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MapNova et acurata totius Europae tabula
Title from cartouche: Europa | Title of Latin text: Nova Europae descriptio | Title of Dutch text: Beschryvinge van Europa | Title of French text: Description de l'Europe Relief shown pictorially. Includes map of the world in two hemispheres, 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: Angli et Hyberni -- Galli -- Belgi -- Norvegi -- Litvani -- Poloni -- Bohemi -- Germani. Illustrations of local residents/costumes...- Contributor: Visscher, Nicolaes - Blaeu, Willem Janszoon
- Date: 1657
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MapParaguariæ Provinciæ soc. jesu cum adiacentibg. novissima descriptio : post iteratas peregrinationes & plures observationes patrum missionariorum eiusdem soc. tum huius provinciæ, cum & Peruanæ accuratissime delineata & emendata ann. 1732 Shows Uruguay, Paraguay, and portions of Argentina, Chile, Peru, Bolivia, and Brazil. Relief shown pictorially. Some place names in Spanish. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Copy annotated in black ink. Includes text. Vault
- Contributor: Retz, Francisco
- Date: 1732-01-01
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MapNovissima et accuratissima totius Americae descriptio Relief shown pictorially. Includes illustrated cartouche, illustrations, and historical note in upper left corner. Shows California as an island. LC copy mounted on cloth, with artificial leather border. Stamped on verso: 1489. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
- Contributor: Visscher, Nicolaes
- Date: 1660-01-01
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MapPeninsula Indiæ citra Gangem hoc est Orae celeberrimae Malabar & Coromandel cum adjacente insula non minus celebratissima Ceylon. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. 3 copies. Vault
- Contributor: Homann Erben (Firm)
- Date: 1733-01-01
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MapNovvs atlas Sinensis.
Novus atlas Sinensis Covers 16 provinces of China, Korea, and Japan. Relief shown pictorially. Includes text. Philips 3186 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. On verso of shelflist card: At the end of the atlas are "Byvoeghsel van't koninckryck Catay; door I. G.," xviii p., and "Historie van den Tartarischen oorlog," 40 p.- Contributor: Martini, Martino
- Date: 1655-01-01
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MapAfricae 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
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MapNova et exacta delineatio Americae partis avstralis. qve est : Brasilia, Caribana, Gviana regnũm noũũm, Castilia del Oro, Nicaragva, insũlae Antillas et Perv. Et sub Tropico Capricorni, Chile, Rio della Plata, Patagonṽ, ... Title appears on upper sheet of the map; no indication of title or imprint on lower sheet. The map was engraved for the second edition of the fourth part of Hulsius' collection of voyages, which consists of 26 parts. In this second edition of the map, three islands have been inserted below the bottom border of the lower map, with the name "Francisi Draco...
- Contributor: Hans and Hanni Kraus Sir Francis Drake Collection (Library of Congress) - Hulsius, Levinus
- Date: 1692-01-01
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MapDominia Anglorum in America Septentrionali. Scales differ. Hand colored. Relief shown pictorially. Sheet title in Latin and German. Individual map titles and text in German. Maps in English and German. From the authors' Atlas geographicvs maior, 1753-59 [i.e. 1781, v. 1, 1759] v. 1, no. 141. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 83 Differs from other copies in Long Island boundary coloration. Includes text and glossary. Available also through...
- Contributor: Homann Erben (Firm)
- Date: 1759-01-01
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Map[Fragmentary terrestrial globe gores] Relief shown pictorially. Bound in the Schöner Sammelband. Found in the binding of the Sammelband in 1905, mounted on paper and bound in. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Provenance: Gift of Jay I. Kislak Foundation.
- Contributor: Jay I. Kislak Collection (Library of Congress) - Schöner, Johann
- Date: 1517
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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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MapNova America descriptio Relief shown pictorially. Sheet issued as part of a set of 5 maps; one map covers entire world and 4 maps cover individual continents. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Control no.: 2001-25
- Contributor: Jollain, Gérard - Visscher, Nicolaes
- Date: 1657-01-01
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MapPeloponnesus hodie Moreæ Regnum : distincté divisum in omnes suas provincias, hodiernas atque veteres, cui et adiuguntur insulæ Cefalonia, Zante, Cerigo et St. Maura Relief shown pictorially. Originally printed on 3 sheets. LC copy imperfect: Fold-lined, annotated in ink on verso: 22. Includes ill. of lion with enslaved human figures shown in embellished title cartouche. Views of fortified towns in outer margins: Navarino -- Zarnata -- Casl. Tornese -- Corinto -- Malvasia -- Patrasso -- Coron -- Napoli di Romania -- Modon -- Misitra olun Sparta -- Atene...
- Contributor: Wit, Frederik De
- Date: 1688-01-01
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MapToonneel der steden van de Vereenighde Nederlanden, met hare beschrijvingen Dutch. Some maps in Latin. Phillips, 3076 Koeman's Atlantes Neerlandici, 43:121.1 Date from Koeman's Atlantes Neerlandici from the list of burgomasters elected in 1652 in the text about Delft. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Engraved title page with letterpress title pasted on. LC copy bound in cream vellum, embossed and gilded.
