Collection Items

  • Map
    Estats de l'empire dv Grand Seignevr des Tvrqs ou Svltan des ...
    Estats de l'empire du Grand Seigneur des Turqs ou Sultan des Ottomans en Asie, en Afrique, et en Europe
    Covers the Ottoman Empire and adjacent regions of the Middle East. Relief shown pictorially. Prime meridian: Ferro. Hand colored to emphasize the boundaries of the constituent states and provinces. LC copy imperfect: Vertically fold-lined at sheet center. Includes inset of Algerian/Tunisian littoral of Africa, bar scales for French leagues/German miles, and embellished title cartouche (with 3 Turkish [?] head figurations). Available also through the...
    • Contributor: Sanson, Nicolas
    • Date: 1654-01-01
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    The empire of the Great Turke in Europe, Asia, & Africa : div...
    Dominions or empire of the Great Turke in Europe, Asia, and Africa :
    Covers the Ottoman Empire and adjacent regions of the Middle East. Relief shown pictorially. Prime meridian: Ferro. Originally printed on 2 sheets (western/eastern) now conjoined. LC copy imperfect: Fold-lined to form sheet quarters. Includes inset of Algerian littoral of Africa, bar scales for 5 different lengths of measurement, embellished title cartouche, and embellished bar-scale cartouche. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site...
    • Contributor: Berry, William - Sanson, Nicolas
    • Date: 1680-01-01
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    Palestina, siue Terrae Sanctae descriptio
    Palestina, sive Terrae Sanctae descriptio
    Relief shown pictorially. Oriented with north to the left. Includes an inset view of Jerusalem and 18 indexed biblical scenes at top and bottom of sheet. Exhibition: Jordanian Display, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., May 25-27, 2005. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
    • Contributor: Jansson, Jan
    • Date: 1650
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    Terra sancta sive promissionis, olim Palestina recens delinea... Relief shown pictorially. Appears in Nicolaes Visscher's Atlas contractus orbis terrarum. Exhibition: Jordanian Display, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., May 25-27, 2005. Includes inset showing the twelve tribes of Israel and ill. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
    • Contributor: Visscher, Nicolaes
    • Date: 1659-01-01
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    Iudæa seu Terra Sancta, quæ Hebræorum sive Israelitarum in su... Relief shown pictorially. Title from cartouche. Alternate title in upper margin: Iudæa seu Terra Sancta, quæ Hebræorum sive Israelitarum terra, in suas duodecim tribus divisa : eæ vero sunt cis Iordanem tribus Iuda ... provincijs / ex conatibus geographicis Gulielmi Sanson Nicolai filij ... 1696. In cartouche: Avec privilège du Roy. Includes embellished title and legend cartouches; notes at foot of cartouches. Gift; Henry...
    • Contributor: Jaillot, Alexis Hubert - Cordier, Louis - Sanson, Guillaume
    • Date: 1696-01-01
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    A mapp of the travels and voyages of the apostles in their mi...
    Map of the travels and voyages of the apostles
    Relief shown pictorially. Includes scenes of apostles at bottom of sheet. Attributed to Richard Blome. Exhibition: Jordanian Display, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., May 25-27, 2005. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
    • Contributor: Blome, Richard
    • Date: 1680-01-01
  • Map
    Terrae Sanctae, qua Promissionis terra, est Syriae pars ea, q... Available also through the Library of Congress web site as a raster image.
    • Contributor: Stella, Tilemann
    • Date: 1600-01-01
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    Carte des trois Arabies : tirée en partie de l'Arabe de Nubie... Relief shown pictorially. Exhibition: Jordanian Display, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., May 25-27, 2005. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
    • Contributor: Mariette, Pierre - Sanson, Nicolas - Somer, J.
    • Date: 1654-01-01
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    L'Inde de ç̧à et de là le Gange ou est l'Empire du Grand Mogol... Relief shown pictorially. Coordinates given from an unidentified prime meridian. Appears in his Cartes generales de toutes les parties du monde, 1658. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. LC copy hand colored.
    • Contributor: Mariette, Pierre - Sanson, Nicolas - Somer, J.
    • Date: 1654-01-01
  • Map
    Partie meridionale de l'Inde en deux presqu'isles l'une de ç̧à... Shows India south of the tropic of Cancer and Southeast Asia, including Indochina, Sumatra, and western Borneo. Relief shown pictorially. Coordinates given from an unidentified prime meridian. Appears in his Cartes generales de toutes les parties du monde, 1658. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. LC copy hand colored.
    • Contributor: Sanson, Nicolas - Somer, J.
    • Date: 1654-01-01
  • Map
    [Aihun, Luosha, Taiwan, Nei Menggu tu]
    [艾渾,羅刹,台灣,蒙古圖] | Pictorical maps of Aihun, Russia, Taiwan and Mongolia
    Scales differ. Manuscript on silk. Relief shown pictorially. Pictorial map. Bird's-eye view. Covers four frontier regions of the Manchu Dynasty, Aihun area, a military colony since the middle of the 17th century on the north banks of the Amur, Russian camp in eastern Siberia, Taiwan and Pescadores Islands, and Inner Mongolia. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image....
