Venable Maps (Collection)

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: Africa; Includes colonial borders and color-coding, On verso: Blank

: Africa Antiqua et Nova; Appeared in Clüver’s Introductionis in Universam geographicam (first published in Leiden in 1624)., On verso: Handwritten note

: Africae accurata tabula; This is at least the second state of the engraving: it includes the privilege in the bottom right. As such, it is no earlier than 1677, when the privilege was awarded., On verso: Blank

: Africae descriptio nova; filed with mounted items]; severely trimmed, On verso: Handwritten date and place

: Africae pars australis; Included in Scherer’s posthumous Atlas Novus (1702-1710), On verso: Handwritten date and place

: Africae pars borealis; Included in Scherer’s posthumous Atlas Novus (1702-1710), On verso: Handwritten date and place

: Africae tabula nova; Appeared in the Theatrum orbis terrarum (first published in 1570), On verso: Text: Africa

: Africae, described, the manners of their habits, and buildings newly done into English; On verso: Text: The Description of Africa

: Africæ : nova descriptio; Scan specification: Indus Color Book Scanner 5005 ; 600 dpi ; color ; TIFF ; lzw compression Scan date: February 2019. Original held in University Libraries Special Collections. Date estimated from Library of Congress record.

: Aldgate Ward with Its Divisions into Precincts and Parishes; Appeared in William Maitland’s History of London from Its Foundation to the Present Time., On verso: Blank

: America Settentrionale; Appeared in Zatta’s Atlante novissimo (1775-1785), On verso: Handwritten note

: Americae sive novi orbis, nova descriptio; Included in the Theatrum orbis terrarum (first appeared in 1570), On verso: Text: Le Nouveav Monde

: Americæ : nova tabula; Scan specification: Indus Color Book Scanner 5005 ; 600 dpi ; color ; TIFF ; lzw compression Scan date: February 2019. Original held in University Libraries Special Collections.

: Amérique Méridionale; Appeared in Atlas Complet Du Precis De La Geographie Universelle De M. Malte-Brun (1837), begun by Conrad Malte-Brun (1775-1826) and completed by Jean Jacques Nicolas Huot (1790-1845)., On verso: Handwritten note

: Amérique Septentrionale; Appeared in Raynal’s Atlas de Toutes les Parties Connues du Globe Terrestre (ca. 1780)., On verso: Handwritten note

: Amérique Septentrionale; On verso: Handwritten note

: Asia; Appeared in Royal Atlas of Modern Geography, On verso: Handwritten publication information

: Asia; Appeared in Millar’s New and Universal System of Geography (1782-1785), On verso: Blank

: Asia; An alternate French title runs along the top of the map: "Carte de l’Asie, projettée stereographiquement, tirée des Relations et Observations, contenues dans les voyages modernes, de meme que dans les monuments des anciens, corrigée de tout ce qui sent la fable, et devisée en ses IX. parties methodiques", On verso: Handwritten note

: Asia Antiqua et Nova; Appeared in Clüver’s Introductionis in Universam geographicam, first published in Leiden in 1624., On verso: Handwritten date and place

: Asia noviter delineata; Included in Blaeu’s atlas with the first edition of this map appearing in 1630., On verso: Blank

: Asia recens summa cura delineata; The cartouche in the upper left corner had changed by 1638. The 3rd state of the plate included decorative panels below the map, but these were removed in the 4th state to accommodate inclusion in larger atlases., On verso: Text: Asia

: Asia wie es jetziger zeit nach den fürnemesten Herrschafften abgetheilet und beschriben ist; On verso: Text: Asia, Die Lender Asie

: Asia with the Islands adioyning described, the atire of the people, and Townes of importance; Appeared in Speed’s Prospect of the Most Famous Parts of the World (first published in 1627), On verso: Text: The Description of Asia

: Asiae Nova Descriptio; Appeared in Ortelius’ Theatrum Orbis Terrarum (1570). This is from the second state of the plate, as indicated by the lower-case "f" in "la farfana" to the east of Japan. The second state was used from 1574-1612., On verso: Text: Asia

: Asiae nova delineatio; Later states of the map include Visscher’s privilege, awarded in 1677. The map appeared in Janson’s Novus Atlas (1657-58) and in Visscher’s Atlas Contractus and the Atlas Minor (first published in 1664)., On verso: Blank

: Austro-Hungarian Monarchy.; On verso: Blank

: A New and Correct Map of France; Appeared in Moore’s A new and complete collection of voyages and travels (1778)., On verso: Blank

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