Age Of Discovery

Shows South China Sea between western portion of Philippines and Vietnam. Also shows 1 expedition route. Watermark: PVL [Pieter van Ley] in 1 character. Pen-and-ink and watercolors. Mounted on cloth backing. LC More

Scale ca. 1:125,000. Manuscript, black and red ink and watercolor. Relief shown by hachures. Map shows primarily Vermont with Québec (Province) and New York (State) LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1071 Ava More

Scale ca. 1:700,000. "As it appears from its present condition, many marks and traces, what it with great probability can be ascertain'd to have been in former ages; thus sketch'd to the better distinguishing H More

Scale ca. 1:63,360. Depths shown by soundings. Described and dated 1776 in William P. Cumming's The Southeast in early maps. Dated 1773 in Essays honoring Lawrence C. Wroth. Includes "Remarks." LC Maps of North More

Scale ca. 1:63,360. Depths shown by soundings. Described and dated 1776 in William P. Cumming's The Southeast in early maps. Dated 1773 in Essays honoring Lawrence C. Wroth. Includes "Explanation." LC Maps of N More

Political cartoon shows New England colonists' response to the British Tea Tax, enacted by Lord North's ministry in 1773, superimposed over a map of the Northern and Middle British Colonies. Probably published More

Scale ca. 1:590,000. Shows longitude east and west from Boston. Soundings in feet. Includes tables, distance charts, and insets of New York, Boston and Halifax harbors, Casco Bay and Annapolis Royal, and "A map More

Scale ca. 1:1,250,000 and ca. 1:1,300,000. Hand colored. Prime meridian: Paris. "Longitude occidentale du méridien de Paris pris à la Observatoire." Relief shown pictorially. Depths shown by soundings. "Dressé More

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Scale ca. 1:590,000. Shows longitude east and west from Boston. Soundings in feet. Imperfect. Lower right section missing. Parts of upper right section torn away. Includes tables, distance charts, and insets of More

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Scale ca. 1:520,000. Relief shown by hachures and shading. Soundings shown in feet. LC copy imperfect: Brittle on edges. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 822 Available also through the Library of Congress W More

Scale ca. 1:49,000. Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings. Shows coast of Hancock County, Maine. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2

Scale ca. 1:51,000. Depths shown by soundings. LC copy imperfect: Deteriorated along folds and lower margin. No. "16" in upper left corner. "Note. The soundings and nautical remarks in this chart are laid down More

Scale 1:6,000; 500 ft. to an in. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Has watermarks. Relief shown by shading. Depths shown by soundings. Includes "Explanation." LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1155 Ava More

Scale ca. 1:4,000,000. Manuscript, pen-and-ink. Has watermark. Depths shown by soundings. Shows coasts from New Orleans to Tampa. Includes illus. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a ras More

Scale ca. 1:49,000. Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings. Has watermark. LC copy imperfect: Deterioration along fold and edges of sheet. Shows the coast of Knox and Lincoln Counties. LC Maps of N More

Scale ca. 1:1,390,000; marine leagues 20 in a degree. Hand colored. Relief shown pictorially. Soundings shown in fathoms. "The soundings along the Florida coast, shoals, islands, and reefs are in feet." Pictori More

Scale ca. 1:51,000. Hand colored. Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings. Includes navigational notes. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 976 Available also through the Library of Congress Web si More

Scale ca. 1:48,500. Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings. LC copy imperfect: Brittle on edges and deterioration along fold. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 857 Available also through the Lib More

Scale ca. 1:51,000. Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings. LC copy imperfect: Deteriorated along fold and margins. Includes navigational notes. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 977 Available a More

Scale ca. 1:130,000. Hand colored. Relief shown by hachures. LC copy imperfect: Deteriorated along fold and upper and lower edge. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 846 Available also through the Library of C More

Depths shown by soundings. Prime meridian: Tenerife. Watermarks: J. Honig & Zoonen; and, beehive. Pen-and-ink and watercolor. Mounted on cloth backing. LC Luso-Hispanic World, 601 Available also through the Lib More

Print shows distant view of New York City at the confluence of the North and East rivers. Illus. in: The Atlantic Neptune, published for the use of the Royal Navy of Great Britain, by Joseph F.W. Des Barres, . More

