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    The English atlas
    Title of volume one : Description of the places next the North Pole : as also of Muscovy, Poland, Sweden, Denmark, and their several dependances | Title of volume two : Description of part of the empire of Germany, viz, the Upper and Lower Saxony : the dukedoms of Mecklenburg, Bremen, Magdeburg &c. : the marquisates of Brandenburg and Misnis, with the territories adjoining : the palatinate of the Rhine, and the Kingdom of Bohemia | Title of volume three : Description of the remaining part of the empire of Germany, viz, Swaben, the palatinate of the Bavaria, arch-dukedom of Austria, kingdom of Hungary, principality of Transylvania, the circle of Westphalia, with the neighbouring provinces | Title of volume four : Description of the seventeen provinces of the Low Countries, or Netherlands Catalog Record Only
    Relief shown pictorially. Most maps based on those of Jansson. The atlas was projected to be complete in 11 volumes, but only 4 volumes and the textual part of a fifth volume were published. List of geographical atlases in the Library of Congress, 2831, 3032, 3034
    • Contributor: Nicolson, William - Walker, Obadiah - Jansson, Jan - Peers, Richard - Pitt, Moses
    • Date: 1680
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    [Maps of New Jersey--counties] Catalog Record Only This record covers single maps covering counties of New Jersey, 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 show one to three counties, and may also show various...
    • Date: 1675
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    Edo ōezu, eiri
    江戶大繪圖・繪入 /
    Cover title. Wood block print, hand colored. Oriented with north to the right. Relief shown pictorially. Japanese. Cadastral map showing landowners. Includes distance chart. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2: 650/1; 651/2
    • Contributor: Hayashi, Yoshinaga
    • Date: 1683-01-01
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    Nihon bunkeizu
    日本分形圖 | Title in preface: Nihonzu | Nihon bunkei zu Catalog Record Only
    Japan's first atlas published in Kanbun 6 (1666), consisting of 1 preface, 16 provincial maps, and the accompanying text describes routes on the maps and includes such information as statistics for rice production and distances between various points by land and sea. On double leaves, oriental style (fukurotoji). Covers Aomori to Kyūshū and Tsushima. Title from case. Oriented with north to the right. Shows...
    • Contributor: Japanese Rare Book Collection (Library of Congress)
    • Date: 1666
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    Indiae orientalis nec non insularum adiacentium nova descriptio Catalog Record Only Relief shown pictorially. "Cum privilegio ordinum Hollandia et Westfrisiæ." From: Atlas minor : seu universi terrarum orbis geographicum compendium recentiffimas, &a. / Carolus Allard. Amstelodami : ex officinâ Caroli Allard, [1696?] Vault
    • Contributor: Allard, Carel - Visscher, Nicolaes
    • Date: 1696
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    North America divided into its principall parts where are distinguished the severall states which belong to the English, Spanish, and French
    North America divided into its pricipall parts, viz. Arctick lands, New North Wales, N. South Wales, N. Brittain, Canada, N. France, N. Scotland, N. England, N. York, N. Jarsey, Mary-Land, Virginia, Carolina, Florida, Mexico, the islands of New Found Land, California, the Antilles, in which are distinguished the severall countries as they are possessed by the English, Spanish, and French, &c
    Relief shown pictorially. At upper right: Described by Sanson, corrected and amended by William Berry. Prime meridian: Ferro. Includes ill. Sectioned and mounted on cloth backing. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
    • Contributor: Berry, William - Sanson, Nicolas
    • Date: 1680-01-01
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    Conquiste della ser, republica di Uenevia Catalog Record Only ga10 to revise Replaced unk81050173 upgraded to RDA and 2021587850 ga16 2021-08-13. Call number to be updated to G1989.24.V4 C6 1686.
    • Contributor: Coronelli, Vincenzo
    • Date: 1686
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    Novi Belgii Novaeque Angliae : nec non partis Virginiae tabula multis in locis emendata Stokes, Iconography, p. 147 (vol. 1), lists dates as 1651-55. See Map collectors circle, #24. Phillips, 465 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes view "Nieuw Amsterdam op t eylant Manhattans." Vault
    • Contributor: Visscher, Nicolaes
    • Date: 1690-01-01
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    Tabula Tartariae et majoris partis regni Chinae Catalog Record Only Relief shown pictorially. LC copy stamped on: 493. Darkened, brittle, missing parts of margins, and mounted on cloth.
    • Contributor: Luillier, J. - Wit, Frederik De
    • Date: 1680
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    [Maps of New York--regions Ae-Cg]
    New York title collection--drawer 71 | New York title collection--regions Ae-Cg | New York title collection--misc. Ae-Cg Catalog Record Only
    This record covers single maps covering regions of New York, 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 and may also include some multi-sheet single maps, plates from atlases, books or periodicals, and printed facsimiles. These maps show regions, such as coasts, mountains, rivers and lakes....
    • Date: 1650
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    [Maps of Massachusetts--Boston subjects Re--Roads to 1913]
    Massachusetts title collection--drawer 68 | Massachusetts title collection--Boston subjects Re--Roads to 1913 Catalog Record Only
    Title supplied by cataloger. Most maps earlier than 1800 in this collection are photocopies or facsimiles.
    • Date: 1630
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    [Maps of Connecticut--cities and towns Willimantic-Wilton]
    Connecticut title collection--drawer 90 | Connecticut title collection--cities and towns Willimantic-Wilton Catalog Record Only
    This record covers single maps of Connecticut cities and towns, 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 and may also include some multi-sheet single maps, plates from atlases, books or periodicals, and printed facsimiles. These maps may also show various subjects, such as land owners...
