cites dv monde
    Theatre des cites du monde | Title of volumes 2 and 6: Theatre des principales villes de tovt l'vnivers | Title of volume 3: Livre troisieme des villes principales dv monde | Title of volume 4: Vrbivm praecipvarvm totivs mvndi | Title of volume 5: Vrbivm praecipvarvm totivs mvndi theatrvm qvintvm
    These maps were based on the works of many artists and cartographers, including Joris and Jacob Hoefnagel, Simon Novellanus, Jacob van Deventer, Heinrich Rantzau and others. The Hoefnagels, father and son, provided original drawings for the atlas, while some maps and views were based on previously published images. Each volume except volume 5 includes dates in different parts of the work. Volume 1: addition...
    • Contributor: Braun, Georg - Rantzau, Henrik - Hoefnagel, Joris - Hoefnagel, Jacob - Hogenberg, Abraham - Novellanus, Simon - Hogenberg, Frans - Deventer, Jacob Van
    • Date: 1574
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    Isolario di Benedetto Bordone nel qual si ragiona di tutte l'...
    Isolario
    Relief shown pictorially. Originally published as: Libro di Benedetto Bordone nel qual si ragiona de tutte l'isole del mondo, Venice, 1528. Place of publication and printer statement from colophon. Signatures: 2A⁴ 2B-2D² A-D⁶ E⁴ F² G-M⁶ N⁸ (2D2 and N8 versos blank). Leaves iiii, xliiii, and lxiii misnumbered v, xliii, and lxiiii. Leaves [5-10] and xxix-xxx include four double-page maps. Title and some additional...
    • Contributor: Bordon, Benedetto
    • Date: 1547
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    A discription of Aegipt from Cair downeward Covers large portion of North East Africa (present-day Tunisia, Libya, and Egypt), southward to Ethiopia, and Horn of Africa, and eastward covering the Red Sea and parts of Arabian Peninsula. Relief shown by landform drawings. Linschoten's writings contained maps drawn from Portuguese sources, and the early European discoveries in 15-16th century. From: "Itinerario: Voyage ofte schipvaert van Jan Huyghen van Linschoten naer Oost ofte...
    • Contributor: Linschoten, Jan Huygen Van
    • Date: 1598
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    An atlas of England and Wales
    Binder's title: Saxton's atlas | Title from "List of geographical atlases": Saxton's maps of England and Wales
    Binder's title: Saxton's atlas. London, 1573-79. Interleaved. Front. (port. of Queen Elizabeth) dated 1579; maps, dated 1574-79, are drawn by Christopher Saxton and engraved by Augustine Ryther, Remigius Hogenberg, Leonard Terwoort, Nicholas Reynolds, Cornelius Hogius and Francis Scatter. Most of the leaves have watermark: bunch of grapes. Degrees and minutes of latitude and longitude have been added to border of general map of England...
    • Contributor: Walsingham, Francis - Saxton, Christopher - Terwoort, Lenaert - Scatter, Francis - Hooghe, Cornelis De - Ryther, Augustine - Hogenberg, Remigius - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)
    • Date: 1579
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    Pervviae avriferae regionis typvs / La Florida / auctore Hier...
    Florida | Guastecan reg | Gvastecan reg | Peruuiae auriferae regionis typus
    "Abraham Ortelius (1527-98) was a Flemish engraver and businessman who traveled widely to pursue his commercial interests. In 1560 he became interested in scientific geography during a voyage with Gerardus Mercator. Ortelius's major work, Theatrum orbis terrarum (Theater of the world), was published in Antwerp in 1570, at the threshold of the golden age of Dutch cartography. Theatrum presented the world in its component...
    • Contributor: Ortelius, Abraham - Hurtado De Mendoza, Diego - Chaves, Geronimo - Plantin, Christophe
    • Date: 1584
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    La Nvova Francia.
    Nuova Francia
    Relief shown pictorially. Also names: Terra de Laborador. From Giovanni Battista Ramusio's delle Navigationi et viaggi, 1556. Page numbers in upper margin: 424 and 425. Includes amorial shield. Phillips. Maps of America, page 391 Gift; John (Jack) M. Raymond; July 2016.
