Christopher Columbus
Engraving by Johann Theodor de Bry. Proof impression of the plate printed on page 3 of Theodor de Bry, ed., Americae pars quinta (German edition: Americae das funffte Buch), Frankfurt, 1595. (Copies in Rosenwal... more
![New Inventions of Modern Times [Nova Reperta], Amerigo Vespucci Discovering the Southern Cross with an Astrolabium, plate 18](https://cdn2.picryl.com/photo/1600/01/01/new-inventions-of-modern-times-nova-reperta-amerigo-vespucci-discovering-the-ce2ff3-640.jpg "New Inventions of Modern Times [Nova Reperta], Amerigo Vespucci Discovering the Southern Cross with an Astrolabium, plate 18")
![Africæ antiquæ, et quarundam Europæ, Asiæque adiacentium regionum, accurata delineatio ad historiarum lucem a Nicolao Blancardo Batavo, Leidensi historiarum et politices professore [map]](https://cdn6.picryl.com/photo/1698/12/31/africae-antiquae-et-quarundam-europae-asiaeque-adiacentium-regionum-accurata-7c3e16-640.jpg "Africæ antiquæ, et quarundam Europæ, Asiæque adiacentium regionum, accurata delineatio ad historiarum lucem a Nicolao Blancardo Batavo, Leidensi historiarum et politices professore [map]")
Baptista Boazio's Irlandiæ c. 1606 = Irlandiæ accvrata descriptio.
Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Relief shown pictorially. Oriented with north to the right.
Sunshū fuchū oshiro no zu.
Pen-and-ink and watercolor. Shows the plan, and the layout of the Sunpujō castle in Shizuoka-shi, Japan. Ms. the copier and the date not known. Title from title piece mounted on cover. "Tōkyō Teikoku Daigaku zō... more
Descripsion des costs, pts., rades, illes de la Nouuele France faict s...
Shows coast of North America from western Nova Scotia to Cape Cod. Relief shown pictorially. Gift; Henry Harrisse; 1910. Pen-and-ink with green wash. Vellum chart collection, no. 15. LC Nautical charts on vellu... more
![[Terrestrial globe gores].](https://cdn18.picryl.com/photo/2019/11/28/terrestrial-globe-gores-e939fa-640.jpg "[Terrestrial globe gores].")
[Terrestrial globe gores].
Relief shown pictorially. Title supplied by cataloger. Reissued by Giuseppe di Rossi in 1615. Dedication in upper hemisphere: Illmo. viro optimaraq. artium amatori et Fautori D. Paulo Mellino Romano ... In lowe... more
![[Map of Mexico City and environs, showing some buildings] / Samuel Estradanus sculptist, Didac Cisneros inventor](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1618/01/01/map-of-mexico-city-and-environs-showing-some-buildings-samuel-estradanus-sculptist-640.jpg "[Map of Mexico City and environs, showing some buildings] / Samuel Estradanus sculptist, Didac Cisneros inventor")
[Map of Mexico City and environs, showing some buildings] / Samuel Est...
Engraving by Samuel Estradanus. Illus. in: Diego Cisneros' Sitio, naturaleza y propriedades dela Ciudad de Mexico (1618). Reference copy may be in Geog. File (Graphics) Mexico Mexico City. This record contains ... more
![[Map of SE Asia, Dutch East Indies, & Philippines]](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1619/01/01/map-of-se-asia-dutch-east-indies-and-philippines-640.jpg "[Map of SE Asia, Dutch East Indies, & Philippines]")
![[Map of Straits of Magellan, showing Patagonian Indians greeting Dutchmen; penguin]](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1619/01/01/map-of-straits-of-magellan-showing-patagonian-indians-greeting-dutchmen-penguin-640.jpg "[Map of Straits of Magellan, showing Patagonian Indians greeting Dutchmen; penguin]")
Virginia /
Sixth state. Relief shown pictorially. Oriented with north to the right. Accompanied by 2 exhibit notes and LC jacket note. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
![[Map of northern coast of S. America, showing mouths of Amazon and Orinoco rivers. Illus. with dwellings, boats, animals; Indians killing boa]](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1624/01/01/map-of-northern-coast-of-s-america-showing-mouths-of-amazon-and-orinoco-rivers-640.jpg "[Map of northern coast of S. America, showing mouths of Amazon and Orinoco rivers. Illus. with dwellings, boats, animals; Indians killing boa]")
[Map of northern coast of S. America, showing mouths of Amazon and Ori...
