Relief shown pictorially.; Original: America with those known parts in that unknowne worlde both people and manner of buildings / Discribed and inlarged by I.S. ; Abraham Goos, Amstelodaminsis, sculpsit.; Originally published: [London] : Are to be sold ... by G. Humble, 1626.; Includes text, inset of Greenland, col. illus of native figures and town views in margins.

Speed, John, 1552?-1629. (creator)

Goos, Abraham.; Humble, George, -1640. (contributor)

1626; 1977

Prime meridian: Ferro.; First state of De L'Isle's map of the Western Hemisphere, distinguishable from later states by the lack of any information regarding the Russian Discoveries after 1730.; Assumed coastline of N.W. America.; Hemispherical map of the Americas and Pacific, with political boundaries, and tracks of voyages of discovery to 1710. Relief shown pictorially. Also shows forts, and Terre Australie du S. Esprit.; Ligne de demarcation selon La Bulle d'Alexandre VII.; "8." in upper right corner.; Probably pl. 8 from: Atlas nouveau, contenant toutes les partes du monde.

Chez J. Cóvens et C. Mortier (publisher)

L'Isle, Guillaume de, 1675-1726. (creator)

Condet, Johannes, 1711-1781.; Cóvens, Jean; L'Isle, Guillaume de, 1675-1726.; Mortier, Corneille 1699-1783; Cóvens et Mortier. (contributor)

1720

Prime meridian: London; Relief shown pictorially.; Includes historical notes and ornamental cartouche.; From an unidentified edition of Bowen's A complete system of geography.; "No. 138" below neat line, lower left.; Northwestern North America labeled "Parts Undiscovered".

n.p (publisher)

Bowen, Emanuel, -1767. (creator)

[1747]

From the supplement to the Gentleman's magazine for the year 1758.; Relief shown pictorially.

s.n (publisher)

Gibson, J. (John), active 1750-1792. (creator)

[1758?]

Scale shown for "Milliaria Germanica, Hispanica, et Gallica. "; State 2, 1682; Relief shown pictorially.; Prime meridian: Ferro.; "72 Islands in America" written on verso.

s.n (publisher)

Visscher, Nicolaes, 1618-1679. (creator)

[1682]

Prime meridian: [Ferro]; Relief shown pictorially.; Scale estimated from latitude spacing.; Title statement surrounded by native figures.; Decorative cartouche, surrounded by angels, contains dedication.; In lower right section: cum Privil: Ordin:General: Belgü Fæderati

J. jansson (publisher)

Visscher, Nicolaes, 1618-1679. (creator)

1658

Date taken from acquisitions record.; Prime meridian: [Ferro]; Relief shown pictorially.; Scale estimated from latitude spacing.; Title statement surrounded by native figures, reversed and slightly altered from that shown on Visscher editions.; Decorative cartouche, surrounded by angels, contains alternate title information..; In lower right section: F. de Wit excudit

n.p (publisher)

Wit, Frederik de (creator)

Visscher, Nicolaes, 1649-1702. (contributor)

1688

Relief shown pictorially.; Shows California as an island.; Title cartouche in lower left; illustration of Neptune in upper left.; Based on Nicolaes Visscher's map of the same title.; Appears in Arnoldus Montanus's Nieuwe en onbekende weereld ... t' Amsterdam : J. Meurs, 1671.

Jacob van Meurs (publisher)

Meurs, Jacob van, 1619-1680. (creator)

Montanus, Arnoldus, 1625?-1683.; Visscher, Nicolaes, 1618-1679. (contributor)

[1673]

Prime meridian: [Ferro].; Relief shown pictorially.; Scale estimated from latitude spacing.; Title statement surrounded by native figures.; Decorative cartouche, surrounded by angels, contains dedication.; In lower right section: cum Privil: Ordin:General: Belgü Fæderati.; State 2 according to Burden.

[publisher not identified] (publisher)

Visscher, Nicolaes, 1618-1679. (creator)

[approximately 1677]

Prime meridian: [Ferro].; Relief shown pictorially.; Scale estimated from latitude spacing.; Title statement surrounded by native figures.; Decorative cartouche, surrounded by angels, contains dedication.; In lower right section: cum Privil: Ordin:General: Belgü Fæderati.; State 2 according to Burden.

[publisher not identified] (publisher)

Visscher, Nicolaes, 1618-1679. (creator)

[approximately 1677]

Relief shown pictorially.; Prime meridian: [Ferro].; Scale estimated from latitude spacing.; California shown as an island with irregular coastline and islands on both sides.; Title statement surrounded by native figures.; Decorative cartouche, surrounded by angels, contains dedication.; First state, as described by Burden.; At upper right corner: 88.

