Beltrami's Search for the Source of the Mississippi
After a lonely and hazardous journey (especially after he quarrelled and parted company with Major Stephen Long’s expedition) Beltrami (1779-1855) ...
View full detailsAfter a lonely and hazardous journey (especially after he quarrelled and parted company with Major Stephen Long’s expedition) Beltrami (1779-1855) ...
View full detailsA View of the Town and Castle of St. Augustine, and the English Camp before it June 20, 1740. by Thos. Silver This is a contemporary plan of the ab...
View full detailsChorographia Terrae Sanctae in angustiorem formam redacta, et ex variis auctoribus a multibus erroribus expurgata This map of the Holy Land, after ...
View full detailsMoluccae Insulae This map shows the Maluku Islands (or Moluccas), part of the volcanic Indonesian archipelago known to contemporary Europeans as th...
View full detailsThis is one of the earliest obtainable views of Venice, derived from a larger woodcut by Dutch artist Erhard Reuwich, which was published in the fi...
View full detailsThis is one of the earliest obtainable views of Florence, derived from a lost engraving by Francesco Rosselli. The woodcuts were created in the wor...
View full detailsHumoristiche satyrische Karte von Kriegsschauplatze This Austrian pictorial map satirising the Crimean War was published in July 1854 in No. 55 the...
View full detailsCondition & Materials Circular folding map of the environs of Paris, 79 x 79 cm, engraved by Barrière (Pére) after Bariolle, black and white, d...
View full detailsThis route map was published in a report to Congress as ‘Letter from the postmaster general transmitting a report of General Bernard, of surveys of...
View full detailsThis of Cape Verde was published 'Geography Rectified' in various editions from 1680 onward. Condition & Materials Copper engraving, 11.5 x 13...
View full detailsThis map of the province of Groningen in the Netherlands, set within an elaborate strapwork border, was published in the ‘Atlas Minor’. A new serie...
View full detailsCarmagnola, just south of Turin in Piedmont, was fought over and extensively remodelled in the mid seventeenth-century; it was briefly recaptured b...
View full detailsExigua & celeberrima Verruca […] This is a map of Verrua Savoia, north east of Turin in Piedmont. Blaeu’s townbook of Savoy and Piedmont was fi...
View full detailsVilla Nova dell’ Astegiana This is a map of Villanova d’Asti, in Piedmont. Blaeu’s townbook of Savoy and Piedmont was first published by the Blaeu ...
View full detailsFons Herculeus: Cum Suis Colosso, Cryptoporticu, Antris, Sacellis, Scalis, Dioetis, Tricliniis, Statuis, Signis, Tabulis, Coeterisque Musivis, ac m...
View full detailsRumiliacum vulgo Rumilly Blaeu’s townbook of Savoy and Piedmont was first published by the Blaeu heirs in 1682, but the plates were purchased and r...
View full detailsMoustiers Blaeu’s townbook of Savoy and Piedmont was first published by the Blaeu heirs in 1682, but the plates were purchased and reissued (with B...
View full detailsThis map of Demonte in Piedmont was engraved by Juvenal Boetto. Blaeu’s townbook of Savoy and Piedmont was first published by the Blaeu heirs in 16...
View full detailsCamberium / Chambery Blaeu’s townbook of Savoy and Piedmont was first published by the Blaeu heirs in 1682, but the plates were purchased and reiss...
View full detailsFamosae in. Archipelago, Chius hodie Scio Insulae, victricibus nuper Venetorum classe et armis Turcarum imperio ereptae, nec non aliarum adjacentiu...
View full detailsThis miniature map of the Low Countries was published in the first edition of Tabularum geographicarum contractarum libri, a geographical work whic...
View full detailsThis map of Sicily is from the second series of maps engraved by Philip Galle for the Epitome, the pocket atlas version of Ortelius’ Theatrum. Cond...
View full detailsTypus Regni Neapolitani This map of the Kingdom of Naples is from the second series of maps engraved by Philip Galle for the Epitome, the pocket at...
