Administrative and political divisions--Maps, G7431.F7 1737 .H6
sumtibus Io. Baptista Homanni. Relief shown pictorially. In upper margin: "Tabula ex novissimis relationibus ad mentem de J. Islii, imprimis vero... Show moresumtibus Io. Baptista Homanni. Relief shown pictorially. In upper margin: "Tabula ex novissimis relationibus ad mentem de J. Islii, imprimis vero celeberrimi Geographi D'mi I.M. Hasii Prof. Vitemb. delineatia." Watermark. Minimal level cataloging record. Main Heritage Compact General HC.MAP.00555 Print Map Item-ID: i11401904 BIB-ID: 1172533 Show less
Paradise, Paradise-- Maps, Deluge, Deluge--Maps--Early works to 1800, Christianity, Christianity--Middle East--Maps--Early works to 1800, Christianity, Christianity--Palestine--Maps--Early works to 1800, Christianity, Deluge
Imaginary depiction of the location of paradise in the Canaan, country the place is inserted in Quadrans sive Regio Edenis and bordered by Eden on... Show moreImaginary depiction of the location of paradise in the Canaan, country the place is inserted in Quadrans sive Regio Edenis and bordered by Eden on the western side, Nabataei on the eastern side and chus et chut on the north. There is presentation of Adam and Eve in the garden and shows their expulsion from the garden. The map covers from Cilicia in west and Auxumitee in the east. From north is Carmaniae Pars and Panopolis in the south. Relief shown pictorially. Coordinates approximate and based on Greenwich meridian. Shows topography, drainage, vegetation, boundaries, settlements, places of historical interest. Descriptive text throughout. Decorative cartouche with illustrations of men. Main Heritage Compact General HC.MAP.00886 Print Map Item-ID: i1140226x BIB-ID: 2762486 Show less
Relief shown pictorially. From his "Cosmographia." Shows the Nile River delta and northwestern portion of the Sinai Peninsula. Printed from woodcut. Pi... Show moreRelief shown pictorially. From his "Cosmographia." Shows the Nile River delta and northwestern portion of the Sinai Peninsula. Printed from woodcut. Pictorial presentation of the river Nile in Egypt. Sinai is shown with massive mountain ranges. Towns depicted with castles. Main Heritage Compact General HC.MAP.00884 Print Map Item-ID: i11402246 BIB-ID: 1172567 From the collection of Louis Karpinski. Show less
Coasts--Maps, Coasts--Africa, North--Maps--Early works to 1800, Maps, Maps, Maps, Maps, G8220 1606 .M4
Highly decorative rare old map of Morocco published in Amsterdam in 1606 and covers North African coast of Morocco, extending south to Cape Bojador... Show moreHighly decorative rare old map of Morocco published in Amsterdam in 1606 and covers North African coast of Morocco, extending south to Cape Bojador, Canary Islands and Madeira, north to the Spanish Coast with beautiful original coloring. This map in the upper left corner shows Peñón de Vélez de la Gomera. The map was published in the so called "Mercator-Hondius Atlas" by Jodocus Hondius and based upon a map by Gerhard Mercator. The engraver Pieter van der Keere was a Dutch engraver, publisher and globe maker. Hondius republished in the "Mercator-Hondius Atlas", that is now known as one of the most famous atlases from the early 17th century. The Mercator's maps were re-engraved by van der Keere in his distinguished style. Copper engraving. Relief shown pictorially. Title, inset and scale bars in decorative cartouches.Title cartouche has a lion head at top. Embellished with two sailing ships and a sea monster. Inset at top left: Penōn de Velez, high angle pictorial view showing the rock fortress and sailing vessels. Includes two scale bars which read, "Hispanicarum leucarum" and "Milliaria Germanica communia." Main Heritage Compact General HC.MAP.00239 Print Map Item-ID: i11400535 BIB-ID: 1843966 Map title and placenames in Latin. Text on verso in French. Show less
Historical geography, Historical geography--Maps, Civilization, Ancient--Maps, Civilization, Ancient--Maps--Early works to 1800, Civilization, Historical geography--Maps, Maps, Maps, G7420 1635 .B5
