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Tartariae sive Magni Chami Regni tÿpus., Abraham Ortelius

Covers northern Asia. Relief shown pictorially. From Abraham Ortelius's atlas: Theatrvm Orbis Terrarvm, 1603 ed. Hand col. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes tex... More

Yu ji tu. Historic map, Library of Congress

Stone rubbing dated 1903? One of the earliest stone maps, it consists of 5,110 grids, each grid is approximately 100 li. Original stone was engraved in Fuchang 7 nian, i.e. 1136 A.D. The stone is now in the For... More

Hua yi tu. Historic map, Library of Congress

Scale not given. Stone rubbing dated 1933? Original stone was engraved in Fuchang 7 nian, i.e. 1136 A.D. The stone is now in the Forest of Stone Steles Museum in Xi'an, China. Covers China in Nan Song Dynasty,... More

Hua yi tu. Historic map, Library of Congress

Stone rubbing dated 1903? Original stone was engraved in Fuchang 7 nian, i.e. 1136 A.D. The stone is now in the Forest of Stone Steles Museum in Xi'an, China. Covers China in Nan Song Dynasty, from east to the ... More

Pingjiang tu. Historic map, Library of Congress

Stone rubbing dated between 1858 and 1869. One of the earliest and biggest stone rubbing maps in China. Original stone was engraved in 1229 under Li Shoupeng. The map is now in the Museum of Engraved Stone Tabl... More

Image from BL Arundel 93, f. 138

Image taken from f. 138 of Bibliotheca historiarum, in the translation of Poggio Bracciolini. Written in Latin. The Arundel Manuscript Collection was amassed by the Howard family, particularly Thomas Howard, t... More

Puzzle initial from BL Arundel 93, f. 3v

Puzzle initial 'M'. Image taken from f. 3v of Bibliotheca historiarum, in the translation of Poggio Bracciolini. Written in Latin. The Arundel Manuscript Collection was amassed by the Howard family, particular... More

Image from BL Arundel 93, f. 152v

Image taken from f. 152v of Bibliotheca historiarum, in the translation of Poggio Bracciolini. Written in Latin. The Arundel Manuscript Collection was amassed by the Howard family, particularly Thomas Howard, ... More

Image from BL Arundel 93, f. 149v

Image taken from f. 149v of Bibliotheca historiarum, in the translation of Poggio Bracciolini. Written in Latin. The Arundel Manuscript Collection was amassed by the Howard family, particularly Thomas Howard, ... More

Decorated initial from BL Arundel 93, f. 1

Decorated initial. Image taken from f. 1 of Bibliotheca historiarum, in the translation of Poggio Bracciolini. Written in Latin. The Arundel Manuscript Collection was amassed by the Howard family, particularly... More

Illuminated initial from BL Arundel 93, f. 3

Initial 'N'(ullus) incorporating heraldic arms, and partial foliate border, including a bird and an ox, at the beginning of Diodorus Siculus's Bibliotheca historiarum. Image taken from f. 3 of Bibliotheca histo... More

Puzzle initial from BL Arundel 93, f. 48

Puzzle initial 'P'(ostea) with pen-flourishing, at the beginning of book 4 of Diodorus Siculus's Bibliotheca historiarum. Image taken from f. 48 of Bibliotheca historiarum, in the translation of Poggio Bracciol... More

Image from BL Arundel 93, f. 146

Image taken from f. 146 of Bibliotheca historiarum, in the translation of Poggio Bracciolini. Written in Latin. The Arundel Manuscript Collection was amassed by the Howard family, particularly Thomas Howard, t... More

Birds from BL Arundel 93, f. 129

Detail of historiated initial 'C'(onstitui), made of branches, set in a landscape with birds. Image taken from f. 129 of Bibliotheca historiarum, in the translation of Poggio Bracciolini. Written in Latin. The... More

Image from BL Arundel 93, f. 140

Image taken from f. 140 of Bibliotheca historiarum, in the translation of Poggio Bracciolini. Written in Latin. The Arundel Manuscript Collection was amassed by the Howard family, particularly Thomas Howard, t... More

Image from BL Arundel 93, f. 143

Image taken from f. 143 of Bibliotheca historiarum, in the translation of Poggio Bracciolini. Written in Latin. The Arundel Manuscript Collection was amassed by the Howard family, particularly Thomas Howard, t... More

