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1. Atlas minor, sive, Geographia compendiosa, qua orbis terrarum, per paucas attamen novissimas tabulas ostenditur.

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Creator:
Visscher, Nicolaes, 1649–1702
Date:
[approximately 1716?]
Physical Description:
1 atlas ([2] pages, 95, 132 leaves of plates) : 227 maps ; 54 x 68 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

2. The general history of the vast continent and islands of America : commonly call'd the West-Indies, from the first discovery thereof : with the best accounts the people could give of their antiquities / collected from the original relations sent to the kings of Spain, by Antonio de Herrera ; historiographer to His Catholick Majesty ; translated into English by Capt. John Stevens ... ; illustrated with cutts and maps.

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Creator:
Herrera y Tordesillas, Antonio de, -1625
Date:
MDCCXXV-MDCCXXVI [1725-1726]
Physical Description:
6 volumes : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 20 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

3. The American traveller, or, Observations on the present state, culture and commerce of the British colonies in America, and the further improvements of which they are capable : with an account of the exports, imports and returns of each colony respectively, and of the numbers of British ships and seamen, merchants, traders and manufacturers employed by all collectively : together with the amount of the revenue arising to Great-Britain therefrom : in a series of letters, written originally to the Right Honourable the Earl of ******** / by an old and experienced trader.

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Creator:
Clúny, Alexander
Date:
MDCCLXIX [1769]
Physical Description:
[8], 122 pages, [2] leaves of plates, (1 folded) : illustrations, maps ; 28 cm (4to)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

4. A new and exact map of America laid down from the latest observations and discoveries.

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Creator:
Bowles, John, 1701–1779
Date:
[approximately 1740?]
Physical Description:
1 map : engraving ; 56 x 70 cm, on sheet 62 x 104 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

5. Saggio sulla nautica antica de' Veneziani : con una illustrazione d'alcune carte idrografiche antiche della Biblioteca di S. Marco, che dimostrano l'isole Antille prima della scoperta di Cristoforo Colombo / di Vincenzio Formaleoni.

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Creator:
Formaleoni, V. A. (Vincenzio Antonio), 1752–1797
Date:
MDCCLXXXIII [1783]
Physical Description:
[10], 60, 64 pages, [4] folded leaves of plates : illustrations, maps ; 21 cm (8vo)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

6. A new and compleat map of all America : also of the West Indies and other islands depending thereon : with a copious table fully shewing the several possessions of each European prince and state, as settled by the definitive treaty concluded at Paris Feby. 10th, 1763 the clauses of which relative thereto are inserted / by John Gibson ...

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Creator:
J. G. (John Gibson)
Date:
[1763]
Physical Description:
1 map : hand col., mounted on linen ; 104 x 121 cm., folded to 26 x 15 cm., in case 27 x 16 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

7. Remarks in support of the new chart of North and South America : in six sheets / by J. Green.

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Creator:
Green, John, -1757
Date:
1753
Physical Description:
[2], iv, [3]-48 p. ; 23 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

8. The American gazetteer : containing a distinct account of all the parts of the New World; their situation, climate, soil, produce, former and present condition, commodities, manufactures, and commerce : together with an accurate account of the cities, towns, ports, bays, rivers, lakes, mountains, passes, and fortifications : the whole intended to exhibit the present state of things in that part of the globe, and views and interests of the several powers who have possessions in America : illustrated with proper maps : in three volumes.

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Date:
1762
Physical Description:
3 volumes : illustrations, maps ; 18 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

9. The American atlas, or, A geographical description of the whole continent of America : wherein are delineated at large, its several regions, countries, states, and islands, and chiefly the British colonies, composed from numerous surveys, several of which were made by order of government / by Capt. Holland, Capt. Carver, Lewis Evans, William Scull, Henry Mouzon, Lieut. Ross, J. Cook, Michael Lane, Joseph Gilbert, Gardner, Hillock, &c. &c. ; engraved on forty-eight copper-plates by the late Mr. Thomas Jefferys, geographer to the king, and others.

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Creator:
Jefferys, Thomas, -1771
Date:
MDCCLXXVI [1776]
Physical Description:
1 atlas ([2] leaves, [58] leaves of plates (some folded)) : 29 maps ; 54 cm (fol.)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

10. Historia Vinlandiæ antiqvæ, seu partis Americæ Septentrionalis, ubi nominis ratio recensetur, situs terræ ex dierum brumalium spatio expenditur, soli fertilitas & incolarum barbaries, peregrinorum temporarius incolatus & gesta, vicinarum terrarum nomina & facies ex antiqvitatibus islandicis in lucem producta exponuntur per Thormodum Torfæum.

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Creator:
Þormóður Torfason, 1636–1719
Date:
1705
Physical Description:
[52], 93, [16] p. ; 16 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

11. Bibliothecae Americanae primordia : an attempt towards laying the foundation of an American library, in several books, papers, and writings, humbly given to the Society for Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts for the perpetual use and benefit of their members, their missionaries, friends, correspondents, and others concern'd in the good design of planting and promoting Christianity within Her Majesties colonies and plantations in the West-Indies / by a member of the said Society.

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Creator:
Kennett, White, 1660–1728
Date:
1713 [i.e. 1714]
Physical Description:
[2], iii, [1], xvi, 3-132,125-275, [225] p. ; 22 cm. (4to)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

12. A chart of North and South America : including the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, with the nearest coasts of Europe, Africa, and Asia.

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Creator:
Green, John, -1757
Date:
1753
Physical Description:
1 map : hand col., mounted on linen ; 1753.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts