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Magni Mogolis Imperivm

Description: Map shows "Indostan" [central and upper India] and Bengal, and adjacent areas of Persia, the Tartan empire, and China. Includes illustrations of ships and elephants. Relief shown pictorially. Scale [ca. 1:7,000,000].
Date: [1662..1665]
Creator: Blaeu, Joan, 1596-1673
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

Americae nova tabula.

Description: Map shows early seventeenth century geography, settlements, and political borders in North America and South America. Relief shown pictorially. Scale [ca. 1:45,000,000].
Date: 1635
Creator: Blaeu, Willem Janszoon, 1571-1638
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

[Etching and engraving of the burial shrine of Odeschalco]

Description: Etching and engraving of the Italian noble family Odeschalcos burial shrine printed circa 1800. The print is attributed to designer Leopoldo Buzi and printmaker Giovannia Acquaroni. The print show a line etching of the shrine with Latin text on its front at the top of a stone platform with stairs flanked by two statues of Roman muses. The image is paired with descriptive Italian text below the printed image.
Date: 1800
Creator: Buzi, Leopoldo & Acquaroni, Giovannia
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Nova & accuratissima totius terrarum orbis tabula nautica variationum magneticarum index juxta observationes anno 1700.

Description: Map shows magnetic variations, trade routes, seasonal currents, coastal ports and settlements for six continents; continents of Australia and North America are incomplete. Includes text notes, illustrated title cartouche, and dates of discovery. Inset: "Asin que rien ne manquast à cette carte, nou arons ajoûté ce Cercle Polaire en partie pour montrer l'inclinaison de Meridien vers le Pole en partie pour évitar le trop grand rétrecissement de nôtre échelle." Scale not given.
Date: [1739..1750]
Creator: Halley, Edmond, 1656-1742
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

Dominia Anglorum in praecipuis insulis Americae : ut sunt insula S. Christophori, Antegoa, Iamaica, Barbados (ex insulis Antillicanis) nec non insulae Bermudes vel Sommers dictae : cum privil. sac. caes. majestatis = Die englische Colonie-Laender auf den Insuln von America.

Description: Map shows boundaries for parishes or political subdivisions, roads, cities, towns, plantations, coastal details, and notable physical features. Includes text and explanations of symbols used; key to land grants for Jamaica; translation of English terms into German. Relief shown by hachures and pictorially. Depths shown by soundings and by shading. Scale not given.
Date: [1730..1750]
Creator: Homann Erben (Firm)
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

Planiglobii terrestris cum utroq hemisphaerio caelesti generalis exhibitio, quam ex novissimis probatissimisque Gallorum & Batavorum tabulis concinnatam, multisq[ue] phaenomenis illustratam luci publicae.

Description: Map shows early eighteenth century known geography and place names in five continents. Includes text, two celestial insets, two insets of solstices, two panoramic views, and colored illustrations. Relief shown pictorially. Scale [ca. 1:55,000,000].
Date: 1707
Creator: Homann, Johann Baptist, 1663-1724
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

Planiglobii terrestris cum utroq hemisphærio cælesti generalis exhibitio: quam ex novissimis probatissinnisque recentium geographorum scriptis concinnatam, multisq phænomenis illustratam.

Description: Map shows the prevailing directions of the trade winds; five continents and a portion of "Nova Hollandia" [Australia], major cities, and exploration routes. Includes text, two celestial insets, two insets of solstices, two panoramic views, and illustrations. Relief shown pictorially. Scale [ca. 1:75,000,000].
Date: 1712
Creator: Homann, Johann Baptist, 1663-1724
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

Totius Americae Septentrionalis et Meridionalis novissima repræsentatio : quam ex singulis recentium Geographorum Tabulis collectā

Description: Map shows settlements, physical features, political divisions in North and South America and the West Indies; a portion of the coasts of Europe and Africa; islands in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, and settlements. Includes notes, dates of discovery, and illustrations. Relief shown pictorially. Scale not given.
Date: 1712
Creator: Homann, Johann Baptist, 1663-1724
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

Nova totius terrarum orbis geographica ac hydrographica tabula.