Image from BL Arundel 93, f. 147v

Image taken from f. 147v of Bibliotheca historiarum, in the translation of Poggio Bracciolini. Written in Latin. The Arundel Manuscript Collection was amassed by the Howard family, particularly Thomas Howard, ... More

Detail from BL Arundel 93, f. 3

Detail of illuminated initial. Image taken from f. 3 of Bibliotheca historiarum, in the translation of Poggio Bracciolini. Written in Latin. The Arundel Manuscript Collection was amassed by the Howard family, ... More

Image from BL Arundel 93, f. 157v

Image taken from f. 157v of Bibliotheca historiarum, in the translation of Poggio Bracciolini. Written in Latin. The Arundel Manuscript Collection was amassed by the Howard family, particularly Thomas Howard, ... More

Image from BL Arundel 93, f. 153

Image taken from f. 153 of Bibliotheca historiarum, in the translation of Poggio Bracciolini. Written in Latin. The Arundel Manuscript Collection was amassed by the Howard family, particularly Thomas Howard, t... More

Image from BL Arundel 93, f. 156

Image taken from f. 156 of Bibliotheca historiarum, in the translation of Poggio Bracciolini. Written in Latin. The Arundel Manuscript Collection was amassed by the Howard family, particularly Thomas Howard, t... More

Image from BL Arundel 93, f. 159

Image taken from f. 159 of Bibliotheca historiarum, in the translation of Poggio Bracciolini. Written in Latin. The Arundel Manuscript Collection was amassed by the Howard family, particularly Thomas Howard, t... More

Image from BL Arundel 93, f. 145

Image taken from f. 145 of Bibliotheca historiarum, in the translation of Poggio Bracciolini. Written in Latin. The Arundel Manuscript Collection was amassed by the Howard family, particularly Thomas Howard, t... More

Image from BL Arundel 93, f. 157

Image taken from f. 157 of Bibliotheca historiarum, in the translation of Poggio Bracciolini. Written in Latin. The Arundel Manuscript Collection was amassed by the Howard family, particularly Thomas Howard, t... More

Image from BL Arundel 93, f. 159v

Image taken from f. 159v of Bibliotheca historiarum, in the translation of Poggio Bracciolini. Written in Latin. The Arundel Manuscript Collection was amassed by the Howard family, particularly Thomas Howard, ... More

Puzzle initial from BL Arundel 93, f. 68

Puzzle initial. Image taken from f. 68 of Bibliotheca historiarum, in the translation of Poggio Bracciolini. Written in Latin. The Arundel Manuscript Collection was amassed by the Howard family, particularly T... More

Image from BL Arundel 93, f. 141v

Image taken from f. 141v of Bibliotheca historiarum, in the translation of Poggio Bracciolini. Written in Latin. The Arundel Manuscript Collection was amassed by the Howard family, particularly Thomas Howard, ... More

Image from BL Arundel 93, f. 150

Image taken from f. 150 of Bibliotheca historiarum, in the translation of Poggio Bracciolini. Written in Latin. The Arundel Manuscript Collection was amassed by the Howard family, particularly Thomas Howard, t... More

Image from BL Arundel 93, f. 142

Image taken from f. 142 of Bibliotheca historiarum, in the translation of Poggio Bracciolini. Written in Latin. The Arundel Manuscript Collection was amassed by the Howard family, particularly Thomas Howard, t... More

Image from BL Arundel 93, f. 139

Image taken from f. 139 of Bibliotheca historiarum, in the translation of Poggio Bracciolini. Written in Latin. The Arundel Manuscript Collection was amassed by the Howard family, particularly Thomas Howard, t... More

Image from BL Arundel 93, f. 156v

Image taken from f. 156v of Bibliotheca historiarum, in the translation of Poggio Bracciolini. Written in Latin. The Arundel Manuscript Collection was amassed by the Howard family, particularly Thomas Howard, ... More

Image from BL Arundel 93, f. 139v

Image taken from f. 139v of Bibliotheca historiarum, in the translation of Poggio Bracciolini. Written in Latin. The Arundel Manuscript Collection was amassed by the Howard family, particularly Thomas Howard, ... More

