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Americae Pars, Nunc Virginia… (Map of Virginia) [Object]
Originally published in 1590, John White’s map of Virginia (now North Carolina) is a cartographic landmark: the first printed map of the first English colony in North America. Owing to...
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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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America sive novus orbis… (America or the New World…) [Object]
Circular map of the Americas. Hand-coloured copperplate engraving with Latin text. Born in the Spanish Netherlands, Theodor De Bry came from a family of jewellers and engravers. A religious dissenter, he...
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The Famouse West Indian voyadge made by the Englishe fleet… [Object]
First map from Walter Biggs' 'A Summarie and True Discourse of Sir Francis Drake's West Indian Voyage'. Anti-Spanish feeling in England was running high in 1585. As a consequence, Sir...
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Narratio Regionum Indicarum … (A Very True Account of the Destruction of the Indies by the Spanish) [Object]
When Columbus first landed in Hispaniola in 1492, Bartolomé de las Casas estimated that the island’s population was three to four million, ruled by chiefs and supported by highly productive...
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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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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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Views of Mexico City (formerly Tenochtitlán) and Cusco from ‘Civitates Orbis Terrarum’ (Cities of the World) [Object]
Maps of Mexico City and Cusco from ‘Civitates Orbis Terrarum’. Hand coloured copperplate engraving. Both maps represent the cities and the surrounding hills. Tenochtitlan (Mexico City) was founded by the Aztecs...
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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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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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Latest blog posts
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January 20, 2021
American Museum & Gardens Director Richard Wendorf to retire at the end of the year
The Chairman of the American Museum & Gardens, Gareth Thomas, has announced that Richard Wendorf intends to retire as Director […]
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December 17, 2020
Help us to recreate the 1970s
As part of our next exhibition for Spring 2021 we are recreating a lounge and a dining room inspired by […]
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November 18, 2020
Keeping a roof over our heads
A recent survey has uncovered the need for urgent roof repairs to Claverton Manor in order to prevent damage to […]
