Holy Land from BL Eg 872, f. 198v
Diagram of the Holy Land. Image taken from f. 198v of Commentary on the Pentateuch with the ~Haftarot~ (ff. 1-240) on the Five Scrolls (~Hamesh megillot~; ff. 240v-270), and on the ~Haftarot~ for festivals (ff... more
Holy Land from BL Eg 872, f. 199
Diagram of the Holy Land. Image taken from f. 199 of Commentary on the Pentateuch with the ~Haftarot~ (ff. 1-240) on the Five Scrolls (~Hamesh megillot~; ff. 240v-270), and on the ~Haftarot~ for festivals (ff.... more
La Peregrination en Terre Sainte (Pilgrimage to the Holy Land)
Translated by Nicolas Le Huen (active 15th century)
Die neuwen Inseln, so hinder Hispanien gegen Orient bey dem land India...
Relief shown pictorially. South America labeled in German, geographic features otherwise in Latin. Appears in the author's Cosmographei. Basel, Switzerland. 1550. Available also through the Library of Congress ... more
![[Title page of A briefe and true report of the new found land of Virginia, with five Indians posed in architectural border]](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1590/01/01/title-page-of-a-briefe-and-true-report-of-the-new-found-land-of-virginia-with-640.jpg "[Title page of A briefe and true report of the new found land of Virginia, with five Indians posed in architectural border]")
[Title page of A briefe and true report of the new found land of Virgi...
Engraving by Theodor de Bry. Illus. in: A briefe and true report..., Francoforti ad Moenvm : Typus I. Wecheli, sumtibus ver T. de Bry, 1590. Reference copy may be in LOT 4411. This record contains unverified, o... more
Johann ohne Land, König von England
1601 / 1750
Johann ohne Land, König von England
1601 / 1750
Johann ohne Land, König von England
1601 / 1750
Plate 29: Civilis Floods the Land by Defensively Breaking the Dikes, f...
Antonio Tempesta (Italian, Florence 1555–1630 Rome)
Aftermath of the Flood: human bodies strewn on dry land in the foregro...
Crispijn de Passe the Elder (Netherlandish, Arnemuiden 1564–1637 Utrecht)
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
![[Explorers working on land, houses in the distance, two boats on a river]](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1646/01/01/explorers-working-on-land-houses-in-the-distance-two-boats-on-a-river-640.jpg "[Explorers working on land, houses in the distance, two boats on a river]")
[Explorers working on land, houses in the distance, two boats on a ri...
Plate 4. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Illus. in: Bontekoe, Willem Ysbrandsz. Ovrnael ofte gedenckwaerdige beschrijvinghe vande Oost-Indische reyse..., Hoorn : Ghedruckt by I. Wil... more
![Francesco I d'Este Secures the Fort and the Land to Protect from the German Troops, from L'Idea di un Principe ed Eroe Cristiano in Francesco I d'Este, di Modena e Reggio Duca VIII [...]](https://cdn2.picryl.com/photo/1659/01/01/francesco-i-dand39este-secures-the-fort-and-the-land-to-protect-from-the-german-637441-640.jpg "Francesco I d'Este Secures the Fort and the Land to Protect from the German Troops, from L'Idea di un Principe ed Eroe Cristiano in Francesco I d'Este, di Modena e Reggio Duca VIII [...]")
![A map of ye English empire in ye continent of America. Viz Virginia New York Mary Land New I[J]arsey Carolina New England.](https://cdn6.picryl.com/photo/1679/12/31/a-map-of-ye-english-empire-in-ye-continent-of-america-viz-virginia-new-york-911d8d-640.jpg "A map of ye English empire in ye continent of America. Viz Virginia New York Mary Land New I[J]arsey Carolina New England.")
![A new mapp of America : devided according to the best and latest observations and discoveries, wherein are described by their proper names, the seaverall countries that belonge to ye English, which are wholly left out in all French and Dutch maps, viz. New Scotland, Long Island, N. York, N. Jarsey, Mary Land, Pensilvania, Carrolina, et[c].](https://cdn6.picryl.com/photo/1690/12/31/a-new-mapp-of-america-devided-according-to-the-best-and-latest-observations-65ce01-640.jpg "A new mapp of America : devided according to the best and latest observations and discoveries, wherein are described by their proper names, the seaverall countries that belonge to ye English, which are wholly left out in all French and Dutch maps, viz. New Scotland, Long Island, N. York, N. Jarsey, Mary Land, Pensilvania, Carrolina, et[c].")
