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Covers northern Asia. Relief shown pictorially. From Abraham Ortelius's atlas: Theatrvm Orbis Terrarvm, 1603 ed. Hand col. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes tex More

Relief shown pictorially. German. Titles in Latin and German. Shows Jerusalem during the time of Christ. Includes descriptive text in German. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

Poster showing map of British Isles behind text. Poster no. 23. Wt. 8936. 50M. 1632/12/14.

From Egypt, Memphite Region, Lisht North, cemetery east of Senwosret (758) (?), Pit 699 not on map, MMA excavations, 1907–08 Middle Kingdom

The Eiffel Tower and its shadow can be seen next to the Seine in the left middle of this ASTER image of Paris. Based on the length of the shadow and the solar elevation angle of 59 degrees, we can calculate its More

The Eiffel Tower and its shadow can be seen next to the Seine in the left middle of this ASTER image of Paris. Based on the length of the shadow and the solar elevation angle of 59 degrees, we can calculate its More

Regions and Seasons: In Greek mythology, the Horae – a group of three rain-giving goddesses – ruled over natural order and the seasons, and through their gift of water from the heavens they brought agricultural More

Syracuse, the main city of classical Sicily, was settled by the Corinthians in the 8th century BCE. By the 2nd century CE, Syracuse was under Roman control, and it was during this time that the first burials to More

Relief shown in hachures. From: An atlas to accompany Productive geography. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. LC copy stamped on: 626888.

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The Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae is a collection of engravings of Rome and Roman antiquities, the core of which consists of prints published by Antonio Lafreri and gathered under a title page he printed in t More

Stone rubbing dated 1903? One of the earliest stone maps, it consists of 5,110 grids, each grid is approximately 100 li. Original stone was engraved in Fuchang 7 nian, i.e. 1136 A.D. The stone is now in the For More

Scale not given. Stone rubbing dated 1933? Original stone was engraved in Fuchang 7 nian, i.e. 1136 A.D. The stone is now in the Forest of Stone Steles Museum in Xi'an, China. Covers China in Nan Song Dynasty, More

Stone rubbing dated 1903? Original stone was engraved in Fuchang 7 nian, i.e. 1136 A.D. The stone is now in the Forest of Stone Steles Museum in Xi'an, China. Covers China in Nan Song Dynasty, from east to the More

Stone rubbing dated 1903? Original stone was engraved in Fuchang 7 nian, i.e. 1136 A.D. The stone is now in the Forest of Stone Steles Museum in Xi'an, China. Covers China in Nan Song Dynasty, from east to the More

This image has been taken from scan 000196 from volume 06 of "Illustreret Norges historie. [With plates.]". The title and subject terms of this image have been generated from tags, created by users of the Briti More

This image has been taken from scan 000192 from volume 06 of "Illustreret Norges historie. [With plates.]". The title and subject terms of this image have been generated from tags, created by users of the Briti More

Stone rubbing dated between 1858 and 1869. One of the earliest and biggest stone rubbing maps in China. Original stone was engraved in 1229 under Li Shoupeng. The map is now in the Museum of Engraved Stone Tabl More

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Puzzle initial 'M'. Image taken from f. 3v of Bibliotheca historiarum, in the translation of Poggio Bracciolini. Written in Latin. The Arundel Manuscript Collection was amassed by the Howard family, particular More

Decorated initial. Image taken from f. 1 of Bibliotheca historiarum, in the translation of Poggio Bracciolini. Written in Latin. The Arundel Manuscript Collection was amassed by the Howard family, particularly More

Image taken from f. 152v of Bibliotheca historiarum, in the translation of Poggio Bracciolini. Written in Latin. The Arundel Manuscript Collection was amassed by the Howard family, particularly Thomas Howard, More

Image taken from f. 149v of Bibliotheca historiarum, in the translation of Poggio Bracciolini. Written in Latin. The Arundel Manuscript Collection was amassed by the Howard family, particularly Thomas Howard, More

Image taken from f. 150 of Bibliotheca historiarum, in the translation of Poggio Bracciolini. Written in Latin. The Arundel Manuscript Collection was amassed by the Howard family, particularly Thomas Howard, t More

