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King & Queen and H.R.H. The Prince of Wales

King George V, Queen Mary and H.R.H. The Prince of Wales, taken during a visit to the Western Front in France. They are positioned in front of a large brick building with French windows. The King and Queen are ... More

Voyage of Jason from BL Royal 16 F IX, f. 3

Detail of a miniature of the voyage of Jason. Image taken from f. 3 of Historia destructionis Troiae in a French translation. Written in French. The BL Royal Manuscript Collection, also known as the Royal Coll... More

The difference between good and bad angels: the good render service to...

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Decorated initial from BL Harley 1312, f. 2v

Decorated initial 'D'(ivinarum). Image taken from f. 2v of Chronicle with lists of patriarchs, popes, rulers and geographical features, including mountains, rivers, islands and cities. Written in Latin. The "B... More

Text page from BL Royal 12 F IV, f. 48v

Coloured initials. Image taken from f. 48v of Commentary on Phocas's Ars de nomine et verbo; Etymologiae and De nominibus legis et evangelii sive Alegoriae. Written in Latin. The BL Royal Manuscript Collection... More

Map from BL Royal 12 F IV, f. 135v

Detail of a circular diagram representing a map of the world (a so-called 'T-O' map). Image taken from f. 135v of Commentary on Phocas's Ars de nomine et verbo; Etymologiae and De nominibus legis et evangelii s... More

Puzzle initial from BL Royal 13 E IX, f. 177

Puzzle initial 'A' with decoration in the form of leaves. Image taken from f. 177 of Historical and geographical works: Des Grantz Geanz (f.3); Travels (index Voyage d'outre mer) (ff. 40-71v); Chronica maiora ... More

Puzzle initial from BL Royal 13 E IX, f. 40

Puzzle initial 'Q' with lattice-work in-filling and decoration in the form of leaves. Image taken from f. 40 of Historical and geographical works: Des Grantz Geanz (f.3); Travels (index Voyage d'outre mer) (ff... More

initial from "[The Gallery of Geography, a pictorial and descriptive t...

This image has been taken from scan 000065 from "[The Gallery of Geography, a pictorial and descriptive tour of the world.]". The title and subject terms of this image have been generated from tags, created by ... More

Voyage of Paris from BL Royal 20 D I, f. 47

Bas-de-page miniature of the voyage of Paris. Image taken from f. 47 of Histoire ancienne jusqu'à César, part 3 of the second redaction. Written in French. The BL Royal Manuscript Collection, also known as the... More

[Medieval depiction of earth as wheel encircled by ocean; and surround...

Illus. in: Etymologiae / Saint Isidorus, Bishop of Seville. G. Zainer, 1472. Ref. copy in: The tradition of science / Leonard C. Bruno. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 1987, p. 7.

Voyage to Rhodes from BL Royal 16 G VIII, f. 35

Detail of a miniature of the voyage to Rhodes. Image taken from f. 35 of Bellum Gallicum (Les commentaires de Cesar). Written in French. The BL Royal Manuscript Collection, also known as the Royal Collection, ... More

[World map by Ptolemy] - Public domain vintage map

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

The world - Vintage map, Norman B. Leventhal Collection

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

Circular world map - Public domain vintage map

The circular world map that appeared in the 1475 Latin edition of ''Rudimentum Novitorium'' and its subsequent French translations is considered the first printed map of the world. Drawn in the tradition of Med... More

[Page of De mineralibus, with initial O]

Page in: De mineralibus / Saint Albertus Magnus. Pavia : C. de Canibus, 1491. Published in: The tradition of science / Leonard C. Bruno. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 1987, p. 199.

World Map - A map of the world on a piece of paper

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Münster, Sebastian - Public domain portrait engraving

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Münster, Sebastian - Public domain portrait engraving

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Ferdinand Magellan, 1581, 16th century, engraving, Library of Congress

Portrait, bust, facing left. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card.

Vasco de Gama [Vasco da Gama] [8268]

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Münster, Sebastian - Public domain portrait engraving

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Münster, Sebastian - Public domain portrait engraving

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Portrait de Fernand Magellan, portugais

France Public domain scan of 16th-century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

In hoc opere haec continentur Geographiae Cl. Ptolemaei a plurimis uir...

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The Voyage of the White King Against the Turks, from Der Weisskunig

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Portrait of a Man, Said to be Christopher Columbus (born about 1446, d...

