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Typus Orbis Terrarum (World Map) [Object]
Ortelius produced the first modern atlas – 'Theatrum Orbis Terrarum' (Theatre of the World) – in 1570. Although a later edition from 1586 (see date under right side of lower...
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Orbis Terrarum Typus… (Double Hemispheric World Map) [Object]
This double hemispheric world map by Plancius was later included in 'Itinerario' (1596), a travel account by Jan Huyghen van Linschoten (1563–1611), but this large ornamental edition of 1594 was...
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Nova Francia (New France) [Object]
Monochrome copperplate engraving showing the North Atlantic including the landmasses of eastern Canada, western Europe and modern-day Morocco. In spite of the thriving commercial map and chart trade in the Netherlands,...
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World Map from Ptolemy’s ‘Geographia’ [Object]
This world map is one of the earliest maps to show the New World, and in a commentary accompanying the map, Ruysch claimed to have sailed to the New World,...
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Septentrionalium Terrarum Descriptio (Map of the Northern Hemisphere) [Object]
Mercator’s map of the Arctic, with its curious depiction of the North Pole, was first published in 1595 in Duisburg, a year after his death, by his son Rumold. Museum...
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Portolan Chart [Object]
Portolan manuscript chart on vellum depicting the Mediterranean, Black Sea, Atlantic (north-west extending to ‘Isla de Brazill’; south-west to Canaries), North Sea to ‘Costa de Frixa’, and the Red Sea. Portolans...
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Title page of ‘Theatrum Orbis Terrarum’ [Object]
The title page from one of the most influential publications of the Age of Discovery, bearing witness to the importance of printed matter in the sixteenth century. Although the title-page of...
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La Terra de Hochelaga nella Nova Francia (The Land of Hochelaga in New France) [Object]
One of seven woodcut maps and plans from Giovanni Ramusio’s ‘Terzo Volume delle Navigationi et Viaggi’. The first plan of a European settlement in the New World. Based on the recollections of...
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Delineatio omnium orarum totius Australis parties Americae… (Map of all the coasts of the Southern part of America) [Object]
Map of South America, Florida and West Indies entitled ‘Delineatio omnium orarum totius Australis parties Americae…’ from a Dutch or Latin edition of the ‘Itinerario’, Amsterdam. Coloured. Has two elaborate...
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