    • Contributor: Gastaldi, Giacomo
    • Date: 1565
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    [Maps of the Caribbean area, from approximately 1511 to 1970]
    Caribbean area title collection | Caribbean title collection
    This record covers single maps of the Caribbean area, which are not represented in the LC database by separate catalog records. This collection includes single printed maps and photocopies of printed or manuscript single maps as well as some multi-sheet single maps, plates from atlases, books or periodicals, and printed facsimiles. These maps cover the Caribbean area as a whole and regions and physical...
    • Date: 1511
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    Americae sive novi orbis, no', va descriptio Relief shown pictorially. Appears in Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, 1570, French edition. Antwerp. Gift; John (Jack) M. Raymond; July 2016. Text on verso: Le Novveav monde ... 5.
    • Contributor: Ortelius, Abraham
    • Date: 1570
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    Alexandria : vetustissimum Aegÿpti emporium, Amplissima civit... Relief shown Pictorially. "Reproduced in 1967 by Historic Urban Plans, Ithaca, New York." LC copy: "This is number [4] of an edition limited to 500 copies." Birds-eye view of Alexandria city in Egypt, the oldest market, the largest city, founded by Alexander the Great in 320 B.C. ..., North is oriented to the South, drawn in such a manner that the viewer can look...
    • Contributor: Braun, Georg - Hogenberg, Frans - Historic Urban Plans (Firm)
    • Date: 1575
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    [Portolan chart of the Pacific coast from Mexico to northern ... Seems to be in Spanish. Title supplied by cataloger. Pen-and-ink; black, brown, green, and red. Trimmed to a rough rectangle. Matted and mounted between sheets of transparent lucite. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes col. ill. Imperfect: Some tears on edge and several holes. LC Nautical charts on vellum ; 10
    • Date: 1500-01-01
  • Map
    Americae sive qvartae orbis partis nova et exactissima descri...
    Americae sive quartae orbis partis nova et exactissima descriptio
    Covers North and South America with the adjacent seas. Relief shown pictorially. Col. xerographic copy of black-and-white original. Includes texts in cartouche, statements of dedication, coats-of-arms, ill. of allegorical figure "Victoria", ill. of sailing ships at sea, and of imaginary marine creatures.
    • Contributor: Cock, Hieronymus - Gutiérrez, Diego
    • Date: 1562
  • Map
    [Egypt, Nile Delta, and Palestine]. Title devised by cataloger. Relief shown by landform drawings. Fine-cut woodblock map of Egypt and what is now southern Israel and parts of Palestine, including as far north as Jerusalem and Jericho. From: "Quae intus continentur Syria, Palestina, Arabia, Aegyptus, Schondia, Holmiae."
    • Contributor: Ziegler, Jacob
    • Date: 1532
  • Map
    The 400th anniversary of the Spanish Armada : [England and th... Shows the route of the Armada in July 1588. "Published at Taunton March 1988 under the superintendence of Rear-Admiral R.O. Morris, Hydrographer of the Navy." Includes historical notes and coats-of-arms. Publisher's no.: 5400. DRM
    • Contributor: Great Britain. Hydrographic Department
    • Date: 1588
  • Map
    Mondo nuovo.
    Mondo nvovo | Mondo nuouo | Descrittione dell'isola et Terra di Santa Croce, overo Mondo nuouo
    Covers also easternmost portion of Asia, Japan, and westernmost portions of Greenland, Europe and Africa. Appears in: Porcacchi, Thomaso, approximately 1530-1585? Isole piáu famose del mondo. Venetia : Appresso S. Galignani & Girolamo Porro, 1572. page 161. Gift; John (Jack) M. Raymond; July 2016. Text on verso: Dell Isola di S. Croce ... page 162.
    • Contributor: Porcacchi, Thomaso
    • Date: 1572
  • Map
    La Florida / auctore Hieron. Chiaues ; Gvastecan reg. Shows the southern United States and the coast of Tamaulipas in Mexico. Relief shown pictorially. Includes illustrations. LC copy mounted on cloth. Tear in upper left. Liquid staining in lower right.