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Small circular world map - Public domain vintage map

Apian, a noted German mathematician, astronomer and geographer, compiled several geographical publications during the first half of the 16th century. His work displayed various iterations of the American contin... More

Schema huius praemissae divisionis sphaerarum [page 5]

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Tabula Asiae - Public domain vintage map

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Quam hic vides orbis imagine[m] lector ca[n]dide ea[m] ut posteriore[m...

The Italian engraver and publisher, Antonio Salamanca, produced this finely engraved world map utilizing the double cordiform projection (heart shaped). Salamanca’s engraving was based on a 1538 map published b... More

Münster, Sebastian - Public domain portrait engraving

1551 / 1650 Public domain scan of German 16th-century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Münster, Sebastian - Public domain portrait engraving

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Vilna Litvaniae, Civitates Orbis Terrarvm Liber Primvs Sextvs

Public domain image of a vintage historic city view, cityscape, plan, 16th-17th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Hispalis (Sevilla) - Public domain city architecture drawing

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Sevilla, Civitates Orbis Terrarvm Liber Primvs Sextvs

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Cosmographey oder beschreibung aller Länder, Herrschafften, fürnẽmste...

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Karta Rossii Antoniia Vida ok.1537g. s ottiska, gravirovannago F.Gogen...

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Cantebrigia, opulentissimi Angli[a]e Regni vrbs celeberrimi nominis, a...

Public domain image of the vintage map from NYPL Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, 16th-17th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description. The Lionel Pincus and Princ... More

Grand' Dame Turque

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Femme vestue à la Surienne.

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Gentille-femme Turcque estant dans leur maison ou Sarail

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Dordracum vulgo Dortt - An old map of a city with ships in the water

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La herdike enterprinse faict par le Signeur Draeck D'Avoir cirquit tou...

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Münster, Sebastian - Public domain portrait engraving

Formschneider: Stimmer, Tobias Public domain scan of German 16th-century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Das heilig Lande mit Ausztheilung der zwoelff Geschlechter

Relief shown pictorially. Title and text in German. Place names in Latin. Appears in Sebastian Munster's Cosmographey. Basel : Sebastian Petri, 1588. Exhibition: Jordanian Display, Library of Congress, Washingt... More

Münster, Sebastian - Public domain portrait engraving

Verleger: Jobin, Bernhard Stecher: Stimmer, Tobias Stecher: Murer, Christoph Verlagsort: Straßburg

Vera totius expeditionis nauticæ : descriptio D. Franc. Draci ... /

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[Gerhard Mercator, half-length portrait, facing left, holding compass ...

Illus. in: Atlas sive Cosmographicae meditationes de fabrica mvndi et fabricati figvra. Dvisbvrgi Clivorvm : [1595] Published in: The tradition of technology : Landmarks of Western technology ... / Leonard C. ... More

Münster, Sebastian. Engraver Robert Boissard

Stecher: Bry, Theodor de Stecher: Boissard, Robert Verleger: Boissard, Jean-Jacques Zeichner: Boissard, Jean-Jacques Drucker: Becker, Matthäus (der Ältere) Datierung: 1597 / 1599 Druckort: Frankfurt (Main)

Erste -XXVI Schiffart, map - Public domain old map

[Dutch ships anchored in harbor of Helena Island in Arctic during Will...

Engraving by Raygnald Elftrake. Illus. in: Linschoten, 1598, p. 172-73. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: B.I.; Neth. Hist. 159-; Arctic Expl.; Geogr.; Publ. Ind.

Erste -XXVI. Schiffart, [Frontispiece]

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Crispijn van de Passe I - Portret van Ferdinand Magellan

Portret van de Portugese ontdekkingsreiziger Ferdinand Magellan, eronder zijn devies in het Latijn. In het randschrift van de omlijsting de naam en functie van de geportretteerde in het Latijn. In de hoeken glo... More

Münster, Sebastian - Public domain portrait engraving

Stecher: Hondius, Hendrik (1) Datierung: 1599 / 1604 Verlagsort: Arnheim Public domain scan of German 16th-century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Münster, Sebastian - Public domain portrait engraving

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Simon Fokke - Vier historische figuren in gesprek

Gesprek in de buitenlucht tussen Vasco da Gama, Jacob Mossel, Pieter van den Broecke en Cornelis de Houtman. Hierboven vliegt een engel die de bazuin blaast. Een man bovenop een rotswand heeft de Hollandse vlag... More

Aegidius Sadeler - Voyageurs, after Peeter Stevens

Pays-Bas Public domain scan of 17th-century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Vraye Description de Trois Voyages de mer tres admirables....

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Münster, Sebastian - Public domain portrait engraving

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Münster, Sebastian - Public domain portrait engraving

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Münster, Sebastian - Public domain portrait engraving

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Münster, Sebastian - Public domain portrait engraving

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The Escape of M. de Belle-Isle, Prisoner in the Attakapas, plate four ...

