Collation: Zee Atlas Ofte Water-Wereldt, ca.1654-1658
Library of Congress G1059. C64 1669 vault; Phillips 480 Collated by David Parry The example described is in…
Collation: Introduction to Jacob Aertsz. Colom
By Jason Hubbard In issue #12 of Map Forum I listed the charts contained in four of Jacob…
Collation: The New Fierie Sea-Colomne, 1649 (1651)
[Koeman: J. Col 28 B ]Yale Beinecke Library 1976 folio 147 by Jason Hubbard The following is a…
Collation: The New Fierie Sea-Colomne, 1640
[Koeman: J. Col 24 ]Library of Congress G1793 .C6 1640b; Phillips 3332 by Jason Hubbard As in the…
Collation: L’Ardante ou Flamboyante Colomne De La Mer, 1633
[Koeman: J. Col 15]Harvard Pusey Library: MA 17.33 pf*;Yale Beinecke Library: 1976 Folio 154 by Jason Hubbard The…
Ephemera: Jefferys Advert
Among the more ephemeral items produced by mapsellers and publishers were engraved advertisement labels. Those that survive generally…
Curiosities: The Blockenberg Witches
HOMANN’S HEIRSPerspectivische Vorstellung Des… Blocken Oder Bloks-Bergs… Nürnberg, 1749-51. A view of Brocken in the Harz mountains of…
Printed Maps of New England: 1670-1700
1671a. [1671]: MONTANUS, Arnold state 1NOVI BELGII, / Quod nunc NOVI JORCK, vocatur, / NOVÆq ANGLIÆ & Partis…
Curiosities: A Dedication to “James III” of England
Vincenzo Maria CORONELLI / Jean-Baptist NOLIN “LE ROYAUME D’ESCOSSE …” Scarce broadsheet map of Scotland, first published in…
Checklist: Plans of Washington, D.C. from 1792 to 1800
In the immediate aftermath of the Revolutionary War, one of the many problems faced by the new government…