Map of New Discoveries North of the South Sea, in Eastern Siberia and Kamchatka, and in …
Carte des nouvelles découvertes au nord de la mer du sud tant à l'est de la Sibérie et du Kamtchatka qu'à l'ouest de la Nouvelle France
Carte des nouvelles découvertes au nord de la mer du sud tant à l'est de la Sibérie et du Kamtchatka qu'à l'ouest de la Nouvelle France (Map of new discoveries north of…
Contributor:
L'isle, Joseph-Nicolas De - Buache, Philippe
An Exact Draught of the Bay and Harbour of Vigo.
This map of the naval engagement at Vigo, in Galicia, northwest Spain, on October 23, 1702, was engraved by James Basire for inclusion in The Continuation of Mr. Rapin's History of England:…
Contributor:
Tindal, N. (Nicholas) - Basire, James - Rapin De Thoyras, M. (Paul)
The Holy and Expanded City of Jerusalem, First Known as Salem.
De Heylige en wytvermaerde stadt Ierusalem, eerst genaemt Salem
Shown here is a 1756 reprint of a map of Jerusalem originally created in 1643 by Claes Janszoon Visscher (1586 or 1587-1652). It offers an imaginary, detailed bird's-eye view of the city,…
The Fortified City of Oran with its Port on the Barbary Coast.
Oran munita urbs et comodus porta in ora maritimae Barbariae et proprie in regno Telensin, quam Hispani iam Ao 1509 tenuerunt et postquam Ao 1708 a Mauris occupata fuit, Hispani Ao 1732 sibi eam denuo vindicarunt
This two-part map and view of the town of Oran, in the northwest of present-day Algeria, was created in 1750 by Matthaeus Seutter (1678-1756). Seutter was apprenticed to the Nuremberg mapmaker Johan…
Physical Map of the Indian Ocean.
Carte physique de la mer des Indes
Philippe Buache (1700-1773) was one of the most prominent geographers of the 18th century at a time when Paris was a center for cartography. He studied mathematics and architecture and was the…
Contributor:
Desbruslins, Active 18th Century - Buache, Philippe
View of the Island and the City of Batavia Belonging to the Dutch, for the India …
Vue de l'isle et de la ville de Batavia appartenant aux Hollandois, pour la Compagnie des Indes
This hand-colored engraving of the Dutch colonial capital of Batavia (present-day Jakarta) was created by Jan Van Ryne in 1754. Van Ryne was born in the Netherlands, but spent most of his…
England Plate 2nd.
This unsigned wash drawing is presumed to be the original by William Hogarth (1697-1764) for the etched plate, The Invasion, Plate 2, England. Hogarth was a major English pictorial satirist and social…
Emperor Aurangzeb at the Siege of Golconda, 1687.
This gouache painting was created by an unknown Indian artist sometime in the mid-to-late 18th century, but it depicts an earlier event: the siege of the city of Golconde in south-central India…
MapMap of New Discoveries North of the South Sea, in Eastern Siberia and Kamchatka, and in …
MapAn Exact Draught of the Bay and Harbour of Vigo. This map of the naval engagement at Vigo, in Galicia, northwest Spain, on October 23, 1702, was engraved by James Basire for inclusion in The Continuation of Mr. Rapin's History of England:…
MapThe Holy and Expanded City of Jerusalem, First Known as Salem.
MapThe Fortified City of Oran with its Port on the Barbary Coast.
MapPhysical Map of the Indian Ocean.
Photo, Print, DrawingView of the Island and the City of Batavia Belonging to the Dutch, for the India …
Photo, Print, DrawingEngland Plate 2nd. This unsigned wash drawing is presumed to be the original by William Hogarth (1697-1764) for the etched plate, The Invasion, Plate 2, England. Hogarth was a major English pictorial satirist and social…
Photo, Print, DrawingEmperor Aurangzeb at the Siege of Golconda, 1687. This gouache painting was created by an unknown Indian artist sometime in the mid-to-late 18th century, but it depicts an earlier event: the siege of the city of Golconde in south-central India…