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West Indische Paskaert : In veel plaetsen verbetert ende vernieut near verscheÿden Stuerluÿden haer ondervinding die deze kusten. Bezeÿlt en bevaren hebben

Description: "Vertronen (behalven Europaes zuÿdelÿcste) alle de Zeekusten van Africa en America, begrepen in’t Octroy bÿ de H.M.H. Staten generael der vereeinichde Nederl. verleent aende generale West Indische Compagnie. Mitsgaders die van Peru en Chil. Inde groote Zuÿd Zee." Printed on vellum. To the right is Africa and Europe north to Amsterdam. Inserted within Africa is the southern extension of the African coastline to the Cape of Good Hope. The left side showing the Americas has the southern extension of South America as an insert in Brazil. See 439524 for the Blaue map of which this a probable derivative. Differs from the Blaeu's original of 1608 by showing the southwest coast of Africa overlaid on Europe and northern Africa, and the map of the southern portion of South America which is overlaid on Brazil is smaller. Includes more place names along the coasts. Is described as improved and updated (verbetert ende vernieut). See Burden Vol. 1 257; this map is State 1. Relief: no. Projection: Mercator. Printing Process: Engraving.
Type: Rare Books(Opens in new tab)
Date: [ca. 1639]
Call number: 268067
Creator: Colom, Jacob Aertsz (1599-1673)(Opens in new tab)
Dimensions: 72 x 92 cm
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West Indische Paskaert waerin de graden der breedde over wederzÿden vande middellÿn waßande soo vergrooten dan die aeproportioneert syn seger hunne nevenstaende graden der legende; Vertenen (behalven Europaes zudelÿeste alle de Zeekusten van Africa en America begrepen in't Octroy bij de H. M. H. Staten generael der vereeniende Nederl., verleent aende generale West Indische Compagnie. Mitsgaders die van Peru en Chili, inde groote Zuyd-Zee / Beschreven door Willem I. Blaeuw

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The left side showing the Americas has the southern extension of South America as an insert in Brazil. On vellum. Note the erroneous date "1608" is penciled in. This is similar to State 2 as defined by Burden (223) -- there is no sailor with cross staff as described by Burden. A landmark map, first sea chart of America in Mercator Projection. Shields of the major European powers are on the corresponding countries and/or colonies overseas. Largest sheet of vellum then available. See 268067 for a derivative map. Relief: no. Projection: Mercator. Printing Process: Engraving.

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Vallard Atlas

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World atlas containing 15 nautical charts, tables of declinations, etc. Probably made in Dieppe, France either by a Portuguese cartographer or based on a Portuguese prototype, judging from the Portuguese influence on the geographical names. Nicolas Vallard de Dipeppe was probably the first owner. Sir Thomas Phillipps also owned the original atlas. The charts include: Terra Java [east coast of Australia?] -- La Java [north coast of Australia?, East Indies and part of Asia] -- Terra Java [west coast of Australia?] -- [Arabian Sea, Red Sea, and Persian Gulf] -- [Southern Africa and southwest Indian Ocean] -- [Atlantic Ocean with the coast of Africa and Brazil] -- [Northwest Africa] -- [Europe and northern Africa] -- [North America and Canada, east coast] -- [West Indies, Mexico, Central America and northern South America] -- [Northeastern South America] -- [Southeastern South America and Straits of Magellan] -- [Western Europe and northwestern Africa] -- [Adriatic Sea] -- [Agean Sea].

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Portolan atlas, Italian : [cartographic material] : [manuscript]

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ff. 2v-20. [Battista Agnese] Latin. Contains 16 maps, etc.: f. 2v, Table of declinations; f. 3, Armillary sphere; ff. 3v-4, Zodiac; ff. 4v-5, Pacific Ocean with portions of North America, South America, Asia, and East Indies; ff. 5v-6, Atlantic Ocean with portions of North America, South America, Europe, and Africa; ff. 6v-7, Indian Ocean, Africa, southern Asia, portion of East Indies; ff. 7v-8, Europe, including British Isles, Russia, and part of Scandinavia; ff. 8v-9, Western Mediterranean with Iberian peninsula and northwest Africa; ff. 9v-10, Central Mediterranean and Italy; ff. 10v-11, Eastern Mediterranean and Aegean Sea; ff. 11v-12, Black Sea; ff. 12v-13, Italy and Dalmatian coast: colored map, with inland cities and geographical features (not by Agnese); ff. 13v-14, Aegean Sea; ff. 14v-15, Palestine: colored map, with inland cities and geographical features (not by Agnese); ff. 15v-16, Oval map of the world (showing 2 routes: from Spain to Peru, and around the world via the Moluccas); ff. 16v-17, Western Mediterranean and Iberian peninsula: colored map, with inland cities and geographical features (not by Agnese); ff. 17v-18, Russia: colored map, with inland cities and geographical features (not by Agnese); ff. 18v-19, Scandinavian peninsula, Iceland, part of British Isles: colored map, with inland cities and geographical features (not by Agnese); ff. 19v-20, Eastern hemisphere (unfinished).

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La Luisiana : cedida al Rei N.S. por S. M. Christianisima, con la Nueva Orleans, è Isla en que se halla esta ciudad construida sobre el mapa de Mr. D'Anville / por D. Thomás Lopez

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Three maps in one, with New Orleans as a submap, and the northern extension of the Mississippi as another. Submaps: New Orleans; Northern extension Mississippi River. Submap of New Orleans acknowledges debt to Bellin's map. Map is placed in a wider context in Charting Louisiana : five hundred years of maps, 2003, map number 34 on page 77. MS note: x77474 Geo. Prime meridian: Ferro. Relief: pictorial. Graphic Scale: Leagues. Projection: Pseudocylindrical. Printing Process: Copper engraving.

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Mail routes in Brazil

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Kirkpatrick Catalogue entry: "2460 Brazil. [Mail route from São Paulo. n.p., 18--]. 1 sheet (holograph). [see p.]."Manuscript map? Map is untitled except for an ms sticker on the verso which reads "Mail route." Para, the northernmost city on the map, is now referred to as Belem. The distance between Belem and São Paulo is around 3000 kilometers. The farthest that the route goes from São Paulo is Diamantino in the state of Mato Grosso, a distance of about 1800 kilometers. São Carlos was founded in 1857, the latest of any of the cities shown here. Probably obtained while Burton was in South America between 1865 and 1868. Relief: no. Graphic Scale: Leagues. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: n/a. Verso Text: Sticker: Mail Route MS notes: p maps Brazil 2460.

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