Description: Map shows major cities and physical features for Europe, Asia, and Africa, with vague depiction beyond New Guinea for the Eastern Hemisphere; major settlements for South America, Central America, New Spain, and the eastern and southern portions of North America, and a vague depiction of the Pacific Coast, with California as an island, for the Western Hemisphere. Insets: "Julius Cæsar," "Claudius Ptolomeus Ale.," "Iudocus Hondius Flander," and "Gerardus Mercator Flander." Scale not given.
Date: 1641
Creator: Hondius, Hendrik, b. 1573
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

Quintus Horatius Flaccus [Unbound sheets]

Description: A complete set of unbound sheets of the last printing of the Pickering Horace. The Horace was originally printed by Pickering in 1820 as the first of his Diamond Classics, and are a landmark in the world of miniature books and printing. This set of sheets are a remarkable survival, giving insight into the printing and binding process. The sheets are quarter-sheet impressions, each sheet holding 8 front-and-back leaves (16 pages) of the text. The sheets have been folded into gathers, and lef… more
Date: 1826
Creator: Horace
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

America noviter delineata.

Description: Map shows known geography, settlements, ports, and coastal detail in early seventeenth century North America and South America. Includes illustrations of sea monsters, ships, and cultural observations. Insets: [Map of the Arctic Circle showing] "Groenlandi & Islandia" and [Map of the Antarctic Circle showing] "Terra Australis incognita." Relief shown pictorially. Scale not given.
Date: 1613
Creator: Jansson, Jan, 1588-1664
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

[Etcing and engraving "Puer parvulus minabiteos"]

Description: French religious etching and engraving titled "Puer Parvulus Minabiteos" (The Boy Threatened Them), which depictsa woman and three children in a field with a herd of wolfs, lions, and tigers among sheep and cattle. The main child, the baby Jesus, appears with a shepherds crook leading the flock.
Date: [1695..1800]
Creator: Le Clerc, Sébastien, 1637-1714 & Lacroix, S. F. (Silvestre François), 1765-1843
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

America.

Description: Map shows settlements in North and South America. Includes text describing the New World. Descriptors on map in Italian and Latin. Relief shown pictorially. Scale not given.
Date: 1620?
Creator: Magini, Giovanni Antonio, 1555-1617
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

Drawings. Selected and Executed by T. V. Munson

Description: Bound blank book containing 16 illustrations of plants, insects, sea shells, and a bird that are identified by Latin binomial nomenclature, often with a common-name label as well. The images are a mix of color and pencil-only and each one has a tissue page to separate it from the previous page. Two images include more information, indicating that they were drawn in 1872.
Date: 1872~
Creator: Munson, T. V. (Thomas Volney), 1843-1913
Partner: Dallas Historical Society

[Map of Europe as queen]

Description: Map shows a stylized Europe in the form of a woman. [Spain] is her head and [Gaul], [Germany], [Denmark], [Poland], [Hungary], [Greece], [Bulgaria], [Macedonia], and Scythia are the remainder of her body. Europe is shown surrounded by Africa, [England], [Scotland], [Scandinavia], and Asia. Includes text in lower margin. Relief shown pictorially. Scale not given.
Date: [1550..1570]
Creator: Münster, Sebastian, 1489-1552
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

Hispaniae novae sivae magnae, recens et vera descripto 1579.

Description: Map shows Pacific Coast of the central portion of New Spain with large lake and four named islands (with numbered key) in upper left corner and "Notularum circa Mexico explanatio" in the lower right corner; title cartouche in upper right corner, secondary cartouche in lower left corner. Includes lettered key to cities, "Notularum circa Mexico explanatio," and small illustrations of sailing vessels. Relief shown pictorially. Scale not given.
Date: 1579
Creator: Ortelius, Abraham
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library
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