This is a decorative and detailed map of Persia by Willem Janszoon Blaeu, The map was published in Amsterdam and is dated 1635. The map Persia... Show moreThis is a decorative and detailed map of Persia by Willem Janszoon Blaeu, The map was published in Amsterdam and is dated 1635. The map Persia extending from the Eastern Mediterranean to Tacalistan and the Indus River with the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf in the South and Caspian and Tartaria in the North. The focus on the map is on Persia, but includes areas of present day Iran, Iraq, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, Oman, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, and Kuwait. Hundreds of towns and cities are noted as well as rivers, lakes, and mountain ranges. A decorative title cartouche shows three Persian gentlemen, two of which hold a spear and sword also a sailing ship roams the Arabian Sea. [Willem Janszoon Blaeu]. Relief shown pictorially. Appears in: Novus Atlas, das ist Abbildung vnd Beschreibung von allen Ländern des Erdreichs, gantz vernewt vnd verbessert. Amsterdam, 1635. 2 v. (v.2, map no. 183). Main Heritage Compact General HC.MAP.00241 Print Map Item-ID: i11400559 BIB-ID: 1843971 Show less
This is a beautiful, original map of the African continent, from the 1575 edition of Theatrum Orbis Terrarum by Abraham Ortelius. This is the fifth... Show moreThis is a beautiful, original map of the African continent, from the 1575 edition of Theatrum Orbis Terrarum by Abraham Ortelius. This is the fifth state of the copperplate, still the date 1570 is present in the cartouche, which was removed between 1606 and 1612 (van den Broecke). At the time of its publication it was the most expensive book ever produced. Between 1570 and 1612, it was issued in 31 editions and 7 languages. This map of Africa is based upon Gastaldi's 8 sheet wall map and Mercator's world map of 1569. The map was the first widely disseminated modernized map of Africa in the latter part of the 16th Century and became the standard map of the continent until well into the 17th Century. Relief shown pictorially. Title in decorative strapwork cartouche flanked by two caryatids. Map of Africa including part of Asia. Three sea monsters appear in the ocean and three ships are engaged in battle in the Indian Ocean. Map is based on the Gastaldi 8-sheet wall map of 1564 and Mercator's wall map of 1569 with some modifications engraved by Frans Hogenberg. Scale derived from latitude lines. Coordinates converted to Greenwich meridian. Latin text on verso with title: "Africa." Last line of text: "Ximo, habes litteras Ioannis Baptistae Rhamusi, & Hieronymi Fracastorij" points to the map published in a 1592 Latin edition of Theatrum Orbis Terrarum--(Van den Boecke, Koemans 31:041) From: Ortelius' Theatrum Orbis Terrarum. Main Heritage Compact General HC.MAP.00274 Print Map Item-ID: i11400687 BIB-ID: 1845455 Abraham Ortelius was born 1527 in Antwerp. He studied mathematics, Greek and Latin and travelled a lot across Europe. He established a business in dealing with books and drawing maps. His first remarkable map was a 8 sheet world map in the year 1564, but only three copies have survived. In 1570 he issued the "Theatrum Orbis Terrarum", the first modern "Atlas" with uniformly sized maps in a systematic collection. The term "Atlas" was not used until Mercator introduced it 20 years later. Most of the maps in Theatrum were engraved by Frans Hogenberg. Atlas Despite its expense, it was a big success and around 7000 copies were printed until 1612, in many editions and six different languages. Beside the Theatrum, Ortelius compiled a series of historical maps and published it in the "Parergon Theatri," which was bound with the Theatrum from 1579 onwards, or published separately. Show less
This hand-colored engraved map was first published in "Atlas Manuale A New Set of Maps of All Parts of the Earth" during the early part of the... Show moreThis hand-colored engraved map was first published in "Atlas Manuale A New Set of Maps of All Parts of the Earth" during the early part of the 18th century. Herman Moll was one of the foremost map publishers in England at this time. This highly detailed yet small map covers Arabian Peninsula eastward to the Persian Gulf and northward to Iraq and Desert of Syria, and the Red Sea region including part of Africa. It is a clear and attractive cartographic document that shows physical features, settlements, caravan trails, and tribal affiliation. by H. Moll, geographer. Relief shown pictorially. Main Heritage Compact General HC.MAP.00083 Print Map Item-ID: i11401473 BIB-ID: 1822137 Herman Moll was born in 1654 of German descent. He first came to London to work as an engraver for several publishers, and in the late 1670s set up his own business publishing atlases as well as maps of all parts of the world. His earliest known cartographic work is a series of small maps for the geography book of Sir Jonas Moore, published in 1683. Over the next fifty years he produced numerous works on classical, British and foreign geography, illustrated with maps of varying scales and detail yet in clear, distinctive style. Though his later work lacks the flamboyance of earlier