Carta da geographia dos Lusíadas : poema épico de Luís de Camões : wor...
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
Manuscript copy of sheet 6 of Waldseemüller's Carta marina
Title provided by cataloger. Relief shown pictorially. Includes text and illustrations. Originally bound in the Sammelband. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
Fragmentary terrestrial globe gores
Relief shown pictorially. Bound in the Schöner Sammelband. Found in the binding of the Sammelband in 1905, mounted on paper and bound in. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
Celestial globe gores - Public domain vintage map
Title provided by cataloger. Likely proof sheets, as lines for the tropics and the ecliptic are missing. Earliest known celestial gores. Bound in the Schöner Sammelband. Gores trimmed and mounted on paper. LC c... More
Fragmentary celestial globe gores - Public domain map
Title provided by cataloger. Bound in the Schöner Sammelband. Found in the binding of the Sammelband in 1905, mounted on paper, and bound in. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
Typus orbis descriptione Ptolemaei - Public domain map
Relief shown pictorially. Woodcut that appears in edition of Ptolemy's Geographia published in 1541. Includes illustrations of winds. LC copy stamped on in lower left corner: 0 674. Mounted on cloth and laminat... More
Tabula noua totius orbis - Public domain map drawing
Relief shown pictorially. Woodcut that appears in an edition of Ptolemy's Geographia published in 1541. Includes illustrations and notes. LC copy stamped on in lower left corner: 0 676. Manuscript "246" in uppe... More
Das erst general inhaltend die Beschreibung und den Circkel des gantze...
Woodcut oval map within illustrated border, showing clouds and winds. Includes entwined initials "DK" in lower left corner, standing for the woodcutter David Kandel. Appears in German edition of Sebastian Münst... More
Typvs orbis terrarvm, Abraham Ortelius
Oval map within illustrated border, showing clouds. Includes illustrations. Appears to be an etched, probably unauthorized copy of an edition Ortelius's map, possibly made in Italy. This map copies the re-engra... More
Typvs orbis terrarvm, Abraham Ortelius
Oval map within illustrated border, showing clouds. Appears in Latin edition of Ortelius's Theatrum orbis terrarum. Includes illustrations. Latin text on verso. In lower left: cum privilegio. Has a crack and re... More
Typvs orbis terrarvm - Public domain map engraving
Oval map within illustrated border, showing clouds. Appears in Latin edition of Ortelius's Theatrum orbis terrarum. Includes illustrations. Latin text on verso. In lower left: cum privilegio. Has a crack and re... More
Typvs orbis terrarvm, Jodocus Hondius, engraving, Library of Congress
Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Acquisitions control no. 18-85
Orbis terrae novissima descriptio, Jodocus Hondius
Includes two wind charts, compass rose, lunar chart, climatic zones, armillary sphere, notes and illustrations In upper right corner: I. LC copy mounted on cloth. Available also through the Library of Congress ... More
Tipus orbis terrarum - Public domain vintage map
Relief shown pictorially. Includes ancillary maps of America, Europe, Africa, and Asia in border. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault
Globus terrarum - Public domain vintage map
Relief shown pictorially. Gores for a 20 cm. globe. Title supplied by cataloger. Date from Shirley's Mapping of the world, 1993. Includes ill. LC copy: Sheet 1 annotated in pencil in upper right "W. Lowery" and... More
Typvs orbis terrarvm Historic map, Library of Congress
Relief shown pictorially. Includes text. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Acquisitions control no. 19-85 Vault
Charte vniuerselle de tovt le monde : en laqvelle plvsievrs regions re...
Relief shown pictorially. Includes illustrations, notes, and two celestial hemispheres. Assembled from two sheets. LC copy lightly colored, in green only. Mounted on cloth, with pin holes in all corners. Shirle... More
Nova totius terrarum orbis geographica ac hydrographica tabula
Includes two ancillary celestial hemispheres, notes, and illustrations. Map appears in Nicolas Tassin's Cartes generales de tovtes les prouinces de France. LC copy has text in French on three sheets framing the... More
Orbis terrarum typus de integro multis in locis emendatus
Includes illustrations of the seasons and the elements, notes, and two celestial hemispheres. Illustrations of costumes: Hispani -- Galli -- Itali -- Germani -- Angli -- Belgae -- Groenlandi -- Chinenses -- Jav... More
Nova totivs terrarvm orbis geographica ac hydrographica tabvla
Relief shown pictorially. Date from dedication. Assembled from two sheets. Appears in Jansson's Nieuwen atlas, volume 1, 1657. Includes notes. Illustrations include images of the four elements and portraits of ... More
Nova totivs terrarvm orbis geographica ac hydrographica tabvla : carta...