Puzzle initial from BL Arundel 93, f. 16

Puzzle initial 'C'(um). Image taken from f. 16 of Bibliotheca historiarum, in the translation of Poggio Bracciolini. Written in Latin. The Arundel Manuscript Collection was amassed by the Howard family, partic... More

Image from BL Arundel 93, f. 148

Image taken from f. 148 of Bibliotheca historiarum, in the translation of Poggio Bracciolini. Written in Latin. The Arundel Manuscript Collection was amassed by the Howard family, particularly Thomas Howard, t... More

Image from BL Arundel 93, f. 147

Image taken from f. 147 of Bibliotheca historiarum, in the translation of Poggio Bracciolini. Written in Latin. The Arundel Manuscript Collection was amassed by the Howard family, particularly Thomas Howard, t... More

Image from BL Arundel 93, f. 158v

Image taken from f. 158v of Bibliotheca historiarum, in the translation of Poggio Bracciolini. Written in Latin. The Arundel Manuscript Collection was amassed by the Howard family, particularly Thomas Howard, ... More

Image from BL Arundel 93, f. 142v

Image taken from f. 142v of Bibliotheca historiarum, in the translation of Poggio Bracciolini. Written in Latin. The Arundel Manuscript Collection was amassed by the Howard family, particularly Thomas Howard, ... More

Image from BL Arundel 93, f. 145v

Image taken from f. 145v of Bibliotheca historiarum, in the translation of Poggio Bracciolini. Written in Latin. The Arundel Manuscript Collection was amassed by the Howard family, particularly Thomas Howard, ... More

Heraldry from BL Arundel 93, f. 129

Detail of heraldry. Image taken from f. 129 of Bibliotheca historiarum, in the translation of Poggio Bracciolini. Written in Latin. The Arundel Manuscript Collection was amassed by the Howard family, particula... More

Image from BL Arundel 93, f. 155v

Image taken from f. 155v of Bibliotheca historiarum, in the translation of Poggio Bracciolini. Written in Latin. The Arundel Manuscript Collection was amassed by the Howard family, particularly Thomas Howard, ... More

Image from BL Arundel 93, f. 138v

Image taken from f. 138v of Bibliotheca historiarum, in the translation of Poggio Bracciolini. Written in Latin. The Arundel Manuscript Collection was amassed by the Howard family, particularly Thomas Howard, ... More

Image from BL Arundel 93, f. 149

Image taken from f. 149 of Bibliotheca historiarum, in the translation of Poggio Bracciolini. Written in Latin. The Arundel Manuscript Collection was amassed by the Howard family, particularly Thomas Howard, t... More

Image from BL Arundel 93, f. 158

Image taken from f. 158 of Bibliotheca historiarum, in the translation of Poggio Bracciolini. Written in Latin. The Arundel Manuscript Collection was amassed by the Howard family, particularly Thomas Howard, t... More

Image from BL Arundel 93, f. 153v

Image taken from f. 153v of Bibliotheca historiarum, in the translation of Poggio Bracciolini. Written in Latin. The Arundel Manuscript Collection was amassed by the Howard family, particularly Thomas Howard, ... More

Image from BL Arundel 93, f. 146v

Image taken from f. 146v of Bibliotheca historiarum, in the translation of Poggio Bracciolini. Written in Latin. The Arundel Manuscript Collection was amassed by the Howard family, particularly Thomas Howard, ... More

Image from BL Arundel 93, f. 148v

Image taken from f. 148v of Bibliotheca historiarum, in the translation of Poggio Bracciolini. Written in Latin. The Arundel Manuscript Collection was amassed by the Howard family, particularly Thomas Howard, ... More

Image from BL Arundel 93, f. 154

Image taken from f. 154 of Bibliotheca historiarum, in the translation of Poggio Bracciolini. Written in Latin. The Arundel Manuscript Collection was amassed by the Howard family, particularly Thomas Howard, t... More

Image from BL Arundel 93, f. 141

Image taken from f. 141 of Bibliotheca historiarum, in the translation of Poggio Bracciolini. Written in Latin. The Arundel Manuscript Collection was amassed by the Howard family, particularly Thomas Howard, t... More

