Carte des provinces de Nicaragua et Costa Rica
Relief shown pictorially. Prime meridian: Paris. "Tome II. No. 9." From the author's Le petit atlas maritime, 1764. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
[Manuscript map of Dagua River region, Colombia].
"... diziembre 19 de 1764." Shows the vicinity of the present-day city of Buenaventura, Colombia when it was known as the estuary of the Rio Dagua where the town of Sombrerillo occupied…
Plan de Monaco.
Scale ca. 1:6,000. Relief shown pictorially. Oriented with north toward the lower right. "Tome IV, no. 72." Covers commune of Monaco. From the author's Le petit atlas maritime. 1764. Available also through…
Gloss on al-Lari's Commentary on Philosophy.
Muslih al-Din al-Lari (died 1571 or 1572) was a philosopher and scientist who hailed from Shiraz, in present-day Iran. He was initially active in India but later lived in Istanbul, where he…
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Muṣliḥ Al-Dīn Al-Lārī, Muḥammad Ibn Ṣalāḥ, 1571572 - Athīr Al-Dīn Al-Abharī, Al-Mufaḍḍal Ibn ʻumar, 1265 - Kaffawī, Muḥammad Ibn Ḥumayd, 1760761 - Qāḍī Mīr, Ḥusayn Ibn Muʻīn Al-Dīn, 1504505
Map of the Bay of Rio de Janeiro.
Plan de la Baye de Rio de Janeiro
Jacques Bellin (1703-72) was a prolific cartographer attached to the French Marine Office. His sea atlases reflected the careful mapping of bays, seas, and harbors that characterized 18th-century French naval cartography. In…
Map of the Situation of the Three Main Fortresses on the Inlet Entrance of Rio de …
Plano da cituação das tres principaes Fortalezas da entrada da Barra do Rio de Janeiro
This 1764 map shows three fortresses located off the coast of Rio de Janeiro in Guanabara Bay: Fortaleza de São João da Barra do Rio de Janeiro, Forte de Santa Cruz da…
Port of Louisbourg on Île Royale.
Port de Louisbourg dans l'Isle Royale
The fortress of Louisbourg, founded in 1713 by French settlers from Placentia, Newfoundland, and named after King Louis XIV, was a major French stronghold in North America. Located on the eastern shore…