Includes northern and southern celestial hemispheres, charts of longitude, notes, and illustrations of the four elements. LC copy mounted on paper. Shirley, Rodney W. Mapping of the world. 1983, 360 Available a... More
Novvelle et exacte description dv globe terrestre
Includes illustrations of the seasons and the elements, notes, and two celestial hemispheres. According to Shirley, the map is based on one by Visscher, rather than Blaeu. Illustrations of costumes: Francois --... More
Novvelle et exacte description de la terre vniverselle : selon les aut...
Relief shown pictorially. Shows California as an island. Includes two mariner's compasses, a perpetual calendar, diagram of the solar system, star charts of northern and southern hemispheres, text, and illustra... More
Charte vniuerselle de tovt le monde - Public domain map
Relief shown pictorially. Includes notes. Illustrations include images of the garden of Eden and the Last Judgment and four allegorical figures in the corners of the sheet. Assembled from 4 sheets. LC copy in t... More
Mappe-monde, ou carte générale du monde : dessignée en deux plan-hemis...
Relief shown pictorially. Shows California as an island. LC copy stamped on: 480B. Mounted on cloth. Annotations in Australia. Shirley, R.W. Mapping of the world, 390 Available also through the Library of Congr... More
Orbis terrarum typus de integro multis in locis emendatus
Includes illustrations of the seasons and the elements, notes, and two celestial hemispheres. Illustrations of costumes: Hispani -- Galli -- Itali -- Germani -- Angli -- Belgae -- Groenlandi -- Chinenses -- Jav... More
Nova totius terrarum orbis geographica ac hydrographica tabula
Relief shown pictorially. Includes text, 2 ancillary celestial hemispheres, and ill. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Acquisitions control no. 2001-24
La carte générale du monde - Public domain old map
Relief shown pictorially. Includes text, 2 celestial hemispheres, 3 compasses, and latitudinal sphere. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Acquisitions control no. 26-86 Vault
Globus terrarum Historic map, Library of Congress
Relief shown pictorially. Gores for a 16.3 cm. globe. Title supplied by cataloger. Includes watermark. Includes ill. LC copy: Pencil annotations across bottom. LC copy imperfect: Central horizontal and vertical... More
Mappe-monde, ou carte generale du globe terrestre : representée en deu...
Relief shown pictorially. Shows California as an island. LC copy: left half mounted on paper, fold lined. Lightly hand colored to mark continental boundaries and some place names. Shirley, Rodney W. Mapping of ... More
Novissima totius terrarum orbis tabula
Shows California as an island. Includes illustrations, including scenes of the four seasons. Ancillary maps and charts: Incrementum et decrementum dierū -- Phasis lunae naturalis -- Hypothesis Tychonican -- Hyp... More
Carte vniverselle du commerce, c'est à dire carte hidrographique, où s...
Relief shown pictorially. Includes illustrations of ships on trade routes. Shows California as an island. LC copy foldlined. Stamped on verso: 6849. Shirley, R.W. Mapping of the world, 364 Available also throug... More
Mappe-monde, ou carte generale du globe terrestre : representée en deu...
Relief shown pictorially. Appears in atlases published after Sanson's death by his heirs. LC copy: fold lined, with liquid staining from left and right margins to middle of hemispheres. Lightly hand colored to ... More
Nova totius terrarum orbis tabula - Public domain map
Relief shown pictorially. Includes two ancillary polar hemispheres and illustrations. LC copy foldlined, with three pin holes in lower margin. Hand coloring to delineate continental boundaries only. Shirley, Ro... More
Mappa mondo o vero carta generale del globo terestre : rapresentato in...
LC copy lightly hand colored, showing political boundaries only. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
To Capt. John Wood this map of the world, drawn according to Mercators...
Relief shown pictorially. Shows California as an island. Includes the name "Pensilvania", so is a second state issued after 1682. Includes illustrations, north polar hemisphere, two compass roses and rhumb line... More
Mappe-monde, dressé sur les observations de mrs. de l'Academie royale ...
Relief shown pictorially. Includes illustrations and 4 small hemispherical polar projections. Appears in Sanson's Atlas nouveau. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. French... More
A new map of the terraqueous globe according to the ancient discoverie...
Appears in his New sett of maps both of antient and present geography. Publication information from 1700 edition. Includes illustrations, notes, and list of abbreviations. Lacking "I" underneath dedication, whi... More
Mappe-monde, dressé sur les observations de mrs. de l'Academie royale ...