Puzzle initial from BL Arundel 93, f. 32

Puzzle initial 'S'. Image taken from f. 32 of Bibliotheca historiarum, in the translation of Poggio Bracciolini. Written in Latin. The Arundel Manuscript Collection was amassed by the Howard family, particular... More

Puzzle initial from BL Arundel 93, ff. 91v-92

Cadels and puzzle initial. Image taken from ff. 91v-92 of Bibliotheca historiarum, in the translation of Poggio Bracciolini. Written in Latin. The Arundel Manuscript Collection was amassed by the Howard family... More

Image from BL Arundel 93, f. 143v

Image taken from f. 143v of Bibliotheca historiarum, in the translation of Poggio Bracciolini. Written in Latin. The Arundel Manuscript Collection was amassed by the Howard family, particularly Thomas Howard, ... More

Puzzle initial from BL Arundel 93, f. 48

Detail of puzzle initial. Image taken from f. 48 of Bibliotheca historiarum, in the translation of Poggio Bracciolini. Written in Latin. The Arundel Manuscript Collection was amassed by the Howard family, part... More

[Portolan chart of the Mediterranean Sea ca. 1320-1350 : manuscript ch...

Anonymous nautical chart in portolan style probably drawn in Genoa. Covers Mediterranean Sea from the Balearic Islands to the Levantine coast; also covers western part of Black Sea. Oldest original cartographic... More

[World map by Ptolemy] - Public domain vintage map

Illus. in: Claudii Ptholemei Alexandrini philosophi Cosmographia. Rome : Arnoldus Buckinck, 10 Oct. (VI Idus Octobris) 1478. Published in: The tradition of technology : Landmarks of Western technology ... / Le... More

Asiento present hordenat a payon les responsions dels pezos e mezures ...

Diagrammatic map of weights and measures in use in 27 Mediterranean and European seaports. Oriented with north to the right. Each port city is represented by a vignette of a prominent local tower and the vignet... More

[Portolan chart of the Mediterranean, the Black Sea, and the coasts of...

Portolan chart with seaport names given for all coastlines. Title devised by cataloguer. Contains 4 compass roses in a circle centered in Italy to the north of Rome and half of a fifth on the trimmed center lef... More

Praeclara Ferdina[n]di Cortesii de noua maris oceani Hyspania narratio...

Public domain scan of a vintage map, city plan, atlas, cartoghraphy, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

Map of America by Diego Ribero 1529.

Spanish; title in English. Pen-and-ink and blue watercolor, mounted on cloth, mounted on paper. Traced from a map by Diego Ribero. On label affixed in upper right corner: 41. Available also through the Library ... More

Noua, et integra uniuersi orbis descriptio /

Public domain scan of manuscript, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

[The Oztoticpac lands map]. - Public domain old map

Aztec pictorial document showing litigation map of Oztoticpac, an estate in Texcoco, ca. 1540. Title derived from The Quarterly Journal of the Library of Congress, "The Oztoticpac Lands Map of Texcoco 1540," v.... More

L'Amérique centr[ale] / Historic map, Library of Congress

Shows North America south of Canada including the Caribbean. Traced from a ms. world map created for Henri II in 1542 as reproduced in Jomard's Les monuments de la geographie (plate XIX.1), 1842-1862 (Phillips ... More

Die neuwen Inseln, so hinder Hispanien gegen Orient bey dem land India...

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 ... More

[Atlas, dressed like an ancient king, holding earth centered universe ...

Illus. in: The cosmographical glasse / William Cuningham. Excusum Londini : I Day, 1559. Published in: The tradition of science / Leonard C. Bruno. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 1987, p. 16.

[Chart of the Mediterranean, Black Sea, and the coasts of western Euro...

Portugalliae : que olim Lusitania, nouissima & exactissima descriptio ...

"... anno MCCCCCLX." Oriented with north to the right. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes col. ill. Text on verso. On verso: 14. Filed with Eastham Collection in... More

Americae sive qvartae orbis partis nova et exactissima descriptio /

Public domain scan of an 18th-century map, vintage, old city plan, fortifications, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

Paolo Forlani - Vniversale descrittione di tvtta la terra conoscivta f...