Visscher, Nicolaes, 1618-1679. (creator)

[1658?]

Relief shown pictorially.; Prime meridian: Ferro.; "38."; "Printed ... 10 Jany. 1774."; Includes New Zealand.

Printed for Robt. Sayer (publisher)

Dunn, Samuel, -1794. (creator)

Sayer, Robert, 1725-1794. (contributor)

1774

Relief shown pictorially.; Prime meridian: London; Watermarks; Shows California as an island.

Chés le S. Robert, geog. du roi, quai de l'Horloge (publisher)

Sanson, Guillaume (creator)

Sanson, Nicolas, 1600-1667. (contributor)

1741

Relief shown pictorially.; State 5 according to Burden.; Matches Burden's description of versions with Dutch text and signature "America Aa" on verso.; Includes ill. of ships and sea monsters, and insets showing "Polus Arcticus" region and "Terra Australis incognita."; [P.] "379" and "380" on verso.

Ioannes Ianssonius (publisher)

Jansson, Jan, 1588-1664. (creator)

[1652]

Relief shown pictorially.; State 3 according to Burden.; Matches Burden's description of versions with English text on verso.; Includes ill. of ships and sea monsters, and insets showing "Polus Arcticus" region and "Terra Australis incognita."; [P.] "435" and "436" on verso.

H. Hondius (publisher)

Hondius, Hendrik, 1597-1651. (creator)

Mercator, Gerhard, 1512-1594. (contributor)

1631

"F. Polanzani, sculp."; Relief shown pictorially.

[s.n.] (publisher)

Polanzani, Francesco, 1700-ca. 1783. (creator)

Neralco, 1672 or 3-1759. (contributor)

1757

Prime meridian: Ferro

Isaak Tirion (publisher)

Tirion, Isaak d.1769. (creator)

[1744]

Relief shown pictorially.; First map, published in an atlas, to depict California as an island.; In lower left corner: Are to be sold in pops-head alley against the Exchange by G. Humble; In lower right corner: Abraham Goos Amstelodamensis Sculpsit.; Inset map of Greenland; Three illustrated borders: The left illustrates the natives of the north; the right illustrates the natives of the south; the top illustrates towns and villages.; On verso in English: The Description of America

G. Humble (publisher)

Speed, John, 1552?-1629. (creator)

Goos, Abraham.; Humble, George, d. 1640. (contributor)

1626

Relief shown pictorially.; Appears in the author's Atlas novus.; Prime meridian: [Ferro].; Two large cartouche portray the bringing of Christianity to the natives and various aspects of native life.; Shows sailing routes of early explorers.; In lower right corner: "Cum gratia et privil. S.R.I. Vicariatg, in partibg Rheni, Sueviae, et juris Franconici."

Matth. Seutter (publisher)

Seutter, Matthaeus, 1678-1756. (creator)

ca. 1730]

Prime meridian: Ferro; Relief shown by hachures.; Shows also the Pacific Ocean to New Zealand.

Presso la Calcografia Cam.le; 1792] (publisher)

Cassini, Gio. Ma. (Giovanni Maria), 1745-approximately 1824. (creator)

1792

Relief shown pictorially.; Prime meridian: Ferro I.; Published as the Act directs, 12 April 1784.; Includes chart showing possessions by Britain, United States, France, Spain, the Dutch, and Denmark.; Watermark.

Printed for the proprietor Carington Bowles (publisher)

Bowles, Carington, 1724-1793. (creator)

1784

Includes latitude and longitude.; Relief shown pictorially.; Four explorers support the circle enclosing the hemisphere in a maritime landscape. The explorers with dates of their discoveries are from top left: Christopher Columbus (1492) and Amerigo Vespucci (1497); from bottom left: Ferdinand Magellan (1519), and Francisco Pizarro (1526).; Includes illustrations of ships and a monstrous fish.; First map of America to show the White-le Moyne geography of Virginia and Florida.; Appears in Girolamo Benzoni's History of the new world, v. 3., which is part 6 of de Bry's Grands voyages.; Latin ed. published 1596, 1617, and 1624.

Bry, Theodor de, 1528-1598. (creator)

White, John, active 1585-1593.; Le Moyne de Morgues, Jacques, 1533?-1588.; Bry, Theodor de, 1528-1598.; Benzoni, Girolamo, 1519- (contributor)

[1596?]