View full detailsLate Theatre Services by Tramway is one of at least three posters designed by Haythorne for LCC Trams, the others being ‘Dull days made bright in t...
View full detailsLondon Restored or Sir John Evelyn’s Plan for Rebuilding the Antient Metropolis after the Fire in 1666 Evelyn, Wren and Hooke were among the archit...
View full detailsCarte de la Coste d’Arabie, Mer Rouge, et Golfe de Perse. A map of the Arabian peninsula. Jacques Nicolas Bellin the elder (1703-1772) was first ch...
View full detailsThe Parish of St Johns Wapping; The Parish of St. Paul Shadwell This detailed ward plan of Wapping and Shadwell includes Execution Dock, where sent...
View full detailsBurma – Gulf of Mataban – Rangoon River and Approaches This chart covers the mouth of the river between Rangoon (Yangon) and the sea. It shows vill...
View full detailsThis map of Canterbury is from Hermannides' Magna Britannia. Nearly all of the plans are based on the small inset plans shown on John Speed's count...
View full detailsThis map of Rochester is from Hermannides' Magna Britannia. Nearly all of the plans are based on the small inset plans shown on John Speed's county...
View full detailsThis map of Lancaster is from Hermannides' Magna Britannia. Nearly all of the plans are based on the small inset plans shown on John Speed's county...
View full detailsThis map of Gloucester is from Hermannides' Magna Britannia. Nearly all of the plans are based on the small inset plans shown on John Speed's count...
View full detailsA New and Correct Map of North Wales Robert Morden's maps were engraved to illustrate Gibson's edition of William Camden's Britannia, first publish...
View full detailsCamaldulensium, nondum omnino absoluta ad Lancei oppidum eremus This is the Camaldolese hermitage near Lanzo Torinese in Piedmont (which is visible...
View full detailsThis is a map of Revello, near Cuneo in Piedmont. Blaeu’s townbook of Savoy and Piedmont was first published by the Blaeu heirs in 1682, but the pl...
View full detailsThis is a map of Ormea, near Cuneo in Piedmont. Blaeu’s townbook of Savoy and Piedmont was first published by the Blaeu heirs in 1682, but the plat...
View full detailsCartusia Vallis Pisii, fundata 1173 This is the Charterhouse of Pesio, a Carthusian foundation near Cuneo in Piedmont. Blaeu’s townbook of Savoy an...
View full detailsThis map shows the ‘Germanic’ regions of Europe, including the Low Countries, Poland and Austria, and was engraved by Jodocus Hondius for the ‘Atla...
View full detailsBritannia et Normandia cum consiniis This map of Brittany and Normandy was engraved by Jodocus Hondius for the ‘Atlas Minor’. Condition & Mater...
View full detailsWest Indies – Tobago – Scarborough – Rockly Bay This chart of Rockly Bay shows soundings etc, with interior detail of relief, roads and settlements...
View full detailsThis chart of Jamaica shows soundings etc, with interior detail of relief, roads and settlements, and an inset of Morant Cays. First published in 1...
View full detailsAntilles – Ile de la Grenade This detailed chart of Grenada was derived from British Admiralty surveys. Condition & Materials French naval char...
View full detailsAntilles – Ile de Culebra ou du Passage This detailed chart of Isla Culebra (now an island-municipality of Puerto Rico) was derived from British Ad...
View full detailsA new gradually encreasing Compass-Map of part of the Sea Coasts of England, in which is contained the Coasts of Sussex, extending from Eastwards o...
View full detailsCarte de L’Arabie, du Golfe Persique et de la Mer Rouge, avec L’Egypte, La Nubie et L’Abissinie This map of Arabia was published in an Italian edit...
View full detailsThis view shows the major eruption of Vesuvius in December 1631, published by Merian and his heirs in various works, including the Itinerarium Ital...
View full detailsThis is a view of the Solfatara volcanic crater, mythological home of Vulcan in the Phlegraean Fields at Pozzuoli, near Naples. It was published by...
View full detailsThis plan of of Ostia was published by Merian and his heirs in various works, including the Itinerarium Italiae of 1640, the Archontologia cosmica ...
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