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...
Relief shown pictorially. "Per livinum algoet auctorem Gerardus de Lode excudebat." "Ioannes a Duetecu Lucas a Duetecu fecerunt." Includes numerous small illustrations of ships and sea creatures. Latin text on verso: Svetia, Gothia et...
Relief shown pictorially. From de Jode's Specvlvm orbis terrae. Attributed to Antoine Wiericx. cf. Phillips. Illustrated with ships and fanciful sea creatures. On verso (fol. 12), text titled Qvivirae Regnum. This map is sometimes advertised...
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. ...
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...
Shows north coast of Russia with Nova Zemla, Norway, Sweden and Spitsbergen (shown as Greenland on map). From John Seller's The English Pilot, 1671. Hand colored. Illustrated with ships, fanciful creatures, compass rose and decorative cartouche....
Shows routes of Barentsz' voyage. State 1 of T. de Bry's adaptation of Willem Barentsz' 1598 map; lacks Latin title and statement of scale found in state 2. Illustrated with compass rose, ships and fanciful sea creatures. Hand colored; 28 x 36...
Shows tracks of Cook's three voyages. 1 map : outline col. ; 28 cm. diam., on sheet 45 x 60 cm. Includes table labeled "Valore des Gradi del Meridiano e di quelli des Parelleli…" Relief shown pictorially. "Tom. I No. 6". Illustrated with fanciful...
Shows tracks of Cook's three voyages. Includes table labeled "Valore des Gradi del Meridiano e di quelli des Parelleli…" Relief shown pictorially. "Tom. I No. 5". Illustrated with fanciful creatures and vines. Hand colored outlines. Published in...