Qvivirae Regnv, cum alijs versus Borea
Creator: Jode, Cornelis de, 1568-1600
Date/Date Range Produced: 1593
Language: Latin
Region Depicted: AlaskaBritish ColumbiaNorth AmericaWestern CanadaWestern United StatesYukon Territory
Map Type: GeographicalPolitical maps
Dimensions: 35 x 25 cm. on sheet 42 x 28 cm.
Printing Process: Engraving
Material Type: Paper
Historical Context: This is the first separate map of the northwestern part of North America, covering the essentially unexplored region from present-day California to Alaska. Of particular interest is the depiction of the magnetic pole as an arctic island (upper left margin), and of the legendary fabulously rich city of Quivira, the never-realized goal of many Spanish explorers. The fine hand coloring is typical of the early Dutch period, and the few cities are designated by conventional red symbols. The sea is embellished with detailed engravings of European and oriental ships, and sea monsters, including one with the head and neck of a unicorn. The unknown interior areas are occupied by text panels and vignettes of animals, including "cattle with camel humps," and of natives living in tents. An inscription notes similarity of the tents to those of the Tartars, possibly an early suggestion of migration from Asia to America.
LC Call Number: G3350 1593 .J6
OCLC: 727806320
Accession Number: OS-1593-3
Donor: Osher
Subjects: AlaskaAnimalsBisonBritish ColumbiaCanada, WesternCattleDwellingsGalleonsGoatsImaginary creaturesImaginary placesIndigenous peopleJode, Cornelis de, 1568-1600Maps--Early works to 1800North AmericaNorth American faunaOrdnanceQuivira (Legendary place)Sailing shipsSea monstersTentsUnicornsWarshipsWest (U.S.)Yukon

Americae Pars Borealis, Florida, Baccalaos, Canada, Corterealis. A Cornelio de Iudaeis in luce edita.
Creator: Jode, Cornelis de, 1568-1600
Atlas Reference: Speculum orbis terrae
Dedicatee: Echter, Theodoricus
Date/Date Range Produced: 1593
Language: Latin
Region Depicted: Arctic regionsBahamasCanadaGreenlandNorth America
Map Type: GeographicalPolitical maps
Dimensions: 38 x 52 cm.
Printing Process: Engraving
Material Type: Paper
Historical Context: De Jode's rare, seminal work is the first folio-sized atlas map to focus on North America. The map contains many remarkably early cartographic details, including a very linear representation of a double Northwest Passage running the length of the top of the map. The map is filled with annotations regarding early explorations in the New World, referencing Verazano, Cabot, Raleigh, and other explorers; an early mention of the Apaches is also present. Shown near the Northwest Passage is the early mythical great lake, Lac Conibas, which made an earlier appearance on Wytfliet's 1597 map. To the right of the title is a scene illustrating the attack on Frobisher's vessel by American Indians. Although his map was vastly superior to Ortelius' map of the Americas, De Jode's atlas sold poorly, accounting for the rarity of this work.
LC Call Number: G3300 1593 .J6
OCLC: 76701470
Accession Number: OS-1593-5
Donor: Osher

Occidentalis Americae partis, vel, earum Regionum quas Christophorus Columbus primu detexit Tabula Chorographicae multorum auctorum scriptis, præsertim verò ex Hieronymi Benzoni (quitotis XIIII annis eas provincias diligenter perlustravit) historia & in æ
Creator: Bry, Theodore de, 1528-1598
Date/Date Range Produced: 1594
Language: Latin
Dimensions: 34 cm. x 45 cm.
Printing Process: Engraving
Material Type: Paper
LC Call Number: G4390 1594 .B7
OCLC: 841172425
Accession Number: OS-1594-1
Donor: Osher

Tartariae Sive Magni Chami Regni typus, 1595
Creator: Ortelius, Abraham, 1527-1598
Date/Date Range Produced: 1595
Language: Latin
Region Depicted: AlaskaChinaEast AsiaJapanRussia
Map Type: GeographicalPolitical maps
Dimensions: 35 x 47 cm.
Printing Process: Engraving
Material Type: Paper
LC Call Number: G7270 1595 .O7
OCLC: 819751823
Accession Number: OS-1595-2
See Also: Tartariae Sive Magni Chami Regni typus, 1592
Donor: Osher
Subjects: AlaskaAnimalsBirdsCartouches, Ornamental (Decorative arts)ChinaDwellingsEast AsiaFishesFlyingfishesGalleonsImaginary creaturesJapanKings and rulersMaps--Early works to 1800Ortelius, Abraham, 1527-1598RussiaSailing shipsSea monstersStrapworkTatarsTents