Scale ca. 1:127,000. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings. LC copy annotated: By Lieutt. Knatchbull, Recd. 31 Jany. 1778. Includes directions for navigatio More

Scale ca. 1:42,000. Shows names of land holders in rural areas. Includes table of distances and "Elevation of the State House." LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1320 Available also through the Library of Co More

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Scale ca. 1:470,000. Relief shown by hachures. Soundings shown in fathoms. "No: 20." From the author's Pilote américain septentrional. 1778-79. v. 2. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 556 Available also thro More

Scale ca. 1:1,360,000. Hand colored. Relief shown pictorially. Soundings shown in fathoms. "Les sondes le long de la côte de la Floride des isles et des bas fonds sont marqués en pieds." Pictorial map. From the More

Scale ca. 1:1,125,000. Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings. "Longitude occidentale du méridien de Paris." "No. 1. H." LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1611 Available also through the Library More

Scale ca. 1:1,120,000; echelle de lieues marines de France de 20 au degré. "Longitude occidentale du méridien de Paris." Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings. "No. 1.H." Appears in the author's N More

Scale ca. 1:31,000. Hand colored. Depths shown by soundings. Includes text. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2: 100; 650/1; 650/2; 651/3; 651/4; 700/1; 710/1

Scale ca. 1:9,750,000. Relief shown pictorially. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1738 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2

Scale ca. 1:450,000. Oriented with north to the left. Depths shown by soundings. Annotated in ink "M(232)4 H87." Includes "Instructions for the coast of South Carolina, Georgia, and the coast of St. Augustin." More

Scale ca. 1:200,000. Hand colored. Relief shown pictorially. "Longitude occidentale du méridien de Paris." From the author's Atlas amériquain septentrional. 1778-[92] Inset: L'isle de Bourbon ou Mascareigne. LC More

Scale ca. 1:62,000. Oriented with north to the right. Depths shown by soundings. "Published by command of the Right Honourable the Lords of Trade & Plantations, for the benefit of the trade and navigation of Gr More

Scale ca. 1:90,000. Prime meridian: Paris. Depths shown by soundings. "342" Includes "Avertissement." LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1535 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raste More

Scale ca. 1:500,000. Relief shown by hachures. Soundings shown in fathoms. Adapted from Jefferys' The American atlas. 1775. From the author's Pilote américain septentrionale. 1778-79. v. 2. "Pl. no: 15." Includ More

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Scale ca. 1:46,000. Oriented with north to the bottom. Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings. "Longitude occidentale du meridien de l'Observatoire royal de Paris." Available also through the Libra More

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Print showing a distant view of Egmont Harbor, Prince Edward Island, from chart of Egmont Harbor. Illus. in: The Atlantic Neptune, published for the use of the Royal Navy of Great Britain, by Joseph F.W. Des B More

Scale ca. 1:115,000. Relief shown by hachures. Soundings shown in feet. Shows coast of most of Rhode Island, small portion of Connecticut, and part of Long Island from Narragansett Bay to Peconic Bay. LC copy i More

Scale ca. 1:115,000. Relief shown by hachures and shading. Soundings shown in feet. Shows coast of most of Rhode Island, small portion of Connecticut, and part of Long Island from Narragansett Bay to Peconic Ba More

Scale ca. 1:85,000. Depths shown by soundings. Plate no. "335." Appears in France. Dépôt des cartes et plans de la marine's Neptune Americo-Septentrional. 1778-80. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 843 Avail More

Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings. "331" located in upper right corner of sheet. "N. 1. A. et 2. A. ensemble prix trois livres" located in lower right corner of sheet. "No. 1. A." and "N. 2. A More

Depths shown by soundings. Prime meridian: Cádiz. Oriented with north toward the upper left. Pen-and-ink and watercolor. Mounted on cloth backing. Includes index and indexed inset showing view of fortified Cule More

Scale ca. 1:7,500,000. "Longitude du méridien de l'isle de Fer; longitude du méridien de Paris." Relief shown pictorially. "Liv. XV, XVI, XVII." "No. 45." Available also through the Library of Congress Web site More

Scale ca. 1:25,600. Title from Philip Lee Phillips' List of maps of America. Has watermark. Relief shown by hachures. The view of Charleston Harbor concerns the assault on Fort Sulivan during the siege of Charl More