productions, it is nevertheless still very pleasing to the eye. Molls best known works are the maps he produced for his folio atlas "The World Described", first published circa 1715. Perhaps Molls most famous map is the "New and Exact Map of the Dominions of the King of Great Britain on Ye Continent of North America", depicting the English colonies along the east coast. The map is more popularly called the Beaver Map after its attractive vignette scene of beavers building dams. His other works include the "Atlas Manuale" (1709), the "New and Complete Atlas" (1719), the "Atlas Minor" (1729) and "Atlas Geographus" (1711-17) in five volumes. Names of the places in English, and some are in Latin language. Show less
This is a one of the earliest printed maps of the city and beautiful example of a cornerstone map in attractive coloring. Translation of cartouche... Show moreThis is a one of the earliest printed maps of the city and beautiful example of a cornerstone map in attractive coloring. Translation of cartouche text, view of Algiers, the most powerful town of the Saracens, built in the Numidian province of Africa and situated on the edge of the Balearic Current in the Mediterranean Sea, across from Spain. The plate of Algiers depicts the formidably fortified town in a low bird's-eye view, with a figure bottom left dressed in a turban and kaftan, the coloring of which matches that of the surrounding countryside. The fortress-like layout of the town, conveniently located on a harbor, features a well-laid out Old Town with five mosques, including, in the foreground, the Great Mosque (Q) from the 11th century. While Algiers belonged to the Kingdom of Aragon after the Reconquista in 1492, in the early 16th century many Moors, Moriscos and Corsairs made Algiers and Tunis their base. Among others Ferdinand, the Catholic, campaigned against their piracy; on the other side the Turks helped the North Africans and, with the exception of Morocco, the land became part of the Ottoman Empire in 1518-1519. Bird's eye view, with key to streets, buildings, gates, and other features. Key is in Italian, but title and other text is in Latin. From Braun and Hogenberg's Civitates orbis terrarum, part 2 (Coloniae: Apud auctores, et ... apud Philippum Gallaeum, 1575-1612), leaf S9 verso. Main Heritage Compact General HC.MAP.00253 Print Map Item-ID: i11400602 BIB-ID: 1845452 Georg Braun (1541-1622) was a canon of Cologne Cathedral and was responsible for the descriptions for each of the plates in the series as well as the introductions for each volume. Braun conceived the idea of the publication and sought the advice of many artists and printers of the time in Europe. Amongst the contributors were Flemish painter and draftsman, Joris Hoefnagel and his son Jakob Hendrik van Schoel, the surveyor Jacob van Deventer of the Netherlands, the English cartographer William Smith as well as Heinrich Rantzau, to mention a few of the ones involved with the project. Special emphasis should be noted with Joris Hoefnagel [1542-1600] who was one of the most significant contributors to the Civitates. Show less
auct. Hen. Hondio. Decorated with sailing ships, fish and other animals. Map of African continent probably taken from Mercators Atlas and made some... Show moreauct. Hen. Hondio. Decorated with sailing ships, fish and other animals. Map of African continent probably taken from Mercators Atlas and made some improvements. Arabian peninsula is shown but the Persian Gulf is hindered by the title cartonche. Pictures of monsters, pirates and ships at sea. Wild animals are depicted in the continent. Dutch text about the continent on the back of the map. Main Heritage Compact General HC.MAP.00696 Print Map Item-ID: i11402064 BIB-ID: 1172549 Show less
by R. Morden Habessinia eu Abassia at Ethiopia This represents map of Ethiopia sorroundings are scattered blocks of mountains.No Scale.Size: 12.30 x... Show moreby R. Morden Habessinia eu Abassia at Ethiopia This represents map of Ethiopia sorroundings are scattered blocks of mountains.No Scale.Size: 12.30 x 13.20 cm. Published in 1680 - 1693.Coloured. Latin. sheet Main Heritage Compact General HC.MAP.00257 Print Map Item-ID: i11400614 BIB-ID: 1172404 Show less
Classical geography, Classical geography--Maps--Early works to 1800
Auctor d'Anville. Signed: Guill. De-la-Haye. Shows rivers and settlements; note. Relief shown pictorially. Ferro meridian. The map covers Europe, North... Show moreAuctor d'Anville. Signed: Guill. De-la-Haye. Shows rivers and settlements; note. Relief shown pictorially. Ferro meridian. The map covers Europe, North and Eastern Africa, Middle East to Chinese eastern border. Scale: Milliaria Romana, Hexapodis 756 definita, 1000. Stadia Greca olympica 10000. Main Heritage Compact General HC.MAP.00654 Print Map Item-ID: i11402027 BIB-ID: 1172545 Europe, North Africa and southern Asia. Show less
