A New and Accurat Map of the World Drawne to ye truest Descriptions latest Discoveries & best Observations yt have beene made by English or Strangers
Creator: Walton, Robert, 1618-1688
Date/Date Range Produced: 1656 - 1659
Language: English
Dimensions: 2 hemispheres: 46 cm. each in diameter on sheet 40 cm. x 52
Accession Number: OS-1659-1
Donor: Osher

Novi Belgii Novaeque Angliae nec non partis Virginiae Tabula multis in locis emendata a Nicolao Joannis Visschero
Creator: Visscher, Nicolaes, 1618-1679
Publisher: Visscher, Nicolaes, 1618-1679
Date/Date Range Produced: 1660
Language: DutchLatin
Region Depicted: ConnecticutDelawareMaineMarylandMassachusettsMiddle Atlantic StatesNew EnglandNew HampshireNew JerseyNew York (State)PennsylvaniaRhode IslandVermontVirginia
Map Type: GeographicalPolitical maps
Dimensions: H 48.9 X W 57.8 cm
Printing Process: Engraving
Material Type: Paper
OCLC: 859160380
Accession Number: OS-1660-1
Donor: Osher

Tabvla Novae Franciae Anno 1660
Creator: Du Creux, François, 1596?-1666Du Creux, François, 1596?-1666
Publisher: Du Creux, François, 1596?-1666Du Creux, François, 1596?-1666
Date/Date Range Produced: 1660
Language: Latin
Region Depicted: ConnecticutDelawareEastern CanadaIllinoisIndianaMaineMarylandMassachusettsMichiganMiddle Atlantic StatesMinnesotaNew EnglandNew HampshireNew JerseyNew York (State)Newfoundland and LabradorNorth CarolinaNova ScotiaOhioOntarioPennsylvaniaRhode IslandVermontVirginiaWisconsin
Map Type: Geographical
Dimensions: 33 x 44 cm. on sheet 55 x 77 cm.
Printing Process: Engraving
Material Type: Paper
OCLC: 45334736
Accession Number: OS-1660-2
Donor: Osher
Subjects: CanadaCanada, EasternColonial AmericaConnecticutDelawareDu Creux, Franc?ois, 1596?-1666Great Lakes Region (North America)IllinoisIndianaIndians of North AmericaMaineMaps--Early works to 1800MarylandMassachusettsMichiganMiddle Atlantic StatesMinnesotaNative AmericansNew EnglandNew FranceNew HampshireNew JerseyNew York (State)Newfoundland and LabradorNorth CarolinaNova Scotia (Canada)OhioOntarioPennsylvaniaQuebec (Province)Rhode IslandVermontVirginiaWisconsin

Mexicvm In hac forma in lucem edebat Ioannes Baptista Nicolosivs S.T.D.
Creator: Nicolosi, Giovanni Battista,1610-1670
Date/Date Range Produced: 1660
Language: Latin
Region Depicted: CaliforniaCanadaNorthwestern United States
Map Type: Geographical
Dimensions: 1 map on 4 sheets: total size 86 x 114 cm.
Printing Process: Engraving
Material Type: Paper
OCLC: 84388798
Accession Number: OS-1660-3.1
Donor: Osher
Subjects: CaliforniaCanadaMaps--Early works to 1800Nicolosi, Giovanni Battista, 1610-1670Northwestern States

Continentem Dudum Notam Componebat Ioa:Baptista Nicolosius S.T.D.
Creator: Nicolosi, Giovanni Battista,1610-1670
Date/Date Range Produced: 1660
Language: Latin
Dimensions: 1 hemisphere: 41 cm. in diameter on sheet 56 cm. 42 cm.
Printing Process: Engraving
Material Type: Paper
Accession Number: OS-1660-4.1
Donor: Osher

Carta Particolare della nuoua Belgia e parte della nuoua Anglia. La longitudine Cominca da l'Isola di Pico d'Asores D'America Carva II
Creator: Dudley, Robert, Sir, 1574-1649
Date/Date Range Produced: 1661
Language: Italian
Region Depicted: ConnecticutMaineMassachusettsNew EnglandNew HampshireNew JerseyNew York (State)Rhode Island
Map Type: Nautical charts
Dimensions: 46 x 40 cm.
Printing Process: Engraving
Material Type: Paper
Historical Context: This map, made by a nobleman exiled from the court of Elizabeth I, is the first detailed coastal chart of New England and the eastern coast of North America. Dudley took most of his information from existing Dutch maps. He did add new information from English chart-makers, including the depth-soundings over the fishing banks. The apparently English place names in New England are derived from John Smith's map of New England, but they have been interspersed in new locations among the older names that Smith tried to supersede.
OCLC: 826027198
Accession Number: OS-1661-1
Donor: Osher
Subjects: CoastsConnecticutDudley, Robert, Sir, 1574-1649GalleonsLucini, Antonio Francesco, 1605-MaineMaps--Early works to 1800MassachusettsNautical chartsNew EnglandNew HampshireNew JerseyNew York (State)Rhode IslandSailing ships

