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Detail of a hand colored manuscript estate plan shows a large compass rose and trees on the estate.

[Estate plan of 300 acres of land near Holetown, Barbados]

John Hapcott

1646

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 a printed book shows title page with manuscript notations throughout the blank spaces on the page.

An essay towards the reconciling of differences among Christians...

Roger Williams

circa 1645

Poems on various subjects, religious and moral

Phillis Wheatley

1773

Detail of manuscript diary shows childlike drawings of a house, a person, and a ship.

Diary of Captain Samuel Tillinghast

Samuel Tillinghast

1761-1766

Detail of a printed text shows an astronomical circular diagram and text in English.

An account of the observation of Venus upon the sun...

Benjamin West

1769

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 a colored manuscript chart shows a small cluster of homes and palm trees with text in English reading "Indian Village of Sancopana."

An actual survey of the River Orinoco from the great mouth up to the City of Angostura

1803

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