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| 1 | A new map of Asia |
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Inset: [Arctic Asia and the Arctic Ocean].
"Most humbly inscrib'd to the Right Hon.'able George, Earl of Warrington, &c."
Prime meridian: London.
Decorative cartouche. Possibly from Senex's A new general atlas. |
[1721?] |
| 2 | Asia recens summa cura delineata |
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Includes title in decorative cartouche top left, text in cartouche, to right: Viro Clarissimo ... Henricus Hondius.
Shows Asia bordered on the West by Greece and Africa, East past Japan, South to Java and North to Nova Zembla. Includes figures carrying b... Text on verso, in Latin. |
1631 |
| 3 | Asiae Novissima Tabula |
Scale approximately 1:30,000,000.
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This first edition map was issued both separately and included in Gerard de Jode's 1578 Speculum orbis terrarum. This map shows one of the earliest depictions of the Philippines, which had not yet been collectively named, although many i... Text in Latin on map verso. Title reads: "Asiae universalis enarratio." / Top right of map verso: "IIII." / Detached from: Speculum orbis terrarum. / Acquired through Rasmuson Rare Books Endowment. |
[1578] |
| 4 | A new & exact map of Asia |
Scale approximately 1:26,000,000.
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Prime meridian: London.
The focus is on Asia, Russia, and Siberia. The main political divisions shown on this map are: Kingdom of Siberia, Russian Empire, Independent Tartary, Chinese Tartary, China, Mogul's Empire, Japan, and the countr... Vol. 2, page 790 from: Navigantium atque itinerantium bibliotheca, or, A complete collection of voyages and travels, by John Harris. London : Printed for T. Woodward, 1744-1748. / Acquired through Rasmuson Rare Books Endowment Fund. |
[1744-1748] |
| 5 | Tabula geographica partis septentrionalis Maris Pacifici cum adjacentibus regionibus nuperrime tam à Russis orientem versus quam a Gallis versis Occidentem detectis ad emendatiora et novissima. |
Multiple scales.
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Prime meridian: Paris.
"Sauerbrey, sculpt."
Includes notes on coordinates and projection.
Includes de Fonte's fictitious "Sea of the West."
Decorative cartouche and illustrated with natives of Kamchatka and Louisiana.
Shows routes of Russian discoveries ... Annotation at upper left: "44." |
[1760?] |
| 6 | Asia |
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At top right: "30." Page 30, from Moll's Atlas Minor, issued in multiple editions, the first of which dates to 1729. |
[1729?] |
| 7 | Karen Swenson is interviewed by Susan McInnis on December 2, 1994 in Alaska | New York poet, Karen Swenson spends about two months a year traveling in Indonesia, Vietnam and Thailand. Her travels are reflected in her award-winning poetry. | 1994-12-02 |
| 8 | Orbis typus universalis iuxta |
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Shows Europe, Asia and Africa, including elongated an Greenland attached to northern Europe, and a small bit of northern South America. Alternate title: Orbis typvs vniversalis ivxta: hydrographorvm traditionem. |
[1513?] |
| 9 | L'Asia divisa ne' suoi principali stati di nuova projezione |
Scale approximately 1:32,700,000.
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"Con privilegio dell'Eccmo Senato."
Explanation at lower left: "Questa carta é un pó differente dalle Precedenti per l'ultime scoperte al N.E. dell' Asia, e nell' Oceano Pacifico. Essendo il Mar Caspio descritto con molto divario nell' ... Plate no. [1] from Zatta's Atlante novissimo, vol. 4. / Acquired through Rasmuson Rare Books Endowment. |
1777 |