Carta Seconda Generale del' America
Creator: Bagnoni, JacopoDudley, Robert, Sir, 1574-1649
Atlas Reference: Dell'arcano del mare
Publisher: Dudley, Robert, Sir, 1574-1649
Date/Date Range Produced: 1661
Language: Italian
Region Depicted: Atlantic StatesConnecticutDelawareEastern CanadaFloridaGeorgiaMaineMarylandMassachusettsNew EnglandNew HampshireNew JerseyNew York (State)North CarolinaNova ScotiaPennsylvaniaRhode IslandSouth CarolinaVermontVirginia
Map Type: Nautical charts
Dimensions: 23 x 21 cm.
Printing Process: Etching
Material Type: Paper
OCLC: 733564472
Accession Number: OS-1661-2
Donor: Osher

Tabvla Magellanica, qua Tierrae del fuego, cum celeberrimis fretis a F. Magellano et I. Le Maire detectis novissima et accuratissima descripto exhibitur.
Creator: Blaeu, Willem Janszoon, 1571-1638
Dedicatee: Huygens, Constantijn, 1596-1687
Publisher: Blaeu, Willem Janszoon, 1571-1638
Date/Date Range Produced: 1662
Language: DutchLatin
Region Depicted: PatagoniaStrait of MagellanTierra del Fuego (Argentina and Chile)
Map Type: GeographicalNautical charts
Dimensions: 42 x 55 cm.
Printing Process: Engraving
Material Type: Paper
OCLC: 826026728
Accession Number: OS-1662-1
Donor: Osher
Subjects: Blaeu, Willem Janszoon, 1571-1638Clothing and dressCoastsDevices (Heraldry)EthnologyHeraldryHuygens, Constantijn, 1596-1687Indians of South AmericaIndigenous peopleMagellan, Strait of (Chile and Argentina)Maps--Early works to 1800Nautical chartsPatagonia (Argentina and Chile)Sailing shipsTierra del Fuego (Argentina and Chile)

Iaponia Regnvm
Creator: Blaeu, Joan, 1596-1673
Atlas Reference: Novus Atlas Sinensis
Publisher: Blaeu, Joan, 1596-1673
Date/Date Range Produced: 1662
Language: Latin
Region Depicted: JapanNorth KoreaSouth Korea
Map Type: GeographicalPolitical maps
Dimensions: 42 x 57 cm. on sheet 52 x 61 cm.
Printing Process: Engraving
Material Type: Paper
OCLC: 865551736
Accession Number: OS-1662-2
Donor: Osher

Nova et Accvratissima Totivs Terrarvm Orbis Tabvla. Auctore Ioanne Blaev.
Creator: Blaeu, Joan, 1596-1673
Atlas Reference: Atlas Maior
Publisher: Blaeu, Joan, 1596-1673
Date/Date Range Produced: 1662
Language: Latin
Region Depicted: World
Map Type: GeographicalPolitical maps
Dimensions: on sheet 57 x 64 cm.
Printing Process: Engraving
Material Type: Paper
Historical Context: This map is considered one of the masterpieces of Dutch cartography owing to its excellent design and engraving. The top border depicts the heavens with an array of mythological gods reclining on clouds amid what appear to be numerous rainbows. In actuality, this is an allegorical representation of the solar system, with the sun represented by Apollo in a halo at the center, surrounded by the rainbow-like orbits of the known planets in their correct order: Mercury (with winged hat and caduceus), Venus (with love apple and Cupid), Mars (with helmet, shield, and sword), Jupiter (with crown, scepter, thunderbolt, and eagle), and Saturn (with scythe). The moon, represented by Luna (with crescent on her head), is seen in the cusp between the two hemispheres of the earth. At the bottom, the four seasons are represented by mythological figures in chariots drawn by animals and birds. From the left they are: spring, represented by Flora, goddess of flowers; summer, represented by Ceres, the goddess of agriculture; autumn, represented by Bacchus, the god of wine; and winter, represented by an old man warming himself against the chill of Boreas, the north wind. Joan Blaeu included this wonderfully ornate world map in the first volume of his eleven-volume Atlas Maior, published in Amsterdam in 1662. Blaeu derived the geographical content from earlier maps, probably one of the world maps by Nicolaas Visscher (Shirley 2001, no. 428). The projection showing the world in two hemispheres was also quite conventional; it was favored in the seventeenth century not only because it gave a sense of the earth's sphericity but also because it allowed a great deal of room in the margins for decorative elements. That decoration was, on this map, new and carried significant meaning.
LC Call Number: G3200 1662 .B6
OCLC: 13545833
Accession Number: OS-1662-3
Donor: Osher