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