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Maps and globes

Hartmann Schedel Ptolemaic Worldmap

Nurenberg Chronicle

1493

The Admiral map by Martin Waldseemüller. 1513

Waldseemüller Geographia

1513

The Ptolemaic Worldmap by Waldseemuller 1513

Waldseemüller Geographia

1513

British Isles Map

Munster's Cosmographia

1544

Carta marina Nova Tabulas Navigators Chart of the World

Giacomo Gastaldi

1548

Mercator's Worldmap

1961 Facsimile of the famous Worldmap from Rotterdam

1569

Carta Marina o Da Navigare, Chart of the World

Ruscelli's map published in ' Geopraphia de Claudio Tolomeo' of 1581

1581

Universi Orbis Descriptio ad usum Navigatium, by Keschedt

Four maps from 'Geographicae Universae tum veteris novae . . .' Auctore Io. Ant. Magino. Cologne, P. Keschedt, 1597. - Pirate edition after Magini's original work of 1596

1597

Erythraei Sive Rubri Maris Periplus, olim ab Arriano descriptus

Ortelius' Periplus published in his Parergon

1599

Zelandicarum Insularum exactissima et nova descriptio

From Ortelius' Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, the first modern Atlas of the World: Zelandicarum Insularum exactissima et nova descriptio autoro d. Iacobo a Daventria (Deventer)

1600

Street of Magellan

from Hondius/Mercator Atlas

1613

Portolan map mediteranian sea

original manuscriptmap on vellum by the Oliva family

1620

Novus XVII Inferioris Germaniae Provinciarum

William Blaeu landmap of the 17 Provinces, oriented to the west

1638

Tabula Castelli ad Sandflitam, qua simul inundati agri

map of vicinity of Zandvliet

1640

Tabula Portum maris Septentrionalis à parte quae Tessel usque quae Hooften

Map of the Northsea, north to the left : Tabula Portum maris Septentrionalis à parte quae Tessel usque quae Hooften appellatur

1641

Pascaert vande Custe van Vlaenderen van Walcheren tot Cale en Bouloigne Fr.

Map of the the Dutch and Flemish caost, with A panoramic view of Dunkerque and a coastal profile of Calais and surroundings.

1641

Afbeelding vande Vermaere Seehaven ende Stadt van Duynkercken

sea chart depicts the coast at Dunkerque oriented with north at bottom by an elegant compass rose

1642

Carta particolare dell canale fra Inghilterra è Franciache comincia (with Silly)

Dudley's chart of the southern Cornish coast. First map with latirudes and longitudes according to the Mercator projection:

1646

Pascaart Vant Canaal and Britisch Isles

Map of the british Isles, by Johannes Janssonius,north to the right

1650

Paskaarte Vertonende alle Zékusten van Europa

Portolaan vellum map of Europe by Pieter Goos

1655

PasCaart van de Canaal tusschen Engeland en Vrancrijck

used seachart by Hendrick Doncker

1661

Atlas Major sive Cosmographia Blaviana -Tome one.

Part one of first edition of the famous Atlas major, with all instruments of Thyco Brahe

1662

Insula Hvena

From Part one of first edition of the famous Atlas major, with all instruments of Thyco Brahe

1664

Paskaert van Zeeusche en Vlaemsche Kusten. tonende alle drooghten...

Pieter Goos, sea chart features the entire coast of Belgium with small parts of France, England, and the Netherlands

1666

De cust van Zeelandt, begrypende in sich de gaten als van de Wielingen ter Veere

Seamap of Pieter Goos: De cust van Zeelandt, begrypende in sich de gaten als van de Wielingen, ter Veere, Ziericzee, Brouwershaven, Goeree, en de Maes

1672

Occidentalior Tractus Maris Mediterranei, Apus F. de Wit

Western part of the Mediterrenean Sea by Frederick de Wit

1675

Orientalior districtus Maris Mediterranei, Apus F. de Wit

Eastern part of the Mediterreanean Sea by Frederick de Wit

1675

Mare Germanicum ab Amelandia ad Promontoria Caleti et Doverae

Pascaert van de NOORD ZEE van Ameloo tot de hoofden van A'dam by Frederick de Wit

1675

De Cust van Hollandt tusschen de Maes en Texel

Seachart og the Northsea by Hendrick Doncker, North to the left

1678

Composite atlas of 6 charts intended for navigation from the Nether. to the Med.

Six seacharts from Pieter Goos in one composite atlas by Jacob Robijn

1680

Nieuwe Pascaert Bevattende in sich de Kust van Vlaenderen van de Wielingen...

Seachart of the Northsea by Johannes van Keulen North to the bottom: Nieuwe Pascaert Bevattende in sich de Kust van Vlaenderen van de Wielingen tot den Hoofden

1680

De Zee-Custen van Vrancryck tusschen Swartenes en C. de la Hague

Seachart from the southern part of the Nortsea and Channel, North to the bottom of the map.

1682

Piancenza's map of "Pelangnisi"

Map of one of the Islands of th Northern Sporades by Piancenza F.

1688

Carte de la Manche faite par ordre du Roy pour le service de ses armées de mer.

Large engraved nautical chart of the English Channel, with the coastline of northwest France from la baie de Douarnenez (Brittany) to Dunkerque (Flanders), and the coastline of England and Wales from Stroble head to Manning Tree. By Sanson

1692

Carte des entrées de l'Escaut et Meuse entre Rotterdam et Graveline

Seachart from Jaillot et Mortier, North is down of the map

1693

Manica, gallis La Manche et Belgis het Canaal, pars oceani inter Angliam&Galliam

engraving of the channel between England and France. Contemporary coloured. Cartouche not coloured

1693

Canalis inter Angliae et Galliae

Novissima et Accuratissima Canalis inter Angliae et Galliae
Tabula cum omnibus suis Portibus+ Arenis et profundis per
Theodorum Danckerum Amstelodami cum Privilegio Ordinum Hollandiae et Westfrisiae

1695

Dapper Olfert's 4 maps on two sheets of Northern Sporade Isles

Map of four Islands of the Northern Sporades by Dapper: maps of “Schiatti + Scopoli & Zea” and " Pelagnisi & Dromi"

1703

Le Globe Celeste representé en deux Plans Hemispheres par Mons De La Hire

Small copperprint of the two hemispheres celeste

1719

Groote nieuwe Paskaart van de Geheele Noord-zee

Groote nieuwe Paskaart van de Geheele NOORD-ZEE vertoonenede in sig alle dessels Rivire Havens Baye Dieptens en droogtens daar in Geleegen Nota de gebruiker moet in dese Kaard sijn Miswijsing selver vergoeden.

1720

Mariners new Kalendar Nathaliel Colson

3 editions 1727. 1749. 1769 of the Mariners new Kalendar

1727

Edmund Halley's worldmap of prevailing winds and compass variations

Nova & accuratissima totius terrarum orbis tabula nautica variationum magneticarum index juxta observationes anno 1700 habitas constructa, byEdmund Halley, 1730
The compass variation was one of the possible ways to find longitude at sea!

1730

A correct Chart of the English Channel. from N Foreland to Brest

sea chart of the Channel with four inset maps of Isles of Scilly, Falmouth, Plymouth, and the Isle of Wight

1730

Carte de la Mer d'Allemagne Contenant les Bancs Ilses et Costes

Carte de la Mer d'Allemagne Contenant les Bancs Ilses et Costes comprises depuis Bergen et les Isles Schetland jusques au Pas de Calais. Seamap of the Northsea by Covens & Mortier. North to the left

1741

Carte Nouvelle des Costes de Hollande, Zeelande, Flandre, Picardie, & Normandie

Beautiful seamap of Flanders and Zeeland by Romeyn de Hooghe for Covens & Mortier 1721-41

1741

Carte particulière des environs de Bruges. Ostende. Damme. l'Ecluse et autres

Map of the Belgian coast of Eugène-Henry Fricx

1744

Carte de l'Ocean Occidental

Map of the Northern Atlantic Ocean by Jacques-Nicolas Bellin

1746

A General Large Chart of the Saint George's Channel

Large separataly issued chart of the St George's Channel

1767

A correct chart of the sea coasts of England. Flanders and Holland. Mount & Page

Map of the northern part of the North Sea with adjacant coasts of England. Holland and Flanders

1771

3 Charts of British Channel extending from Dover to the Isles of Scilly

3 large maps by Jefferys Thomas on canvas in morocco pull-off case: , A Chart of the British Channel, extending from Dover to the Isles of Scilly on the English Coast, and from Cape Gris-Nez to the Isle of Ouessant on the French Coast

1775

Gehele Waareld, toonende de afwijkingen van het Kompas

Kopergravure

1775

World chart with discoveries of James Cook and Capt. Phipps.

A New General Chart of the World, Exhibiting the Whole of the Discoveries made by the late Captain James Cook, F.R.S. with the Tracks of the Ships under his Command: Also those of Capn. Phipps

1787

Algemene Kaart van de ontdekkingen van Kapit. J. Cook gedaan op zyne drie togten

1797

Reconnoissance hydrographique de la Cöte Nord de France

Description Nautique de la Côte de France sur la Mer Du Nord de Calais à Ostende. By BEAUTEMPS-BEAUPRÉ, C.F.

1803

Carte Réduite de la Mer du Nord

Carte Réduite de la Mer du Nord comprenant les Cötes Orientales des Iles Britannique et les cötes opposées du continent, , Depot Générale de la Marine 1807

1807

HMS Jupiter's Track, Manuscript

Manuscript titel “This Track outward and homeward between England & China. (in the Years 1807-8) of his Majesty's Ship Jupiter, with an East India & China Convoy inscribed to Captain H.E.R. Baker”

1808

North Sea with Kattegat. From the Chart of De Verdun. De Borda and Pingré

North Sea chart. made public in 177 by order of Louis XVI. second edition 1813

1813

The British Channel

Large map with original colour engraved by Menzies. Edinburgh

1814

Magnetic Variations. Map by Thomas Yeates

Very Large map 54 x 149 cm Chart of the Variations of the magnetic Needle for all the known Seas comprehended within sixty degrees of Latitude North and South

1817

Carte Reduite des Côtes des Pays Bas

Carte Réduite des Côtes des Pays-Bas, by Beautemps-Beaupré & Decrès. Description Nautique des Côtes de Pays-Bas (depuis Ostende jusqu’a Hellevoetsluis)

1817

Paire de globes terrestre et céleste par Newton, dated 1818 / 1823

NEWTON’S New and Improved TERRESTRIAL GLOBE – MANUFACTURED BY J. & W. NEWTON
Celestrial;1818 ; Terrestrial: 1818 with improvements of 1823
Inscriptions: both have a cartouche with name and date

1818

Armillary Sphere Ptolemy Style

French armillary sphere of the Prolemaeus model, probably from Charles Dien

1820

Pocket globe by Newton & Son

Newton’s Improved Terrestrial Globe; 3inch ( 7.5 cm) Pocket globe 1820-30

1820

Map of the world showing the distribution of the winds

1850

Two Blueback Charts PUBLISHED BY RICHARD H. LAURIE. LONDON

1) "The Southern Part of the North Sea". Circa 1869 2) "A General Chart of the Coasts of Brasil. &c. From the River Para to Buenos Ayres ...". Circa 1842

1869

The English Channel, Many Insets of the surrounding harbours and London Docks

Coulour maritime folding map

1914

The Husun Star Globe

THE HUSUN STAR GLOBE, Star Finder – H. Hughes & sons, London, 1920

1920

Pilot chart of the central American waters.

map of capt. René Becu . captain on Mercator . used during 24 th voyage to bring back the body of fater Damian

1930

From Admiralty surveys of 1906. Originally published at the British Admiralty

29th October 1906, Sea chart. Dover, Calais, Orfordness. No.1406.

1948

Rebbelib- type Stick Chart of the Marchall Islands in then Pacific

A Stick chart of the Marshall Island in The Pacific Ocean, of the “REBBELIB”-type, Used in the Marchall Islands to explain the waves and currents around all the islands, marked with cowrie shells, in the achipelago

2014

Inuit map of Greenland

Facsimile Inuit wooden map of Greenland from the one found by Gustav Holm in 1885

2022

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