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1. Burial Ground in the South Seas

Burial Ground in the South Seas
Creator:
John Webber, 1752–1793
Date:
ca. 1777
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on paper on panel
Dimensions:
9 1/4 x 11 3/4 inches (23.5 x 29.8 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view

2. The Island of Barbados

The Island of Barbados
Creator:
Isaac Sailmaker, ca. 1633–1721
Date:
ca. 1694
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
44 1/2 x 91 inches (113 x 231.1 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view

3. Linen Market, Dominica

Linen Market, Dominica
Creator:
Agostino Brunias, 1728–1796
Date:
ca. 1780
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
19 5/8 × 27 inches (49.8 × 68.6 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view

4. Market Day, Roseau, Dominica

Market Day, Roseau, Dominica
Creator:
Agostino Brunias, 1728–1796
Date:
ca. 1780
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
14 x 18 1/4 inches (35.6 x 46.4 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view

5. The Narta or Sledge for Burdens in Kamtschatka

The Narta or Sledge for Burdens in Kamtschatka
Creator:
John Webber, 1752–1793
Date:
1789
Materials & Techniques:
Graphite; verso: transferred soft ground on thin, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 11 1/8 × 17 1/8 inches (28.3 × 43.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

6. The Balagans or Summer Habitations, with the Method of Drying Fish, at St. Peter and Paul, Kamtschatka

The Balagans or Summer Habitations, with the Method of Drying Fish, at St. Peter and Paul, Kamtschatka
Creator:
John Webber, 1752–1793
Date:
1792
Materials & Techniques:
Graphite; verso: transferred soft ground on thin, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 11 5/8 × 17 1/8 inches (29.5 × 43.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

7. Tomo Chachi Mico, or King of Yamacraw, and Tooanahowi [sic], His Nephew

Tomo Chachi Mico, or King of Yamacraw, and Tooanahowi [sic], His Nephew
Creator:
Print made by John Faber the Younger, ca. 1695–1756
Date:
ca. 1734
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 14 1/8 × 10 1/8 inches (35.8 × 25.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

8. The Resolution Beating through the Ice, with the Discovery in the most eminent Danger in the Distance

The Resolution Beating through the Ice, with the Discovery in the most eminent Danger in the Distance
Creator:
John Webber, 1752–1793
Date:
1792
Materials & Techniques:
Graphite; verso: transferred soft ground on thin, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 11 3/4 × 17 inches (29.8 × 43.2 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

9. Planting the sugar cane (Trinidad)

Planting the sugar cane (Trinidad)
Creator:
Richard Bridgens, active 1838
Date:
1838
Materials & Techniques:
Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper mounted to medium, smooth cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 7 7/8 × 9 3/4 inches (20 × 24.8 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

10. St. Ann's, The Governor's Residence (Trinidad)

St. Ann's, The Governor's Residence (Trinidad)
Creator:
Richard Bridgens, active 1838
Date:
1838
Materials & Techniques:
Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 6 1/2 × 12 1/2 inches (16.5 × 31.8 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

11. View of Mount Vernon, the seat of General Washington

View of Mount Vernon, the seat of General Washington
Creator:
Isaac Weld, 1774–1856
Date:
1795
Materials & Techniques:
Graphite, pen and black ink, and gray wash on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper mounted on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 6 3/8 x 8 15/16in. (16.2 x 22.7cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

12. American Stage Wagon

American Stage Wagon
Creator:
Isaac Weld, 1774–1856
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and black ink and gray wash on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 6 1/2 × 9 inches (16.5 × 22.9 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

13. A Man of the Sandwich Islands

A Man of the Sandwich Islands
Creator:
John Webber, 1752–1793
Date:
ca. 1784
Materials & Techniques:
Monotype on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 9 × 7 3/8 inches (22.9 × 18.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

14. A Young Daughter of the Picts

A Young Daughter of the Picts
Creator:
Jacques Le Moyne de Morgues, ca. 1533–before 1588
Date:
ca. 1585
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor and gouache, touched with gold on parchment
Dimensions:
Sheet: 10 1/4 × 7 3/8 inches (26 × 18.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

15. Alligator or Crocodile, after the Original by John White in the British Museum [Caribbean and Oceanic, No. 10 A]

Alligator or Crocodile, after the Original by John White in the British Museum [Caribbean and Oceanic, No. 10 A]
Creator:
Mrs. P. D. H. Page, 20th century
Date:
20th century
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor with pen in black ink, over graphite, with gouache on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 4 5/16 × 9 inches (11 × 22.9 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

16. Common Box Tortoise, After the Original by John White in the British Museum [Sir Walter Raleigh's Virginia, No. 104]

Common Box Tortoise, After the Original by John White in the British Museum [Sir Walter Raleigh's Virginia, No. 104]
Creator:
Mrs. P. D. H. Page, 20th century
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, gouache, graphite, and pen and black ink on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 5 5/8 × 7 11/16 inches (14.3 × 19.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

17. Dolphin, after the Orignial by John White in the British Museum [Caribbean and Oceanic, No. 26 A]

Dolphin, after the Orignial by John White in the British Museum [Caribbean and Oceanic, No. 26 A]
Creator:
Mrs. P. D. H. Page, 20th century
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, with pen in black ink, over graphite, with gouache on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 5 × 9 inches (12.7 × 22.9 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

18. Village of Secoton, after the Original by John White in the British Museum [Sir Walter Raleigh's Virginia, No. 38 A]

Village of Secoton, after the Original by John White in the British Museum [Sir Walter Raleigh's Virginia, No. 38 A]
Creator:
Mrs. P. D. H. Page, 20th century
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, with pen in black ink, over graphite, with gouache on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 12 1/2 × 7 9/16 inches (31.8 × 19.2 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

19. Map of North America from Florida to Chesapeake Bay, after the original by John White in the British Museum [Sir Walter Raleigh's Virginia, No. 110]

Map of North America from Florida to Chesapeake Bay, after the original by John White in the British Museum [Sir Walter Raleigh's Virginia, No. 110]
Creator:
Mrs. P. D. H. Page, 20th century
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor over graphite, pen and brown ink, and gouache on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 14 1/4 × 17 11/16 inches (36.2 × 44.9 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

