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.ABOUT THE VENABLE MAP COLLECTION

The Venable Collection documents the history of cartography, geography, and exploration from the sixteenth through the early twentieth century. The collection includes over 150 single-sheet maps that provide examples of the work of noted cartographers such as Abraham Ortelius, Willem Blaeu, Thomas Kitchin, and John Speed. The maps are held in the University Libraries Special Collections Department. Digitization The maps were digitized in-house from 2019-2021. Equipment

2019, 2021: Indus
2020: Plustek OpticBook, A300 Plus
Specifications: Tiff files, 24-bit color, 600 ppi (OpticBook), 400 dpi (Indus)

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: A Correct Map of Antient Greece; Appeared in Millar’s New and Universal System of Geography (1782-1785), On verso: Blank

: A Map of the East India Islands; Appeared in Millar’s New and Universal System of Geography (1782-1785), On verso: Blank

: A New & Complete Mercator Chart of the World; [filed with mounted items] / DL has 1794; A variant state of this engraving with a changed border appeared in Millar’s New and Universal System of Geography (1782-1785), On verso: Handwritten notes about provenance

: A New Map of Dorset Shire; First published in 1763 (in England illustrated) but subsequently republished unaltered in Kitchin’s English Atlas (1764). Illicit copies by engraver Joseph Ellis (died in 1793) appeared in The New English Atlas (first published in 1765)., On verso: Bookseller’s annotation ("Dorsetshire")

: A New Map of East India; Appeared in Speed’s Prospect of the Most Famous Parts of the World (first published in 1627), On verso: Text: The Description of India

: A New Map of the British Empire in Nth America; Torn (cartouche removed, likely by a collector); Appeared in Millar’s New and Universal System of Geography (1782-1785)., On verso: Blank

: A New Mape of Ye XVII Provinces of Low Germanie; Appeared in Speed’s Prospect of the Most Famous Parts of the World (first published in 1627), On verso: Text: The Description of Belgia

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

: A New and Accurate Map of the Seven United Provinces Including the Dutch Netherlands; Appeared in Millar’s New and Universal System of Geography (1782-1785), On verso: Blank

: A New and Accurate Map of the World; Appeared in Millar’s New and Universal System of Geography (1782-1785). A similar map was drawn and published by Kitchin’s teacher, Emanuel Bowen (1694?-1767), in 1748., On verso: Blank

: A New and Correct Map of England and Wales; Appeared in Millar’s New and Universal System of Geography (1782-1785), On verso: Blank

: A New and Correct Map of Ireland; Appeared in Millar’s New and Universal System of Geography (1782-1785); another version of the same plate appeared in John Hamilton Moore’s New and Complete Collection of Voyages and Travels (ca. 1790) and Edward Barnard’s New Complete & Authentic History of England (1783)., On verso: Blank

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

: A New and Correct Map of Norway, Sweden and Denmark; A variant state of this engraving appeared in Moore’s A new and complete collection of voyages and travels (1778), On verso: Blank

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

: A New and Correct Map of the Empire of Germany; A variant state of this engraving with the border removed appeared in Moore’s A new and complete collection of voyages and travels (1778), On verso: Blank

: A New and Correct Map of the Russian Empire; Variant states of this engraving appeared in Moore’s A new and complete collection of voyages and travels (1778) and in Millar’s New and Universal System of Geography (1782-1785)., On verso: Blank

: A New and Correct Plan of Hanover; A variant state of this map appeared in Millar’s New and Universal System of Geography (1782-1785) with a title to that effect appearing above the map. The engraver may have been a different "Lodge," but this particular John Lodge seems most likely., On verso: Blank

: A Newe Mape of Germany; Appeared in Speed’s Prospect of the Most Famous Parts of the World (first published in 1627), On verso: Text: The Description of Germany

: A Newe Mape of Tartary; Appeared in Speed’s Prospect of the Most Famous Parts of the World (first published in 1627), On verso: Text: The Description of the Empire of Tartary

: A map of South America : with all the European settlements & whatever else is remarkable, from the latest & best observations; Scan specification: Indus Color Book Scanner 5005 ; 600 dpi ; color ; TIFF ; lzw compression Scan date: February 2019. Original held in University Libraries Special Collections.

: A new and accurat map of the world drawne according to ye truest descriptions lastest discoveries & best observations yt have beene made by English or strangers, 1651; Scan specification: Indus Color Book Scanner 5005 ; 600 dpi ; color ; TIFF ; lzw compression Scan date: February 2019. Original held in University Libraries Special Collections.

: A soil and mineral map of Missouri; On the back of "A statistical map of Missouri.", On verso: see Venable0042

: A statistical map of Missouri; On the back of "A soil and mineral map of Missouri.", On verso: See Venable0041

: Accuratissima Totius Regni Hispaniae Tabula; On verso: Handwritten note (Bookseller)

: Accuratissima totius Asiae tabula Recens Emendata; On verso: Blank

: Africa; On verso: Blank

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

: 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

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