Relief shown pictorially.; Scale shown in Miliaria Germanica.; Descriptive text in Latin on verso.; Atlas plate number in upper margin: 19.; Matches Burden's description of versions with Latin text on verso and page number 19.

s.n (publisher)

Hondius, Jodocus, 1563-1612. (creator)

Mercator, Gerhard, 1512-1594. (contributor)

[1607]

"Cum privilegio decennali Ab Ortelius delineab et execuded 1587".; Prime meridian: [Cape Verde]; Decorative corners & title.; Relief shown pictorially.; Map shows Americas, Pacific Ocean and Australia.; Strategically placed cartouche hides the fact that virtually nothing was know of the South Pacific area.; Latin text on verso and number 5

[s.n.] (publisher)

Ortelius, Abraham, 1527-1598. (creator)

1587

Relief shown pictorially.; In cartouche in lower left: Chorographia nobilis & opulentæ Peruanæ Provinciæq, atque Brasiliae, quas à decimo ad quintum & quinquagesimum feré gradum ultra Aequatorem in longitudinem patere, diligenti observatione deprehensum est: ex Auctorum, qui eas Provincias perlustrarunt, scriptis recens à Theodoro de Bry concinata. Caesarae matis privilegio ad quadriennium MDXCII.; In cartouche in lower right: Ex Geograph: calculo tres gradats confici lxxx leucas gallicas, five ccxl. miliaria Italica : singuli ergo gradus fere xxvvc gal.

T. de Bry] (publisher)

Bry, Theodor de, 1528-1598. (creator)

1592

Prime meridian: [Cape Verde]; Decorative corners & title.; Relief shown pictorially.; Map shows Americas, Pacific Ocean and Australia.; Strategically placed cartouche hides the fact that virtually nothing was know of the South Pacific area.; As identified by Burden, this is State 2 of the 1570 edition. That edition was published with Dutch verse on verso in 1571 and 1573; they being identical.; Dutch text on verso and number 2.

s.n (publisher)

Ortelius, Abraham, 1527-1598. (creator)

1571?]

Relief shown pictorially.; Text in German; place names in Latin and Spanish.; On verso, with ill.: America, die newe Welt, oder Inseln so hinder Hispaniam gegen Orient bey dem Landt Indie gelegen. xxvi.

Sebastian Henricpetri (publisher)

Münster, Sebastian, 1489-1552. (creator)

Henricpetri, Sebastian, 1547-1627. (contributor)

1614]

Below publisher's name: Signo N. Visscher's atlas.; Detailed cartouche illustrations with text describing discovery of America.

Petrii Schenkii (publisher)

Zuerner, Adam Friedrich, 1680-1742. (creator)

Schenk, Peter, 1660-1718 or 1719. (contributor)

[approximately 1707]

Relief shown pictorially.; Prime meridian: Ferro.; Shows drainage, boundaries of colonies and provinces, etc.; Extends eastward to show western Europe and Africa.; Cartouche depicts native Americans with volcanoes erupting in the background.; Verso: "110 F America".

Homann Erben] (publisher)

Homann Erben (Firm) (creator)

1746

Relief represented pictorially.; Prime meridian: Cape Verde.; Scale calculated from latitude spacing.; From: Le theatre du monde ou novvel atlas, volume 2, French edition by Willem Janszoon Blaeu and Joan Blaeu.; "Cum privilegio docem annorum."; Verso: Description in French.; Includes three decorative panels illustrated with cities of the New World such as Havana, Rio de Janeiro, Mexico City. Also includes Native Americans in characteristic dress from Virginia, Florida, California and other areas. Exploration by the Spaniards along the California coast is registered on the map.

Guiljelmo Blaeuw (publisher)

Blaeu, Willem Janszoon, 1571-1638. (creator)

Blaeu, Joan, 1596-1673. (contributor)

1640

Relief represented pictorially.; Prime meridian: Cape Verde.; Scale calculated from latitude spacing.; "Cum privilegio docem annorum."; Includes three decorative panels illustrated with cities of the New World such as Havana, Rio de Janeiro, Mexico City. Also includes Native Americans in characteristic dress from Virginia, Florida, California and other areas. Exploration by the Spaniards along the California coast is registered on the map.

Blaeu, Willem Janszoon, 1571-1638. (creator)

Blaeu, Joan, 1596-1673. (contributor)

[date not given]

Relief shown pictorially.; Cartouche surrounds title statement in lower left corner.

S. Delamarche (publisher)

Robert de Vaugondy, Didier, 1723-1786. (creator)

Dussy, E.; Lamarche, Simon-François, 1754-1793. (contributor)

[1784]

Relief shown pictorially.; Prime meridian: Ferro.; Includes notes on major sections of North and South America.; Inset: Nouvelles decouvertes faites au nord ouest de l'Amerique avec la representation de la relation partée par la lettre de l'Admiral de Fonte donnée au publie en 1750 / par Mr. de l'Isle ...

Chez Daumont, rue de la Feronnerie (publisher)

Nolin, Jean Baptiste, 1686-1762. (creator)

L'Isle, Joseph Nicolas de, 1688-1768. (contributor)

1754

Map on 1 folded sheet, with Italian text "Mondo nuouo il quale ha l'isole dell Indico occeano ..." and number "14" on verso. Place names in Latin, except for "Die Nüw Welt" which appears on South America.; Title printed at top of sheet, outside the border of the map.; Includes illustrations.; Hand colored; Relief shown pictorially.; Detached from: Cosmographia universale ... / raccolta primo da diversi autori per Sebastiano Munstero ... In Colonia, Appresso gli heradi d'Arnoldo Byrckmanno, 1575.; A derivative of Münster's map "Tabula nouarum insularum, quas diverses respectibus Occidentales & Indianas uocant" (Basel, Heinrich Petri, 1540 and later).

[Arnold Birckmanns Erben] (publisher)

Münster, Sebastian, 1489-1552. (creator)

Arnold Birckmanns Erben, (contributor)

[1575]

Prime meridian: Ferro.; Scale estimated using latitude spacing.; Relief shown pictorially.; Shows "Mer ou Baye de L' Ouest".; Shows routes of explorers.; Large cartouche at upper left surrounds title statement.; Watermark.; Inset map of new discoveries at lower left.; Note regarding projection in lower segment.

s.n (publisher)

Clouet, Mr. l'abbé (Jean Baptiste Louis), 1730- (creator)

1781

Hemispherical map of the western hemisphere.; In top corner inside neat line: at right 235; Figure LXXXVI, p.235 probably from: Description de l'univers, contenant les differents systmes du monde, les cartes generales & particulieres de la geographie ancienne & moderne: ... / par Allain Manesson Mallet ... Paris: D. Thierry, 1683. 5v.; On verso (p. 236): "De la Mer".

D.Thierry (publisher)

Manesson-Mallet, Allain, 1630?-1706? (creator)

Thierry, Denys, -1712. (contributor)

1683

Relief shown pictorially.; From a geographical grammar book.; Includes decorative cartouche and ill.

s.n (publisher)

Kitchin, Thomas, 1718-1784, (creator)

1777

Prime meridian: Ferro; Shows "Ligne de Demarcation Selon la Bulle du Pape Alexandre VI."; Table at lower left identifies American possessions of various European powers; notes at lower right.; Extends westward to the Isle de Salomon and eastward to western Africa and Italy.; Watermarks; Verso: Attached circular seal with crown, VOL:IV and 35·

Sr. Le Rouge ... rue des Grs. Augustins (publisher)

Le Rouge, Georges-Louis. (creator)

Charlevoix, Pierre-François-Xavier de, 1682-1761.; La Condamine, Charles-Marie de, 1701-1774. (contributor)

1746

Relief shown pictorially.; Prime meridian: Ferro.; Shows "Ligne de Demarcation Selon la Bulle du Pape Alexandre VI."; Table at lower left identifies American possessions of various European powers; notes at lower right.

Chez Crepy, rue S. Jacque[s] à S. Pierre près la rue de la parcheminerie (publisher)

Le Rouge, Georges-Louis. (creator)

Charlevoix, Pierre-François-Xavier de, 1682-1761.; La Condamine, Charles-Marie de, 1701-1774. (contributor)

1783

Relief shown pictorially.; Prime meridian: Ferro.; Second edition, engraved by Gaspar Bouttats and dedicated to King William III of England.; Appears in Hennepin's Nouveau voyage ... Utrecht : A. Schouten, 1698. Cf. Phillips Maps of America, p. 564.; Includes decorative cartouche, inset showing "Partie de l'Asie" and "Terre de Jesso," and ill.; Shows area from Hudson Bay to northern South America.; Watermark.

