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.
A version of this map appears in the Neuer atlas bestehend in auserlesenen und allerneuesten land-charten über die gantze Welt (1707); date from seller inscription, On verso: Blank
This is the seventh state of the plate (according to Burden), as evidenced by its title, the addition of lower case letters between the marks of latitude, and the upper case letters between the longitude. The plate is also changed at 10°N, 338°E, where there are four small missing sections., On verso: Blank
Appeared in Brué’s Atlas Universel de Géographie physique politique ancienne et moderne (1822). Map is dated December 1820., On verso: Handwritten note
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 Journal of the Expedition of Dragoons, Under the Command of Col. Henry Dodge from Fort Leavenworth to the Rocky Mountains and Back (1836). Map does not have a title, On verso: Handwritten note