Prime meridian: Tenerife. Date based on author's other work. Depths shown by soundings. Oriented with north to the right. Watermark: J. Kool and Strasburg fleur-de-lis. Pen-and-ink and yellow watercolor. Mounte More

Scale ca. 1:70,000. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. LC copy imperfect: lower right corner missing. Oriented with north to the right. Relief shown pictorially and by shading. Soundings shown in fathoms a More

Scale ca. 1:166,000. Title from verso. Manuscript, pen-and-ink. Has watermark. Annotated with brown ink in a different hand. On verso: Sketch of the rebel redoubt on Stono River destroyed by Genl. Prevost. LC M More

Scale ca. 1:1,800,000. Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings. Prime meridian: Paris. "No. 1. (Hyd. No. 61)." From the author's Neptune Americo-Septentrional. [1780] Available also through the Libr More

Scale ca. 1:4,000,000. Relief shown pictorially. "Tom. XIII, in 4⁰, no. 2. Tome 14, in 8⁰, page 263." Appears in Jean Francois de La Harp's Abŕégé de l'historie generale des voyages. 1780. LC Maps of North Amer More

Scale ca. 1:1,600,000. Hand colored. Prime meridian: Paris. Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings. In lower margin: No. 2.H., N. 1.H et 2.H. Ensemble, Prix trois lives. LC Maps of North America, 1 More

Scale ca. 1:128,000. Relief shown by hachures and shading. Soundings shown in feet. LC copy imperfect: Deterioration along folds. Shows coasts of western Florida and small portion of Alabama from Apalachicola R More

Scale ca. 1:52,000. Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings. LC copy imperfect: Deteriorated along fold and upper and lower margins. Publication information trimmed from lower margin. Shows coast of More

Scale ca. 1:4,800. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Relief shown by hachures. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1466 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AA More

Scale ca. 1:800,000. Relief shown pictorially. Depths shown by soundings. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1973 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes text, inse More

Scale ca. 1:5,300,000. Relief shown pictorially. Atlantic Ocean labeled "Pacific Ocean." Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2: 100; 651/1; 700/1

Relief shown pictorially. Prime meridian: Tenerife. Oriented with north to the bottom. Watermarks: IV, J. Kool, and Strasburg fleur-de-lis. Pen-and-ink and watercolor. Mounted on cloth backing. LC Luso-Hispanic More

Scale ca. 1:27,000. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Has watermarks. Relief shown by hachures. Kings Ferry operated between Verplank Point and Stony Point. "Peaks-hill" was about 3 miles south of the cen More

Scale ca. 1:30,000. Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1293 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. 2 copies Vault AACR2

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Shows coast of Venezuela between Puerto Cabello and Turiamo. Relief shown pictorially. Depths shown by soundings. Oriented with north toward the lower right. Watermarks: IV; and, Strasburg fleur-de-lis. Pen-and More

Print shows an allegorical scene with a Native couple representing America depicted among the various enterprises of the time, such as fishing, weaving, and lumber production.

Scale ca. 1:4,250,000. Prime meridian: Paris and Isle de Fer. Relief shown pictorially. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1406 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2

Scale ca. 1:4,250,000. Prime meridian: Paris and Isle de Fer. Relief shown pictorially. "Liv. XVII, XVIII. No. 48." LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1406 Available also through the Library of Congress Web s More

Print shows citizens of Boston, disguised as Indians, boarding ships in Boston Harbor and throwing chests of tea overboard, one of twelve scenes depicting the history of the American Revolution. S. 74. [Plate] More

Scale ca. 1:6,750,000. Hand colored. Prime meridian: Ferro and London. Relief shown pictorially. "N.B. The letters E, F, S, D, Da, annexed to the names of the islands, denote them to belong either to the Englis More

Scale ca. 1:1,850,000. Hand colored. Relief shown pictorially. Depths shown by soundings. Prime meridian: London. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1977 Available also through the Library of Congress Web sit More

Scale ca. 1:1,330,000. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Watermarks: IV; and, left half of fleur-de-lis (?). Depths shown by soundings. Annotated in ink on verso prior to mounting on cloth backing: 69. Sh More

Shows coast of Venezuela in the region of Puerto Cabello. Depths shown by soundings. Prime meridian: Tenerife. Oriented with north toward the lower right. Pen-and-ink and brown ink. Mounted on cloth backing. LC More