Illus. in: Reys-Boeck van het rijcke, Brasilien (Dordrecht?,1624). This record contains unverified, old data from caption card, and subsequent revisions. Caption card tracings: Maps; South America; Snakes; Braz... more
New England.
Available also through the Library of Congress web site as a raster image. Vault
![Andalusia et Granada [Material cartográfico]](https://cdn8.picryl.com/photo/1628/12/31/andalusia-et-granada-material-cartografico-7a1c04-640.jpg "Andalusia et Granada [Material cartográfico]")
Andalusia et Granada [Material cartográfico]
Márgenes graduados.
Accuratissima Brasiliæ tabula.
Relief shown pictorially. Oriented with north to the right. Item 67 in LC G&M Leo Belgicus exhibit, Nov. 1993 to May 1994. Includes insets of "Baya de todos os Sanctos" and "Villa d'Olinda de Pernambuco" and il... more
Venezuela, cum parte Auftrali Novae Andalausiae.
Place names in Spanish. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. 2 copies; 1 copy as of 07/27/98 Vault
![[Sphendonē], hoc est, fvnda Posidonii.](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/2019/09/12/sphendone-hoc-est-fvnda-posidonii-5c216c-640.jpg "[Sphendonē], hoc est, fvnda Posidonii.")
[Sphendonē], hoc est, fvnda Posidonii.
From Bertius' Ancient Geography. Paris, 1630. In Latin and Greek. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
![[A portolan chart of the Atlantic Ocean and adjacent continents].](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/2019/10/03/a-portolan-chart-of-the-atlantic-ocean-and-adjacent-continents-9c9859-640.jpg "[A portolan chart of the Atlantic Ocean and adjacent continents].")
[A portolan chart of the Atlantic Ocean and adjacent continents].
Also shows the southeast Pacific Ocean, the southwest Indian Ocean, as well as the continents of South America, Africa, Europe, and portions of North America and Asia. Relief shown pictorially. Title supplied b... more
![Virginiae partis australis, et Floridae partis orientalis, interjacentiumq[ue] regionum nova descriptio.](https://cdn6.picryl.com/photo/1638/12/31/virginiae-partis-australis-et-floridae-partis-orientalis-interjacentiumque-0a5142-640.jpg "Virginiae partis australis, et Floridae partis orientalis, interjacentiumq[ue] regionum nova descriptio.")
Caerte vande Bay St. Tiago : gelegen op 't Eylant Cvba, op de Hoochtv ...
Relief shown pictorially and by gradient tints. Shows Santiago Bay and vicinity on the island of Cuba including pictorial presentation of the city of Santiago. Pen-and-ink and watercolor. Attributed to Joan Vin... more
Noort Rivier in Niew Neerlandt.
Relief shown pictorially. Depths shown by soundings. Shows the Hudson River from Manhattan Island to Albany, natural features, and other geographical entities in the region. Pen-and-ink and watercolor. Attribut... more
![[Map of the Peninsula of Florida].](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/2019/09/05/map-of-the-peninsula-of-florida-bdbca0-640.jpg "[Map of the Peninsula of Florida].")
[Map of the Peninsula of Florida].
Depths shown by soundings. Shows the Peninsula of Florida and adjacent islands from Rio de las Flores and includes coastline, coastal features, and pictorial representation of palm trees along the Atlantic Coas... more
![[Map of the complete island of Cuba].](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1639/01/01/map-of-the-complete-island-of-cuba-640.jpg "[Map of the complete island of Cuba].")
Caert vande Svydt Rivier in Niew Nederland.
Relief shown pictorially. Depths shown by soundings. Shows the region of the Delaware Bay and river, natural features, and other geographical entities. Pen-and-ink and watercolor. Attributed to Joan Vinckeboons... more