age of discovery maps

Carte nouvelle de l'Amérique Angloise, contenant la Virginie, Mary-Lan...

Relief shown pictorially. Title in upper right corner: Partie orientale de l'Amérique angloise. Hand colored. Scale ca. 1:6,000,000. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. In... More

Karta Rossii Dzhenkinsona iz Epitome Theatri Orteliani, Antverpiae, 16...

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Baptista Boazio's Irlandiæ c. 1606 = Irlandiæ accvrata descriptio.

Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Relief shown pictorially. Oriented with north to the right.

Sunshū fuchū oshiro no zu. - Public domain old map

Pen-and-ink and watercolor. Shows the plan, and the layout of the Sunpujō castle in Shizuoka-shi, Japan. Ms. the copier and the date not known. Title from title piece mounted on cover. "Tōkyō Teikoku Daigaku zō... More

Descripsion des costs, pts., rades, illes de la Nouuele France faict s...

Shows coast of North America from western Nova Scotia to Cape Cod. Relief shown pictorially. Gift; Henry Harrisse; 1910. Pen-and-ink with green wash. Vellum chart collection, no. 15. LC Nautical charts on vellu... More

Descripsion des costs, pts., rades, illes de la Nouuele France faict s...

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Leo Belgicus. Historic map, Library of Congress

Karta Rossii S.Neigebauera 1612g. Tekst str.12.

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Karta Litvy kn. N.Khr.Radzivila, 1613g. Str.3

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Karta Litvy kn. N.Khr.Radzivila, 1613g. Str.3

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Karta Litvy kn. N.Khr.Radzivila, 1613g. Str.3

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Karta Litvy kn. N.Khr.Radzivila, 1613g. Str.3

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[Terrestrial globe gores]. Historic map, Library of Congress

Relief shown pictorially. Title supplied by cataloger. Reissued by Giuseppe di Rossi in 1615. Dedication in upper hemisphere: Illmo. viro optimaraq. artium amatori et Fautori D. Paulo Mellino Romano ... In lowe... More

[Map of SE Asia, Dutch East Indies, & Philippines]

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New England. Historic map, Library of Congress

Available also through the Library of Congress web site as a raster image. Vault

John Smith - Virginia / Historic map, Library of Congress

Sixth state. Relief shown pictorially. Oriented with north to the right. Accompanied by 2 exhibit notes and LC jacket note. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

[Map of northern coast of S. America, showing mouths of Amazon and Ori...

Illus. in: Reys-Boeck van het rijcke, Brasilien (Dordrecht?,1624). This record contains unverified, old data from caption card, and subsequent revisions. Caption card tracings: Maps; South America; Snakes; Braz... More

America with those known parts in that unknowne worlde both people and...

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Andalusia et Granada [Material cartográfico], Jodocus Hondius

Márgenes graduados.

Venezuela, cum parte Auftrali Novae Andalausiae.

Place names in Spanish. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. 2 copies; 1 copy as of 07/27/98 Vault

[Sphendonē], hoc est, fvnda Posidonii., engraving, Library of Congress

From Bertius' Ancient Geography. Paris, 1630. In Latin and Greek. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

Accuratissima Brasiliæ tabula. Historic map, Library of Congress

Relief shown pictorially. Oriented with north to the right. Item 67 in LC G&M Leo Belgicus exhibit, Nov. 1993 to May 1994. Includes insets of "Baya de todos os Sanctos" and "Villa d'Olinda de Pernambuco" and il... More

Noua orbis terrarum delineatio singulari ratione accommodata meridiano...

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Karta Iuzhnoi Rossii I.Massy 1633g Tekst str.15.

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[A portolan chart of the Atlantic Ocean and adjacent continents].

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 b... More

Nova Belgica et Anglia Nova. - Public domain old map

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Nova Belgica et Anglia Nova. - Public domain old map

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Nova Belgica et Anglia Nova. - Public domain old map

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Nova Anglia, Novum Belgium, et Virginia

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[Map of the islands of Hispaniola and Puerto Rico].