20. Flying-Fish, after the Original by John White in the British Museum [Caribbean and Oceanic, No. 27 A]

Flying-Fish, after the Original by John White in the British Museum [Caribbean and Oceanic, No. 27 A]
Creator:
Mrs. P. D. H. Page, 20th century
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, with pen in black ink, over graphite, with gouache on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 10 11/16 × 9 1/8 inches (27.1 × 23.2 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

21. Map of Raleigh's Virginia: The East Coast of North America from Cape Lookout to Chesapeake Bay, after original by John White in the British Museum [Sir Walter Raleigh's Virginia, No. 111 A]

Map of Raleigh's Virginia: The East Coast of North America from Cape Lookout to Chesapeake Bay, after original by John White in the British Museum [Sir Walter Raleigh's Virginia, No. 111 A]
Creator:
Mrs. P. D. H. Page, 20th century
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, in pen, with brown ink, graphite and gouache on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 17 15/16 × 8 15/16 inches (45.6 × 22.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

22. Village of Pomeiooc, after the Original by John White in the British Museum [Sir Walter Raleigh's Virginia, No. 34 A]

Village of Pomeiooc, after the Original by John White in the British Museum [Sir Walter Raleigh's Virginia, No. 34 A]
Creator:
Mrs. P. D. H. Page, 20th century
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, with pen in brown ink and black ink, over graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 8 1/2 × 8 1/4 inches (21.6 × 21 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

23. Milkweed, after the Original by John White in the British Museum [Sir Walter Raleigh's Virginia, No. 55 A]

Milkweed, after the Original by John White in the British Museum [Sir Walter Raleigh's Virginia, No. 55 A]
Creator:
Mrs. P. D. H. Page, 20th century
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor over graphite on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 13 15/16 × 8 1/8 inches (35.4 × 20.6 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

24. Indians Fishing, after the Original by John White in the British Museum [Sir Walter Raleigh's Virginia, No. 46 A]

Indians Fishing, after the Original by John White in the British Museum [Sir Walter Raleigh's Virginia, No. 46 A]
Creator:
Mrs. P. D. H. Page, 20th century
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, with pen in brown ink, over graphite, with gouache on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 13 1/2 × 9 1/16 inches (34.3 × 23 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

25. Land Crab, after the Original by John White in the British Museum [Caribbean and Oceanic, No. 5 A]

Land Crab, after the Original by John White in the British Museum [Caribbean and Oceanic, No. 5 A]
Creator:
Mrs. P. D. H. Page, 20th century
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor with pen in black ink, over graphite, with gouache on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 9 1/16 × 10 7/8 inches (23 × 27.6 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

26. Iguana, after the Original by John White in the British Museum [Caribbean and Oceanic, No. 9 A]

Iguana, after the Original by John White in the British Museum [Caribbean and Oceanic, No. 9 A]
Creator:
Mrs. P. D. H. Page, 20th century
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, pen and ink, graphite, and gouache on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 5 11/16 × 8 5/16 inches (14.4 × 21.1 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

27. Fireflies and Gadfly, after the Original by John White in the British Museum [Caribbean and Oceanic, No. 7 A]

Fireflies and Gadfly, after the Original by John White in the British Museum [Caribbean and Oceanic, No. 7 A]
Creator:
Mrs. P. D. H. Page, 20th century
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor with pen in brown ink and gray ink, over graphite, with gouache on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 7 5/8 × 7 1/8 inches (19.4 × 18.1 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

28. Burfish, After the Original by John White in the British Museum [Sir Walter Raleigh's Virginia, No. 97 A]

Burfish, After the Original by John White in the British Museum [Sir Walter Raleigh's Virginia, No. 97 A]
Creator:
Mrs. P. D. H. Page, 20th century
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, gouache, graphite, and pen and black ink on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 4 7/8 × 7 3/4 inches (12.4 × 19.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

29. Portuguese Man-O'-War, After the Original by John White in the British Museum [Caribbean and Oceanic, No. 32 A]

Portuguese Man-O'-War, After the Original by John White in the British Museum [Caribbean and Oceanic, No. 32 A]
Creator:
Mrs. P. D. H. Page, 20th century
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Graphite, watercolor, gouache, and pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 11 7/8 × 6 3/4 inches (30.2 × 17.1 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

30. Portraits of Four Indian Kings of Canada: Sa Ga Yeath Pieth Tow, King of the Maquas

Portraits of Four Indian Kings of Canada: Sa Ga Yeath Pieth Tow, King of the Maquas
Creator:
Print made by John Simon, 1675–1755
Date:
ca. 1755
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint, third state
Dimensions:
Sheet: 13 7/8 x 9 15/16in. (35.2 x 25.2cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

31. Views of Montreal and Louisburg: A View of Louisburg in North America taken near the Light House when that city was beseiged in 1758

Views of Montreal and Louisburg: A View of Louisburg in North America taken near the Light House when that city was beseiged in 1758
Creator:
Pierre Charles Canot, ca. 1710–1777
Date:
1762
Materials & Techniques:
Color engraving
Dimensions:
Sheet: 13 1/8 x 20 3/4in. (33.3 x 52.7cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

32. Spilsbury's Views of Jamaica: A Prospect of Rio Bona Harbour in the Parish of St. Ann's, and the Tavern, Wharf, and Stores, in the Parish of St. James's, the North Side Jamaica

Spilsbury's Views of Jamaica: A Prospect of Rio Bona Harbour in the Parish of St. Ann's, and the Tavern, Wharf, and Stores, in the Parish of St. James's, the North Side Jamaica
Creator:
unknown artist
Date:
1769
Materials & Techniques:
Engraving
Dimensions:
Sheet: 17 5/8 x 21 3/4in. (44.8 x 55.2cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

33. Village of Macacoupah, Owhyee

Village of Macacoupah, Owhyee
Creator:
Matthew Dubourg, active 1786–1838
Date:
1814
Materials & Techniques:
Aquatint, hand-colored
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

