Shows north and south polar projections of the world. Relief shown pictorially. Southern Hemisphere illustrated with whale and ship; borders surrounding hemispheres illustrated with clouds, the Four Winds, fanciful creatures and vines. 42.4 x...
"Dediee et presente au roy par son tres humble, tres obeysant, et tres fidele serviteur et sujet Louis Claude de Vezou." "Gravee par J. Lattre." Includes 11 circular charts showing solar and lunar eclipses, positions of the horizon, and models of...
Double hemisphere showing "Pars Borealis" and "Pars Australis". Relief shown pictorially. Double cordiform projection. Considered the most influential polar world map published in the sixteenth century; prototype for Mercator's double cordiform...
One map on 2 sheets. "By Robt. Morden & Will'm. Berry." Shows California as an island; much of the Arctic is blank. Relief shown pictorially. Ancillary map: [Polar projection of the arctic and subarctic]. Decorative cartouche including Captain...
One map on 2 sheets. Shows California as an island; much of the arctic is blank. Relief shown pictorially. Ancillary map: [Polar projection of the arctic and subarctic]. Decorative cartouche including Captain John Wood's coat of arms. Many...
Shows world from north pole to the Tropic of Capricorn within sphere, with mountain ranges continuing into the sea and surfacing on different continents, and southern landmasses drawn outside sphere. Relief shown by hachures. From Gentleman's...
Relief shown pictorially. Map of the world, showing "America von Christophoro Columbo in Mahmen des Konigs In Castilien Erstlich Orfundejm Jahr 1492, und von Americo Vesputio den Kahmen emy = fangen A.1499". Lettering in both Latin and German. ...
Relief shown pictorially. Contemporary color. Shows world in two spheres, with California as an island. Shows routes of Shouton, Drake, Cavendish, and others. Border contains renditions of the sun and moon, and a compass rose. Includes keys of...
Shows coast of Greenland connecting to North America and California as an island. Relief shown pictorially. "Cornelis Danckerts, exc." Planisphere. Heavily illustrated in margins. In color. 48.3 cm. diameter, on sheet 61 x 54.5...
A slightly enlarged version of Gastaldi's 1548 Ptolemy; in 1561 a new translation of Ptolemy by Ruscelli was published in Venice by Valgrisi, and the same map plates were used for Latin editions in 1562 and 1564. Relief shown pictorially. Text on...
Relief shown pictorially. Hand colored. Northwestern North America and western Arctic labeled, "Parts Undiscovered." "Vol. 1 page 1" in upper left corner.
Published in [London] in [1760?]. Scale is not given (W180 00 E180 00 N80...
Hand colored. From Renard's Atlas de la Navigation (1715). Polar projection. Sheet illustrated with the figure of Atlas carrying the globe in the shape of a planisphere. Shows California as an island.
Naval chart, which is a slightly enlarged version of Gastaldi's Ptolemy published in 1548. In 1561 a new translation of Ptolemy by Ruscelli was published in Venice by Valgrisi, and Latin editions in 1562 and 1564 used the same map plates. This copy...
Illustrated. In color. No. 2 from E. Wells' A new sett of maps both of antient and present geography. "Dedicated to his Highness William, Duke of Gloucester." "Delin. M. Burghers, Sculpt. Univ. Oxon." Double-hemisphere map of the world, with...
Relief shown pictorially. 2 maps on 1 sheet, each 35 cm. dia., in color. Illustrated border. " Redactus, accurante Robert de Vaugondy, Geographo Regis Ordinario."
Published in Paris by Robert de Vaugondy in 1752 Scale not given.