The Holy Roman Empires Duchy of Antwerp and the Dominium of Malines: With the Eastern Flemish …
S[acri] R[omani] I[mperii] sive Antverpiae Marchionatus et Dominium Mechliniae : cum orientalioribus Flandriae et Brabantiae hisce consequentibus terminis / auctore Carolo Allard
This late-17th century map shows the Duchy of Brabant, including the cities of Antwerp and Mechelen. The duchy consisted of the modern-day Belgian provinces of Flemish Brabant, Walloon Brabant, Antwerp, and Brussels,…
Palace of the Elector of Brandenburg.
Residentia Electoralis Brandenburgica
This birds-eye view map offers a detailed picture of the Berlin palace of the elector of Brandenburg as it appeared in 1688. The residence was part of a large fortress that Frederick…
General Map of the Swedish Kingdom.
Generalkarta över svenska riket
In 1683 Swedish cartographer Carl Gripenhielm (1655--94) was appointed the first director of the Swedish Land Survey. Much of Sweden was at that time sparsely populated and not well surveyed. Gripenhielm undertook…
MapPeloponnesus hodie Moreæ Regnum : distincté divisum in omnes suas provincias, hodiernas atque veteres, cui et … "This late-17th century map by the Dutch engraver, publisher, and map seller Frederick de Wit (1629 or 1630-1706) shows the Peloponnesian Peninsula of Greece. The outer margins contain views of 14 fortified…
Book/Printed MaterialThe Characters of Theophrastus
Book/Printed Material"The Scientific Essay on the Need for Compound Remedies" from the "Canon of Medicine". Abu Ali al-Husayn Ibn Sina (980--1037) was one of the intellectual luminaries of the medieval world. Known in the Latin West as Avicenna, this Persian polymath was often referred to by Muslim…
MapThe Holy Roman Empires Duchy of Antwerp and the Dominium of Malines: With the Eastern Flemish …
MapPalace of the Elector of Brandenburg.
MapGeneral Map of the Swedish Kingdom.