34. Karakakao Bay, Owhyee

Karakakao Bay, Owhyee
Creator:
Matthew Dubourg, active 1786–1838
Date:
1814
Materials & Techniques:
Aquatint, hand-colored
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

35. The Indians Giving a Talk to Colonel Bouquet in a conference at a Council Fire Near his Camp on the Banks of Muskingum in America, in October 1764, 1765

The Indians Giving a Talk to Colonel Bouquet in a conference at a Council Fire Near his Camp on the Banks of Muskingum in America, in October 1764, 1765
Creator:
Benjamin West, 1738–1820
Date:
between 1765 and 1766
Materials & Techniques:
Gray wash and black ink with scratching out on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 9 15/16 x 8 1/16 inches (25.2 x 20.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

36. The Indians Delivering up the English Captives to Colonel Bouquet near his camp at the folks of Muskingum in North America in November 1764, 1765

The Indians Delivering up the English Captives to Colonel Bouquet near his camp at the folks of Muskingum in North America in November 1764, 1765
Creator:
Benjamin West, 1738–1820
Date:
between 1765 and 1766
Materials & Techniques:
Graphite, pen and black ink, and pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 10 1/8 x 8 1/4 inches (25.7 x 21 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

37. Brown Booby, after the original by John White in the British Museum [Caribbean and Oceanic, No. 18]

No cover image available
Creator:
Mrs. P. D. H. Page, 20th century
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, gouache, graphite, and pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 5 1/8 × 9 inches (13 × 22.9 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

38. Flamingo, after the original by John White in the British Museum [Caribbean and Oceanic, No. 15]

No cover image available
Creator:
Mrs. P. D. H. Page, 20th century
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, gouache, graphite, and pen and black ink on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 11 9/16 × 7 3/4 inches (29.4 × 19.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

39. Horn Plantain, After the Original by John White in the British Museum [Caribbean and Oceanic, No. 13 A]

No cover image available
Creator:
Mrs. P. D. H. Page, 20th century
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, gouache, graphite, and pen and black ink on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 11 9/16 × 6 15/16 inches (29.4 × 17.6 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

40. Pineapple, After the Original by John White in the British Museum [Caribbean and Oceanic, No. 11 A]

No cover image available
Creator:
Mrs. P. D. H. Page, 20th century
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, graphite, gouache, and pen and black ink on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 10 1/8 × 5 1/2 inches (25.7 × 14 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

41. De i commentarii del viaggio in Persia di m. Caterino Zeno il K. & delle guerre fatte nell' imperio persiano, dal tempo di Vssuncassano in quà libri due : Et dello scoprimento dell'isole Frislanda, Eslanda, Engrouelanda, Estotilanda, & Icaria, fatto sotto il Polo artico, da due fratelli Zeni, m. Nicolò il K. e m. Antonio. Libro vno. Con vn disegno particolare di tutte le dette parte di Tramontana da lor scoperte.

De i commentarii del viaggio in Persia di m. Caterino Zeno il K. & delle guerre fatte nell' imperio persiano, dal tempo di Vssuncassano in quà libri due : Et dello scoprimento dell'isole Frislanda, Eslanda, Engrouelanda, Estotilanda, & Icaria, fatto sotto il Polo artico, da due fratelli Zeni, m. Nicolò il K. e m. Antonio. Libro vno. Con vn disegno particolare di tutte le dette parte di Tramontana da lor scoperte.
Creator:
Zeno, Niccolò, 1515–1565
Date:
MDLVIII [1558]
Physical Description:
58 leaves, [1] folded leaf of plates : ill. (1 map) ; 16 cm (8vo)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

42. Claudii Ptolemei viri Alexandrini mathematic[ae] disciplin[ae] philosophi doctissimi Geographi[ae] opus nouissima traductione e Gr[ae]corum archetypis castigatissime pressum, c[ae]teris ante lucubratorum multo pr[ae]stantius ...

Claudii Ptolemei viri Alexandrini mathematic[ae] disciplin[ae] philosophi doctissimi Geographi[ae] opus nouissima traductione e Gr[ae]corum archetypis castigatissime pressum, c[ae]teris ante lucubratorum multo pr[ae]stantius ...
Creator:
Ptolemy, active 2nd century
Date:
anno Christi Opt. Max. MDXIII. Marcii XII [1513]
Physical Description:
[2], 5-60, [32] leaves (last leaf blank), [92] leaves of plates : ill., 47 maps (woodcuts) ; 45 cm. (fol.)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

43. [Celestial globe]

[Celestial globe]
Creator:
Schöner, Johann, 1477–1547
Date:
[ca. 1522]
Physical Description:
1 globe : paint and gesso over hollow wood sphere, brass (stand) ; 368 mm in diameter
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

44. The famouse West Indian voyadge made by the Englishe fleete of 23 shippes and barkes [cartographic material] : wherin weare gotten the townes of St . Iago, Sto. Domingo, Cartagena and St. Augustines : the same beinge begon from Plimmouth in the moneth of September 1585 and ended at Portesmouth in Iulie 1586 : the whole course of the saide viadge beinge plainlie described by the pricked line / newlie come forth by Baptista B.

The famouse West Indian voyadge made by the Englishe fleete of 23 shippes and barkes [cartographic material] : wherin weare gotten the townes of St . Iago, Sto. Domingo, Cartagena and St. Augustines : the same beinge begon from Plimmouth in the moneth of September 1585 and ended at Portesmouth in Iulie 1586 : the whole course of the saide viadge beinge plainlie described by the pricked line / newlie come forth by Baptista B.
Creator:
Boazio, Baptista
Date:
[1589?]
Physical Description:
[5] sheets : maps (engravings)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

45. A voyage to the islands Madera, Barbados, Nieves, S. Christophers and Jamaica : with the natural history of the herbs and trees, four-footed beasts, fishes, birds, insects, reptiles, &c. of the last of those islands : to which is prefix'd an introduction, wherein is an account of the inhabitants, air, waters, diseases, trade, &c of that place, with some relations concerning the neighbouring continent, and islands of America : illustrated with the figures of the things describ'd, which have not been heretofore engraved, in large copper-plates as big as the life / by Hans Sloane.

