Genre

Map

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hand colored map of north America

The north part of America...

Henry Briggs
1625
Detail of a colored manuscript map shows text in Spanish over Hispaniola reading "Isla de Sto. Domingo" with other smaller labels.

Descripcion de las costas de tierra firme de la America Septentrional

Antonio de Matos
1740
Detail of a hand colored printed map shows text in French reading "Terre-Neuve," latitude and longitude lines, and labels over other geographical areas.

Carte reduite des bancs et de l'Ile de Terre-Neuve avec les cotes du Golf de St. Laurent et de l'Acadie

[Depot de la Marine]
1784
Detail from an engraved, hand colored map shows vivid illustrations of celestial sphere with their constellations and zodiac signs around the sun. Labels in Dutch read "Taurus," "Orion," and "Saittarius."

The sea-atlas or the watter-world

Hendrick Doncker
1626-1699
Detail of a hand colored, engraved map of Boston, Massachusetts shows details such as "Boston Harbor," "Mill Pond," and "Charles's Wharf." Pink, green, and blue colors help differentiate geographical features.

A plan of Boston, and its environs,...

Richard Williams
1776
Detail of gold JCB stamp on black binding.

Principall navigations, voiages, and discoveries of the English nation

Edward Wright
1598
Detail of a printed map shows latitude and longitude lines and text in French such as "Commandeur Bering."

Nouvelle Carte des Descouvertes Faites par des vaisseaux russes aux côtes inconnues...

1754
Detail of a manuscript, hand-colored map depicting the Great Lakes, scattered trees depicted on surrounding land, and text in French.

Nouvelle Découverte de plusieurs Nations Dans la Nouvelle France en l'année 1673 et 1674

Louis Joliet
1673-1674

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An image of the map '“Delineatio Omnium Orarum Totius Australis Partis Americae'
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Jan van Linschoten, “Delineatio Omnium Orarum Totius Australis Partis Americae …” in Itinerario, voyage ofte schipvaert…, Amsterdam: Cornelius Claesz, 1596

November 22, 2021
Cartouche of the map “La Louisiane…”  made in 1695 by Vincenzo Coronelli
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Vincenzo Coronelli, “Partie occidentale du Canada ou de la Nouvelle France…” Paris : Chez J.B. Nolin, 1688

June 30, 2021
Image of Guaxtepec (relaciones geograficas)

New Digital Item-of-the-Month series begins this week

October 5, 2020
colorful eighteenth-century map of the northern coast of Hispaniola
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Plano y Descripcion Del Puerto del Guarico questa en la Ysla Española…, 1736

August 30, 2020
engraved map of the island of Hispaniola with present-day Haiti and Santo Domingo, including sea monsters, ships, and a compass
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L'isole piu famose del mondo…, 1572

February 25, 2020
Plan of the city of Cartagena in present-day Colombia with decorative cartouche and other decorative elements
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Civitas Carthagena in Indiae occidentalis continente sita…, 1588

January 27, 2020
engraved and hand-colored map of northeastern North America including present-day Maine to Virginia
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Recens Edita totius Novi Belgii, in America Septenrionali…, 1730

November 26, 2019
detail of cartouche of a map of northeastern North America
Lecture

Frames that Speak: An Introduction to Cartographic Cartouches

See Also

Collecting History of the JCB Library

16th Century