![[Arms] By His Excellency the Governor. Whereas it hath been of absolute necessity, that a certain number of men should be impressed, for the service of their Majesties, in defence of this their Province, both at sea and land, against the common](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1692/01/01/arms-by-his-excellency-the-governor-whereas-it-hath-been-of-absolute-necessity-640.jpg "[Arms] By His Excellency the Governor. Whereas it hath been of absolute necessity, that a certain number of men should be impressed, for the service of their Majesties, in defence of this their Province, both at sea and land, against the common")
[Arms] By His Excellency the Governor. Whereas it hath been of absolut...
Ford 191.; Evans 619. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 33, Folder 25c.
By His Excellency Benjamin Fletcher, Captain General and Governor in C...
Negative Photostat.; Proclamation. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 140, Folder 5b.
Canaan, or The Land of promise.
Available also through the Library of Congress web site as a raster image.
![Mandarina Tottidumpa, original dancing mistress to the first Emperour of China [dancing with] Philobanter Suckbottle, Prime Dancing Minister to ye Ancient Noddificators of the famous city in the Land of Nod](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1700/01/01/mandarina-tottidumpa-original-dancing-mistress-to-the-first-emperour-of-china-640.jpg "Mandarina Tottidumpa, original dancing mistress to the first Emperour of China [dancing with] Philobanter Suckbottle, Prime Dancing Minister to ye Ancient Noddificators of the famous city in the Land of Nod")
![The Catholic remedy. An excellent new ballad To the tune of, To all you ladies now at land, &c. [Boston] America: Printed in the year 1732.](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1732/01/01/the-catholic-remedy-an-excellent-new-ballad-to-the-tune-of-to-all-you-ladies-640.jpg "The Catholic remedy. An excellent new ballad To the tune of, To all you ladies now at land, &c. [Boston] America: Printed in the year 1732.")
The Catholic remedy. An excellent new ballad To the tune of, To all yo...
Positive Photostat.; Not in Evans.; Verse. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 34, Folder 25.
Speciel Land Charte von Pensilvanien, Neu Jersey, Neu York, und von de...
Scale ca. 1:1,000,000. Hand colored. Relief shown pictorially. Soundings shown in fathoms. Prime meridian: Philadelphia and London. Shows trails. Includes descriptive notes and distance chart. LC Maps of North ... more
An accurate map of the Holy Land Divided into the XII Tribes of Israel...
Available also through the Library of Congress web site as a raster image.
![[Property survey of tracts and land grants in part of Maryland near Tiber Creek, now central Washington D.C.].](https://cdn18.picryl.com/photo/2019/11/28/property-survey-of-tracts-and-land-grants-in-part-of-maryland-near-tiber-creek-c4974e-640.jpg "[Property survey of tracts and land grants in part of Maryland near Tiber Creek, now central Washington D.C.].")
[Property survey of tracts and land grants in part of Maryland near Ti...
Cadastral map covering tracts named Jamaca, Port Royal, Burns Neglect, Elenor, Gleenings, Gordons Meddows, Knock, Houp Yard, and Cern Abbey Mannor. "Beginning of 'Cern Abbey Mannor' being a resurvey on Duddingt... more
A map of the Land of Canaan or Holy Land, as divided among the twelve ...
Shows territories of the twelve tribes. Relief shown pictorially. Prime meridian appears to be Ferro. Includes inset of: "A map of the fourty years sojourning of the children of Israel through the wilderness to... more
A plan of the land between Fort Mossy and St. Augustine in the provinc...
Scale ca. 1:7,900. Manuscript, pen-and-ink. Has watermarks. Oriented with north to the right. Shows "Spanish old fields overgrown with scrubs." LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1635 LC Luso-Hispanic World, ... more
![Perspective view of His Majesty's land forces going in flat boats to take possession of the north gate of the city and Punto Castle [Havana, Cuba].](https://cdn6.picryl.com/photo/1762/12/31/perspective-view-of-his-majestys-land-forces-going-in-flat-boats-to-take-possession-74e95b-640.jpg "Perspective view of His Majesty's land forces going in flat boats to take possession of the north gate of the city and Punto Castle [Havana, Cuba].")
The above plan is a discription of a new township containing the quant...
Scale ca. 1:43,000. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Oriented with north toward the upper right. "A true copy compared, A. Oliver, sect." Includes text. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 833 Available... more
The above plan is a discription of a new township called Royalsborough...
Scale ca. 1:30,000. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Oriented with north toward the upper right. Shows township lots and owners. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 834 Available also through the Librar... more
Advertisement. To be sold by public vendue, on Thursday the 14th of Ap...
