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picture of title page of Mudo lamento

Mudo lamento de la vastissima, y numerosa Gentilidad, que habita las dilatadas margenes del caudaloso Orinoco, su origen, y vertientes, à los piadosos oídos de la Magestad Catholica de las Españas, nuestro señor Don Phelipe Quinto (que Dios guarde).

TAPIA, Matías
1715
Printed document shows details of a sugar plantation with manuscript notes.

Particulars of two valuable sugar plantations, St. Kitts . . .

Brettell, Rupert Street, Haymarket
1828
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 of a red Morocco binding shows wear near the spine. Partial view of the title on the spine.

Atlas de toutes les Parties Connues du Globe Terrestre

Guillaume Thomas Francois Raynal
circa 1780
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
A hand-colored woodcut depicts a man with a walking stick. In the background a ship and palm trees are visible. Some text in French is visible.

Le Vrai Portrait du Juif Errant

circa 1820s
Detail of a printed book shows a full-page illustration on the frontispiece showing a child carrying the world on their shoulders.

Atlas des Enfans, ou nouvelle methode pour apprendre la geographie,...

1784
Detail of a hand-colored manuscript map shows small depth markers, forest, and a label "Nuevitas" and other surrounding landmarks.

Plano del Puerto de Nuevitas en la Costa Norte de la Isla de Cuba levantado para mejor conocimiento por orden del Dto. Maritimo

circa 1828

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Printed fold-out map shows topography of Colombia in great detail. Includes decorative cartouche, illustration of two naked people sitting facing each other, and scales.

200 Years of Colombian Independence

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Image of Guaman Poma de Ayala scribe
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Recent Acquisition on Commercial Bureaucracy in the Spanish Empire

June 29, 2019
map
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Strike a Map from that List!

April 11, 2019
French 18th century text
In House

"Réponse de M. Duchilleau..."

February 15, 2019
16th century charts documenting the calculations of solar and lunar calculations
In House

Eclipses in Print

October 24, 2018
worn, yellow-tinted pages of a 19th century almanac
In House

An almanac well-worn through regular use

July 27, 2018
detail of a page from a Mexican incunable book printed between 1539 to 1600
In House

64 Mexican incunables and counting

May 5, 2018

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