A voyage to the islands Madera, Barbados, Nieves, S. Christophers and Jamaica : with the natural history of the herbs and trees, four-footed beasts, fishes, birds, insects, reptiles, &c. of the last of those islands : to which is prefix'd an introduction, wherein is an account of the inhabitants, air, waters, diseases, trade, &c of that place, with some relations concerning the neighbouring continent, and islands of America : illustrated with the figures of the things describ'd, which have not been heretofore engraved, in large copper-plates as big as the life / by Hans Sloane.
Creator:
Sloane, Hans, Sir, 1660–1753
Date:
1707-1725
Physical Description:
2 v., XI, 274 leaves of plates (some folded) : ill., port. (frontispiece), map (engravings) ; 36 cm (fol.)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

46. A new map of the English empire in America : viz Virginia, New York, Maryland, New Jarsey, Carolina, New England, Pennsylvania, Newfoundland, New France &c. / by Rob. Morden. ; J. Harris sculp.

A new map of the English empire in America : viz Virginia, New York, Maryland, New Jarsey, Carolina, New England, Pennsylvania, Newfoundland, New France &c. / by Rob. Morden. ; J. Harris sculp.
Creator:
Morden, Robert, approximately 1650–1703
Date:
[ca. 1695]
Physical Description:
1 map : engraving ; 51 x 60 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

47. Map of the southeastern part of North America.

Map of the southeastern part of North America.
Creator:
Hammerton, William, -1732
Date:
1721
Physical Description:
1 map : pen and black and brown ink, with red, yellow, and blue-gray wash ; 78 x 132 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of the Acorn Foundation, Inc., Alexander O. Vietor, Yale BA 1936, President, in honor of Paul Mellon

48. [Terrestrial globe]

[Terrestrial globe]
Date:
[ca. 1522]
Physical Description:
1 globe : paint and gesso over hollow wood sphere, brass (stand) ; 368 mm in diam.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

49. Hakluytus posthumus or Purchas his Pilgrimes. : Contayning a history of the world, in sea voyages, & lande-trauells, by Englishmen and others. ... Some left written by Mr. Hakluyt at his death more since added, his also perused, & perfected. : All examined, abreuiated, illustrated w[i]th notes, enlarged w[i]th discourses, adorned w[i]th pictures, and expressed in mapps. : In fower parts, each containing fiue bookes. / By Samuel Purchas, B.D.

Hakluytus posthumus or Purchas his Pilgrimes. : Contayning a history of the world, in sea voyages, & lande-trauells, by Englishmen and others. ... Some left written by Mr. Hakluyt at his death more since added, his also perused, & perfected. : All examined, abreuiated, illustrated w[i]th notes, enlarged w[i]th discourses, adorned w[i]th pictures, and expressed in mapps. : In fower parts, each containing fiue bookes. / By Samuel Purchas, B.D.
Creator:
Purchas, Samuel, 1577?-1626
Date:
1625
Physical Description:
4 v. : ill., maps ; 35 cm. (fol.)
Collection:
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50. Narrative, of a five years' expedition, against the revolted Negroes of Surinam, in Guiana, on the wild coast of South America, from the year 1772, to 1777 : elucidating the history of that country ... with an account of the Indians of Guiana, & Negroes of Guinea / by Captn. J. G. Stedman ...

Narrative, of a five years' expedition, against the revolted Negroes of Surinam, in Guiana, on the wild coast of South America, from the year 1772, to 1777 : elucidating the history of that country ... with an account of the Indians of Guiana, & Negroes of Guinea / by Captn. J. G. Stedman ...
Creator:
Stedman, John Gabriel, 1744–1797
Date:
1796
Physical Description:
2 v. : ill., maps, plans ; 27 cm.
Collection:
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51. Account of the last voyage of Thomas Cavendish.

Account of the last voyage of Thomas Cavendish.
Creator:
Cavendish, Thomas, 1560–1592
Date:
1592
Physical Description:
1 v. (38 leaves) ; 20 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

52. In hoc opere haec continentur Geographiae Cl. Ptolemaei a plurimis uiris utriusq[ue] linguae doctiss. eme[n]data, & cu[m] archetypo Graeco ab ipsis collata / schemata cu[m] demonstrationibus suis correcta a Marco Beneuentano ... & Ioanne Cotta ... ; figura de proiectione spherae in plano quae in libro octauo desiderabatur ab ipsis no[n]dum instaurata sed fere ad inuenta eius. n. uestigia in nullo etiam Graeco codice extabant ; maxima quantitas dier[um] ciuitatu[m], & distantiae locor[um] ab Alexa[n]dria Aegypti cuiusq[ue] ciuitatis quae in alijs codicibus no[n] erant ; planisphaerium Cl. Ptolemaei recognitu[m] & diligentiss. emendatum a Marco Benuentano ... ; noua orbis descriptio ac nuoa oceani nauigatio qua Lisbona ad Indicu[m] peruenitur pelagus Marco Benuentano ... aedita ; noua & uniuersalior orbis tabula Ioa[n]. Ruysch ... elaborata ; sex tabulae nouiter confectae uidelicet Liuoniae, Hyspaniae, Galliae, Germaniae, Italiae, & Iudeae.

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Creator:
Ptolemy, active 2nd century
Date:
anno Virginei partus 1508
Physical Description:
[284] p., [68] leaves of plates : ill., maps (woodcuts) ; 45 cm. (fol.)
Collection:
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53. A series of fourteen sketches made during the voyage up Wellington channel in search of Sir John Franklin, K.C.H. and the missing crews of H.M. Discovery-ships Erebus and Terror : together with a short account of each drawing / by Commander Walter W. May, R.N., late Lieutenant of H. M. Discovery-ship Assistance (Captain Sir Edward Belcher, C.B.)

