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.
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
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
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.
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
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
Appeared in Ortelius’ Theatrum Orbis Terrarum (1570). The cartouche was altered in 1579. Dutch editions of Theatrum Orbis Terrarum with the original plate were printed in 1571 and 1573., On verso: Text: Turckyen
Appears in A system of geography, popular and scientific, or A physical, political, and statistical account of the world and its various divisions, On verso: Blank