    • Date: 1697-01-01
  • Map
    Magnae Tartariae magni mogolis imperii Iaponiae et Chinae nov... Relief shown pictorially. Appears in De Wit's Atlas. LC copy stamped on: 493. Mounted on cloth. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
    • Contributor: Wit, Frederik De
    • Date: 1680-01-01
  • Map
    Imperii sinarum nova descriptio. Relief shown pictorially. Appears in: Clüver's Introductionio in universam geographiam tam veterem quam novam ... Venduntur Amstelaedami : Apud Joannem Wolters, 1697. In upper right corner: Tab. 37. Includes ill. LC copy stamped on: 626888. In pencil on recto and ink on verso: 34. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
    • Contributor: Clüver, Philipp
    • Date: 1697-01-01
  • Map
    [Shandong, Zhili, Shengjing hai jiang tu]
    [山東, 直隷, 盛京海疆圖] | Coastal map of Shandong, Zhili, and Shengjing
    Scale ca. 1:125,000. Title supplied. Oriented with north to the left. Relief shown pictorially. Pictorial map. Shows coastal defenses of Shandong, Hebei, and Liaoning Provinces. Hummel gift 1962, no. 6. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Prev. call#: G7822.C6R4 1700 .S4 Vault Shelf AACR2
    • Contributor: Hummel, Arthur W. (Arthur William)
    • Date: 1634-01-01
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    Taiwan di li tu
    台湾地理图 | Geographical map of Taiwan Island
    Bird's-eye-view. Covers Taiwan Zhen, Penghu Zhen, Taiwan Xian, Zhulo Xian, and Fengshan Xian. Shows busy life of native island people, also shows Qing officials, official offices, villages, soldiers, and defensive walls during Kangxi period (1684-1722). Relief shown pictorially. Oriented with north to the left. Hummel purchase 1930, no. 10. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Previous call...
    • Contributor: Hummel, Arthur W. (Arthur William)
    • Date: 1683-01-01
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    Nihon kaisan chōrikuzu
    日本海山潮陸図 / | Nihon sankai zudō taizen
    Title "Nihon sankai zudō taizen" from Nihon koezu shūsei, suppl., p. 103. Facsimile. Oriented with north toward the upper right. Relief shown pictorially. Pictorial map. "Wachō no zukei sakizaki ōshi ima mata dōro meisho tō taigai kakikuwae kaihan seshimuru mono nari." Shows fuedal fiefs. Includes distance chart, list of important place names and shrines, and chart of seasonal changes. Available also through the Library...
    • Contributor: Sagamiya, Tah - Ishikawa, Tomonobu
    • Date: 1691
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    Edo ōezu
    江戶大繪圖 /
    Cover title. Wood block print. Oriented with north to the right. Japanese. Cadastral map showing landowners. LC copy annotated in black ink in upper right corner. Reduced ed. of official map compiled by Hōjō Awa no Kami. Includes text and inset. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2 Note in upper right mentions Edo (Tokyo) big...
    • Contributor: Ochikochi Dōin
    • Date: 1676-01-01
  • Map
    Insulæ Indicæ cum terris circumvicinis.
    Insvlæ Indicæ cvm terris circvmvicinis
    Covers the East Indies including the Philippines, Malay Archipelago, and Ceylon. Relief shown pictorially. Exchange; Yale University Library; 29 Aug. 1934. In Latin. Has vertical fold line at center of sheet. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes embellished title cartouche, 4 bar scales of "Milliaria" (Germanica, Hispanica, Gallica, Italica & Anglica), and ill. of sailing ships....
    • Date: 1600-01-01
  • Map
    Africa. Relief shown pictorially. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes notes, ill., and cartouche with text. Fold-lined. LC copy imperfect: Margin in upper and lower left corner of sheet cut out. Pin holes in margins of all corners.
    • Contributor: Florimi, Matteo - Arnoldi, Arnoldo DI
    • Date: 1600-01-01
  • Map
    Africae nova tabula Relief shown pictorially. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes watermark. Acquisitions control no. 6-85
    • Contributor: Boisseau, Jean - Picart, H. (Hugues) - Hondius, Jodocus
    • Date: 1640-01-01
  • Map
    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
  • Map
    Totius Africæ accuratissima tabula Available also through the Library of Congress web site as a raster image.
    • Contributor: Wit, Frederik De
    • Date: 1688-01-01
  • Map
    L'Afrique, ou Lybie ulterieure : ou font le Saara, or desért,...
    Lybie ulterieure
    Relief shown pictorially. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
    • Contributor: Sanson, Nicolas - Somer, J.
    • Date: 1679-01-01
  • Map
    Genehoa, Jaloffi, et Sierraliones regna. Relief shown pictorially. Oriented with north to the left. Accompanied by explanatory text sheet. Includes compass rose and rhumb lines. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
    • Contributor: Janssonius Heirs (Firm)
    • Date: 1674-01-01
  • Map
    [A portolan chart of the Atlantic Ocean and adjacent continen... Also shows the southeast Pacific Ocean, the southwest Indian Ocean, as well as the continents of South America, Africa, Europe, and portions of North America and Asia. Relief shown pictorially. Title supplied by cataloger. LC Nautical charts on vellum, 16 LC Luso-Hispanic World, 10 Pen-and-ink and watercolor, matted and mounted between panels of transparent Lucite plexiglass; the panels are riveted on a rigid frame...
    • Contributor: Roiz, Pascoal
    • Date: 1633-01-01
  • Map
    [Maps of Bermuda, Iceland, Jan Mayen Island, and Newfoundland]. Relief shown pictorially on some maps. Originally printed on 1 sheet. The maps appear on plate [166] in the author's Corso geografico universale. Venetia : A spefe dell' autore, 1692-[1694]. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Acquisitions control no. 13-88 Vault
    • Contributor: Coronelli, Vincenzo
    • Date: 1692-01-01
  • Map
    [Chart of the South Atlantic Ocean with the coasts of Brazil ... Title provided by cataloger. Pen-and-ink and gouache. Matted and mounted between sheets of transparent lucite, 76 x 101 cm. Includes illustrations. LC Nautical charts on vellum, 21 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
    • Contributor: Thornton, John
    • Date: 1681-01-01