    • Contributor: Ortelius, Abraham - Chaves, Geronimo - Plantin, Christophe
    • Date: 1584
  • Collection
    [Maps of Siberia from approximately 1541 to 1970]
    Siberia title collection
    This record covers single maps of Siberia, which are not represented in the LC database by separate catalog records. This collection includes single printed maps and photocopies of printed or manuscript single maps as well as some multi-sheet single maps, plates from atlases, books or periodicals, and printed facsimiles. These maps cover Siberia as a whole, regions of Siberia, and administrative areas. These maps...
    • Date: 1541
  • Map
    Avstriae Descrip.
    Austriae Descrip
    • Contributor: Lazius, Wolfgang
    • Date: 1570
  • Map
    Portugalliae : que olim Lusitania, nouissima & exactissima de... "... anno MCCCCCLX." Oriented with north to the right. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes col. ill. Text on verso. On verso: 14. Filed with Eastham Collection in G&M Vault: EA 225-A: ga61 02-20-2013
    • Contributor: Ortelius, Abraham - Seco, Fernando Alvares
    • Date: 1560-01-01
  • Map
    [Mexico City] Relief shown pictorially. "Edition limited to 500 copies." Originally published in: Ramusio, Giovanni Battista, 1485-1557. Navigazioni e viaggi. Issued in volume 3.
    • Contributor: Ramusio, Giovanni Battista - Historic Urban Plans (Firm)
    • Date: 1556
  • Map
    Lithvania Facsimile. Also covers territories of presentday Byelorussia and northwestern Ukraine. Relief shown pictorially. Includes text by Algirdas Gustaitis.
    • Contributor: Lietuvių Istorijos Draugija - Mercator, Gerhard - Gustaitis, Algirdas
    • Date: 1575
  • Map
    [Egyptus and Marmarica]. Relief shown by landform drawings. Fine-cut woodblock map of Egypt and Marmarica (area between Egypt and Cyrenaica - present day Libya), or what is currently known as the Egyptian Western Desert. From "Quae intus continentur Syria, Palestina, Arabia, Aegyptus, Schondia, Holmiae."
    • Contributor: Ziegler, Jacob
    • Date: 1532
  • Map
    Description du pays armorique à pres Bretaigne. Scale ca. 1:1,100,000. Relief shown pictorially. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2: 651/1
    • Contributor: [Tavernier, Melchoir]
    • Date: 1594-01-01
  • Map
    Geographische vnd historische Beschreibung der vberauss gross... Translation of José de Acosta's De natura Novi Orbis libri duo. Cf. Alden. The 20 maps, unsigned, and drawn at different scales, are each printed on a bifolium (in LC copy attached to a stub to form a double plate), with explanatory letterpress on the reverse. The bifolia are "signed" in direction-line position 1-7, 9, 9, 10-13, [14], 15-20. Signatures: *² A-N². Alden, J.E....
    • Contributor: Acosta, José De
    • Date: 1598
  • Map
    Guang yu tu : er juan
    廣輿圖 : 二卷 /
    Woodblock print. Shows the Great Wall of China, the defense sturctures of the military towns along the border and the coast. Also shows the number of soldiers and horses stationed in the border towns, and ethnic groups in the border area.. Enlarged Universal terrestrial atlas of China. Covers Yellow River, Japan, Korea, Vietnam, Southeast Asia, and the administrative divisions of China in Ming Dynasty....
    • Contributor: Chinese Rare Book Collection (Library of Congress) - Zhu, Siben - Luo, Hongxian
    • Date: 1558-01-01
  • Map
    Wirtenberg Dvcatvs : accurata descriptio, in qua omnia eius o... Facsimile. Original version: [S.l. : s.n., 1579?]. "Vorlage: Hauptstaatsarchiv Stuttgart, N.100, Dr.273." "Fur die Freunde unseres Hauses, Städte-Verlag E. v. Wagner & J. Mitterhuber, Fellbach."
