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Americæ : nova tabula
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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 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
Breadstreet Ward and Cordwainer’s Ward with Their Divisions into Parishes
Appeared in William Maitland’s History of London from Its Foundation to the Present Time., On verso: Blank
British India
Appeared in John Tallis' The Illustrated Atlas, And Modern History Of The World Geographical, Political, Commercial & Statistical (1849-1853). Includes dates of major events during the Indian Rebellion of 1857 (also called the "Sepoy Mutiny" by British writers), On verso: Uncolored
Carte Générale de l’Amérique Méridionale
Appeared in Grenet’s Atlas Portatif (1781), On verso: Blank
Carte Itineraire, Physique, Politique, et Routiere de L’Espagne et du Portugal
Appeared as part of Richard & Quétin’s Guide des Voyageurs en Espagne et en Portugal (the second edition of which was released in 1853). Variant forms of the map also appeared in other publications., On verso: Blank
Carte de L’Asie
On verso: Blank
Carte de la direction des vents généraux et des moussons
Date and creator based on bookseller note, On verso: Handwritten note (date, subject, artist)
Cheshire
Appeared in the Universal Magazine, On verso: Blank
Circulus Saxoniae Inferioris
Also appeared in Nicolaes Visscher’s Atlas Minor (first published in 1683)., On verso: Blank
De Reys-togten van Abraham
On verso: Handwritten date and place
Derbyshire
Appeared in the Universal Magazine, On verso: Blank
Die erst general Tafel die Beschreibung und den Circkel des gantzen Erdtrichs und Meers innhaltende
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Dorsetshire
Appeared in Wilkes’ Encyclopaedia Londinensis; or, universal dictionary of arts, sciences, and literature, vol. 6 (1801-1828)., On verso: Blank
Europ, and the cheife Cities contayned therin described
On verso: Text: The Description of Europe
Europa recens descripta
On verso: Text: Europa
Europe Agreeable to the Most Approved Maps and Charts
Right half of sheet; likely taken from Thomas Bankes, Edward Warren Blake, and Alexander Cook’s A New Royal Authentic and Complete System of Universal Geography, first appearing in 1775., On verso: Blank
Europe [left half of sheet only]
Based on the dimensions, this map fragment was probably from Thomson's General Cabinet Atlas, first published in 1819., On verso: Blank
Fifth map, or, Map of 1733
Appeared in a supplementary volume to Willard’s History of the United States, or, Republic of America. Designed for schools and private libraries., On verso: Handwritten date and place
France revised and augmented
Appeared in Speed’s Prospect of the Most Famous Parts of the World (first published in 1627), On verso: Text: The Description of France
Geographical, Statistical, and Historical Map of Missouri
Appeared in Carey & Lea’s American Atlas (first published in 1822). Missouri was not included in the Atlas until 1823, one year after it was given statehood., On verso: Handwritten note
Illinois, Wisconsin, Iowa, Missouri, and Minnesota
Appeared in Mitchell’s New Intermediate Geography (published in various editions between 1869 and 1901). Different editions were produced for different states., On verso: Text: Questions on the Map of Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, and Kentucky
India quae Orientalis dicitur, et Insulae adiacentes
Appeared in Blaeu’s two-volume atlas between 1635 and 1664., On verso: Text: Les Indies
Indiae Orientalis, insularumque adiacientium typus
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