Relief shown pictorially. Shows coastal features, administrative districts, and settlements on the islands of Hispaniola and Puerto Rico. Pen-and-ink and watercolor. Attributed to Joan Vinckeboons by comparison... More

[Map of the Peninsula of Florida]. - Public domain map

Depths shown by soundings. Shows the Peninsula of Florida and adjacent islands from Rio de las Flores and includes coastline, coastal features, and pictorial representation of palm trees along the Atlantic Coas... More

[Map of Atlantic Coast of North America from the Chesapeake Bay to Flo...

Shows coastal features, Native American nations and settlements, and other geographical entities. Pen-and-ink and watercolor. Attributed to Joan Vinckeboons by comparison with his other Dutch maps in Henry Harr... More

[Map of the complete island of Cuba].

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Caerte vande Bay St. Tiago : gelegen op 't Eylant Cvba, op de Hoochtv ...

Relief shown pictorially and by gradient tints. Shows Santiago Bay and vicinity on the island of Cuba including pictorial presentation of the city of Santiago. Pen-and-ink and watercolor. Attributed to Joan Vin... More

Caert vande Svydt Rivier in Niew Nederland.

Relief shown pictorially. Depths shown by soundings. Shows the region of the Delaware Bay and river, natural features, and other geographical entities. Pen-and-ink and watercolor. Attributed to Joan Vinckeboons... More

De Eylanden en Vastelanden van Westindien /

Pascaert van Nieuw Nederlandt Virginia, ende Nieuw-Engelandt verthonen...

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Noort Rivier in Niew Neerlandt. - Public domain old map

Relief shown pictorially. Depths shown by soundings. Shows the Hudson River from Manhattan Island to Albany, natural features, and other geographical entities in the region. Pen-and-ink and watercolor. Attribut... More

Jean Boisseau - America noviter delineata / Historic map, Library of C...

Relief shown pictorially. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes insets of north and south polar regions. Acquisitions control no. 3-85

Jean Boisseau - Africae nova tabula / Historic map, Library of Congres...

Relief shown pictorially. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes watermark. Acquisitions control no. 6-85

Nova Belgica et Anglia Nova. - Public domain old map

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Vniversale descrittione di tvtto il monde /

Relief shown pictorially. Probably the second state of the map. Differs from the first state in the reworking of Tierra del Fuego to include the Straits of Magellan. Presents Staten Island, west of Tierra del F... More

Dordracvm ; Briela. Historic map, Library of Congress

Perspective map not drawn to scale. Oriented with north toward the upper right. Bird's-eye-view. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. From Pierre d'Avity's Newe archontolog... More

[Map with border illus. of cherubs using navigational instruments]

Illus. in: Johannes Hevelius, Selenographie, Gedani, Autoris sumtibus, typis Hünefeldianis, 1647, map between pp. 226-227. No file print. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption car... More

Provincia Andalusiae [Material Cartográfico]

Márgenes graduados.

Willem Hondius - Delineatio generalis Camporum Desertorum vulgo Ukrain...

Scale ca. 1:1,750,000. Relief shown pictorially. Oriented with north to the bottom. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes text in Latin and French and ill. Vault AACR2

Amérique septentrionale / Historic map, Library of Congress

Relief shown pictorially and by shading. Prime meridian: [Paris]. Mounted on cloth backing. From his 1658 (i.e. 1660) Cartes générales de toutes les parties du monde (Phillips 4260). First state: Lacks shading ... More

Spetsial'naia karta Ukrainy G.de Boplana1650g. Tekst str.21

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Spetsial'naia karta Ukrainy G.de Boplana1650g. Tekst str.21

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The figure of the World. - Public domain vintage map

In upper right corner: p. 2. includes text and 4 diagrams. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. LC copy has red-bordered label affixed to verso, with 516/1 written in ink. ... More

Spetsial'naia karta Ukrainy G.de Boplana1650g. Tekst str.21

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[Map of California shown as an island].