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Münster, Sebastian - Public domain portrait engraving

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Münster, Sebastian - Public domain portrait engraving

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Astronomie en Geografie met meetinstrumenten

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Münster, Sebastian - Public domain portrait engraving

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Gold-Covered Traveling table (table de voyage or table pliante)

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Münster, Sebastian - Public domain portrait engraving

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Les voyageurs de nuit., anonyme, estampe, France

L'abolition des droits nobiliaires. (Serie's title) Oeuvre collée sur un carton fixé sur un montage.

Münster, Sebastian - Public domain portrait engraving

Stecher: Haid, Johann Jakob Public domain scan of German 17th-century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The fleet of Otaheite assembled at Oparee

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Münster, Sebastian - Public domain portrait engraving

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Münster, Sebastian - Public domain portrait engraving

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Münster, Sebastian - Public domain portrait engraving

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Vraye Description de Trois Voyages de mer tres admirables....

44 genummerde bladen (88 pp) in moderne band. Gedateerd; titelp.: Anno M. VI'c.

Münster, Sebastian - Public domain portrait engraving

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Münster, Sebastian - Public domain portrait engraving

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Vignette of the first volume, page 165: Usage des Russes après le Mari...

Augustin de Saint-Aubin (French, Paris 1736–1807 Paris) Public domain scan of French 17th-century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Public domain scan of French 17th-cen... More

Münster, Sebastian - Public domain portrait engraving

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Münster, Sebastian - Public domain portrait engraving

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Münster, Sebastian - Public domain portrait engraving

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Münster, Sebastian - Public domain portrait engraving

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[Dutch soldiers battling natives at Strait of Magellan. Chile. ca. 160...

Illus. in: Theodore De Bry, America, Pt. 9, Frankfurt, 1601, plate VII. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Water; Publ. Ind.; Warfare, Naval; Port. Hist.; Neth. ... More

Abraham Ortelius his epitome of the theater of the worlde ... [Title p...

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Poictov., Abraham Ortelius - Public domain old map

Public domain image of Abraham Ortelius map, 18th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description. Abraham Ortelius was a Brabantian cartographer, geographer, and cosmographer, conven... More

Guasconiæ descriptio. - Public domain vintage map

Public domain image of Abraham Ortelius map, 16th-17th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description. Abraham Ortelius was a Brabantian cartographer, geographer, and cosmographer, c... More

Valentiæ Regnum. - Public domain vintage map

Picryl description: Public domain image of Abraham Ortelius map, free to use, no copyright restrictions image. Abraham Ortelius was a Brabantian cartographer, geographer, and cosmographer, conventionally recogn... More

Anglia., Abraham Ortelius - Public domain vintage map

Public domain image of Abraham Ortelius map, 16th-17th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description. Abraham Ortelius was a Brabantian cartographer, geographer, and cosmographer, c... More

Portugallia., Abraham Ortelius - Public domain old map

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Gades., Abraham Ortelius - Public domain vintage map

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Hibernia., Abraham Ortelius - Public domain old map

Picryl description: Public domain image of Abraham Ortelius map, free to use, no copyright restrictions image. Abraham Ortelius was a Brabantian cartographer, geographer, and cosmographer, conventionally recogn... More

America., Abraham Ortelius - Public domain old map

Picryl description: Public domain image of Abraham Ortelius map, free to use, no copyright restrictions image. Abraham Ortelius was a Brabantian cartographer, geographer, and cosmographer, conventionally recogn... More

Hispania., Abraham Ortelius - Public domain old map

Picryl description: Public domain image of Abraham Ortelius map, free to use, no copyright restrictions image. Abraham Ortelius was a Brabantian cartographer, geographer, and cosmographer, conventionally recogn... More

Britannia., Abraham Ortelius - Public domain old map

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Scotia., Abraham Ortelius - Public domain vintage map

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Abraham Ortelius his epitome of the theater of the worlde ... [Title p...

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Le Voyageur passant à coté de deux grands arbres (Hollstein 27)

Séerie de douze estampes (Former title (unused)) Lettre - Lettre en haut à droite : "g" Marque de collection - Marque de collection : "Dutuit" (Lugt 709)

Les Voyageurs au bord du grand chemin (Hollstein 98)

Suite de douze estampes sans numéros. (Serie's title) Signature - Signature en haut à gauche : "Antoni Waterlo. in. et fe." Marque de collection - Marque de collection : "Dutuit" (Lugt 709)