This portolan or atlas consists of three tables and nine large ornamented maps, executed by the Portuguese cartographer Diogo Homem (b. 1521, d. 1576) between 1555 and 1559. The manuscript is thought to have been made for King Philip II of Spain (r. 1556–98), possibly as a gift from Queen Mary I...
Thirteen portions of a large outline Atlas of the World, on a spherical projection in pen and ink, c1700,
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Portions of a large outline Atlas of the World, drawn on a spherical projection; about the year 1700, in pen and ink: on thirteen sheets each measuring 2ft. 4.in X 2 ft. 1. The Western half of Europe 2. Europe within the Arctic circle. 3. Western Coast of Africa from Cape Bojador to Cape Form...
[Two charts; 1 of coasts of England, France, Spain, Africa and South America and 1 of the Mediterranean, with coasts of Spain, France, Italy, Greece, Asia Minor and Africa.]
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[Charts of the Mediterranean, with coasts of Spain, France, Italy, Greece, Asia Minor and Africa, authored by Comberford, Nicholas, 1657]
City of London streets, lanes, churches survey, allowing for ruins. Described in six plats and consolidated into subsequent single plat, by multiple authors.
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1. An exact surveigh of the streets, lanes, and churches, comprehended within the ruins of the City of London; first described in six Platts, in Decr[December]. A.D. 1666. by John Leeke, John Jennings, William Marr, William Leyborn, Thomas Streete, and Richard Shortgrave; and here reduced into o...
[Draught of Scheldt River, Antwerp, a prospect of the city and port of Alicante, Spain, unfinished maps of parts of Sweden, French Plan of the fortifications of Palamos, Catalonia, and an Italian manuscript in reference to former Constantinople]
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Draught of Scheldt River, Antwerp, a prospect of the city and port of Alicante, Spain, unfinished maps of parts of Sweden, French Plan of the fortifications of Palamos, Catalonia, and an Italian manuscript in reference to former Constantinople [Istanbul]
Map of the bay, towns and moldes of Gibraltar, with the Straits mouth and part of the Barbary shore [previously Northern African coastal regions], authored by Carlile, Charles
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3. A map of the Bay, Townes, and Moldes of Gibraltar, w[i]th the Straites mouth, & part of the Barbarie [Barbary] shore. By Cha[rles] Carlile.
Map of Charles Town, New England discovery, authored by Nicholas Shapley, 1662
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4. Discovery made by William Hilton, of Charles Towne in New England, mariner, from Cape Hattarash [Cape Hatteras?] to the West of Cape Rowan, in 1662 and laid down by Nicholas Shapley of the town of aforesaid, nov. 1662.
[“Planta del Puerto, Cui'dy[?] Castillos de S.Phelipe de Puertonelo. Juntamente con la delineazion de la nueba ciuay Fortificazon q-[abbreviation] se pretende hazer en el baxo del corro de S[?]. Christoval”.]
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11. Planta del Puerto, Cui'dy[?] Castillos de S.Phelipe de Puertonelo. Juntamente con la delineazion de la nueba ciuay Fortificazon q-[abbreviation] se pretende hazer en el baxo del corro de S[outh]. Christoval.