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Creator:
May, Walter W.
Date:
[1855]
Physical Description:
6, [1] p., [xiv] leaves of plates : ill. ; 37 cm.
Collection:
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54. A description of the island of Jamaica : with the other isles and territories in America, to which the English are related, viz. Barbadoes, St. Christophers, Nievis or Mevis, Antego, St. Vincent, Dominica, Montserrat, Anguilla, Barbada, Bermudes, Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, New-York, New England, New-Found-Land : taken from the notes of Sr. Thomas Linch, Knight, governour of Jamaica, and other experienced persons in the said places. Illustrated with maps / published by Richard Blome.

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Creator:
Blome, Richard, 1635–1705
Date:
1672
Physical Description:
[8], 192 p., [3] folded leaves of plates : ill. (maps) ; 15 cm. (8vo)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

55. America.

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Creator:
Overton, Henry, 1675 or 1676–1751
Date:
[after 1727]
Physical Description:
1 map : outline color ; 56.7 x 97.3 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

56. [World map]

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Creator:
Ptolemy, active 2nd century
Date:
[1482]
Physical Description:
1 map : woodcut ; image 41 x 57 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

57. A new map of the English plantations in America [cartographic material] : both continent and ilands : shewing their true situation and distance from England or one with another / by Robert Morden ... and William Berry.

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Creator:
Morden, Robert, approximately 1650–1703
Date:
[ca. 1677]
Physical Description:
1 map : engraving ; 42 x 52 cm
Collection:
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58. The generall historie of Virginia, New-England, and the Summer Isles : with the names of the adventurers, planters, and governours from their first beginning ano: 1584 to this present 1624. With the procedings of those severall colonies and the accidents that befell them in all their journeyes and discoveries. Also the maps and descriptions of all those countryes, their commodities, people, government, customes, and religion yet knowne. Divided into sixe bookes / by Captaine Iohn Smith, sometymes governour in those countryes & admirall of New England.

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Creator:
Smith, John, 1580–1631
Date:
1624
Physical Description:
[14], 96, 105-248 p., [4] folded leaves of plates : ill., maps, ports. ; 29 cm. (fol.)
Collection:
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59. Translation of a report by Álvaro de Bazan, marquês de Santa Cruz, on the defense of Spain and the West Indies from Sir Francis Drake : manuscript.

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Creator:
Hakluyt, Richard, 1552?-1616
Date:
circa 1597
Physical Description:
1 sheet : pen and black ink ; 29 x 37 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

60. The principall navigations, voiages and discoveries of the English nation, made by sea or ouer land, to the most remote and farthest distant quarters of the earth at any time within the compasse of these 1500 yeeres : deuided into three seuerall parts, according to the positions of the regions whereunto they were directed ... whereunto is added the last most renowmed English nauigation, round about the whole globe of the earth / by Richard Hakluyt ...

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Date:
1589
Physical Description:
[16], 242, [2], 243-643, [12], 644-825, [12] p., [1] leaf of plates (folded) : ill., map ; 29 cm. (fol.)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

61. The discovery of the North-west Passage / by H.M.S. "Investigator." Capt. R. M'Clure, 1850, 1851, 1852, 1853, 1854 ; edited by Commander Sherard Osborn, from the logs and journals of Capt. Robert Le M. M'Clure ; illustrated by Commander S. Guerney Cresswell.

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Creator:
McClure, Robert John Le Mesurier, Sir, 1807–1873
Date:
1856
Physical Description:
xix, 405, [1] p., [5] leaves of plates (some fold.) : ill. ; 23 cm.
Collection:
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62. Iohn Huighen van Linschoten, his Discours of Voyages into ye Easte & West Indies : deuided into foure Bookes.

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Creator:
Linschoten, Jan Huygen van, 1563–1611
Date:
[1598]
Physical Description:
[10], 197, [4], 198-259 [i.e. 295], [3], 307-462 p., [23] folded leaves of plates : ill., maps ; 30 cm (fol.)
Collection:
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63. Atlas minor, sive, Geographia compendiosa, qua orbis terrarum, per paucas attamen novissimas tabulas ostenditur.

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Creator:
Visscher, Nicolaes, 1649–1702
Date:
[approximately 1716?]
Physical Description:
1 atlas ([2] pages, 95, 132 leaves of plates) : 227 maps ; 54 x 68 cm
Collection:
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64. Voyage de Humboldt et Bonpland ...

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Creator:
Humboldt, Alexander von, 1769–1859
Date:
1805-34
Physical Description:
32 v. : col. plates, maps, charts ; 35 x 59 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

65. Diuers voyages touching the discouerie of America, and the ilands adiacent vnto the same, made first of all by our Englishmen, and afterward by the Frenchmen and Britons: and certaine notes of aduertisements for obseruations, necessarie for such as shall heereafter make the like attempt, with two mappes annexed heereunto for the plainer vnderstanding of the whole matter.

No cover image available
Creator:
Hakluyt, Richard, 1552?-1616
Date:
1582
Physical Description:
[124] p., [2] folded leaves of plates : maps ; 19 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

66. Virginia impartially examined, and left to publick view : to be considered by all iudicious and honest men. Under which title, is comprehended the degrees from 34 to 39, wherein lyes the rich and healthfull countries of Roanock, the now plantations of Virginia and Mary-land. Looke not upon this booke, as those that are set out by private men, for private ends; for being read, you'l find, the publick good is the authors onely aime. For this piece is no other than the adventurers faithfull steward, disposing the adventure for the best advantage, advising people of all degrees, from the highest master, to the meanest servant, how suddenly to raise their fortunes. Peruse the table, and you shall finde the way plainely layd downe / By William Bvllock, gent.