    • Contributor: Gadnero, Georgio
    • Date: 1579
  • Collection
    [Maps of Slovenia from approximately 1597 to 1970] This record covers single maps of Slovenia which are not represented in the LC database by separate catalog records. This collection includes single printed maps and photocopies of printed or manuscript single maps as well as some multi-sheet single maps, plates from atlases, books or periodicals, and printed facsimiles. These maps cover Slovenia as a whole, regions of Slovenia, and cities and towns. These...
    • Date: 1597
  • Map
    Eigentliche Verzeichnuss der Stätten, Graffschafften vnd Herr... Not drawn to scale. Facsimile of original map in Stattsarchiv des Kantons Zürich. Oriented with north toward the upper left. Relief, vegetation, and populated places shown pictorially. Includes text. AACR2: 651
    • Contributor: Murer, Jos
    • Date: 1566
  • Map
    [The Oztoticpac lands map]. Aztec pictorial document showing litigation map of Oztoticpac, an estate in Texcoco, ca. 1540. Title derived from The Quarterly Journal of the Library of Congress, "The Oztoticpac Lands Map of Texcoco 1540," v. 23, no. 2, April 1966, pp. 76-116. Red and black ink. Worm holes. LC Luso-Hispanic World, 559 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault...
    • Date: 1540-01-01
  • Map
    L'isole piu famose del mondo
    Isole piv famose del mondo
    Colophon: In Vinetia, Appresso Giorgio Angelieri, a instantia de Simon Galignani de Karera, 1575. The second, expanded edition. "All'ill're S. conte Georgio Triultio, dottore, cavaliere, conte di Melzo, regio, e ducal senatore." Signatures: a-b⁶ c² A-R⁶. Engraved t.p. and 47 engraved maps. Woodcut initials, head- and tail-pieces; Galignani's elaborate printer's device at end. List of geographical atlases in the Library of Congress, 167 Sabin...
    • Contributor: Porcacchi, Thomaso - Jay I. Kislak Collection (Library of Congress) - Porro, Girolamo
    • Date: 1576
  • Collection
    [Maps of Ireland from approximately 1566 to 1970] This record covers single maps of Ireland, including the island of Ireland as a whole, which are not represented in the LC database by separate catalog records. This collection includes single printed maps and photocopies of printed or manuscript single maps as well as some multi-sheet single maps, plates from atlases, books or periodicals, and printed facsimiles. These maps cover Ireland as a whole,...
    • Date: 1566
  • Map
    Sclavonia, Croatia, Bosnia cvm Dalmatiae parte
    Sclavonia, Croatia, Bosnia cum Dalmatiae parte
    Relief shown pictorially. Map place-names in Latin; series title in Serbian. Original title. Facsimile. Original version: [Antwerp? : s.n., 1589?]. Original map sheet fold-lined, as if removed from atlas volume. Publisher's website in lower margin: www.prolog.co.yu. Includes embellished title cartouche and bar scale of "Miliaria Germanica communia". "COBISS.SR-ID 126060556."
    • Contributor: Mercator, Gerhard
    • Date: 1589
  • Map
    Carta marina 1539 Pictorial map of Scandinavia and the North Sea region. Shows sheet letters of the author's 9-sheet map: A thru I. In lower margin: Carta Gothica. Facsimile. Original version: Carta marina et descriptio septemtrionalivm terrarvm ac mirabilivm rervm in eis contentarvm / diligentissime elaborata anno Dn̄i 1539 ; Olavs Magnvs Gotvs Lincopfn̄. [Linköping, Sweden? : s.n., 1539]. Includes text and coats of arms.
    • Contributor: Olaus, Magnus - Uppsala Universitetsbibliotek
    • Date: 1539
  • Map
    Nova Anglia Relief shown pictorially. Gift; John (Jack) M. Raymond; July 2016. A woodcut. Appears in: Giovanni Battista Ramusio's Delle navigationi et viaggi [Viaggi volume 30 ; pages 308-309].
