Ptolemaic world map
Creator: Pannartz, Arnold, approximately 1476Ptolemy, active 2nd centurySweynheim, Konrad, -1477
Date/Date Range Produced: 1507
Language: Latin
Region Depicted: World
Map Type: Geographical
Dimensions: 41 x 55 cm
Printing Process: Engraving
Material Type: Paper
LC Call Number: G3200 1507 .P72
OCLC: 743299316
Accession Number: OS-1507-1
Donor: Osher

Universalior Cogniti Orbis Tabula ex Regentibus Confecta Observationibus.
Creator: Ruysch, Johannes
Date/Date Range Produced: 1507
Language: Latin
Region Depicted: World
Map Type: Geographical
Dimensions: 42 x 55 cm
Printing Process: Engraving
Material Type: Paper
LC Call Number: G3200 1507 .R8
OCLC: 811349209
Accession Number: OS-1507-2
Donor: Osher

[West Indies-Spanish Main]
Creator: Anghiera, Pietro Martire d', 1457-1526
Atlas Reference: Legatio Babilonica Occeanea decas
Date/Date Range Produced: 1511
Language: Latin
Region Depicted: CubaDominican RepublicHaitiHispaniolaWest IndiesYucatán Peninsula
Map Type: Geographical
Dimensions: 20 X 30 cm.
Printing Process: Relief
Material Type: Paper
Historical Context: This is the first printed map to show the actual geographical outline of the Caribbean, as Columbus mapped it in 1492-1503. It appeared in 1511, in a work which suggested that Columbus had in fact reached a "New World" rather than "the Indies."
Accession Number: OS-1511-1
Donor: Osher

World
Creator: Pencio, Jacopo, active 1486-1530Silvani, Bernardo
Date/Date Range Produced: 1511
Language: Latin
Dimensions: H 43 x W 57 cm
Printing Process: Relief
Material Type: Paper
LC Call Number: G3200 1511 .P4
OCLC: 811344583
Accession Number: OS-1511-2
Donor: Osher

Typus Universalis Terrae, Iuxta Modernorum Distinctionem et Extensionem per Regna et Provincias
Creator: Reisch, Gregor, -1525
Date/Date Range Produced: 1513
Language: Latin
Dimensions: 13 cm. x 29 cm. on sheet 21 cm. x 32 cm.
Printing Process: Relief
Material Type: Paper
LC Call Number: G3200 1513.R4
OCLC: 896876677
Accession Number: OS-1513-1
Donor: Osher

Eretz Israel
Creator: Mizrachi, Elia
Date/Date Range Produced: 1527
Language: Hebrew
Region Depicted: Holy LandIsraelPalestine
Map Type: DiagramThematic maps
Dimensions: H 30.4 X W 19.6 cm
Historical Context: One of the earliest Hebrew printed maps of the Holy Land published in the “Perush Rashi” in Venice in 1527. This book (and map) were created by Rabbi Mizrachi, but was not published until after his death in 1525-26. The map is based on places mentioned in the Hebrew Bible. It represents the Holy Land as an abstract, schematic image with east at the top and the land of Israel (Eretz Israel) in the center.
Accession Number: OS-1523-1
Donor: Osher
Subjects: Bible --GeographyHoly LandIsraelJudaismMaps--Early works to 1800Palestine

World Map.
Date/Date Range Produced: 1528
Language: Italian
Dimensions: 21 cm. x 38 cm. on sheet 31 cm x 43 cm.
LC Call Number: G3200 1528.B6
OCLC: 896876485
Accession Number: OS-1528-2
Donor: Osher

Map of Scandinavia.
Creator: Ziegler, Jacob, 1480-1549
Date/Date Range Produced: 1532
Language: Latin
Dimensions: 23 cm. x 35 cm.
LC Call Number: G6910 1532.Z5
OCLC: 896879908
Accession Number: OS-1532-1
Donor: Osher

Typus Cosmographicus Universalis.
Creator: Froschauer, Cristoph, 1532-1585Joachim, Vadianus, 1484-1551
Date/Date Range Produced: 1534
Language: Latin
Dimensions: H 32 cm. x W 40 cm.
LC Call Number: G3200 1534.V3
OCLC: 896876953
Accession Number: OS-1534-1
Donor: Osher

Tabu Totius Orbis : Orbis Typus Universalis Iuxta Hydrographorum Traditionem exactissime
Creator: Fries, Lorenz, 1491-1550
Date/Date Range Produced: 1535
Language: Latin
Dimensions: H 30 x W 46 cm
LC Call Number: G3200 1522 .F7
OCLC: 743299632
Accession Number: OS-1535-1
Donor: Osher