Relief shown pictorially. Shows nautical exploration routes. Includes illustrated cartouche. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
Nova delineatio totius orbis terrarum
Shirley, Rodney W. Mapping of the world. 1983, 417 Relief shown pictorially. Includes illustrations. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Title in Latin and French. Most pl... More
Orbis vetus et orbis veteris utraque continens, terrarumque tractus ar...
Relief shown pictorially. "Cum privilegio regis ad Vicennium 1704." Lacking text directly above and below hemispheres present in other 1704 edition. Shows California as an island. Available also through the Lib... More
Carte reduite du globe terrestre - Public domain old map
In upper right corner: Tome I, no. 1. Prime meridian: Paris. From Bellin's Petit atlas maritime. Paris : [J.Bellin], 1764. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
Orbis vetus et orbis veteris utraque continens, terrarumque tractus ar...
Relief shown pictorially. "Cum privilegio regis ad Vicennium 1704." Includes text directly above and below hemispheres lacking in other 1704 edition. Shows California as an island. Available also through the Li... More
Mappe-monde ou carte générale de la terre
Hand colored. Includes 9 portraits. LC copy annotated in black ink in upper right margin: 6. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
Mappe-monde ou carte générale de la terre
Hand colored. Includes 9 portraits. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault Acquisitions control no. 34-82.
Planisphere terrestre, suivant les nouvelles observations des astronom...
Relief shown pictorially. Centered on the North Pole. Includes illustrations and notes. This map appears as map 2 in Gueudeville's Le nouveau theatre du monde of 1713, as map 27 in volume 1 of Ottens' Atlas mai... More
Mappe-monde, ou carte universelle - Public domain map
Includes text and illustrations. In upper right corner: 7. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
This map of North America, according to ye newest and most exact obser...
Scale ca. 1:15,000,000. Hand colored. Relief shown pictorially. "To the Right Honourable John Lord Sommers, Baron of Evesham in ye county of Worcester, President of Her Majesty's most Honourable Privy Council &... More
Mappe-monde, ou carte generale de la terre : divisée en deux hemispher...
Relief shown pictorially. Includes text and illustrations. LC copy mounted on cloth. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
Planisphere terrestre, suivant les nouvelles observations des astronom...
Relief shown pictorially. Centered on the North Pole. Includes illustrations and notes. A version of this map appears as map 2 in Gueudeville's Le nouveau theatre du monde of 1713, as map 27 in volume 1 of Otte... More
A new map of the whole world with the trade winds according to ye late...
Appears in his Atlas Minor. In upper left margin: To front the title to vol. 1 p 1. Includes illustrations, small north polar projection hemisphere, and text. Available also through the Library of Congress Web ... More
Carte generale de la terre : ou mappe monde auec les quatre principau ...
Relief shown pictorially. Includes text, illustrations, including an armillary sphere and astronomical diagrams, table showing various units of measurement, and measurements of the size of the earth. Available ... More
Mappe-monde, dressé sur les observations de mrs. de l'Academie royale ...
Relief shown pictorially. Includes illustrations and 4 small hemispherical polar projections. This edition includes "Routes de Mr. Halley" and "Glaces vues par Mr. Halley" off the east coast of South America. L... More
A new and correct map of the world laid down according to the newest d...
Relief shown pictorially. Appears in Moll's World described. Includes illustrations including the Ptolemean and Copernican systems and the sun, moon and planets, ancillary hemisphere map centered on the North P... More
Mappe-monde, dressé sur les observations de mrs. de l'Academie royale ...
Relief shown pictorially. Includes illustrations and 4 small hemispherical polar projections. This edition does not include "Routes de Mr. Halley" and "Glaces vues par Mr. Halley" off the east coast of South Am... More
Mappe-monde, ou carte générale de la terre : divisée en deux hémisphér...
Relief shown pictorially. Includes text and illustrations, including images of the sun and moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn. Identical title in cartouche has date 1753. Text on left, right, and lo... More
An accurate chart of the world with the new discoveries : also a view ...
Relief shown pictorially. Includes text and illustrated cartouche. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
A correct map of the world drawn from the best discoveries
Includes indexes. In upper right corner: v. 2, p. 15? Text on verso. LC copy imperfect: trimmed, upper left corner torn, with some loss to index. Mounted on cloth. Available also through the Library of Congress... More
Scientia terrarum et coelorum : or, the heavens and earth astronomical...