    • Date: 1640
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    [Maps of Connecticut--cities and towns D-Danbury to 1940]
    Connecticut title collection--drawer 32 | Connecticut title collection--cities and towns D-Danbury to 1940 Catalog Record Only
    This record covers single maps of Connecticut cities and towns, 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 may also show various subjects, such as land owners and...
    • Date: 1640
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    America Settentrionale colle nuoue scoperte fin al'anno 1688, diuisa nelle sue parti secundo lo stato
    America Settentrionale colle nuove scoperte fin al'anno 1688, divisa nelle sue parti secundo lo stato
    Relief shown pictorially. Shows California as an island. Appears in the author's Atlante veneto, 1691-1697. Includes notes and illustrations. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. LC copy folded, with hinges for binding.
    • Contributor: Coronelli, Vincenzo
    • Date: 1688-01-01
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    [A plat of the Howson patent, in Arlington County and Alexandria, Virginia : from the mouth of the Wampakan Branch near My Lords Island south to the Great Hunting Creek]. Catalog Record Only "Made March 31, 1746. Upon making of which survey was presented a certified copy of patent of Robert Howsing for 6,000 acres, dated Oct. 21, 1669 and a survey and plat produced(?) signed by Theodoric Bland, surveyor of Stafford, dated Feb. 26, 1693." Two copies (positive and negative). Negative photocopy annotated in ink on verso: Theodorick Bland's survey of the Howson patent of 21...
    • Contributor: Jenings, Daniel - Bland, Theodorick - United States. Supreme Court
    • Date: 1693
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    [Maps of Pennsylvania--cities and towns--Nos--Oid]
    Pennsylvania title collection--cities and towns Nos--Oid | Pennsylvania title collection--drawer 141
    Most maps before 1800 in this collection are photocopies or facsimiles. This record covers single maps of Pennsylvania cities and towns, 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 and may also include some multi-sheet single maps, plates from atlases, books or periodicals, and printed facsimiles....

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    Abyssinia, or the Empire of Prester John.
    Abissinorum sive Pretiosi Ioannis Imperiu
    Jodocus Hondius (1563-1612) was a Flemish cartographer and publisher of maps and a central figure in the golden age of Dutch cartography. He was responsible for publishing the maps of Gerhard Mercator (1512-94), the single most important cartographer of the age of discovery, after he bought the plates to Mercator's atlas from his grandsons. Hondius then worked with his brother-in-law, the engraver Pieter van...
    • Contributor: Mercator, Gerhard - Hondius, Jodocus
    • Date: 1619-01-01
    • Resource: - 1 page
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    [Maps of New Mexico--various subjects A-E]
    New Mexico title collection--drawer 6 | New Mexico title collection--various subjects A-E Catalog Record Only
    This record covers single maps of New Mexico as a whole covering various subjects, 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 and may also includes some multi-sheet single maps, plates from atlases, books or periodicals, and printed facsimiles. To request a specific map or for...
    • Date: 1600
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    Nova et acurata totius Africae tabula
    Title from cartouche: Africa | Title of Latin text: Nova Africae descriptio | Title of Dutch text: Beschryvinge van Africa | Title of French text: Nouvelle description l'Afrique
    Relief shown pictorially. Includes 2 diagrams, text, and illustrations. Title strip printed separately from map. Text in right, left and bottom margins by Nicolaes Visscher. Printed separately from map. Illustrations of local residents/costumes in left margin: Senagenses -- Mercator, dominvs, servus in Guinea -- Guinearum mvlieres et ancilla -- Cabo Lopes Gonsalvi accolae -- Magnates in Congo -- Miles Congensis cum femina -- Promontorii...
    • Contributor: Visscher, Nicolaes - Blaeu, Willem Janszoon
    • Date: 1657
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    Guangdong yu tu Wood block print. Includes text which explains boundaries and distance. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Previous call no.: G2308.K8W82 1685 Vault
    • Contributor: Jiang, Yi - Han, Zuodong
    • Date: 1685-01-01
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    [Maps of Pennsylvania--Philadelphia 1683-1805]
    Pennsylvania title collection--drawer 143 | Pennsylvania title collection--Philadelphia 1683-1805
    Most maps before 1800 in this collection are photocopies or facsimiles. This record covers single general maps of Philadelphia, 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...

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    [Maps of Massachusetts--cities and towns Har-Haverhill]
    Massachusetts title collection--drawer 100 | Massachusetts title collection--cities and towns Har-Haverhill Catalog Record Only
    This record covers single maps of Massachusetts cities and towns, 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 and may also include some multi-sheet single maps, plates from atlases, books or periodicals, and printed facsimiles. These maps may also show different subjects such as landowners or...
    • Date: 1640
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    [Maps of Massachusetts--cities and towns Brk-Brookline to 1915]
    Massachusetts title collection--drawer 80 | Massachusetts title collection--cities and towns Brk-Brookline to 1915 Catalog Record Only
    This record covers single maps of Massachusetts cities and towns, 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 and may also include some multi-sheet single maps, plates from atlases, books or periodicals, and printed facsimiles. These maps may also show different subjects such as landowners or...
    • Date: 1640
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    [Maps of New Jersey--cities and towns I-L] Catalog Record Only This record covers single maps of New Jersey cities and towns, 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 show various subjects, including landowners and recreation and tourism....
    • Date: 1665