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Creator:
Bullock, William, b. 1617?
Date:
1649
Physical Description:
[12], 66 p. ; 20 cm. (4to)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

67. In hoc opere haec continentur Geographiae Cl. Ptolemaei a plurimis uiris utriusq[ue] linguae doctiss. eme[n]data, & cu[m] archetypo Graeco ab ipsis collata / schemata cu[m] demonstrationibus suis correcta a Marco Beneuentano monacho caelestino & Ioanne Cotta Veronensi uiris mathematicis consultissimis ; figura de proiectione spherae in plano quae in libro octauo desiderabatur ab ipsis no[n]dum instaurata sed fere ad inuenta eius. n. uestigia in nullo etiam Graeco codice extabant ; maxima quantitas dier[um] ciuitatu[m], & distantiae locor[um] ab Alexa[n]dria Aegypti cuiusq[ue] ciuitatis quae in alijs codicibus no[n] erant ; planisphaerium Cl. Ptolemaei recognitu[m] & diligentiss. emendatum a Marco Benuentano ... ; noua orbis descriptio ac nuoa oceani nauigatio qua Lisbona ad Indicu[m] peruenitur pelagus Marco Benuentano ... aedita ; noua & uniuersalior orbis tabula Ioa[n]. Ruysch ... elaborata ; sex tabulae nouiter confectae uidelicet Liuoniae, Hyspaniae, Galliae, Germaniae, Italiae, & Iudeae.

No cover image available
Creator:
Ptolemy, active 2nd century
Date:
anno Virginei partus 1508
Physical Description:
1 atlas ([284] pages, [68] leaves of plates) : illustrations, 34 maps ; 43 cm (folio)
Collection:
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68. A new and compleat map of all America : also of the West Indies and other islands depending thereon : with a copious table fully shewing the several possessions of each European prince and state, as settled by the definitive treaty concluded at Paris Feby. 10th, 1763 the clauses of which relative thereto are inserted / by John Gibson ...

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Creator:
J. G. (John Gibson)
Date:
[1763]
Physical Description:
1 map : hand col., mounted on linen ; 104 x 121 cm., folded to 26 x 15 cm., in case 27 x 16 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

69. The aboriginal port folio ... / by J.O. Lewis.

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Creator:
Lewis, James Otto, 1799–1858
Date:
1835-[1836]
Physical Description:
10 parts (80 unnumbered plates) : color illustrations, portraits ; 49 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

70. Narratio regionum Indicarum per Hispanos quosdam deuastatarum verissima : priùs quidem per Episcopum Bartholomæum Casaum, natione Hispanum Hispanicè conscripta, & Anno 1551. Hispali, Hispanicè, Anno verò hoc 1598.

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Creator:
Casas, Bartolomé de las, 1484–1566
Date:
Anno M.D.XCVIII [1598]
Physical Description:
[8], 141, [3] p. : ill. ; 21 cm. (4to)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

71. The theatre of the empire of Great-Britain : presenting an exact geography of the kingdom of England, Scotland, Ireland, and the isles adjoyning : as also the shires, hundreds, cities and shire-towns within the kingdom of England and principality of Wales : with a chronology of the civil-wars in England, Wales and Ireland : together with a prospect of the most famous parts of the world, viz. Asia, Africa, Europe, America : with these empires and kingdoms therein contained, viz. Grecia, Roman-Empire, Germany, Bohemia, France, Belgia, Spain, Italy, Hungary, Denmark, Poland, Persia, Turkish-Empire, Kingdom of China, Tartaria, Summer-Islands / by John Speed.

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Creator:
Speed, John, 1552?-1629
Date:
MDCLXXVI [1676]
Physical Description:
[16], 126, 5-6, 5-8, [22], 129-146, [14], 56, [12] pages, [2] leaves of plates : illustrations, coats of arms, tables ; 46 cm (folio)
Collection:
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72. Orbis habitabilis oppida et vestitus : centenario numero complexa, summo studio collecta / atque in lucem edita à Carolo Allard = Des bewoonden waerelds steden en dragten : in een honderd-getal begreepen / met een byzondere naerstigheid verzaameld en uitgegeven door Carel Allard.

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Creator:
Allard, Carel, 1648–approximately 1709
Date:
[not after 1698?]
Physical Description:
[14] pages, [202] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 31 cm (fol.)
Collection:
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73. La galerie agreable du monde : où l'on voit en un grand nombre de cartes tres-exactes et de belles tailles-douces, les principaux empires, roïaumes, republiques, provinces, villes, bourgs et forteresses, avec leur situation, & ce qu'elles ont de plus remarquable : les iles, côtes, rivières, ports de mer, & autre lieux considerables de l'ancienne & nouvelle géographie : les antiquitez, les abbaies, eglises, academies, colleges, bibliotheques, palais, et autres edifices, tant publics que particuliers : comme aussi les maisons de campagne, les habillemens et moeurs des peuples, leur religion, les jeux, les fêtes, les ceremonies, les pompes & les magnificences : item les animaux, arbres, plantes, fleurs, quelque temples & idoles des païens & autres raretez dignes d'êtres vuës : dans les quatre parties de l'univers, divisée en LXVI tomes / les estampes aiant été dessinées sur les lieux & gravées exactement par les celébres Luyken, Mulder, Goerée, Baptist, Stopendaal, & par d'autres maïtres renomez, avec une courte description qui précede chaque empire, roïaume &c. & même avec le sommaire sous chaque planche ; le tout recueilli avec beaucoup de soin, de travail & de depense, pour l'utilité & pour le plaisir des amateurs de l'histoire & de la géographie.

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Date:
[1729?]
Physical Description:
66 v. : chiefly ill., maps, plans ; 37-38 cm. (fol.)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

74. Wunderbarliche, doch warhaftige Erklärung, von der Gelegenheit und Sitten der Wilden in Virginia ...

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Creator:
Bry, Theodor de, 1528–1598
Date:
1590[-1630]
Physical Description:
14 parts : ill., maps, plans, ports. ; 36 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

75. A map of Pensilvania, New-Jersey, New-York, and the three Delaware counties [cartographic material] / by Lewis Evans, MDCCXLIX ; L. Hebert, sculpt.

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Creator:
Evans, Lewis, 1700?-1756
Date:
1749
Physical Description:
1 map ; 63 x 47 cm, on sheet 66 x 50 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

76. Travels in the interior of North America / by Maximilian, Prince of Wied ; with numerous engravings on wood, and a large map ; translated from the German, by H. Evans Lloyd ; to accompany the original series of eighty-one elaborately-coloured plates ...

