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Medical Inquiries and Observations

Benjamin Rush

1789

Detail of an engraved, hand colored map shows naval warfare, labels over "York River" and "York Town," and red and yellow details.

To his Excellency Gen Washington, Commander in Chief of the Armies of the United States of America. This Plan of the investment of York and Gloucester has been surveyed…

Sebastian Blauman

1782

Detail of an engraved map of northeastern North America shows "Maryland," "Virginia," and other labels in English for forts and bodies of water.

[A new chart of the English Empire in North America]

Cyprian Southack

1717

Detail of gold JCB stamp on black binding.

Principall navigations, voiages, and discoveries of the English nation

Edward Wright

1598

Detail of a printed book shows a full-page illustration of a man smoking while seated and another man throwing water on him. Text in English on the opposite page.

Little truths better than great fables

William Darton

1794

Detail of hand colored, manuscript map shows rivers (outlined in green) and labels written in red ink. Near the large, red letters reading "Mor" there is a plantation notable for being labeled "Jews." Other plantations are labeled with surnames.

A discription of the coleny of Surranam in Guiana drawne in the year 1667

1667

Detail of a printed book shows title page with manuscript notations at the top of the page.

A summary history of New-England

Hannah Adams

1799

Detail of an engraved map of Azilia shows a castle in the center of the city, surrounded by farms and four quadrants.

A plan representing the form of setling the districts, or county divisions in the Margravate of Azilia

1717

A map showing the Americas and a constellation over them

Constellations: Reimagining Celestial Histories in the Early Americas

November 2020 - August 2021

image of an open book with a colorful image of insects on a tropical plant and printed text

By a Lady: Women and Natural History in the Americas, 1650-1830

September 2019

Open House

First Folio Enters the Global Stage: A Walk Around the World Through 23 Book in the JCB

Saturday, April 16 at 11:00am

people sailing in a boat, shark in the bottom right corner

Textual Afterlives: Generating Editions and Editing Generations of Americana

Spring 2019

printed title page of a religious text in Algonquian and English

Collections Up Close

A healthy conversion: John Eliot, Robert Boyle, and the Algonquians

January 1, 2019

frontispiece of Aurora Australis 20th century book

Newly Catalogued: The Aurora Australis

October 24, 2018

cover of "A Biography of a Map in Motion" by Christian J Koot

Our Fellows

Fresh Ink: A Biography of a Map in Motion by Christian J. Koot

March 8, 2018

Watch "Ten Things I Learned from Shakespeare"

December 5, 2017