Venable Maps (Collection)

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Map of the World on a Globular Projection
Appeared in Olney’s School Geography: A practical system of modern geography comprising a view of the present state of the world (first published in 1829). Engraved by Sherman & Smith of New York, which included John Calvin Smith (1809-1890), George E. Sherman (born in 1810 or 1811), and Samuel Stiles (1796-1861). They were specialists in cartographic engraving and mainly did work for government publications., On verso: Blank
Middlesex
Appeared in The Universal Magazine of Knowledge and Pleasure and later in Lauire & Whittle’s New and Improved English Atlas (1807)., On verso: Blank
New Map of Indostan or East Indies
Appeared in Millar’s New and Universal System of Geography (1782-1785), On verso: Blank
New Map of Persia
Appeared in Millar’s New and Universal System of Geography (1782-1785), On verso: Blank
Nieuwe Kaart van Asia
On verso: Blank
Nobilis Hannoniae Comitatus Descrip.
Based on an unpublished 1548 map by Jacques Surhon; included in Theatrum Orbis Terrarum., On verso: Text: Hannonia
Northumberland
Appeared in The Universal Magazine of Knowledge and Pleasure and later in Lauire & Whittle’s New and Improved English Atlas (1807)., On verso: Handwritten note
Nottinghamshire
Appeared in The Universal Magazine of Knowledge and Pleasure and later in Lauire & Whittle’s New and Improved English Atlas (1807)., On verso: Handwritten note
Nova Asiae e tabula majori in minorem hanc formam reducta
Appeared in Johann David Köhler’s Bequemer Schul- und Reise-Atlas (1719), On verso: Blank
Nova Europae Descriptio
Issued separately rather than as part of an atlas., On verso: Blank
Nova Orbis Tabula
De Wit received his privilege in 1689 and the reference letters in the borders of the themispheres were added in 1690. The dotted borders in North America were added after 1697., On verso: Blank
Nova Totius Americae Descriptio
Issued separately rather than as part of an atlas. The first state of the map includes the date 1660 underneath the title, so this is a later state of the map, possibly the second or third., On verso: Blank
Nova Totius Terrarum Orbis Geographica Ac Hydrographica Tabula
A scaled down version of a wall map also printed by Blaeu., On verso: Text: "Die ganze Welt"
Novissima totius Europae in suos principaliores Status accurate divisae repraesentatio
Appeared in Weigel’s Atlas Scholastichodoeporicus (first published 1706). Color-coded by religious denomination., On verso: Blank
Opulentissimum Sinarum Imperium
Later editions of the map were also printed by Seutter's son-in-law and successor, Tobias Conrad Lotter., On verso: Handwritten note
Orbis Terrarum Tabula
Appeared in Visscher's Bible, On verso: Text: "Kort en klaer vertoogh der Landtschappen des Werelts"
Persia and Arabia
On verso: Blank
Presbiteri Johannis, sive, Abissinorum imperi 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 New York Public Library record.
South America
Appeared in Millar’s New and Universal System of Geography (1782-1785), On verso: Blank
South America
On verso: Handwritten note
South America
Nuttall, Fisher, and Dixon was made up of Jonah Nuttall (died 1837), Henry Fisher (1781-1837), and Dixon (died 1818). Fisher continued the business in Liverpool after Nuttall retired in 1818 as "Fisher, Son, & Co." until 1821, when a fire destroyed his Caxton shop. He then relocated to London, where the business was carried on until 1848 under the direction of one of his sons., On verso: Handwritten note
Summa Europae Antiquae Descriptio
Appeared in Clüver’s Introductionis in Universam geographicam, first published in Leiden in 1624., On verso: Blank
Surrey
Appeared in the Universal Magazine, On verso: Blank
Tabula Indiae Orientalis
On verso: Blank
The Kingdome of England
A version of this map engraved by Jocodus Hondius appeared in John Speed’s Theatre of the Empire of Great Britaine (1611) but was re-engraved later by Goos., On verso: Text: The Type of the Flourishing kingdom of England, with the General Description of it, as it was from the time of the Normans
The Turkish Empire
On verso: Text: The Description of the Turkish Empire
The United States of America confirmed by treaty, 1783
On verso: Handwritten date and place
The West Riding of York Shire
Appeared in the Universal Magazine, On verso: Blank

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