Image taken from f. 142 of Bibliotheca historiarum, in the translation of Poggio Bracciolini. Written in Latin. The Arundel Manuscript Collection was amassed by the Howard family, particularly Thomas Howard, t More

Image taken from f. 139 of Bibliotheca historiarum, in the translation of Poggio Bracciolini. Written in Latin. The Arundel Manuscript Collection was amassed by the Howard family, particularly Thomas Howard, t More

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This image has been taken from scan 000298 from volume 02 of "[The Chronicles of E. de Monstrelet ... Translated by T. Johnes. [With plates.]]". The title and subject terms of this image have been generated fro More

Image taken from f. 145v of Bibliotheca historiarum, in the translation of Poggio Bracciolini. Written in Latin. The Arundel Manuscript Collection was amassed by the Howard family, particularly Thomas Howard, More

Detail of heraldry. Image taken from f. 129 of Bibliotheca historiarum, in the translation of Poggio Bracciolini. Written in Latin. The Arundel Manuscript Collection was amassed by the Howard family, particula More

Image taken from f. 155v of Bibliotheca historiarum, in the translation of Poggio Bracciolini. Written in Latin. The Arundel Manuscript Collection was amassed by the Howard family, particularly Thomas Howard, More

Image taken from f. 138v of Bibliotheca historiarum, in the translation of Poggio Bracciolini. Written in Latin. The Arundel Manuscript Collection was amassed by the Howard family, particularly Thomas Howard, More

Image taken from f. 149 of Bibliotheca historiarum, in the translation of Poggio Bracciolini. Written in Latin. The Arundel Manuscript Collection was amassed by the Howard family, particularly Thomas Howard, t More

Image taken from f. 142v of Bibliotheca historiarum, in the translation of Poggio Bracciolini. Written in Latin. The Arundel Manuscript Collection was amassed by the Howard family, particularly Thomas Howard, More

Image taken from f. 158 of Bibliotheca historiarum, in the translation of Poggio Bracciolini. Written in Latin. The Arundel Manuscript Collection was amassed by the Howard family, particularly Thomas Howard, t More

Map of Italy. Image taken from ff. 68v-69 of Geography (index Cosmographie primus) with twenty-seven maps. Written in Latin. The "BL Harley Manuscript" refers to a collection of medieval manuscripts held in th More

Image taken from f. 156v of Bibliotheca historiarum, in the translation of Poggio Bracciolini. Written in Latin. The Arundel Manuscript Collection was amassed by the Howard family, particularly Thomas Howard, More

Image taken from f. 139v of Bibliotheca historiarum, in the translation of Poggio Bracciolini. Written in Latin. The Arundel Manuscript Collection was amassed by the Howard family, particularly Thomas Howard, More

Puzzle initial 'C'(um). Image taken from f. 16 of Bibliotheca historiarum, in the translation of Poggio Bracciolini. Written in Latin. The Arundel Manuscript Collection was amassed by the Howard family, partic More

Image taken from f. 148 of Bibliotheca historiarum, in the translation of Poggio Bracciolini. Written in Latin. The Arundel Manuscript Collection was amassed by the Howard family, particularly Thomas Howard, t More

Image taken from f. 147 of Bibliotheca historiarum, in the translation of Poggio Bracciolini. Written in Latin. The Arundel Manuscript Collection was amassed by the Howard family, particularly Thomas Howard, t More

Image taken from f. 158v of Bibliotheca historiarum, in the translation of Poggio Bracciolini. Written in Latin. The Arundel Manuscript Collection was amassed by the Howard family, particularly Thomas Howard, More

Initial 'N'(ullus) incorporating heraldic arms, and partial foliate border, including a bird and an ox, at the beginning of Diodorus Siculus's Bibliotheca historiarum. Image taken from f. 3 of Bibliotheca histo More

Puzzle initial 'P'(ostea) with pen-flourishing, at the beginning of book 4 of Diodorus Siculus's Bibliotheca historiarum. Image taken from f. 48 of Bibliotheca historiarum, in the translation of Poggio Bracciol More

Image taken from f. 146 of Bibliotheca historiarum, in the translation of Poggio Bracciolini. Written in Latin. The Arundel Manuscript Collection was amassed by the Howard family, particularly Thomas Howard, t More

