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Found in 92 Collections and/or Records:

AFTB 09: Terre Sainte-(Palestine and the Twelve Tribes), 1750

 Item — Item AFTB09
Collection number: AFTB09
Scope and Contents Copper plate engraving map of Holy Land showing 12 tribes of Israel. Non-contemporary hand colored. Cartouche b/w of Palestine. Plate: 19 1/2" x 20 1/2". Framed. Great condition. Cartographer: Johann Christoph Harenberg. Published by Homann Heirs Publishers, this map depicts the region of Palestine divided into the 12 tribes of Israel.  In the right hand corners there are two title cartouches.  The lower is exceptionally decorative and depicts two spies of Moses bearing the fruit from the...
Dates: 1750

AFTB 11: City Plan of Wissembourg "La Cite", 1575

 Item — Item AFTB 11
Collection number: AFTB11
Scope and Contents

Wood cut from World Chronicles. City of Wissembourg. 4 3/4" x 10 1/2".

Dates: 1575

AFTB 12: Carte de la Coste D'Arabia, Mer Rouge, et Golfe de Perse. (Map of the Coast of Arabia, Red Sea, and Persian Gulf), 1740

 Item — Item AFTB 12
Collection number: AFTB12
Scope and Contents

Map of the Arabia Peninsula, Red Sea, and Persian Gulf. Copper plate engraving, non-contemporary color. 9" x 10". Cartographer: Jacques Nicolas Bellin

Dates: 1740

AFTB 15: Europe Accurately Drawn from the most appoved Modern maps and Charts, 1790

 Item — Item AFTB 15
Collection number: AFTB15
Scope and Contents

Detailed map of Europe from Percival Barlow's "General History of Europe; and Entertaining Traveller". B/w steel plate engraving.13" x 15 7/8". Cartographer: Thomas Bowen.

Dates: 1790

AFTB 16: Isles- Britanniques (Isles of Brittania), 1780

 Item — Item AFTB 16
Collection number: AFTB16
Scope and Contents

Map of Great Britain and Ireland. Copperplate engraving, non-contemporary hand colored. 14" x 9 3/4". Five scales of distance in upper right corner. Prime meridian through Paris. Cartographer: Rigobert Bonne.

Dates: 1780

AFTB 17: DUCATUS OSWIECZENSIS, ET ZATORIENSIS, DESCRIPTIO (Depiction of the Duchy of Auschwitz and Zator)

 Item — Item AFTB 17
Collection number: AFTB17
Scope and Contents

Map of the Duchy of Auschwitz and Zator.  Copperplate engraving, non-contemporary hand colored. 8 3/4" x 9 5/8". Cartographer: Abraham Ortelius Ortelius is credited with the creation of the first modern atlas, the Theatrum Orbis Terrarum (the Theatre of the World) first published in 1570. This map appeared in several different editions of the atlas.

Dates: Acquired: 2013

AFTB 51-3: L'Amerique, 1790's

 Item — Box 3, Item: AFTB 51-3
Collection number: AFTB51-3
Scope and Contents

Copper plate engraving, non-contemporary hand colored. North and South American Map. Has Napolean dating. Cartographer: Robert de Vaugundy. 10" x 9 1/8"

Dates: 1790's

AFTB 64: Mappe - Monde, 1787

 Item — Item AFTB 64
Collection number: AFTB64
Scope and Contents Copper plate engraving, non-contemporary hand colored map of North and South America. Compass rose with names and usage. Cartograph: Bonne. Engraver: Andre. 10" x 14 1/2" In 1773, Rigobert Bonne (1727-1795) was appointed Royal Cartographer to France in the office of the Hydrographer at the Depot de la Marine. His attention to detail and accuracy along with his practical aesthetics were a departure from the decorative and artistic cartography of the 17th and early 18th century and made him...
Dates: 1787

