The Atlantic Neptune,
L.C. copy no. 1, with some 170 items; originally bound in 3 narrow folio volumes. Vol. 2, has general t.p. dated 1780, and 3 sectional title pages dated 1781, 1780, and 1780 respectively. Charts dated 1774 to 1782. L.C. copy imperfect: General and sectional title pages and contents leaf to v. 1 wanting. Cf. H. N. Stevens. Catalogue of the Henry Newton Stevens collection…
Contributor:
Des Barres, Joseph F. W. (Joseph Frederick Wallet)
The Atlantic Neptune, published for the use of the Royal Navy of Great Britain,
L.C. copy no. 15, with 80 items. The first chart in the volume, "The coast of Nova Scotia, New England, New York, New Jersey, the Gulph and River of St. Lawrence," with imprint date Nov. 1, 1780, has an engr. note referring to the fishing rights of the French and the Americans, presumably added after the Treaty of Paris, 1783. Charts and views dated…
Contributor:
Des Barres, Joseph F. W. (Joseph Frederick Wallet)
The Atlantic Neptune, published for the use of the Royal Navy of Great Britain,
L.C. copy no. 17, with 154 items. Vol. 1 has imprint date 1780; v. 2 has general t.p. dated 1781, and 3 sectional title pages dated 1781, 1780, and 1780 respectively. Charts dated 1774 to 1782. Vol. 1 includes the "Preface," followed by "Contents of the charts," engraved on 1 leaf, listing 3 to 36 numbered items in 2 columns, an inserted title, no.…
Contributor:
Des Barres, Joseph F. W. (Joseph Frederick Wallet)
The Atlantic Neptune, published for the use of the Royal Navy of Great Britain,
L.C. copy no. 20, with 25 items. Consists of the New England section only, in contemporary binding, probably issued in 1780. The general t.p. to v. 1 accompanying it, however, belongs with the Nova Scotia series of charts. In various dated "editions" the New England charts appear with general title pages called v. 2, 3, or 4, but not v. 1. The printed sectional…
Contributor:
Des Barres, Joseph F. W. (Joseph Frederick Wallet)
[The Atlantic Neptune, published for the use of the Royal Navy of Great Britain,
L.C. copy no. 22. Charts dated 1777 to 1780. Consists of the St. Lawrence and New York sections of the Atlantic Neptune, which in early "editions" formed b. 4, in 2 unnumbered pts., of the four series of charts. Each section has its own special t.p., but the general t.p. is wanting, probably indicating that this copy was sold separately. Presumably both sectional title…
Contributor:
Des Barres, Joseph F. W. (Joseph Frederick Wallet)
Tongguk yŏjido.
Romanized. Purchased from Shannon McCune in 1982. Annotated catalogue of old Korean atlases and maps in the Library of Congress, p. 7, McCune #1 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Form AACR2: ga37 2006-2-1
The solar system displayed.
"To the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in the State of Massachusetts & to the Philosophical Society of Pennsylvania this plate is most humbly dedicated by their most obedient humble servant Bartholomew Burges." Appears in: A Short Account of the Solar System and of Comets in General (Boston: B. Edes, 1789). Includes illustrations of terrestrial and celestial globes and "A Table of the…
Sankai yochi zenzu.
山海輿地全圖
Scale ca. 1:27,000,000 at the equator. Wood block print, hand colored. Relief shown pictorially. Shows continents and oceans of the world at about 1600. Based on Matteo Ricci's World map which was published in China in 1602. Includes text. At head of text: Chikyū bankoku sankai yochi zenzu setsu. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2
Mappe monde, ou carte generale du globe terrestre dessineé suivant les regles de la projection des cartes reduites
Carte generale du globe terrestre dessineé suivant les regles de la projection des cartes reduites
Relief shown pictorially. "Carte corrigée, augmentée ... en 1786." Shows routes of Capt. Cook's 3 circumnavigations. Includes illustrated cartouche. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault. AACR2: 100; 650/1 700/1; 700/3
Contributor:
Dussy, E. - Cook, James - Delamarche, Charles François - Robert De Vaugondy, Didier
L'Amérique septentrionale et méridionale divisée suivant ses différens pays.
Scale ca. 1:11,500,000. Hand colored. Relief shown pictorially. Two copies. Copy 2 is sectioned and mounted on cloth backing and has boundaries more completely colored. Inset: Supplement pour les terres Arctiques où se trouvent les bayes d'Hudson et de Baffin. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2
Contributor:
Robert De Vaugondy, Gilles - Delamarche, Charles François - Arrivet, J.
Date:1780-01-01
Map
LʾAmérique septentrionale et méridionale divisée suivant ses différens pays
Relief shown pictorially. Differs from other 178- issue in the internal boundaries of the Guianas. Inset: Supplement pour les terres Arctiques où se trouvent les bayes dʾHudson et de Baffin. LC copy annotated in pencil on verso: Amérique for Robert de Vaugondy, 1760. LC copy has incomplete book plate pasted on verso. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster…
Contributor:
Robert De Vaugondy, Gilles - Delamarche, Charles François - Arrivet, J.
Nle. carte d'Amerique : dressée sur les mémoires les plus récens et assujetie aux derniers observations astronomiques
Nouvelle carte d'Amerique | Amerique septentrionale et meridionale :
Relief shown pictorially. Originally published in 1770. Prime meridian: Ferro. Gift; Raymond Nasher; October, 1998. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes inset of the Bering Strait region, text in margin surrounding map, and col. ill. Acquisitions control no. 1999-018
Suite du theatre de la guerre dans l'Amérique Septentrionale y compris le Golfe du Méxique
Relief shown pictorially. Includes ill. of Cornwallis surrendering to Washington and note. Fold-lined horizontally in half. Annotation in pencil in lower right corner. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vendor: Richard B. Arkway Acquisitions control no. 2005-001
Contributor:
Esnauts Et Rapilly - Brion De La Tour, Louis
America settentrionale divisa ne' suoi principali stati.
Scale ca. 1:21,500,000. Hand colored. Relief shown pictorially. From the authors' Atlante novissimo. 1785 v. 4, no. 23. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2: 651