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  1. Title: Genehoa, Jaloffi, et Sierraliones regna / Joannis Janssonii.

    • Not specified
    • 1664
    Contributors:

    Summary: Relief shown pictorially. Map oriented with north to the left. Includes a decorative title cartouche and compass rose. Scale approximately 3,100,000.

  2. Title: Polus Antarcticus

    • Not specified
    • 1650
    Contributors:

    Summary: 500 Hemispherical map centered on the South Pole to the Tropic of Capricorn; includes southern parts of South America and South Africa and the west and south coasts of Australia. Relief and vegetation shown pictorially.; 500 Illustrated corners contain native scenes, including animals, birds, boats and a representation of a penguin.; This is the third state of the Polus Antarcticus map, with text verso: Polus Antarcticus, cum regionibus subjacentibus, & maribus illum alluentibus [Description of the South Pole and the land which lies around it]. 44 x 50 centimeters, on sheet 49 x 57 centimeters

  3. Title: Genehoa, Jaloffi, et Sierraliones regna

    • Not specified
    • 1600
    Contributors:

    Summary: Extent: 1 map Notes: Relief shown pictorially. Map oriented with north to the left. Includes a decorative title cartouche and compass rose.

  4. Title: Angilae, Scotiae, et Hiberniae, sive Britannicar: insularum descriptio; Amstelodami. Excudebat Ioannes Ianssonius. Anno 1621.

    • Not specified
    • 1621
    Contributors:

    Summary: Relief shown pictorially. Map is oriented with North to the right. Vignette in lower right corner shows three portraits of royalty and two birds with flowers in their beaks, around text, "Ea insula quae hodie duo Regna, Anglicum nempe & Scoticum continet, cum Hibernia illi ab Occidente opposita, e insulis circumjacentibus, ut sunt Orcades, Hebrides, Mondvectis & ceterae, a veteribus communi olim vocabulo Britannicae appellatae fuerunt; nmine uti videtur sumpto ab earum maxima, quam singulariter Britanniam dixe: re. idque ab ejus genuino et antiquissimo autochtho: num vocabulo Prydain, ut Humfredo placet." Coat of arms in the upper left corner, and scattered through the sea are drawings of ships, people or mermen waist-deep in the water blowing shells, and a woman and man holding a trident and riding a reined hippocamp. Thought to be from Atlantis Maioris Appendix, 1:202 in Koeman's. 1 map; 33 x 48 cm.

  5. Title: North Africa, 1670 (Raster Image)

    • Raster data
    • 2012
    Contributors:

    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Barbaria Biledulgerid o : Libye et pars Nigritarum terra. It was published by J. von Meurs in 1670. Scale [ca. 1:12,250,000]. Covers North Africa and parts of Europe. Map in Latin.The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the Africa Lambert Conformal Conic projected coordinate system. All map collar and inset information is also available as part of the raster image, including any inset maps, profiles, statistical tables, directories, text, illustrations, index maps, legends, or other information associated with the principal map. This map shows features such as drainage, cities and other human settlements, roads and routes, territorial boundaries, shoreline features, and more. Relief shown pictorially. Includes illustrations.This layer is part of a selection of digitally scanned and georeferenced historic maps from the Harvard Map Collection. These maps typically portray both natural and manmade features. The selection represents a range of originators, ground condition dates, scales, and map purposes.

  6. Title: New England and Middle Atlantic States, 1671 (Raster Image)

    • Raster data
    • 2007
    Contributors:

    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Novi Belgii, quod nunc Novi Jorck vocatur, Novae q[ue] Angliae & partis Virginiae : accuratissima et novissima delineatio. It was published by J. Meurs for Arnoldus Montanus' De Nieuwe en onbekende weereld, 1671. p. 122-123. Scale [ca. 1:3,500,000]. Covers the northeast Atlantic States from Maine to Virginia, and a portion of Canada. In Latin. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the Mercator (world) projection. All map collar and inset information is also available as part of the raster image, including any inset maps, profiles, statistical tables, directories, text, illustrations, or other information associated with the principal map. This map shows features such as human settlements, Native American tribal lands, drainage, shoreline features, and more. Relief is shown pictorially. Includes illustrations and illustrative cartouche. This layer is part of a selection of digitally scanned and georeferenced historic maps of New England from the Harvard Map Collection. These maps typically portray both natural and manmade features. The selection represents a range of regions, originators, ground condition dates, scales, and purposes.