Literary map. Relief shown by hachures. Prime meridian: Paris. Red, blue, and black ink and watercolor. Includes 6 ancillary maps. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. LMP Vault

Detail of historiated initial 'C'(onstitui), made of branches, set in a landscape with birds. Image taken from f. 129 of Bibliotheca historiarum, in the translation of Poggio Bracciolini. Written in Latin. The More

Image taken from f. 140 of Bibliotheca historiarum, in the translation of Poggio Bracciolini. Written in Latin. The Arundel Manuscript Collection was amassed by the Howard family, particularly Thomas Howard, t More

Image taken from f. 143 of Bibliotheca historiarum, in the translation of Poggio Bracciolini. Written in Latin. The Arundel Manuscript Collection was amassed by the Howard family, particularly Thomas Howard, t More

Image taken from f. 147v of Bibliotheca historiarum, in the translation of Poggio Bracciolini. Written in Latin. The Arundel Manuscript Collection was amassed by the Howard family, particularly Thomas Howard, More

Detail of illuminated initial. Image taken from f. 3 of Bibliotheca historiarum, in the translation of Poggio Bracciolini. Written in Latin. The Arundel Manuscript Collection was amassed by the Howard family, More

Image taken from f. 157v of Bibliotheca historiarum, in the translation of Poggio Bracciolini. Written in Latin. The Arundel Manuscript Collection was amassed by the Howard family, particularly Thomas Howard, More

Image taken from f. 153 of Bibliotheca historiarum, in the translation of Poggio Bracciolini. Written in Latin. The Arundel Manuscript Collection was amassed by the Howard family, particularly Thomas Howard, t More

Image taken from f. 159 of Bibliotheca historiarum, in the translation of Poggio Bracciolini. Written in Latin. The Arundel Manuscript Collection was amassed by the Howard family, particularly Thomas Howard, t More

Image taken from f. 156 of Bibliotheca historiarum, in the translation of Poggio Bracciolini. Written in Latin. The Arundel Manuscript Collection was amassed by the Howard family, particularly Thomas Howard, t More

Image taken from f. 153v of Bibliotheca historiarum, in the translation of Poggio Bracciolini. Written in Latin. The Arundel Manuscript Collection was amassed by the Howard family, particularly Thomas Howard, More

Map of France. Image taken from f. 64 of Geography (index Cosmographie primus) with twenty-seven maps. Written in Latin. The "BL Harley Manuscript" refers to a collection of medieval manuscripts held in the Br More

Image taken from f. 138 of Bibliotheca historiarum, in the translation of Poggio Bracciolini. Written in Latin. The Arundel Manuscript Collection was amassed by the Howard family, particularly Thomas Howard, t More

Image taken from f. 145 of Bibliotheca historiarum, in the translation of Poggio Bracciolini. Written in Latin. The Arundel Manuscript Collection was amassed by the Howard family, particularly Thomas Howard, t More

Image taken from f. 157 of Bibliotheca historiarum, in the translation of Poggio Bracciolini. Written in Latin. The Arundel Manuscript Collection was amassed by the Howard family, particularly Thomas Howard, t More

Image taken from f. 159v of Bibliotheca historiarum, in the translation of Poggio Bracciolini. Written in Latin. The Arundel Manuscript Collection was amassed by the Howard family, particularly Thomas Howard, More

Image taken from f. 146v of Bibliotheca historiarum, in the translation of Poggio Bracciolini. Written in Latin. The Arundel Manuscript Collection was amassed by the Howard family, particularly Thomas Howard, More

Image taken from f. 148v of Bibliotheca historiarum, in the translation of Poggio Bracciolini. Written in Latin. The Arundel Manuscript Collection was amassed by the Howard family, particularly Thomas Howard, More

Image taken from f. 154 of Bibliotheca historiarum, in the translation of Poggio Bracciolini. Written in Latin. The Arundel Manuscript Collection was amassed by the Howard family, particularly Thomas Howard, t More

Image taken from f. 141 of Bibliotheca historiarum, in the translation of Poggio Bracciolini. Written in Latin. The Arundel Manuscript Collection was amassed by the Howard family, particularly Thomas Howard, t More