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Creator:
Wied, Maximilian, Prinz von, 1782–1867
Date:
MDCCCXLIII-MDCCCXLIV [1843-1844]
Physical Description:
2 volumes (x, [2], 520 pages, [1] leaf of plates; [2], XXXIII, 48 leaves) : illustrations, portraits, map ; 33-63 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

77. A voyage of discovery, into the South Sea and Beering's straits, for the purpose of exploring a North-East passage : undertaken in the years 1815-1818, at the expense of His Highness the Chancellor of the Empire, Count Romanzoff, in the ship Rurick, under the command of the lieutenant in the Russian Imperial Navy, Otto von Kotzebue : illustrated with numerous plates and maps : in three volumes.

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Creator:
Kotzebue, Otto von, 1787–1846
Date:
1821
Physical Description:
3 volumes : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

78. Iohannes von Monteuilla, Ritter.

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Creator:
Mandeville, John, Sir
Date:
1488
Physical Description:
[180] p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
Collection:
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79. America, siue, India Nova : ad magnae Gerardi Mercatoris aui vniversalis imitationem in compendium redacta / per Michaelem Mercatorem, Duysburgensem.

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Creator:
Mercator, Michael, d. 1600
Date:
between 1613 and 1630]
Physical Description:
1 map : hand col. ; 33.8 in diam.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

80. Claudii Ptholemaei Alexandrini Liber geographiae cum tabulis et universali figura et cum additione locorum quae recentioribus reperta sunt diligenti cura emendatus et impressus [cartographic material].

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Creator:
Ptolemy, active 2nd century
Date:
Anno Domini. M.D.XI. die. xx. mensis Martii. [March 22, 1511]
Physical Description:
1 atlas ([62] leaves, [28] double leaves of plates) : ill., maps ; 43 cm (fol.)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

81. Le nouveau & grand illuminant flambeau de la mer, de tout le monde : contenant la premiere, deuxieme, troizieme, quatrieme, & cinquieme partie : par lesquelles il est clairement & parfaitement bien demonstré toutes les côtes maritimes cônues de tout le monde : avec une pertinentes description de tous les havres, bayes, rades conues, secs, estendues des coursses, & ouvertures des terres, le tout dressé sur leurs vrayes hauteurs polaire ... / recueilli & assemblé ... par Nicolas Jansz. Vooght & Gerard van Keulen, geomêtre & maistre en mathematiques.

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Creator:
Vooght, Claes Janszoon, -1696
Date:
1736
Physical Description:
1 atlas (6 volumes) : illustrations, maps ; 55 cm
Collection:
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82. The principal nauigations voiages, traffiques and discoueries of the English nation, made by sea or ouer-land, to the remote and farthest distant quarters of the earth, at any time within the compasse of these 1500 yeeres : deuided into three seuerall volumes, according to the positions of the regions, whereunto they were directed ... whereunto is annexed also a briefe commentarie of the true state of Island, and of the northern seas and lands situate that way, and lastly, the memorable defeate of the Spanish huge Armada, anno 1588, and the famous victorie atchieued at the citie of Cadiz, 1596, are described / by Richard Hakluyt ...

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Date:
1598 [-1600]
Physical Description:
3 v., [1] leaf of plates (folded) : map. ; 29 cm. (fol.)
Collection:
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83. The private journal of Captain G.F. Lyon, of H.M.S. Hecla, during the recent voyage of discovery under Captain Parry : with a map and plates.

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Creator:
Lyon, G. F. (George Francis), 1795–1832
Date:
1824
Physical Description:
xiii, [1] 468 pages, [7] leaves of plates : illustrations, folded map ; 23 cm
Collection:
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84. Baziliōlogia : a booke of kings : beeing the true and lively effigies of all our English kings from the conquest vntill this present : with their seuerall coats of armes, impresses and devises : and a brief chronologie of their liues and deaths : elegantly grauen in copper.

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Date:
1618
Physical Description:
[1], [99] leaves : all ports. ; 28 cm.
Collection:
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85. Recens edita totius Novi Belgii, in America Septentrionali siti / delineatio cura et sumtibus Matthaei Seutteri ; chalcographi Augustani.

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Creator:
Seutter, Matthaeus, 1678–1756
Date:
[1730]
Physical Description:
1 map : engraving, hand-colored ; 48 x 56 cm., on sheet 52 x 60 cm
Collection:
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86. A voyage to the Pacific ocean. Undertaken, by the command of His Majesty, for making discoveries in the Northern hemisphere. To determine the position and extent of the west side of North America; its distance from Asia; and the practicability of a northern passage to Europe. Performed under the direction of Captains Cook, Clerke, and Gore, in His Majesty's ships the Resolution and Discovery. In the years 1776, 1777, 1778, 1779, and 1780 ... Vol. I. and II. written by Captain James Cook, F. R. S. Vol. III. by Captain James King, L. L. D. and F. R. S. Illustrated with maps and charts, from the original drawings made by Lieut. Henry Roberts ... with a great variety of portraits ... views ... and historical representations ... drawn by Mr. Webber ... Published by order of the lords commissioners of the Admiralty ...

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Creator:
Cook, James, 1728–1779
Date:
1784
Physical Description:
3 v. plates (part fold.) maps (part fold.) charts (part fold.) 30 cm. & atlas 57 cm.
Collection:
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87. The principal nauigations, voyages, traffiques and discoueries of the English nation : made by sea or ouerland, to the remote and farthest distant quarters of the earth, at any time within the compasse of these 1600 yeres, diuided into three seuerall volumes, according to the positions of the regions, whereunto they were directed ... / by Richard Hakluyt, preacher, and sometime student of Christ-Church in Oxford.

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Date:
anno 1599-1600
Physical Description:
3 v. ; 31 cm. (fol.)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

88. Narrative of a second voyage in search of a north-west passage, and of a residence in the Arctic regions during the years 1829, 1830, 1831, 1832, 1833 / by Sir John Ross, C.B., K.S.A., K.C.S., &c. &c., Captain in the Royal Navy ; including the reports of Commander, now Captain, James Clark Ross, R.N., F.R.S., F.L.S., &c. ; and the discovery of the Northern Magnetic Pole.