H. Eland delin. et fecit. Patriarchatus Alexandrini, Geographica Nova descriptio. [low l. h.]. AMSTELAEDAMI. ex. Fransiscus Halma. Typograph et... Show moreH. Eland delin. et fecit. Patriarchatus Alexandrini, Geographica Nova descriptio. [low l. h.]. AMSTELAEDAMI. ex. Fransiscus Halma. Typograph et Biblio pol. Sub. Signo constantini magni cum Previlegio [low r. h.]. H. Eland. delin. et fecit. [low l. h.]. Map of Egypt with a panoramic view [low l. h.]. Political borders. Historical names. Covers: 48-64E. 22-32N. Size: 48 x 34.50 cm. Published in 1710. Coloured. Latin. Above neatline upper right hand corner: Pag. 254. Main Heritage Display General HC.MAP.00935 Print Map Item-ID: i11402489 BIB-ID: 2769509 Show less
This is an antique map and view of the town of Oran / Algeria (Oran Munita Urbs et Comodus Ports in Ora Maritima Barbariae et Proprie in Regno... Show moreThis is an antique map and view of the town of Oran / Algeria (Oran Munita Urbs et Comodus Ports in Ora Maritima Barbariae et Proprie in Regno Telensin), Seutter, Augsburg, ca. 1750.This splendid plan typifies the style and format of a series of birds-eye plans and panoramic profiles of major cities and ports published in Germany during the eighteenth century. At top is a map of the coastline showing the fortifications of the Algerian port of Oran at the bottom is a coastal view with a fleet of ships in the foreground. The chart is richly embellished with a large allegorical title cartouche featuring Zeus and his entourage. Main Heritage Compact General HC.MAP.00252 Print Map Item-ID: i11400596 BIB-ID: 1845451 Matthäus Seutter (1678-1756) was born in 1678, the son of a goldsmith, in Augsburg. In 1697 Seutter began his studies in Nuremberg and subsequently worked in the publishing house of Jeremias Wolff in Augsburg. In 1710, he established his own publishing house and print shop. The Seutter publishing house produced a great number of maps, atlases and globes. However, very few original maps were printed there as Augsburg at that time had no university and no connection to the fields of mathematics or the natural sciences. Seutter therefore copied the work of other cartographers, making his own engravings based on their models, with over 500 maps produced in his studio. Seutter's most well-known works are the 1725 "Geographical Atlas or an Accurate Depiction of the Whole World" ("Atlas Geographicus oder Accurate Vorstellung der ganzen Welt") with 46 maps, the 1734 "Large Atlas" ("Grosser Atlas") with 131 maps, and the 1744 pocket atlas "Small Atlas" ("Atlas minor") with 64 maps. Matthäus Seutter died in 1756 and his son Albrecht Karl, his son-in-law, conrad Tobias Lotter, and his business partner, Johann Michael Probst, ran the printing business for five more years. Show less
خريطة صغيرة للامبراطورية العثمانية وتظهر فيها شبه الجزيرة العربية مفصلة،وبلاد فارسن كما يظهر فيها جزء من شرق افريقيا يضم مصر وليبيا والسودان وسواحل... Show moreخريطة صغيرة للامبراطورية العثمانية وتظهر فيها شبه الجزيرة العربية مفصلة،وبلاد فارسن كما يظهر فيها جزء من شرق افريقيا يضم مصر وليبيا والسودان وسواحل البحر الاحمر وهي ايضاً من عمل الجغرافي ورسام الخرايط الشهير موسس الاطلس الحديث البلجيكي ابراهام اورتيليس،ونشرت بواسطة ناشر الخرايط الايطالي بيترو مارشيتي في اواخر القرن السادس عشر بمدينة برشيا الايطالية سنة 1598م.الخريطة ملونة يدوياً بالالوان القديمة مقياس الخريطة 10.40. 8.20سم. This map of Arabian peninsula and neighbouring regions has no boundaries, only rivers are marked and few coastal towns and regions, Mecca and Medina are not shown. Coloured with red and yellow margins. Main Heritage Compact General HC.MAP.00263 Print Map Item-ID: i11400638 BIB-ID: 1729899 Show less
Veso has text in Latin Relief shown pictorially This map replaces the Hondius map of 1607. It contains more detail, copied from the large Hondius map... Show moreVeso has text in Latin Relief shown pictorially This map replaces the Hondius map of 1607. It contains more detail, copied from the large Hondius map, but unwisely selected (Taif, Mecca and Medina are omitted). It also covers slightly more to the east and west than the 1607 map. Main Heritage Compact General HC.MAP.00270 Print Map Item-ID: i11400651 BIB-ID: 1172408 Show less