Puzzle initial 'S'. Image taken from f. 32 of Bibliotheca historiarum, in the translation of Poggio Bracciolini. Written in Latin. The Arundel Manuscript Collection was amassed by the Howard family, particular More

Cadels and puzzle initial. Image taken from ff. 91v-92 of Bibliotheca historiarum, in the translation of Poggio Bracciolini. Written in Latin. The Arundel Manuscript Collection was amassed by the Howard family More

Image taken from f. 143v of Bibliotheca historiarum, in the translation of Poggio Bracciolini. Written in Latin. The Arundel Manuscript Collection was amassed by the Howard family, particularly Thomas Howard, More

Detail of puzzle initial. Image taken from f. 48 of Bibliotheca historiarum, in the translation of Poggio Bracciolini. Written in Latin. The Arundel Manuscript Collection was amassed by the Howard family, part More

Puzzle initial. Image taken from f. 68 of Bibliotheca historiarum, in the translation of Poggio Bracciolini. Written in Latin. The Arundel Manuscript Collection was amassed by the Howard family, particularly T More

Image taken from f. 141v of Bibliotheca historiarum, in the translation of Poggio Bracciolini. Written in Latin. The Arundel Manuscript Collection was amassed by the Howard family, particularly Thomas Howard, More

Anonymous nautical chart in portolan style probably drawn in Genoa. Covers Mediterranean Sea from the Balearic Islands to the Levantine coast; also covers western part of Black Sea. Oldest original cartographic More

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Illus. in: Claudii Ptholemei Alexandrini philosophi Cosmographia. Rome : Arnoldus Buckinck, 10 Oct. (VI Idus Octobris) 1478. Published in: The tradition of technology : Landmarks of Western technology ... / Le More

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Public domain image of a vintage map, geography atlas, maritime navigation, age of discovery, 16th-17th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

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Asie maioris tabule decem quarum prima Courtesy of Boston Public Library

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The classical Greek and Roman world view is known to us through the writings of Claudius Ptolemy, a 2nd century A.D. astronomer, mathematician, and geographer who lived in Alexandria, Egypt. Although his origin More

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Miniatures of maps. Image taken from ff. 158v-159 of Liber insularum archipelagi. Written in Latin. The Arundel Manuscript Collection was amassed by the Howard family, particularly Thomas Howard, the 2nd Earl More

France Courtesy of Boston Public Library

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Miniatures of maps of the islands of Tenosa and Psara, illustrating sections 56-57. Image taken from f. 149v of Liber insularum archipelagi. Written in Latin. The Arundel Manuscript Collection was amassed by t More

Miniatures of maps of the islands of Patmos, Dipsa, Crousia, and Icaria and Mandria, illustrating sections 48-52. Image taken from ff. 147v-148 of Liber insularum archipelagi. Written in Latin. The Arundel Man More

Miniatures of maps of the islands of Phormachi and Agathousa, Samos, and the Fourni, illustrating sections 53-55. Image taken from ff. 148v-149 of Liber insularum archipelagi. Written in Latin. The Arundel Man More

Public domain image of the vintage map from Norman B. Leventhal Map Center, free to use, no copyright restrictions image. The Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center at the Boston Public Library is a special More

Public domain image of the vintage map from Norman B. Leventhal Map Center, free to use, no copyright restrictions image. The Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center at the Boston Public Library is a special More

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Public domain image of the vintage map from Norman B. Leventhal Map Center, free to use, no copyright restrictions image. The Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center at the Boston Public Library is a special More

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Miniature of a map of the island of Milo, from section 23. Image taken from f. 139 of Liber insularum archipelagi. Written in Latin. The Arundel Manuscript Collection was amassed by the Howard family, particul More

Public domain scan of a vintage map, city plan, atlas, cartoghraphy, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

Public domain image of the vintage map from Norman B. Leventhal Map Center, free to use, no copyright restrictions image. The Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center at the Boston Public Library is a special More

Public domain image of a vintage map, geography atlas, maritime navigation, age of discovery, 16th-17th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Public domain image of the vintage map from Norman B. Leventhal Map Center, free to use, no copyright restrictions image. The Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center at the Boston Public Library is a special More