  7. Title: Aria Attol

    • Early maps
    • 1753
    Contributors:

    Summary: Cartographic Details: Scale [1:70,000] (E 96°45'--E 96°59'/S 11°47'--S 12°15'). Relief shown by soundings. Possibly from: De Nieuwe Groote Lichtende Zee-Fakkel / by een gebragt en opgestelt door Jan de Marre ... in 't Licht gebragt door Joannes van Keulen. Amsterdam : by Joannes van Keulen, Boek-en Kaartverkoper aan de Nieuwe Brug in de gekroonde Lootsman, 1753. 38 x 62 centimeters

  8. Title: Pas caart van de Cocos-Eylanden

    • Not specified
    • 1753
    Contributors:

    Summary: Cartographic Details: Scale [1:220,000] (E 96°45'--E 96°59'/S 11°47'--S 12°15'). Relief shown by soundings. Possibly from: De Nieuwe Groote Lichtende Zee-Fakkel / by een gebragt en opgestelt door Jan de Marre ... in 't Licht gebragt door Joannes van Keulen. Amsterdam : by Joannes van Keulen, Boek-en Kaartverkoper aan de Nieuwe Brug in de gekroonde Lootsman, 1753. Contents: Coastal profiles: Aldus vertoont het Noordelijkste van de Cocos Eijlanden ... -- Aldus Vertoonenzig drie van de Zuijdelijke Cocos Eijlanden. 23 x 26 centimeters

  9. Title: Het Eyland Diego Rais

    • Early maps
    • 1753
    Contributors:

    Summary: Cartographic Details: Scale not given (E 71°--E 73°/S 5°--S 7°). Relief shown by soundings. Second map depicts The Dangerous Shoals of S. BrandaÃÉo and lists the location; could not match this to any known geography, though a Vingboons map on page 376 of Grote atlas van de Verenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie volume 5 (from 1665-1670) shows"S. BrandaÃÉo" to the NE of Rodrigues Island. Possibly from: De Nieuwe Groote Lichtende Zee-Fakkel / by een gebragt en opgestelt door Jan de Marre ... in 't Licht gebragt door Joannes van Keulen. Amsterdam : by Joannes van Keulen, Boek-en Kaartverkoper aan de Nieuwe Brug in de gekroonde Lootsman, 1753. 38 x 62 centimeters

  10. Title: [British Indian Ocean Territory]

    • Early maps
    • 1753
    Contributors:

    Summary: Cartographic Details: Scale not given (E 71°--E 73°/S 5°--S 7°). Relief shown by soundings. Title supplied by cataloger. Both maps include costal profiles. Possibly from: De Nieuwe Groote Lichtende Zee-Fakkel / by een gebragt en opgestelt door Jan de Marre ... in 't Licht gebragt door Joannes van Keulen. Amsterdam : by Joannes van Keulen, Boek-en Kaartverkoper aan de Nieuwe Brug in de gekroonde Lootsman, 1753. 23 x 26 centimeters

  11. Title: De Modder Bay van Cranganoor : op de kust van Malabaar de dieptens zyn alle voeten

    • Nautical charts
    • 1720
    Contributors:

    Summary: Cartographic Details: Scale approximately 1:38,016 ; (E 76°07'55"--E 76°14'03"/N 10°13'17"--N 10°07'25"). Date from previous call number. Relief shown pictorially; depth shown by soundings. 23 x 26 centimeters

  12. Title: Nieuwe afteekening van Bombay : en omleggende Eylanden gelegen aan de kust van Decam

    • Nautical charts
    • 1720
    Contributors:

    Summary: Cartographic Details: Scale approximately 1:60,000. (E 72°47'17"--E 72°57'07"/N 18°59'18"--N 18°49'31"). Date from previous call number. Oriented with north to the left. Relief shown pictorially; depth shown by soundings. 42 x 52 centimeters

  13. Title: De Kust van Madure

    • Nautical charts
    • 1720
    Contributors:

    Summary: Cartographic Details: Scale approximately 1:95,040 ; (E 78°05'36"--E 78°16'29"/N 8°45'12"--N 8°31'01"). Cartographic Details: Scale approximately 1:31,680 ; (E 78°08'15"--E 78°13'18"/N 8°49'03"--N 8°42'12"). Date from previous call number. Nationality of factories indicated by flags. Oriented with north to the right. Relief shown pictorially; depth shown by soundings. 23 x 26 centimeters, sheet 38 x 61 centimeters

  14. Title: Paskaart van de Maldivische Eylanden : ats mede de zuydelykste kusten van Malabaar en Coromandel, beneffens de west kust van Cey

    • Nautical charts
    • 1720
    Contributors:

    Summary: Cartographic Details: Scale approximately 1:2,200,000. (E 72°09'00"--E 76°50'00"/N 10°00'00"--S 0°01'00"). Date from previous call number. Relief shown pictorially; depth shown by soundings. 48 x 56 centimeters

  15. Title: By de Maldivische Eylanden

    • Nautical charts
    • 1720
    Contributors:

    Summary: Cartographic Details: Scale approximately 1:633,600 ; (E 72°51'00"--E 73°44'00"/N 1°04'00"--S 0°01'00"). Date from previous call number. Relief shown pictorially; depth shown by soundings. 23 x 26 centimeters, on sheet 40 x 61 centimeters

  16. Title: De Kust van Coromandel

    • Nautical charts
    • 1720
    Contributors:

    Summary: Cartographic Details: Scale approximately 1:335,000 ; (E 80°00'00"--E 81°23'00"/N 14°08'00"--N 12°31'00"). Cartographic Details: Scale approximately 1:4,500. Date from previous call number. Oriented with north to the right. Relief shown pictorially; depth shown by soundings. 23 x 26 centimeters, sheet 39 x 61 centimeters

  17. Title: Tinkoomen van de Rivier van Suratte

    • Nautical charts
    • 1720
    Contributors:

    Summary: Cartographic Details: Scale approximately 1:21,000 ; (E 72°34'31"--E 72°50'25"/N 21°14'19"--N 20°45'25"). Date from previous call number. Relief shown pictorially; depth shown by soundings. Oriented with north to the upper-right. 27 x 47 centimeters

  18. Title: Nieuwe afteekening van de Kust van Coromandel en een gedeelte van de Kust van Golconda : strekkende van de noorthoek van Ceylon

    • Nautical charts
    • 1720
    Contributors:

    Summary: Cartographic Details: Scale approximately 1:1,800,000 ; (E 78°50'00"--E 85°22'00"/N 19°10'00"--N 9°50'00"). Date from previous call number. Shows flags on coast indicating nationality of factories. Relief shown pictorially; depth shown by soundings. 49 x 57 centimeters

  19. Title: Pas caart van een gedeelte van de Kusten van Cuncancanara en Malabar : met het noorlykste van de Maldivische Eylanden in de Oost

    • Nautical charts
    • 1720
    Contributors:

    Summary: Cartographic Details: Scale approximately 1:1,450,000 ; (E 69°30'00"--E 76°30'00"/N 16°10'00"--N 9°50'00"). Date from previous call number. Shows flags on coast indicating nationality of factories. Relief shown pictorially; depth shown by soundings. 49 x 57 centimeters

  20. Title: Archipelagusche eylanden

    • Image data
    • 1690
    Contributors:

    Summary: Depths shown by soundings. From an unidentified atlas, plate XVI. Inset: De stadt en haven van Rhodus. "Met privilegie."

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