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Creator:
Ross, John, Sir, 1777–1856
Date:
1835
Physical Description:
[6], 740 pages, [30] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 31 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

89. An historical account of the expedition against the Ohio Indians, in the year MDCCLXIV, under the command of Henry Bouquet, Esq., colonel of foot, and now brigadier general in America : including his transactions with the Indians, relative to the delivery of their prisoners, and the preliminaries of peace : with an introductory account of the preceding campaign, and battle at Bushy-Run : to which are annexed military papers, containing reflections on the war with the savages, a method of forming frontier settlements; some account of the Indian country, with a list of nations, fighting men, towns, distances, and different routs : the whole illustrated with a map and copper-plates / published, from authentic documents, by a lover of his country.

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Creator:
Smith, William, 1727–1803
Date:
MDCCLXVI [1766]
Physical Description:
xiii, 71 p., [5] leaves of plates : ill., maps ; 29 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

90. Virginia richly valued, by the description of the maine land of Florida, her next neighbour : out of the four yeeres continuall trauell and discouerie, for aboue one thousand miles east and west, of Don Ferdinando de Soto, and sixe hundred able men in his companie. Wherin are truly oserued the riches and fertilitie of those parts, abounding with things necessarie, pleasant, and profitable for the life of man: with the natures and dispositions of the inhabitants / Written by a Portugall gentleman of Eluas, emploied in all the action, and translated out of Portugese by Richard Hakluyt.

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Date:
1609
Physical Description:
[8], 180 p. ; 18 cm. (4to)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

91. A description of the New World. Or, America islands and continent : and by what people those regions are now inhabited. And what places are there desolate and without inhabitants. And the bays, rivers, capes, forts, cities and their latitudes, the seas on their coasts: the trade, winds, the North-west passage, and the commerce of the English nation, as they were all in the year 1649 / faithfully described for information of such of his countrey as desire intelligence of these perticulars. By George Gardyner of Peckham, in the county of Surrey Esq.

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Creator:
Gardyner, George
Date:
1651
Physical Description:
[16], 187, [3] p. ; 15 cm. (8vo)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

92. Atlas siue Cosmographicae meditationes de fabrica mundi et fabricati figura / Gerardo Mercatore Rupelmundano ...

Atlas siue Cosmographicae meditationes de fabrica mundi et fabricati figura / Gerardo Mercatore Rupelmundano ...
Creator:
Mercator, Gerhard, 1512–1594
Date:
anno 1595
Physical Description:
1 atlas ([14], 32, [16] pages, [254] leaves) : illustrations, maps, portrait ; 43 cm (folio)
Collection:
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93. Arcano del mare / di D. Ruberto Dudleo duca di Nortumbria, e conte di Waruich : diuiso in libri sei ...

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Creator:
Dudley, Robert, Sir, 1574–1649
Date:
MDCLXI [1661]
Physical Description:
2 volumes : illustrations, maps ; 57 x 42 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

94. A chart of North and South America : including the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, with the nearest coasts of Europe, Africa, and Asia.

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Creator:
Green, John, -1757
Date:
1753
Physical Description:
1 map : hand col., mounted on linen ; 1753.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

95. A new map of Virginia, Maryland, and the improved parts of Pennsylvania & New Jersey [cartographic material].

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Creator:
Browne, Christopher, active 1684–1712
Date:
[1685?]
Physical Description:
1 map : engraving, hand-colored ; 48 x 55 cm, on sheet 53 x 65 cm
Collection:
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96. America quarta pars orbis ...

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Creator:
Blaeu, Willem Janszoon, 1571–1638
Date:
[1686?]
Physical Description:
1 map : engraving ; 83 x 106 cm, on sheet 87 x 111 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

97. The natural and civil history of the French dominions in North and South America : giving a particular account of the climate, soil, minerals, animals, vegetables, manufactures, trade, commerce and languages, together with the religion, government, genius, character, manners and customs of the Indians and other inhabitants, illustrated by maps and plans of the principal places / collected from the best authorities, and engraved by T. Jefferys, geographer to His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales.

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Creator:
Jefferys, Thomas, -1771
Date:
MDCCLX [1760]
Physical Description:
2 parts in 1 ([8], 132, *129-*142, 168 pages; [4], 246, [18] folded leaves of plates) : 8 maps, 10 plans ; 37 cm (folio)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

98. A map of the British and French dominions in North America [cartographic material] : with the roads, distances, limits, and extent of the settlements, humbly inscribed to the Right Honourable the Earl of Halifax, and the other Right Honourable the Lords Commissioners for Trade & Plantations / by their Lordships most obliged and very humble servant, Jno. Mitchell ; Tho. Kitchin, sculp.

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Creator:
Mitchell, John, 1711–1768
Date:
Febry 13th, 1755
Physical Description:
1 map : engraving ; 136 x 195 cm, on sheets 77 x 57 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

99. Voyage pittoresque autour du monde : avec des portraits de sauvages d'Amérique, d'Asie, d'Afrique, et des îles du Grand océan : des paysages, des vues maritimes, et plusieurs objets d'histoire naturelle : accompagné de descriptions par m. le baron Cuvier, et m. A. de Chamisso, et d'observations sur les crânes humains, par m. le docteur Gall / par m. Louis Choris, peintre.

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Creator:
Choris, Louis, 1795–1828
Date:
1822 [that is, 1823]
Physical Description:
[4], VI, [154] pages, [105] leaves of plates (1 folded) : illustrations (some hand-colored), maps, portrait ; 43 cm (fol.)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

100. The discoveries of John Lederer : in three several marches from Virginia, to the west of Carolina, and other parts of the continent : begun in March 1669, and ended in September 1670. Together with a general map of the whole territory which he traversed : collected and translated out of Latine from his discourse and writings / by Sir William Talbot baronet.

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Creator:
Lederer, John
Date:
1672
Physical Description:
[8], 27, [1] pages, [1] folded leaf of plates : 1 map ; 20 cm (4to)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts