Skip to main content
Home

Secondary navigation

  • Online Catalogue
  • Visit
  • News
  • Donate
  • About

Main navigation

  • The Collection
    • Discover the Collection
      • Places
      • Languages
      • Themes
      • Periods
      • Genres
    • Online Catalogue
    • Digital Collections
  • Events & Exhibitions
    • Now On View
      • Constellations: Reimagining Celestial Histories in the Early Americas
    • Exhibitions History
    • Upcoming Events
    • Past Events
  • Research
    • Fellowships
      • Opportunities
      • Fellows Directory
      • Life in Residence
      • Remote Fellowship Program
    • Using the Library
      • Instructional Support Guide
      • Request Materials in the Reading Room
      • Resources and Publications
      • Image Permissions & Requests

Search Menu

  • Online Catalogue (BruKnow)
  • Internet Archive
  • LUNA

Language

Dutch

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Email

Featured Items

Detail of calf-bound book shows worn spine, embossed detail, and stamped title.

Secrete resolutien van de edele groot mog...

Johan de Witt
1717
Detail of a printed book shows a page with text in Dutch.

Pertinent en waarachtig verhaal van alle de handelingen en directie van Pedro Van Belle

1689
Detail from a printed book shows a fold-out illustration depicting ships in a bay engaging in naval warfare.

De Americaensche zee-roovers

Alexandre Olivier Exquemelin
1678
Detail of a colored engraved map shows latitude and longitude lines and label in English over New England written as "Nieu Engelant."

Pas caarte van Nieu Nederlandt

Arnold Colom
1656
Detail of a pink, orange, and blue colored, engraved map shows islands of Philippines such as "Masbate" and "Ticao." Other details include a line partially labelled "de la Nao para la Nueva Espanna."

Carte Hydrographique & Chorographique des Isles Philippines…

Pedro Murillo Velarde
1760
Detail of a printed book shows text in Dutch, with the Mexican state "Zacatecas" written in italics.

Gedenkschriften der omwenteling in het rijk van Mexico

William Davis Robinson
1823
Detail from a weathered printed document, that includes manuscript inscriptions, shows text in English from the president of the united states.

Sea letter, Brigantine Neptune, July 26, 1793

1793
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
  • Show More

See Also

Ephemera

Cosmography and Astrology

Back To Top

Location

The John Carter Brown Library
94 George Street
Providence, Rhode Island 02906

Directions & Contact

Hours

Hours & Closings

Newsletter

Sign up to receive the latest news, events, and highlights from the JCB.

Sign Up

 

John Carter Brown Library Logo

  • Accessibility
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Instagram
©2019 The John Carter Brown Library. A Message»Agency Site