Relief shown pictorially. Pen-and-ink and watercolor. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault

Karta Ukrainy V.Boplana 1650g. Tekst str. 15

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Spetsial'naia karta Ukrainy G.de Boplana1650g. Tekst str.21

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West-Indische paskaert : waer in de graden der breedde over weder zyde...

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[Map of a part of the island of Cuba and of the Bahamas].

Relief shown pictorially. Pen-and-ink and watercolor. LC Luso-Hispanic World, 156 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault

Assyria vetvs diuifa in Syriam, Messopotamiam, Babyloniam, et Assyriam...

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Description du pais des Hurons. - Public domain old map

Shows part of Ontario extending from Georgian Bay on the north (Partie du Grand Lac des Hurons) to Lake Ontario on the south and from Lake Huron on the west to Lake Simcoe on the east (Lac Oventarenk). Relief s... More

Karta Rossii Gesseliia Gerritsa 1614 v izdanii Piskatora 1651g. Tekst ...

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Les estats de la couronne de Castille dans les parties plus meridional...

Márgenes graduados.

America Septentrionalis / Historic map, Library of Congress

Relief shown pictorially. Appears in v. 3 of Nieuwen atlas, ofte vverelt-beschrijvinge, vertonende de voornaemste rijcken ende landen des gheheelen Aerdt-Bodems. Amstelodami : Apud Ioannem Ianssonium, 1652-3. E... More

Carte des trois Arabies : tirée en partie de l'Arabe de Nubie, en part...

Partie meridionale de l'Inde en deux presqu'isles l'une de ç̧à et l'au...

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 Ca... More

L'Inde de ç̧à et de là le Gange ou est l'Empire du Grand Mogol et pays...

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 ... More

Le Bresil. Historic map, Library of Congress

From his 1658 (i.e. 1660) Cartes générales de toutes les parties du monde (Phillips 4260). Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

Mexicque, ou Nouvelle Espagne, Nouvlle. Gallice, Iucatan &c. : et autr...

Appeared in Sanson's Cartes générales de la géographie ... 1676. Relief shown pictorially. Phillips, 486 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

La Floride / Historic map, Library of Congress

Relief shown pictorially. Shows the coastline from Secotan in Virginia to Planuco in Mexico; the interior is shown to 40 degrees of latitude north and includes lakes and rivers in the region. Prime meridian: [F... More

Paskaarte om achter Yrlant om te zeylen, van Hitlant tot aen Heÿssant.

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Mar del nort nautical chart - Public domain old map

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Granata, et Murcia Regna [Material cartográfico]

Escala hallada a partir de un grado de latitud; también expresada en: 14 milliaria Hispanica communia.

Abraham van den Broeck - Korte beschryvinge van de landschappen des we...

Scales vary. Title from leather label on cover. Label has monogram E. B. de V., surmounted by a crown. Maps, not dated, intended to be bound in a Bible, but assembled in a modern half Morocco binding. The maps... More

West-Indische paskaert waer in de graden der breedde over weder zijden...

Shows the west coast of North America from Belle Isle, Newfoundland, both coasts of South America, mediterranean Europe, and the east coast of Africa. Includes illustrations. Available also through the Library ... More

America with those known parts in that unknowne worlde both people and...

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Americæ nova descriptio - Public domain vintage map

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[Nova et accuratissima totius terrarum orbis tabula].

Relief shown pictorially. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes col. ill. in margins. Vault

[Map showing "Insula Atlantis", the lost continent of Atlantis]

Illus. in: Mundus Subterraneus, by Athanasius Kircher, 1665. No ref. copy. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Archaeology; Mythology; Volcanoes; Geogr.; Maps; Publ. Ind.

Partie meridio. le du royaume d'Irlande, ou sont la province de Mounst...

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Partie septentr, le du royaume d'Irlande, ou sont la province d'Ulster...

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Nova Persiæ, Armeniæ, Natoliæ, et Arabiæ /

A mapp of Virginia discovered to ye hills, and in it's latt. from 35 d...

Relief shown pictorially. Based on a manuscript map drawn by John Farrer. Oriented with north to the right. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes text, portrait of ... More

Plano del pt. de Valparayzo cituado en la costa de Chile en 33 gs. de ...

Depths shown by soundings. Oriented with north to the left. Watermark: IV. Watermark dated from 1668-1812. Pen-and-ink and red ink and watercolor. Mounted on cloth backing. LC Luso-Hispanic World, 243 Available... More

[Three maps of the cosmological systems of Ptolemy, Copernicus, and Br...

Title supplied by cataloger. Includes text. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. LC copy assembled from three separate maps, trimmed and mounted on sheet. LC copy imperfect... More

Manatvs gelegen op de Noot [sic] Riuier.

Manuscript. Pen-and-ink and watercolor. Covers New York City region. Pictorial map showing buildings and points of interest. Depths shown by soundings. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as... More

Nova Hispania, Nova Galicia, Gvatimala.

Relief shown pictorially. Appears in Ogilby's America and Montanus' De nieuwe en onbekende weerld. 1671. Phillips, Maps of America, pp. 404 and 405. Ogilby, John, America, pp. 238-239. Available also through th... More

Jacob van Meurs - Brasilia. Historic map, Library of Congress

From the author's De Nieuwe en onbekende weereld: of Beschryving van America en 't zuid-land..., 1671 Available also through the Library of Congress web site as a raster image. LC copy mounted on cloth backing.

Noordtoost cust van Asia, van Japan tot Nova Zemla.

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Discreçion de la Villa surjidero y puerto de guetaria [Material cartog...

Al verso de la segunda hoja: "Nº 3. Planta de la Villa de Guetaria y su Puerto" "Con carta de D. Baltasar de Rojas f[ec]ha 16 D[iciemb]re 1673. Leg. 2300. Cop[ia]do p[ar]a el Brig[adi]er Cor[one]l Aparici hoy 2... More

Virginia and Maryland as it is planted and inhabited this present year...

Oriented with north to the right. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes cartouche, portait of Augustine Herrman, text, and ill. Vault

Planta de la muy yllustre ciudad de los reyes corte del reino del Peru...

Selected buildings shown pictorially. Pen-and-ink. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes text, index, and col. ill.

Pas caarte van Nieu Nederlandt nautical chart

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Pas caerte van Nieu Nederlandt en de Engelsche Virginies : van Cabo Co...

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Plan de la ville de Puicerda [Material cartográfico] : pris en 1678

Mapa gravat amb les posicions durant els atacs. Xarxa de camins, arbres i conreus. Xarxa hidrogràfica. Ombrejat del relleu = Mapa grabado con las posiciones durante los ataques. Red de caminos, árboles y cultiv... More

[Chart of the Mediterranean, the coast of Portugal, and the northwest ...

Title devised by cataloguer. Oriented with north to the right. Contains 16 wind roses. Creator could be Giovanni Battista Cavallini, his son Pietro, or the Cavallini workshop. LC Nautical charts on vellum, 20. ... More

L'Afrique, ou Lybie ulterieure : ou font le Saara, or desért, le pays ...

L'Asie, : Selon les nouvelles observations de Mess.rs de l'Academie de...

Relief shown pictorially. Insets maps: Kamchadka to Korea to Indo-China; Beijing, China to Yellow Sea. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

Magni Ducatus Lithuaniae : Caeterarumq Regionum illi adiacentium exsac...

Comprende las repúblicas de Lituania, Letonia, Bielorrusia y la zona septentrional de Ucrania

A chart of the Caribe Ilands [sic] /

Oriented with north to the right. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault

Guillaume Sanson - Carte nouvelle de la mer mediterranee.

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Mediterranean Sea divided into its Principall parts or seas.

Based on La Mer Mediterraneʹe divisee enses Principales Parties, ou Mers by Nicolas Sanson. Available also through the Library of Congress web site as a raster image.

map from "Leonis Flaminii Itinerarium per Palæstinam, das ist, eine .....

This image has been taken from scan 000204 from "Leonis Flaminii Itinerarium per Palæstinam, das ist, eine ... Reiss-Beschreibung ... worbey auch allerhand Figuren befindlich, etc". The title and subject terms ... More