Aevi Veteris, Typvs Geographicvs
Creator: Ortelius, Abraham, 1527-1598
Atlas Reference: Theatrum orbis terrarum
Date/Date Range Produced: 1590
Language: Latin
Region Depicted: AfricaAsiaEastern HemisphereEurope
Map Type: GeographicalPolitical mapsThematic maps
Dimensions: 31 x 43 cm.
Printing Process: Engraving
Material Type: Paper
Historical Context: In this decorative map, Ortelius divides the Ancient World into five climatic zones. Although its place names are taken from the ancient times of Ptolemy, this map presents the landmasses in relatively contemporary configurations and illustrates the Portuguese discoveries in South and East Asia and Richard Hakluyt?s discoveries in the North. A richly ornate border incorporating four small insets, representations of Europe, Asia, Africa, and America, constituting the modern world, frames the map.
LC Call Number: G3200 1590 .O7
OCLC: 819751810
Accession Number: OS-1590-5
Donor: Osher

Typus Orbis Terrarum
Creator: Andreas, Lambert
Date/Date Range Produced: 1596
Language: Latin
Dimensions: 20 cm. x 30 cm. on sheet 28 cm. x 36 cm.
Printing Process: Engraving
Material Type: Paper
LC Call Number: G3201.S1 A5 1596
OCLC: 900987084
Accession Number: OS-1596-1
Donor: Osher

Orbis Terrae Compendiosa Descriptio ex ea quam ex Magna Universali Mercatoris Rumoldus Mercator fieri curabat, in hanc commodiore forma a Hieronymo Porro redacta.
Creator: Mercator, Rumold, approximately 1545-1599
Date/Date Range Produced: 1596
Language: Latin
Dimensions: 2 hemispheres each 11 cm. in diam., on sheet 24 x 28 cm
Printing Process: Engraving
Material Type: Paper
LC Call Number: G3200 .M4 1596
OCLC: 76881629
Accession Number: OS-1596-2
Donor: Osher

Orbis Terrae Compendiosa Descriptio Ex peritissimorum totius orbis Gaegraphorum operibus desumta. Antverpiae, apud Joanem Baptistam Vrient.
Creator: Plancius, Petrus, 1552-1622Vrients, Jan Baptista, 1552-1612
Atlas Reference: Itinerario, Voyage ofte Schipvaert van J.H. van LInschoten
Publisher: Vrients, Jan Baptista, 1552-1612
Date/Date Range Produced: 1596
Language: Latin
Region Depicted: World
Map Type: GeographicalPolitical maps
Dimensions: 1 map: 2 hemispheres each 28 cm. in diameter; 41 x 60 cm.
Printing Process: Engraving
Material Type: Paper
Historical Context: This beautifully engraved map appeared in an early Dutch book on navigation to the East and West Indies, and its imagery is a complex mixture of allegory and natural history. It is one of the first printed maps of the world to include allegorical vignettes around both hemispheres. The border decorations consist largely of personifications of the continents, set against landscapes depicting their respective terrains, fauna, flora, and scattered inhabitants. The geography of the map shows updated details based on recent English voyages and the description of Japan by Portuguese cartographer Luiz Teixeira. The map also turns Willem Barentsz's Novaya Zemlya into an island with an open sea representing the North-West Passage between it and the Arctic.
LC Call Number: G3200 1596 .V7
OCLC: 819752750
Accession Number: OS-1596-3
Donor: Osher

America Sive Novus Orbis Respectu Europaeorum Inferior Globi Terrestri Pars.
Creator: Bry, Theodore de, 1528-1598
Date/Date Range Produced: 1596
Language: Latin
Dimensions: 33 x 39 cm
Printing Process: Etching
Material Type: Paper
LC Call Number: G3290 1596 .B7
OCLC: 180705756
Accession Number: OS-1596-4
Donor: Osher

Hispalensis Conventvs Delineatio, Auctore Hieronymo Chiaues
Creator: Chaves, Geronimo
Atlas Reference: Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, 1598
Publisher: Ortelius, Abraham, 1527-1598
Date/Date Range Produced: 1579
Language: LatinSpanish
Region Depicted: Andalusia, SpainCadiz, SpainHuelva, Spain (Province)Seville, Spain (Province)
Map Type: GeographicalPolitical maps
Dimensions: 35 x 45 cm.
Printing Process: Etching
Material Type: Paper
LC Call Number: G6563.A55 1598 .C4
OCLC: 819751908
Accession Number: OS-1598-3
Donor: Osher