Map of India, west of the Ganges. Relief shown pictorially. Includes names of places and natural features. In margin: Climatic and latitudinal notes. A... Show moreMap of India, west of the Ganges. Relief shown pictorially. Includes names of places and natural features. In margin: Climatic and latitudinal notes. Appears in the author's Geographia, edited by Bernard Sylvanus. Venetiis : Per Iacobum Pentium de Leucho, anno Domini 1511. Main Heritage Compact General HC.MAP.00319 Print Map Item-ID: i11400869 BIB-ID: 1728363 Show less
Descriptio per Jac. Meurs. Sigmund Gabriel Hipschmann scul. Relief shown pictorially This is a copy of the de Witt map of [1666?], detail being the... Show moreDescriptio per Jac. Meurs. Sigmund Gabriel Hipschmann scul. Relief shown pictorially This is a copy of the de Witt map of [1666?], detail being the same. The designs of the cartouches are also copied and the graticule is in the same place, but the longitude numbers are changed from 3 and 8 to 5 5 and 0. Scale: Milliaria Germanica Communia, 75. [low. l. h.] Main Heritage Compact General HC.MAP.00176 Print Map Item-ID: i11404279 BIB-ID: 1172770 Show less
This is the second map of the Arabian Peninsula ever printed, preceded only by the Bologna edition of Ptolemy in 1477. It is an Important early map... Show moreThis is the second map of the Arabian Peninsula ever printed, preceded only by the Bologna edition of Ptolemy in 1477. It is an Important early map of the Arabian peninsula and adjoining regions, which first appeared in the 1478 Rome edition of Ptolemys "Geography" created under the direction of Conrad Swenheym who apprenticed with Guttenberg, and published after Swenheyms death in 1477 by Arnold Buckinck. The present map in an excellent example of Cornad Swenheyms finely engraved map of Arabia based upon Ptolemy. As noted by Rodney Shirley, "The new copper plates engraved at Rome for the 1478 edition of Ptolemys "Geography" are much superior in clarity and craftsmanship to those of the Bologna edition. There is evidence that work on the Rome edition had been started in 1473 or 1474, and several of the plates may well have been engraved before those printed by Taddeo Crivelli at Bologna in 1477, many consider the Rome plates to be the finest Ptolemaic plates produced until Gerhard Mercator engraved his classical world atlas of 1578, Conrad Swehnheyms 1478 edition of Ptolemys work is also of tremendous importance as the first set of maps to employ the "punched letter" printing process. The map includes the towns of Medina "Lathrippa", and the archeological sites of Zubarah "Catara", and Al-Dur "Domana". The run of the edition is not known, but it is considered to be scarce, and is therefore rare and important. Until the 1477 edition was definitively dated, the 1478 edition was believed to be the first ever printed atlas. Main Heritage Compact General HC.MAP.00190 Print Map Item-ID: i11401692 BIB-ID: 1845437 Claudius Ptolemaeus (circa 100circa 170) was an influential mathematician, astronomer, astrologer, geographer and also a poet. He was a Greek-Roman citizen and lived in Alexandria, Egypt. Ptolemy was famous for a number of discoveries, out of which the most famous was a theory which expounded that the earth was the center of the universe. The term "geocentric" came to being from this theory. His achievements were considered paramount during his time and quite a number of astronomers followed it religiously (especially the Greeks), until the 17th century. Later on, the works of Ptolemy evoked more controversies and arguments than any other mathematician or geographer. Even though many of his theories were proven to be incorrect, he was among the early astronomers and mathematicians who contributed a great deal to mathematics, geography and astronomy. Show less
Autore N. Sanson. Relief shown pictorially. Map of the former Roman empire showing the patriarchates. Includes title in the decorative cartouche to... Show moreAutore N. Sanson. Relief shown pictorially. Map of the former Roman empire showing the patriarchates. Includes title in the decorative cartouche to the upper right. Includes inset map of the wanderings of the Israelites in the desert to the lower left. Main Heritage Compact General HC.MAP.00289 Print Map Item-ID: i11400717 BIB-ID: 2760549 Show less
Relief shown pictorially From Gerard Mercator's edition of Claudii Ptolemaei Tabulae Geographicae Orbis Terrarum, possibly from a later edition... Show moreRelief shown pictorially From Gerard Mercator's edition of Claudii Ptolemaei Tabulae Geographicae Orbis Terrarum, possibly from a later edition published in Amsterdam This map covers the Persia, some islands of the region are well marked. Series of mountain ranges. Scale in the cartouche. Main Heritage Compact General HC.MAP.00290 Print Map Item-ID: i11400729 BIB-ID: 1172415 Show less