Chez Antoine Schouten (publisher)

Bouttats, Gaspard, approximately 1640- (creator)

Hennepin, Louis, active 17th century. (contributor)

[1698]

This is one of the earliest maps of the World published by a woman. Mlle. Duval, daughter of Pierre Duval, issued this interesting world map in 1684. It is virtually an unchanged copy of the 1666 edition. The map includes California as an island, curious Terra De Iesso land bridge to Asia, New Zealand still attached to Terres Australes et Inconnues (the unknown southern continent), narrow Straits of Magellan and a host of other cartographic anomalies. Circular representation shows the orbits of the Moon and the known planets. Two compass roses and other embellishments.; Relief shown pictorially.

DuVal fille de l'Auteur (publisher)

Duval, P. (Pierre), 1619-1682. (creator)

1684

Prime meridian: Ferro.; Relief shown pictorially.; In cartouche below author: Revue et corrigée en plusieurs endroits sur les mémoires les plus recents, et assujettie aux observations astronomiques par le Sr. Robert géog. ord. du roi.; Text panel, left of map, provides information about the regions shown.; Watermarks.

che̓s l̕ Auteur quai de l̕ horloge du Palais (publisher)

Sanson, Nicolas, 1600-1667. (creator)

Robert de Vaugondy, Gilles, 1688-1766. (contributor)

1740

Globe showing latitudinal zones.; "Rose de Boussole... sur la Meʹditerraneʹe".

André (Engraver) (creator)

André (Engraver); Bonne, Rigobert, 1727-1794. (contributor)

1787

Covers the area from Japan to Ireland, and from the Arctic Circle to Terra del Fuego.; Bottom right, no. 6.; State 2 of Picard's 1651 map.; Date established by Burden.

s.n (publisher)

Picard, Nicolas, 1590-approximately 1660. (creator)

1657

Relief shown pictorially.; Oriented with north to the left.; "Advertissement" (text) at upper right.; Large ornate cartouche surround title statement at lower right. Includes plants people, animals, hunting weapons, etc.

Ches les Srs. Longchamps et Janvier (publisher)

Longchamps, Sébastian G. (creator)

Janvier, Jean Denis; Chambon, Gobert-Denis, -1781. (contributor)

1754

Relief shown pictorially.; Scale estimated from latitude spacing.; Shows major cities, political divisions for South America and southern and eastern portions of North America; California as an island.; Includes notes, dates, and illustrated title cartouche depicting indigenous peoples and bird's eye view of settlement with windmills, small illustrations of sailing vessels.; In upper left corner: "Dreseé et Dediée a nosseigneurs les enfans de France. Par lourtres humble et tres Obsissant Serviteur de Fer. Geographe de Monseigeur le Dauphin" [cartouche]; in lower right corner: cartouche with "Echelle" [scale]; in upper right corner: blank cartouche.; Prime meridian: Isle de Fer.

Chez l'Autheur (publisher)

Fer, Nicolas de, 1646-1720. (creator)

Loon, H. v. (Herman van) (contributor)

1705

Prime meridian: [Verde]; Includes latitude and longitude scales.; Pagination 385.2a and 385.3a appears top left and top right.; Burden identifies as "1606 (Block 2)".

Appresso i Giunti (publisher)

Ramusio, Giovanni Battista, 1485-1557. (creator)

[1606]

Includes dedication, zodiac sectors, latitudinal notes, and world circumferences known by historical astronomers.; In Coronelli's Atlante veneto, v. 1 (Venetia, 1691).

Appresso Girolamo Albrizzi (publisher)

Coronelli, Vincenzo, 1650-1718. (creator)

1691

Relief shown pictorially.; State 3 of the German text edition of Munster's map of North and South America, numbered "xxviii" on the verso and with "Die Newe welte" widely spaced in South America.; First produced in Basel in 1540. Its inclusion in Munster's Cosmographia, first published in 1544, set the New World's name as "America".; The earliest map of the continent of America.; First reference to the Pacific Ocean on a printed map.; Zipangri (Japan) is shown, three years before the earliest known contact with Europeans.; Magellan's ship Victoria, the only survivor of five vessels, appears in the middle of this ocean.

Heinrich Petri (publisher)

Münster, Sebastian, 1489-1552. (creator)

Petri, Heinrich, 1508-1579. (contributor)

1545

Prime meridian: Ferro.; Cartouches surround the dedication, the title statement and the scale.

Chez l'Autheur dans l'Isle du Palais Sur le Quay de l'Orloge a la Sphere Royale Avec privilege du Roy (publisher)

Fer, Nicolas de, 1646-1720. (creator)

1717