Relief shown by hachures. "As the act directs 20th November 1772." Includes extensive text, tables, and many small astronomical maps, as well as the larger maps and charts listed below. Ancillary maps and diagr... More
Mappe monde, ou description du globe terrestre : assujettie aux observ...
Relief shown pictorially. Includes illustrations. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
Georges Louis le Rouge - Mappe monde nouvelle
Relief shown pictorially. Includes text and illustrations. LC copy sectioned into 21 pieces and mounted on linen. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
Mappa totius mundi : adornata juxta observationes dnn. academiae regal...
Relief shown pictorially. Includes note, illustrations, and ancillary maps of the northern hemisphere and southern hemisphere. LC copy imperfect: small loss close to left margin. Available also through the Libr... More
A map of the world according to the latest discoveries
LC copy mounted on cloth along with hand written notes about Ferro prime meridian. Meridian information also annotated on map. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
Chart, containing the coasts of California, New Albion, and Russian di...
Scale ca. 1:16,300,000. Hand colored. Relief shown pictorially. Prime meridian: London and Ferro. Shows routes of major exploration. In lower right corner: IV. Includes charts of astronomical observations and d... More
Mappe monde, ou description du globe terrestre : drojettée e assujetti...
Relief shown pictorially. Includes illustrations. LC copy sectioned into 28 pieces and mounted on linen. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
Louis Brion de la Tour - Mappemonde - Public domain map
Appears in: Atlas, et tables élémentaires de géographie, ancienne et moderne. Nouvelle édition. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
Mappe monde, ou carte générale du globe terrestre : dessineé suivant l...
Relief shown pictorially. Includes illustrated cartouche. LC copy sectioned into 4 pieces and mounted on cloth. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
Bowles's new pocket map of the world, laid down from the latest observ...
Scale ca. 1:75,000,000. Hand colored. LC copy annotated in pencil below New Zealand and in ink above place of publication with manuscript date of 1784. Includes illus. Available also through the Library of Cong... More
Kōkan Shiba - Chikyū zenzu - Public domain old map
Relief shown pictorially. Hand drawn copy of first map on copperplate in Japan. The paper has been authenticated by the Metropolitan Museum as 18th century Japanese paper. Originally published Tōto Shibamon, [J... More
Le globe terrestre représenté en deux plans-hémisphères : dressé sur l...
Scale ca. 1:35,000,000 at the equator. Hand colored. LC copy mounted on cloth backing for folding. Relief shown pictorially. Includes text, notes, and ill. Available also through the Library of Congress Web sit... More
A map of the world on a new projection with a delineation of the vario...
Includes text and astronomical diagrams. Appears in Samuel Dunn's New atlas of the mundane system. Fourth edition. London : Laurie & Whittle, 1796. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a r... More
Sekai bankoku Nihon yori kaijō risū ōjō jinbutsuzu
Shows countries of the world, their people, and distances from Japan. Also shows the continents (Asia, Europe, Libya [i.e. Africa], North and South America), the oceans, some capitals, the equator, and the trop... More
A new map of the world - Public domain vintage map
"Published June 28th, 1800 by John Wallis at his Map Warehouse, 16 Ludgate Street." Map consists of 2 hemispheres each 20 cm. in diam. Includes 6 ancillary maps showing circles, parallels, zones, meridians, def... More
The world on Mercator's projection - Public domain map
Relief shown by hachures. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
Wallis's New dissected map of world : engraved from the latest authori...
"Published June 25th 1812 by John Wallis, 42 Skinner Street, London." Title from label on wooden box. Label on spine of wooden box: Scotland. Map consists of 2 hemispheres each 32 cm. in diam. LC copy imperfect... More
The world on Mercator's projection, - Public domain map
Scale ca. 1:33,000,000. Hand colored. Sectioned and mounted on cloth backing. Relief shown pictorially. "Published by John Melish & Saml. Harrison." Cartouche: H. Bridport, deld. [sic], G. Murray, sct. Includes... More
The world on Mercator's projection, - Public domain map
Scale ca. 1:33,000,000. Hand colored. Mounted on cardboard and cloth backing. Relief shown pictorially. LC copy imperfect: Small pieces missing. Discolored and brittle. Cartouche: H. Bridport, deld. [sic], G. M... More
The world, on a globular projection, exhibiting the geographical resea...
Relief shown pictorially. Purchase; FY '13 Philip Lee Phillips Society purchase; March 2013. Includes statistics and illustrations of the world's highest mountains and longest rivers by continents. Available al... More
The world - Public domain vintage map
"January 1833." Relief shown by hachures. Pen-and-ink and watercolor. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault Acquisitions control no. 99-43
Joslin's six inch terrestrial globe, containing the latest discoveries...
Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Gift; Philip Colman; Dec. 2002. Imperfect: Some cracking from mounting at poles, and cracking on zodiacal circle. Paired with G3160 184... More
World Historic map, Library of Congress
Relief shown by hachures. Box title. Alternate title: The world on Mercator's projection. Accompanied by: The world on Mercator's projection. 1 map : col. ; 29 x 44 cm. LC copy imperfect: One broken piece; smal... More
Carte figurative de l'exportation de la houille Anglaise en 1850
Includes statistics. Fold-lined. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Acquisitions control no. 2003-11b
Carte figurative et approximative de la houille Anglaise exportée en 1...
Sectioned vertically into halves, mounted on cloth. Includes statistics, graph, and notes. LC copy imperfect: Fold-lined, losses in the lower right and left corners. Available also through the Library of Congre... More
The geographical area and the population of the kingdom of light (the ...
Shows Christians and non-Christians. From the papers of William McKinley. Pen-and-ink and watercolors. Biblical verse in lower margin. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault
Map of the square and stationary earth : four hundred passages in the ...
Relief shown by hachures. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Gift; Don Homuth; September 2011. Accompanied by envelope containing illustrations, CD-ROM of Ferguson family... More
Laing's Planetarium / Historic map, Library of Congress
Shows the motion of the Earth and Mercury around the Sun, and the Moon around the Earth. Date from dealer's information. Terrestrial globe dated to 1891. Title from metal plate affixed to wooden arm. Metal labe... More
Shi jie quan tu - Public domain vintage map
Pen-and-ink and watercolor. Maps probably drawn by the small boys in the Christian College, Canton, China. One of three maps drawn by the small boys in the Christian College, Canton, China. "136A". Available al... More
Missionary map of the world showing prevailing religions of its variou...
Includes statistics, graph, notes, and grommets for hanging. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
The blood-red world : map showing territory of the Earth directly affe...
"Supplement to the Watchman, November 1914." Includes statistical chart. Publisher information on verso. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
Daily Mail world map of war and commerce /
Includes color illustrations, charts, and list of the distribution of British fleets in 1914. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. LC copy sectioned in two and mounted on cloth.
Here are the Kaiser's war plans : National Security League's warning t...
Shows the world excluding the poles and the western half of North America. "By courtesy of the New York World, from the World Sunday Magazine, October 28, 1917." Includes index to quotes from various German sou... More
The Daily Telegraph map of the world on Mercator's projection /
Shows events of World War I. Insets: Belgian possessions, Dutch " -- French possessions -- Italian possessions, Portuguese " -- Panama Canal -- Suez Canal -- United States possessions. Available also through th... More
Foreign newspapers received from places marked
Manuscript additions to printed map, sectioned in 6 and mounted on cloth. Title made from adhesive letters. Sources of newspapers marked with red stickers, with the place names underlined with red pencil. Accom... More
Transport links North America to Asia
Scale ca. 1:10,000,000. "Map no. 840." "Confidential." Shows period when ports are ice free. LC copy annotated by colored tapes. Typed note pasted on: For Secretary of the Interior Harold L. Ickes from Ruth Gru... More
Earth Observation - Mercury-Redstone (MR)-4 Flight
S62-01287 (21 July 1961) --- Earth observation take during the Mercury-Redstone 4 (MR-4) spaceflight. Photo credit: NASA
Newly independent states of the World.
Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
View of earth visible from Apollo 8 spacecraft during lunar orbital mi...
AS08-16-2596 (21-27 Dec. 1968) --- View of Earth as photographed by the Apollo 8 astronauts during their lunar orbit mission. North is about five percent to the right of vertical. The sunset terminator crosses ... More
Apollo 10 view of the Earth. NASA public domain image colelction.
AS10-34-5010 (18 May 1969) --- This photograph of Earth was taken from the Apollo 10 spacecraft shortly after trans-lunar insertion. The counter-clockwise arrangement of the cloud formations indicates a norther... More
Apollo 10 view of the Earth. NASA public domain image colelction.
AS10-34-5026 (18-26 May 1969) --- An Apollo 10 photograph of Earth taken from 100,000 miles away. Visible are many areas of Europe and Africa. Among the features and countries identifiable are Portugal, Spain, ... More
Apollo 10 view of the Earth rising above the lunar horizon
AS10-27-3890 (18-26 May 1969) --- A view of Earth rising above the lunar horizon photographed from the Apollo 10 Lunar Module, looking west in the direction of travel. The Lunar Module at the time the picture w... More