AFTB 67: Burgundia, 1640

 Item — Item AFTB 67
Collection number: Item AFTB67
Scope and Contents Copper plate engraving, map of Duchy of Burgundy, non contemporary hand colored. Cartouche of Coat of Arms for Burgundy. Cartographer: Blaeu. 18" x 22" Willem Janszoon Blaeu(1571-1638) was a Dutch cartographer, atlas maker, and publisher.  He published the Atlas Novus in 1635.  Appointed Map-maker for the Dutch East India Company in 1633, Willem Blaeu also printed books from the different religions of the time, including Catholic, Protestant, and Jewish Works.  His two sons Joan...
Dates: 1640

AFTB 68: Maghdeburgensis, 1638

 Item — Item AFTB 68
Collection number: AFTB68
Scope and Contents Map of the Archbishopdom of Maghdeburgensis and Anhaltinus. Copperplate engraving, non contemporary hand colored. Cartographer: Blaeu. 15" x 19 1/2" Willem Janszoon Blaeu(1571-1638) was a Dutch cartographer, atlas maker, and publisher.  He published the Atlas Novus in 1635.  Appointed Map-maker for the Dutch East India Company in 1633, Willem Blaeu also printed books from the different religions of the time, including Catholic, Protestant, and Jewish Works.  His two sons Joan and...
Dates: 1638

AFTB 69: Les Etats Unis de L'Amérique Septentrionale (The United State of North America), 1781

 Item — Item AFTB 69
Collection number: AFTB69
Scope and Contents Map of US showing east coast including Canada. Copper plate. Non contemporary color. No 826 on plate. 14" x 9 1/2". Cartographer: Bonne. In 1773, Rigobert Bonne (1727-1795) was appointed Royal Cartographer to France in the office of the Hydrographer at the Depot de la Marine.  His attention to detail and accuracy along with his practical aesthetics were a departure from the decorative and artistic cartography of the 17thand early 18thcentury and made him one of the most important map makers...
Dates: 1781

AFTB 71: Pays Bas Catholiques (Catholics of the Netherlands), 1750

 Item — Item AFTB 71
Collection number: AFTB71
Scope and Contents

Copperplate non-contemporary hand colored map of the Catholic provinces of Flanders. Cartographer: Robert de Vaugondy. 5 7/8" x 6 1/8"

Dates: 1750

AFTB 73: Palæstina Judæa Terra Promissa aut Terra Sancta (Palestine, Judea, Promised Land and Holy Land), 1670

 Item — Item AFTB 73
Collection number: AFTB73
Scope and Contents

Map of the Holy Land. Copper plate engraving. 5" x 7"

Dates: 1670

AFTB 75: Baltimore from Federal Hill., 1874

 File — Item AFTB 75
Collection number: AFTB75
Scope and Contents

Woodcut scene of Baltimore City. Bears monograph GP in lower left corner.  4 1/8" x 9"

Dates: 1874

AFTB 86: YSLT, 1590

 Digital Image
Collection number: aftb86

AFTB 94-3: Leaves from 1876 Atlas, 1876

 Item — Box 3, Item: AFTB 94-3
Collection number: AFTB94-3
Scope and Contents

Map of Denmark, Iceland, Belgium and Luxembourg. 13 3/4 x 12. Leaf B. Map of Asia under colonial control. To view all leaves, scroll down to and open Digital Objects.

Dates: 1876

AFTB 95a-3: "England & Wales", 1870

 Item — Box 3, Item: AFTB 95a-3
Collection number: AFTB95a-3
Scope and Contents

Map of England & Wales divided by Counties (English & Welsh). Hand colored. Drawn & engraved by I. Dower. Pentonville

Dates: 1870

AFTB 95b-3: German Empire, Prussia &c.

 Digital Image
Collection number: aftb95b-3

AFTB 95c-3: Map of Scotland, 1870

 Item — Box 3, Item: AFTB 95c-3
Collection number: AFTB95c-3
Scope and Contents

Map of Scotland divided by counties. Hand colored borders. Published by T.H. Johnson & Son, London.

Dates: 1870

AFTB 95d-3: "Oceania", 1870

 Item — Box 3, Item: AFTB 95d-3
Collection number: AFTB95d-3
Scope and Contents

Map of Oceania with hand-drawn borders. The top right hand corner features an enlarged drawing of Victoria, New South Wales. Published by T.H. Johnson & Son, London.

Dates: 1870