    • Contributor: Hondius, Henry
    • Date: 1532
  • Map
    Navigationi dil mondo novo Shows the North Atlantic region including western Europe, western Africa, eastern North America, and northern South America. Fold-lined. Vendor: Martayan Lan Acquisitions control no. 2009-105
    • Contributor: Forlani, Paolo - Nicolay, Nicolas De - Camocio, Giovanni Francesco
    • Date: 1563
  • Map
    Nova descriptio totivs Hvngariæ. Relief shown pictorially. Facsimile. Original version: Romæ : [s.n.], 1559. "Romæ M.D.LVIIII." Oriented with north to the left. Includes coat of arms.
    • Date: 1559
  • Collection
    [Maps of Colombia from approximately 1657 to 1970] This record covers single maps of Colombia, which are not represented in the LC database by separate catalog records. This collection includes single printed maps and photocopies of printed or manuscript single maps as well as some multi-sheet single maps, plates from atlases, books or periodicals, and printed facsimiles. These maps cover Colombia as a whole, regions of Colombia, administrative areas, and cities and...
    • Date: 1579
  • Map
    La herdike enterprinse faict par le Signeur Draeck D'Avoir ci... 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
  • Map
    [Portolan chart of the Mediterranean and connecting seas]. Portolan chart with seaport names given for all coastlines. Does not cover Black Sea. Title devised by cataloguer. Oriented with north to the right (indicated by fleurs-de-lys). Contains 11 compass roses in a circle centered on Sicily, 2 additional roses in Iberia, and rhumb lines connecting all roses and some central points without roses. Manuscript: pen-and-ink (brown) and dark watercolors. LC Nautical charts on...
    • Date: 1550-01-01
  • Map
    Galliae tabulę geographicae
    Galliae tabulae geographicae | Belgii inferioris geographicae tabulę
    Relief shown pictorially. Date from preface. Engraved title pages. Includes 25 maps. Includes index. Includes two of the three sections issued in 1585 as the first published parts of the Atlas. Each section was issued with its own title page. LC copy has extensive contemporary annotations in pen and ink. List of geographical atlases in the Library of Congress, 7779
    • Contributor: Mercator, Gerhard
    • Date: 1585
  • Map
    Occidentalis Americæ partis ... Shows West Indies, portions of southern United States and Central America, and northern South America. Relief shown pictorially. Transferred from the collection of the Canal Zone Library-Museum, 1980. Annotated in lower margin prior to reproduction: Part of the Occidental America first found by Columbus. Map made in 1594. Includes coat of arms and ill. Annotated in pencil, on verso, with Canal Zone Library map...
    • Contributor: Bry, Theodor De
    • Date: 1594
  • Map
    [Portolan chart of the Pacific coast from Guatemala to northe... Spanish. Title supplied by cataloger. Pen-and-ink; black, blue, green, and red. Trimmed to a rough rectangle. Matted and mounted between sheets of transparent lucite. LC Luso-Hispanic world, 28 LC Nautical charts on vellum, 9 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes col. ill. Imperfect: Some tears on edge and several holes.
    • Date: 1565-01-01
  • Map
    Universale della nuovamente parte del mondo ritrovata. Relief shown pictorially. In upper left corner: 455. In upper right corner: 456. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault
    • Contributor: Gastaldi, Giacomo
    • Date: 1565-01-01
  • Map
    Plano de la ciudad de Tenochtitlan en le ano de 1519 Late 19th-century reconstruction of plan of Tenochtitlan in 1519. Relief shown by contours. Gift; U.S. Navy, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery; May 2014. Copy imperfect: Fragile, water staining vertically along left side, major losses along edges. Includes text and 3 insets.
    • Contributor: Batres, Leopoldo - United States. Navy Department. Bureau of Medicine and Surgery
    • Date: 1519
  • Map
    Pervviae avriferae regionis typvs / La Florida / auctore Hier...
    Peruuiae auriferae regionis typus | Florida | Gvastecan reg | Guastecan reg
    Shows portion of Central America, northwestern South America, southern United States, and coast of Tamaulipas in Mexico. Relief shown pictorially. Includes illustrations. Transferred from the collection of the Canal Zone Library-Museum, 1980. Map in Latin. French text on verso. Annotated in pencil, on verso, with Canal Zone Library map checklist number: 28.