Relief shown pictorially. Based on an earlier map by Giacomo Gastaldi. From the Rosenwald Collection, Library of Congress, no. 1304. Originally printed on 2 sheets, each 48 x 40 cm. Available also through the L... More

[San Juan de Ulúa / - Public domain vintage map

Ground plan of a projected fortress. In black ink, with a part in yellow watercolor, on vellum. Mounted on cloth. Kraus, H.P. Sir Francis Drake, 47 Available also through the Library of Congress web site as a r... More

[San Juan de Ulúa / - Public domain map drawing

Watercolor on vellum. Upper corners damp marked, with very slight marking of the drawing. Mounted on cloth. Kraus, H.P. Sir Francis Drake, 46 Available also through the Library of Congress web site as a raster ... More

[Mapa del Golfo y costa de la Nueva España : desde el Río de Panuco ha...

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 ... More

[Portolan chart of the Mediterranean and Black Seas with the west coas...

Portolan chart with seaport names given for all coastlines. Title devised by cataloguer. Fragmentary signature on upper right portion leading into neck reads "Io Placid...". Oriented with north to the right (in... More

La herdike enterprinse faict par le Signeur Draeck D'Avoir cirquit tou...

Public domain image of a vintage map, geography atlas, maritime navigation, age of discovery, 16th-17th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

[La Coruña. El Ferrol, Spain] - Public domain old map

Ink on paper. Kraus, H.P. Sir Francis Drake, 50b Available also through the Library of Congress web site as a raster image. Gift of Hans P. and Hanni Kraus.

S. Augustini : pars est terra Florida, sub latitudine 30 grad, ora ver...

Scale not given. Oriented with north to the right. Relief shown pictorially. Pictorial map. Includes text in rectanglar cartouche. Kraus, H.P. Sir Francis Drake, 49 Available also through the Library of Congres... More

Americæ pars, nunc Virginia dicta : primum ab Anglis inuenta, sumtibus...

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 br... More

[Map of the coast of Virginia in 1585] / autore Ioanne With ; sculptor...

Illus. in: Admiranda narratio, fida tamen, de commodis et incolarvm ritibvs Virginiæ [...]. Wecheli : svmtibvs T. de Bry, 1590. Engraving by Theodor de Bry after watercolor by John White. The New World [...] / ... More

Floridae Americae provinciae recens & exactissima descriptio auctorè I...

Public domain scan of a vintage map, city plan, atlas, cartoghraphy, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

Description du pays armorique à pres Bretaigne.

Scale ca. 1:1,100,000. Relief shown pictorially. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2: 651/1

Vera totius expeditionis nauticæ : descriptio D. Franc. Draci ... /

Public domain image of a vintage map, geography atlas, maritime navigation, age of discovery, 16th-17th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Von den newen Inseln : der Statt Themistitan in den newen Inseln geleg...

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 f... More

Hiberniae, Britannicae Insvlae nova descripto., Abraham Ortelius

Relief shown pictorially. Phillips, 406 Available also through the Library of Congress web site as a raster image. Filed with Eastham Collection in G&M Vault: EA 20-A: ga61 02-20-2013

Europae. Historic map, Library of Congress

Relief shown pictorially. Includes notes, ill., and cartouche with dedicaton and text. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Fold-lined. LC copy imperfect: Margin in upper a... More

America. Historic map, Library of Congress

Relief shown pictorially. Described in: The mapping of North America / Philip D. Burden. 1996. p. 165. Includes notes, ill., and cartouche with text. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a... More

Africa. Historic map, Library of Congress

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 ... More

Insulæ Indicæ cum terris circumvicinis.

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. A... More

Nova et rece terraum et regnorum Californae, nouae Hispaiae Mexicanae,...

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

Terræ Sanctæ, qua Promissionis terra, est Syriæ pars ea, quæ Palæstina...

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

Asia. Historic map, Library of Congress

Relief shown pictorially. Includes notes, ill., and cartouche with text. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Fold-lined. LC copy imperfect: Margin in upper and lower left ... More

[Portolan chart of the Mediterranean and connecting seas]. nautical ch...

Portolan chart with seaport names given for all coastlines. Does not cover Black Sea. Title devised by cataloguer. Oriented with north to the right (indicated by fleurs-de-lys). Contains 11 compass roses in a c... More