Imprint 2.; Not in Evans/.; On verso: 1768, Advertisement for the Sale of Sword's Land. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. ... more
![[Arms] The speech of the statute of the Right Hon. William Pitt, Earl of Chatham to the virtueous and patriotic citizens of New York. Gentlemen. After a tedious passage over the Atlantic, I am at last arrived in this land of liberty ... [New Yor](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/2019/09/23/arms-the-speech-of-the-statute-of-the-right-hon-william-pitt-earl-of-chatham-67b4d8-640.jpg "[Arms] The speech of the statute of the Right Hon. William Pitt, Earl of Chatham to the virtueous and patriotic citizens of New York. Gentlemen. After a tedious passage over the Atlantic, I am at last arrived in this land of liberty ... [New Yor")
[Arms] The speech of the statute of the Right Hon. William Pitt, Earl ...
Positive Photostat. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 104, Folder 14.
A View of Christmas Harbour, in Kerguelen's Land / Webber del. ; Cook ...
Illus. from: Cook's voyage, octavo edition.
My Lord Tip-Toe Just Arrived from Monkey Land
Matthew Darly (British, ca. 1720–1778 (?))
![[Plat of a survey of 2,314 acres of land, being the first large bottom on the east side of the Ohio River, 3 or 4 miles below the mouth, a portion of which is divided into 17 lots]](https://cdn18.picryl.com/photo/2019/11/05/plat-of-a-survey-of-2314-acres-of-land-being-the-first-large-bottom-on-the-40cf2b-640.jpg "[Plat of a survey of 2,314 acres of land, being the first large bottom on the east side of the Ohio River, 3 or 4 miles below the mouth, a portion of which is divided into 17 lots]")
[Plat of a survey of 2,314 acres of land, being the first large bottom...
Scale ca. 1:20,000. Title from Lawrence Martin's The George Washington atlas. 1932. Cover title: George Washington; survey of land in Ohio, a grant from the Colony of Virginia to Washington for military service... more
![Copy of a survey return'd by Mr. Sam Lewis, surveyor of Botetourt Coun[t]y. Surveyed for George Washington 2950 acres of land (by virtue of a warrant for 5,000 acres granted by His Excellency the Governor to said Washington agreeable to His Majesty proclamatiom issued in the year 1763) lying in the county of Botetourt on the n.e. side of the Great Kanhaway about a mile and half above the mouth of Cole River, joining the upper end of the Poketillico survey ... Novemr. 6th, 1774.](https://cdn18.picryl.com/photo/2019/11/23/copy-of-a-survey-returnd-by-mr-sam-lewis-surveyor-of-botetourt-county-surveyed-cf6906-640.jpg "Copy of a survey return'd by Mr. Sam Lewis, surveyor of Botetourt Coun[t]y. Surveyed for George Washington 2950 acres of land (by virtue of a warrant for 5,000 acres granted by His Excellency the Governor to said Washington agreeable to His Majesty proclamatiom issued in the year 1763) lying in the county of Botetourt on the n.e. side of the Great Kanhaway about a mile and half above the mouth of Cole River, joining the upper end of the Poketillico survey ... Novemr. 6th, 1774.")
Copy of a survey return'd by Mr. Sam Lewis, surveyor of Botetourt Coun...
Scale not given. Title from certificate mounted below map. Manuscript, pen-and-ink. Imperfect: Deteriorated along old fold lines. Oriented with north to the right. Has watermark. LC Maps of North America, 1750-... more
[Eight survey tracts along the Kanawha River, W.Va. showing land grant...
Scale ca. 1:40,000. Manuscript, pen-and-ink. Imperfect: Deteriorated along old fold lines. Oriented with north toward the lower left. Has watermarks. Individual surveys dated 1771 through 1774, performed by "Mr... more
An accurate map of North and South Carolina with their Indian frontier...
Scale ca. 1:530,000. Hand colored. LC copy sectioned and mounted on cloth backing. LC copy imperfect: Deteriorated along folds. "Longitude west from London." Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings.... more
George Wythe to Thomas Jefferson, April 6, 1775, Records of Virginia L...
Records of Virginia Land Grants
An accurate map of North and South Carolina with their Indian frontier...
Scale ca. 1:530,000. Hand colored. Sectioned and mounted on cloth backing. "Longitude west from London." Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings. LC copy annotated, in black ink, in lower right marg... more
![New-York, Sunday 23d April, 1775. The following interesting advices, were this day received here, by two vessels from Newport, and by an express by land [The first news of the battle of Lexington and Concord] [New York, 1775].](https://cdn4.picryl.com/photo/1775/01/01/new-york-sunday-23d-april-1775-the-following-interesting-advices-were-this-640.jpg "New-York, Sunday 23d April, 1775. The following interesting advices, were this day received here, by two vessels from Newport, and by an express by land [The first news of the battle of Lexington and Concord] [New York, 1775].")
New-York, Sunday 23d April, 1775. The following interesting advices, w...
Battle of Lexington and Concord.; Imprint 2.; On verso: Apr 23, 1775. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera C... more