    • Contributor: Ortelius, Abraham - Hurtado De Mendoza, Diego - Chaves, Geronimo - Canal Zone Library-Museum
    • Date: 1598-01-01
  • Map
    [Chart of the Mediterranean, Black Sea, and the coasts of wes... Title provided by cataloguer. Catalan and Latin. Catalan titles for the illustrations and Latin statement of responsibility. Oriented with north to the right. Contains 5 wind roses. Pen-and-ink and goauche. Includes 2 bar scales in unidentified units, and many illustrations throughout. LC Nautical charts on vellum, 7. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
    • Contributor: Prunes, Mateus
    • Date: 1559-01-01
  • Map
    [Portolan atlas of the Mediterranean Sea, western Europe, and... Title supplied by cataloger. Attributed to Joan Oliva by John Wolter in A portolan atlas of the Mediterranean Sea and western European waters, with a world map, 1987. Pen-and-ink and watercolor on vellum. World map painted on paper affixed to vellum. Six blank paper pages precede and follow the 10 vellum pages of maps. Circular watermarks on pp. [3] and [19]. Bound in contemporary...
    • Contributor: Oliva, Joan
    • Date: 1590-01-01
  • Map
    Theatrvm orbis terrarvm : opus nunc denuò ab ipso auctore rec...
    Theatrum orbis terrarum
    Relief shown pictorially. Includes 145 maps on double leaves with one page of text on verso. Catalogus authorum includes 153 names. Includes the "Parergon" and "Nomenclator Ptolemaicus" by Ortelius. List of geographical atlases in the Library of Congress, 400 unk84022162 upgraded to RDA and LCCN replaced ga10 2020-12-10
    • Contributor: Ortelius, Abraham - Plantin, Christophe
    • Date: 1595
  • Collection
    [Andrew A. Benton-Herschel V. Jones collection]
    Title from Geography and maps, an illustrated guide: Andrew H. Benton-Herschel V. Jones collection
    This unnumbered collection includes maps covering all regions of the world, including many atlas plates, and some atlases. It also includes title pages and profiles. Uncataloged maps are dispersed throughout the Geography & Map collection, mostly in the title collections where they are filed by geographic coverage. Cataloged maps in this collection are filed by call number, some in the general collections and some...
    • Contributor: Jones, Herschel V. (Herschel Vespasian) - Benton, Andrew Arthur
    • Date: 1541
  • Map
    Raccolta di le piv illvstri et famose citta di tvtto il mondo.
    Raccolta di le piu illustri et famose citta di tutto il mondo
    Entirely engraved. Most plates unsigned. 111 plates are by Francesco Valesio and are signed variously: Fr. Vallegio, Frco. Valegio, Franco. Valezp. Five plates are by Martin Rota, three of which are dated to 1572. LC copy has manuscript index bound before title page, with plates numbered in pen and ink, mostly in conformance with the index. Plates [44]-[68] are not numbered or included in...
    • Contributor: Valesio, Francesco - Rota, Martin
    • Date: 1579
  • Map
    La Spana Relief shown pictorially. In cartouche: Questa e la vera descrittione di tutta la Spagna ... Acquisitions control no. 18-84.
    • Contributor: Gastaldi, Giacomo
    • Date: 1544
  • Map
    Der herzlichen und weitberuehmpten Statt Stettin in Pomern wa... Woodcut view with coat of arms surrounded by a garland in upper center of image. Includes text. In upper left: 1286. In upper right: 1287. Text on verso. LC copy mounted on cloth. Text on verso obscured by mounting. Annotated in ink at bottom: From an unidentified German edition of Sebastian Münster's "Cosmographia Universalis", 1597 or later.
    • Contributor: Münster, Sebastian - Henricpetri, Sebastian
    • Date: 1597
  • Collection
    [Maps of Trinidad, from approximately 1598 to 1970] This record covers single maps of Trinidad which are not represented in the LC database by separate catalog records. This collection includes single printed maps and photocopies of printed or manuscript single maps as well as some multi-sheet single maps, plates from atlases, books or periodicals, and printed facsimiles. These maps cover Trinidad as a whole and regions and physical features of Trinidad as...
    • Date: 1598