- Contributor: Blaeu, Joan
- Date: 1652-01-01
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MapGlobus aus der Mitte des XVI Jahrhunderts
Title within gores: Nova et integra universi orbis descriptio Relief shown pictorially. Dedication: Reverre[n]diss. et illustriss. Do. Do. Urbano Sangelasio episcopo Com[m]ingiensi, Joan[n]es Oterschaden Belga humillime D.D. Original version: [Antwerp? ; s.n., ca. 1603]. Date of original from Shirley's Mapping of the world. Gores for a 17 cm. globe. Includes ill. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. LC copy marked "20." in blue pencil in lower...- Contributor: Oterschaden, Johannes - Austro-Hungarian Monarchy. Militär-Comité
- Date: 1879-01-01
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MapNova delineatio totius orbis terrarum
Nouveau carte du monde Shirley, Rodney W. Mapping of the world. 1983, 417 Relief shown pictorially. Includes illustrations. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Title in Latin and French. Most place names in Latin, some in Dutch.- Contributor: Aa, Pieter Van Der
- Date: 1703-01-01
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MapSketch of Mälaren Lake and Neighboring Areas.
Meler lacvs adiacentivmqve terrarvm delineatio This engraved map of Lake Mälaren is the only extant copy of one of the first maps printed in Sweden. It was drafted by Andreas Bureus in 1614 and is regarded as a forerunner to his map of the Nordic countries of 1626. It has a dedication in Latin from Bureus to his patron Jacob van Dijk: "This small map I bequeath in the...- Contributor: Bure, Anders
- Date: 1614-01-01
- Resource: - 1 page
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MapA Geographical Rendering of Judaea, or the Land of Israel, in Which the Positions of the Most Famous Places in the Old and New Testament are Precisely Depicted.
Iudaeae seu Terrae Israelis Tabula geographica; in qua Locorum in Veteri et Novo Testamento celebratissimorum Situs accurate descripti This hand-colored copperplate map of the Holy Land, featuring notable cities from the Bible, appeared in Le theatre du monde ou nouvel atlas (Theater of the world, or new atlas), a work by Jan Jansson (1588-1664) that was published in Amsterdam circa 1658. It depicts the kingdoms of Judea and Israel, along with territory stretching north to present-day Beirut and land on both sides...- Contributor: Ortelius, Abraham - Stella, Tilemannus - Horn, Georg - Jansson, Jan
- Date: 1658-01-01
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Map[Collection of nine images including astronomical instruments, celestial charts, and a world map]. Title devised by cataloger. English, French and Latin. James Ferguson article from Gent. Mag. March 1769. Nine printed images and two panels of printed text mounted on paper within hand drawn frames colored yellow. From various sources, unidentified except for the Ferguson article. Mounted on cloth and stamped in blue ink in lower left margin: 312A. Available also through the Library of Congress Web...
- Contributor: Ferguson, James
- Date: 1769
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MapBaptista Boazio's Irlandiæ c. 1606 = Irlandiæ accvrata descriptio.
Irlandiæ accvrata descriptio | Irlandiæ accurata descriptio Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Relief shown pictorially. Oriented with north to the right.- Contributor: Ortelius, Abraham - Vrients, Jan Baptista - Boazio, Baptista
- Date: 1606-01-01
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MapAsia : secundum legitimas projectionis sterographicae regulas et juxta recentissimas observation et relationes explosis aliorum fabulosis designationibus et narrationibus adhibitis quoque veterum monumentis et recentiorum itinerariis descripta et in partes suas methodicas ...
Carte de l'Asie Relief shown pictorially. Prime meridian: Paris. LC copy imperfect: Stained at fold lines. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Latin and French.- Contributor: Boehme, August Gottlieb - Hase, Johann Matthias
- Date: 1744
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MapGvinea propria, nec non Nigritiae vel Terrae Nigrorvm maxima pars : geographis hodiernis dicta utraq[ue] Aethiopia inferior, & hujus quidem pars australis
Guinea propria, nec non Nigritiae vel Terrae Nigrorum maxima pars | Guinee de meme que la plus grande partie du Pais des Negres | Gvinee de meme que la plus grande partie du Pais des Negres "This 1743 map shows western Africa from the territory of present-day Gabon in the south to Niger, Mali, and Mauritania in the north. The map was published in Nuremberg, Germany, by the firm of Homännische Erben, meaning the successors of the Nuremberg engraver and publisher Johann Baptist Homann (1663-1724) and his son, Johann Christoph Homann (1703-30). It is based on an earlier work by...- Contributor: Marchais, R. De - Anville, Jean Baptiste Bourguignon D - Homann Erben (Firm)
- Date: 1743
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MapDeserta Aegypti, Thebaidis, Arabiae, Syriae etc. ubi accurata notata sunt loca inhabitata per Sanctos Patres Anachoretas Relief shown pictorially. In upper right corner: II7. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
- Contributor: Seutter, Matthaeus
- Date: 1700-01-01
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MapPortolan Chart. The first maritime charts were produced at the turn of the 13th and 14th centuries. Their main purpose was to represent with the greatest possible accuracy coastlines and ports, for which reason they were called portolanos. When seafarers ventured out into the open sea, they entered their new discoveries on the charts. A Portuguese law stipulated that every ship had to carry two serviceable...
- Date: 1502-01-01
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MapA 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
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MapNautical Planisphere. This nautical map of the world was produced by the Genoese cartographer Nicolo di Caverio based on Portuguese documents. The map can be dated to 1506, as it contains no reference to any discovery made after this year. The map has three scales of lengths at the top. On the left border is a scale of latitudes from 55° south to 70° north. A...
- Contributor: Caverio, Nicolo DI
- Date: 1504-01-01
- Resource: - 1 page