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Map[Portolan atlas of the Mediterranean Sea, western Europe, and the northwest coast of Africa]. 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
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Map[Portolan atlas of the Mediterranean Sea, northwest Europe, and northwest Africa] Title supplied by cataloger. Pen-and-ink on vellum. Statement of responsibility from leaf 8, the map of the Black Sea. Bound in red velvet. LC Nautical charts on vellum, 11 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Purchase; Ludwig Rosenthal, Munich; 1914.
- Contributor: Scotto, Giacomo
- Date: 1590-01-01
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MapExpeditionis Hispanorum in Angliam vera descriptio. Anno Do: M D LXXXVIII. Intended to accompany: Ubaldini, Petruccio. A discourse concerninge the Spanishe fleete invadinge Englande in the yeare 1588. Some of the plates are signed by Robert Adams, artist, and Augustine Ryther, engraver. The legends are in English. Kraus, H.P. Sir Francis Drake, 51 ESTC S123138 Available also through the Library of Congress web site as a raster image. Gift of Hans P. and Hanni Kraus....
- Contributor: Ryther, Augustine - Hans and Hanni Kraus Sir Francis Drake Collection (Library of Congress) - Adams, Robert - Ubaldini, Petruccio
- Date: 1589-01-01
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MapTypus 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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MapLa herdike enterprinse faict par le Signeur Draeck D'Avoir cirquit toute la Terre Includes two inset maps and a portrait of Francis Drake. Kraus, H.P. Sir Francis Drake, 48 Available also through the Library of Congress web site as a raster image. Gift of Hans P. and Hanni Kraus.
- Contributor: Hans and Hanni Kraus Sir Francis Drake Collection (Library of Congress) - Sype, Nicola Van
- Date: 1581-01-01
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MapVera totius expeditionis nauticæ : descriptio D. Franc. Draci ... Shows routes around the world of Sir Francis Drake between 1577 and 1580 and Thomas Cavendish between 1586 and 1588. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Gift of the estate of Robert H. Power. Includes text, 2 ancillary maps showing landing at California and Java, 2 ancillary views showing Drake's welcome at Moluccas and Drake's ship cast...
- Contributor: Power, Robert H. - Hondius, Jodocus
- Date: 1595-01-01
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MapDie neuwen Inseln, so hinder Hispanien gegen Orient bey dem land India ligen
Title on verso: New weldt oder Inseln, so hinder Hispanien gegen Orient bey dem land India ligen Relief shown pictorially. South America labeled in German, geographic features otherwise in Latin. Appears in the author's Cosmographei. Basel, Switzerland. 1550. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Exhibited: Rivers, edens, empires: Lewis & Clark and the revealing of America, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., July 24-Nov. 29, 2003. Fold-lined.- Contributor: Münster, Sebastian
- Date: 1550-01-01
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MapTabula nouarum insularum, quas diuersis respectibus Occidentales & Indianas uocant.
Tabula novarum insularum, quas diversis respectibus Occidentales & Indianas vocant | Nouus orbis, qui insulas habet Indici Oceani Relief shown pictorially. Has the word "Americam" in South America. Appears in the author's Cosmographiae universalis. Basel, Switzerland. 1559. Woodcut. Includes illustrations. LC copy imperfect: Fold-lined. Missing extreme upper right corner, minor losses to lower-middle of map. South America also labeled in German. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.- Contributor: Münster, Sebastian
- Date: 1559-01-01
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MapAmericae sive qvartae orbis partis nova et exactissima descriptio
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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MapUniversale 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
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MapLe 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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MapPervviae avriferae regionis typvs / La Florida / auctore Hieron. Chiaues ; Gvastecan reg
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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MapAmericae et proximar regionvm orae descriptio.
Americae et proximar regionum orae descriptio Relief shown pictorially. Prime meridian: Ferro. Second state. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Acquisitions control no. 95-34 Vault- Contributor: Rascicotti, Donato - Massa, Giovanni Battista
- Date: 1580-01-01
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Map[Map of the Western Hemisphere] Title plate to Nova Reperta, a series of engravings after drawings by Stradanus published by Galle in Antwerp. Shows Christopher Columbus pointing to a map of the Western Hemisphere. New France and Florida are indicated in North America. In addition to the map, notable developments in science and technology of the late 16th century are illustrated. Mounted on paper. LC copy imperfect: Margins trimmed....
- Contributor: Straet, Jan Van Der - Galle, Théodore
- Date: 1590-01-01
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MapPervviae avriferae regionis typvs / La Florida / auctore Hieron. Chiaues ; Gvastecan reg.
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
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Map[Map and views illustrating Sir Francis Drake's West Indian voyage, 1585-6]. The first engraving is a map of Drake's voyage [showing Europe, western Africa, northern South America, and eastern North America]; the four other engravings consist of bird's-eye battle plan views of the cities of Santiago, Santo Domingo, Cartagena, and St. Augustine, Florida. 4 bird's-eye views and 1 map. Relief shown pictorially on bird's-eye views. Voyage map in English; city maps in Latin. Title supplied...
- Contributor: Hans and Hanni Kraus Sir Francis Drake Collection (Library of Congress) - Boazio, Baptista - Croftes - Bigges, Walter - Jay I. Kislak Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1589
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MapTierra 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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Map[Portolan chart showing the east coast of North America from the Caribbean to Newfoundland]
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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Map[Map of eastern Canada]. Relief shown pictorially. From Giovanni Battista Ramusio's Terzo volvme delle navigationi et viaggi ...? 1565? pp. 424-425? In upper left margin: 424. In upper right margin: 425. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
- Contributor: Ramusio, Giovanni Battista
- Date: 1565-01-01
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Map[Mapa del Golfo y costa de la Nueva España : desde el Río de Panuco hasta el cabo de Santa Elena ...]. Relief shown pictorially. Shows the coast from the vicinity of the Cape Fear River in North Carolina of the United States, location of Indian settlements, and lakes and rivers in the region to the Pánuco River in Mexico; the interior is as far north as the latitude of the Tennessee River. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image....
- Contributor: Archivo General De Indias - Santa Cruz, Alonso De
- Date: 1572-01-01
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MapAmericæ pars, nunc Virginia dicta : primum ab Anglis inuenta, sumtibus Dn. Walteri Raleigh, Equestris ordinis Viri, Anno Dn̄i. MDLXXXV regni Vero Sereniss. nostræ Reginæ Elisabethæ XXVII, hujus vero Historia peculiari Libro ... 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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MapFloridae Americae provinciae recens & exactissima descriptio auctorè Iacobo le Moyne cui cognomen de Morgues, qui Laudōnierum, altera Gallorum in eam prouinciam nauigatione comitat est, atque adhibitis aliquot militibus ob pericula, regionis ... 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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Map[Portolan chart of the Pacific coast from Mexico to northern Chile]. 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
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Map[Plan of Mexico City]
Mexico Relief shown pictorially. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Gift; John (Jack) M. Raymond; July 2016. In top margin: 308.- Contributor: Gastaldi, Giacomo
- Date: 1565-01-01
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MapVon den newen Inseln : der Statt Themistitan in den newen Inseln gelegen/figurierung. 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