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| Date: | 1745 |
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| Description: | Zodiac as seen from the Northern Hemisphere. |
| Date: | 1745 |
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| Description: | Zodiac as seen from the Southern Hemisphere. |
| Date: | 1745 |
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| Description: | A two page world map featuring the Eastern and Western Hemispheres, as well as the northern and southern zodiacs. Additionally, the map is ordained with n... |
| Date: | 1745 |
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| Description: | A two page illustration featuring a small globe in the center of numerous astrological spheres. Additionally, the representation features writing, in Lati... |
| Date: | 1712 |
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| Description: | Engraved double-hemispherical world map by Moll, included in his atlas The world described, or, A new and correct sett of maps: shewing the kingdoms and st... |
| Date: | 1760 |
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| Description: | A map of the world in two hemispheres, with the borders of the continents hand-colored. This map contains 14 spherical diagrams of the cosmos, portraying t... |
| Date: | 1761 |
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| Description: | This map shows the western hemisphere. Much of the north-west coast of North America is left blank, but the rest of the map lists the names of rivers, citi... |
| Date: | 1786 |
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| Description: | This map is an updated version of d'Anville's 1761 map of the western hemisphere. He included more details to the north west coast of North America, partic... |
| Date: | 1710 |
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| Description: | A seminal and fairly accurate map of the Great Lakes Region up to Baffin's Bay in Northern Canada. This is possibly the first printed map to locate Detroit... |
| Date: | 1715 |
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| Description: | One of Herman Moll's most famous maps, often referred to as The Codfish Map, it shows rivers and portages, cities, Indian villages, wind directions, routes... |
| Date: | 1720 |
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| Description: | This map of North America shows cities, rivers, lakes, and a few topographical features, complete with numerous descriptive blocks of text about expedition... |
| Date: | 1780 |
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| Description: | This map shows the northern Pacific Ocean with North America and Asia, with cities and geographical features labeled, as well Russian, French and Spanish r... |
| Date: | 1755 |
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| Description: | This map shows forts, missions, villages and cities, rivers and portages, and boundaries of the Spanish, English, and French territories, marking the large... |
| Date: | 1786 |
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| Description: | One half of a four sheet nautical chart, showing the coastlines of the north-west hemisphere. The interior lands are left bare, even of basic features such... |
| Date: | 1775 |
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| Description: | This map shows the northern Pacific Ocean along with north eastern Asia and western North America. The interior of Asia contains detailed engravings of pla... |
| Date: | 1790 |
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| Description: | An updated and corrected version of Robert de Vaugondy's 1750 map "Amérique Septentrionale: Dressée sur les Relations les Plus Modernes des Voyageurs et Na... |
| Date: | 1783 |
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| Description: | This map is hand-colored and shows the boundaries of British, Spanish, and the newly recognized American claims, as well as the fishing rights granted to F... |
| Date: | 1788 |
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| Description: | This map shows the north western coast of North America, including the southern coast of what will be Alaska and parts of the Aleutian Islands. It includes... |
| Date: | 1746 |
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| Description: | This world map from the German mathematician, historian, and geographer Johann Matthias Hase shows the major cities, islands, and the major political divis... |
| Date: | 1769 |
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| Description: | Double hemispherical map showing the continents, islands, countries, and a few major cities of the world. The routes of a few explorers are depicted and la... |
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