Print shows French troops storming the British fort on the island of Dominica in the Leeward Islands. Illus. in: Recueil d'estampes representant les différents événemens de la Guerre qui a procuré l'indépendan More

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Also shows Ensenada de Mendía. Depths shown by soundings. Pen-and-ink and watercolors. Mounted on cloth backing. LC Luso-Hispanic World, 791 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster i More

Bahía de Roxas unidentifiable on modern maps and/or in gazetteers. Depths shown by soundings. Prime meridian: Cádiz. Oriented with north toward the upper left. Watermark: Strasburg fleur-de-lis. Pen-and-ink. Mo More

Shows coast of Venezuela in region of Araya. Depths shown by soundings. Oriented with north toward the lower left. Watermarks: D. & C. Blauw; and, Strasburg fleur-de-lis. Pen-and-ink and watercolor. Mounted on More

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Depths shown by soundings. Watermark: PVL [Pieter van Ley] in 1 character. Pen-and-ink, watercolor, and pencil. Mounted on cloth backing. LC Luso-Hispanic World, 68 Available also through the Library of Congre More

Scale ca. 1:110,000. Title annotated in pencil. Manuscript, pen-and-ink. Mounted on cloth backing. LC Luso-Hispanic World, 761 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Oriented More

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Scale ca. 1:650,000. Hand colored. Prime meridian: London. Relief shown pictorially. European possessions shown by color. On verso: [Plate no.] 15. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a r More

Shows coast of Gulf of Morrosquillo between Sinú River and Fuerte Island. Also shows routes of expeditions. Depths shown by soundings. Oriented with north toward the lower left. Watermark: Strasburg fleur-de-li More

Shows coast of Colombia in region of Cartagena. Relief shown pictorially. Depths shown by soundings. Oriented with north toward the lower left. Watermark: D. & C. Blauw. Pen-and-ink and watercolor. Mounted on c More

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Shows coast of Mexico between Acapulco and San Blas. Relief shown by shading and hachures. Prime meridian: Acapulco. Watermarks: IV, J. Kool, and Strasburg fleur-de-lis. Pen-and-ink and brown ink. Mounted on cl More

Relief shown pictorially. Depths shown by soundings. Oriented with north toward the upper right. Watermark: J. Whatman. Pen-and-ink. Mounted on cloth backing. Indexed. Annotated in brown ink in lower left corne More

Shows Antón Lizardo region. Depths shown by soundings. Watermarks: J. Kool; and, Strasburg fleur-de-lis. Watermark dated as 1792. Pen-and-ink. Mounted on cloth backing. LC Luso-Hispanic World, 533 Available als More

Shows Antón Lizardo region. Depths shown by soundings. Watermarks: J. Kool; and, Strasburg fleur-de-lis. Watermark dated as 1792. Pen-and-ink. Mounted on cloth backing LC Luso-Hispanic World, 532 Available also More

Dated by comparison with similar map. Relief shown pictorially. Depths shown by soundings. Oriented with north toward the upper right. Watermarks: J. Kool; and, Strasburg fleur-de-lis. Pen-and-ink and watercolo More

Shows coast of Venezuela in the region of Araya. Depths shown by soundings. Oriented with north toward the lower left. Watermarks: J. Kool; and, Strasburg fleur-de-lis. Watermark dated as 1792. Pen-and-ink and More

Shows southeastern United States, eastern Mexico, Central America, northern South America, and West Indies. Relief shown pictorially. Prime meridian: Paris. Annotated in pencil in lower right margin: EIG # 5103 More

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Shows a portion of the Gulf of Paria between Venezuela and the southwestern island of Trinidad. Depths shown by soundings. Brown ink. Mounted on cloth backing. LC Luso-Hispanic World, 993 Available also through More

Print shows the sinking of the vessel Vengeur. Plate from: Collection complète des tableaux historiques de la révolution française. Paris, chez Auber, 1804, no. 99.

Shows Atlantic coast of Central America covering Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, a small portion of Nicaragua, and a portion of the Yucatán Peninsula. Depths shown by soundings. Watermark: PVL [Pieter van Ley] in More

Relief shown by hachures. Hand colored in orange showing boundary between Haiti and Dominican Republic. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault