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Historical Maps of America and the Caribbean

Old maps depicting various regions of Central America, the Caribbean, and parts of Africa, showcasing detailed cartographic styles and historic geographic features.

Vintage Government Map of Nicaragua 1856

Historical map around 1874, Central America and Antilles

1771 Bonne Map of the Guinea Coast of West Africa and the Cape Verde Islands

Carte des isles Antilles et du Golfe du Mexique : avec la majeure partie de la nouvelle Espagne. Relief shown by hachures. Arrows indicate the direction of the winds. Cataloging, conservation, and digitization made possible in part by The National Endowment for the Humanities: Exploring the human endeavor.... , Mexico West Indies Caribbean Sea

This map of North America, according to ye newest and most exact observations is most humbly dedicated by your Lordship's most humble servant Lens, Bernard, 1659-1725. King, John. Cartographic. Maps, Atlases. 1736. Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division. North America, Cod fisheries , Newfoundland, North America , Maps , Early works to 1800

1780 Raynal and Bonne Map of Hispaniola, West Indies

Vintage Government Map of Nicaragua 1856

Carte de l'Isle de Cuba et des Isles Lucayes , Cuba, Maps, Bahamas, Maps Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

Italia cum insulis et regionibus finitimis , Italy, Maps, Corsica France, Maps, Sicily Italy, Maps, Sardinia Italy, Maps Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

Carte de l'Isle de Cuba et des Isles Lucayes. Relief shown pictorially. Appers in Mentelle and Chanlaire's Atlas universel de geographie physique. Paris. 1797-1801. Featured in the Faces & Places Exhibit, Kravis Center, Palm Beach, FL, since 2005. MB (BRL) Cataloging, conservation, and digitization made possible in part by The National Endowment for the Humanities: Exploring the human endeavor.. Appearing in a French school atlas published at the beginning of the 19th century, this map demonstrates the close proximity of Cuba to Florida (separated only by the 110-mile wide Florida Strait) and the Bahama Islands. The latter are identified here as the Lucayas, thus named for the native inhabitants first encountered by Christopher Columbus. His initial landfall is noted on this map as Chat (Cat) or Guanahani Island, although nearby is Watling (San Salvador) Island, which is generally accepted today as Columbus' original landfall. During the 17th and 18th centuries, the Bahamas provided a

Rand, McNally & Co.'s indexed atlas of the world map of Cuba, 1892. Vintage Archive Map.

Map of mainland Southeast Asia including Burma / Myanmar, Lan Na (now Northern Thailand), Siam (Thailand), Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Champa, Malaya, Indonesia and the Philippines. Pulau Pinang / Penang Island is shown as being British (1786), and the Paracels Islands (Vt. Hoàng Sa, Ch. Xi Sha) are clearly shown as being Vietnamese.

America Septentrionalis , North America, Maps, Early works to 1800 Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

Richard Mayer's commercial of the Republic of Costa Rica , Railroads, Costa Rica, Maps, Costa Rica, Maps Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

Italy. Relief shown by hachures.... , Italy

Carte de L'Isle de St. Domingue une des Grandes Antilles, Colonies Francoise et Espagnole , Dominican Republic, Maps, Early works to 1800, Hispaniola, Maps, Early works to 1800 Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

Carte de l'Isle de Cuba et des Isles Lucayes. Relief shown pictorially. Cataloging, conservation, and digitization made possible in part by The National Endowment for the Humanities: Exploring the human endeavor.... , Cuba Bahamas

1799 Clement Cruttwell Map of West Indies

Plurime Sunt regiones que quidem singule singulis rebus excellere videntur , Italy, Maps, Early works to 1800 Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

Plurime Sunt regiones que quidem singule singulis rebus excellere videntur. Title from verso. Map of the Italy and the island of Corsica. Engraved on wood with place names in moveable type. Includes names of places and natural features. In margin: notes on latitude. Appears in the author's Geographia. Ulm : Lienhart Hol, 16 July 1482. Text in Latin. Cataloging, conservation, and digitization made possible in part by The National Endowment for the Humanities: Exploring the human endeavor.... , Italy

A new map of Italy distinguishing all the sovereignties in it, whether states, kingdoms, dutchies, principalities, republicks, &c : with the post roads, and many remarks not extant in any map. Relief shown pictorially. Prime meridians: London and Ferro. Inset views: A cataract of air in Mount Aeolius in Italy -- Mont Vesuvius two leagues from Naples -- Mount Aetna or Mongibello in Sicily beeing a true draught of ye eruption in 1669. Includes dedication to Francisco Eugenio Sabaudiae and notes. Copy 2 appears in Moll's The world described, 1709-1736, plate 27. Map in English. Dedication in Latin. Exhibited in Faces and Places, at the Boston Public Library, Boston, MA, October 2003 - September 2004.. This map could easily have been titled "A Disaster-lovers Guide to Italy," filled as it is with pictures and vivid descriptions of infestations, eruptions, and earthquakes. Mt. Aetna is described as a mountain that "sometimes issues out pure flame, and at other times a thick smoke with ashes

Barony Maps c.1609 - Tyrconnelle etc. Map 17th Century depicting counties of Ireland

1866 Johnson Map of Central America

A new map of Italy distinguishing all the sovereignties in it, whether states, kingdoms, dutchies, principalities, republicks, &c : with the post roads, and many remarks not extant in any map , Volcanoes, Italy, Pictorial works, Early works to 1800, Italy, Maps, Early works to 1800, Eugene, of Savoy, Prince of Savoy, 1663-1736 Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

Carte de L'Isle de St. Domingue une des Grandes Antilles, Colonies Francoise et Espagnole , Dominican Republic, Maps, Early works to 1800, Hispaniola, Maps, Early works to 1800 Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

La Parte meridionale del gran ducato di Toscana : che comprende lo stato Senese e porzione del territorio Pisano col principato di Piombino e lo stato de' Presidj , Tuscany Italy, Maps, Early works to 1800 Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

The National Geographic Magazine map of Mexico. Relief shown by contours, gradient tints, and spot heights. In lower left margin: The Edinburgh Geographical Institute. In lower right margin: John Bartholomew & Co... Map of Mexico. Map of Mexico, Mexico

L'Italia antica divisa nelle sue regioni. Relief shown pictorially. In upper right margin: "Tom. III. no. 50." Map dated 1800. Appears in the author's Nuovo atlante geographico universale delineato sulle ultime osservazioni. Rome: Calcografia Camerale, 1801. Vol. 3, no. 50.... , Italy

L'Amerique septentrionale. Relief shown pictorially. Includes decorative cartouche. Shows political boundaries. Shows routes of various explorers.... , North America ,area

Mexico of New Spain Cartographic. Maps. 1814. Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division. Mexico

Audience de Guadalajara, Nouveau Mexique, Californie, &c. Sanson, Nicolas, 1600-1667. Cartographic. Maps. 1657. Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division. California

Map West Indies and Central America, Gotha, Justus Perthes, 1872, Atlas. Perthes, Johan Georg Justus 1749 Š- 1816, German publisher, was born in Rudolstadt in 1749.

A new chart of the seas surrounding the island of Cuba, with the soundings, currents, ships, courses &c. and a map of the island itself lately made by an officer in the Navy , Cuba, Maps, Early works to 1800 Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

LEtalie divisée en Ses états tiree des mémoires du sr cantel géograph et de plusus autres corrigée et augmentée ...; Beauin, Jean (1696-1772); 1763 (1763-00-00-1763-00-00);

Italy and Islands 1798, Dalbe, Bacler.

Mexico : from official Mexican and other sources , Mines and mineral resources, Mexico, Maps, Mexico, Maps Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

Les isles Antilles &c. entre lesquelles sont les Lucayes, et les Caribes. Relief shown pictorially. Appears in the author's Cartes generales de la geographie ancienne et nouvelle ... Paris: P. Mariette, 1675. "I. Somer sculpsit." Cataloging, conservation, and digitization made possible in part by The National Endowment for the Humanities: Exploring the human endeavor.... , Greater Antilles ,area Lesser Antilles ,area West Indies

Nigritia and Guinea; with the African Coast from Cape Blanco to Cape Lopo-Gonsalvez 1798 - 1804. Cartographic. Maps, Atlases. Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division. Atlases , Great Britain, Maps in education , England, Historical geography, Africa

The Rand-McNally new commercial atlas map of Mexico. Relief shown by hachures. Numbered list of railroads in red overprint at top of map; numbers in red indicate these railroads throughout the country. Includes index of principal cities and population figures in left margin. Inset: State of Mexico and surrounding country (enlarged scale). Accompanied by index... New commercial atlas of Mexico Rand McNally & Co.'s indexed pocket map and shippers' guide of Mexico : accompanied by a new and original compilation and ready reference index, showing in detail the entire railroad system, the express company doing business over each road, and accurately locating all states and territories, cities, towns, post offices, railroad stations, villages, islands, lakes, rivers, etc. Indexed pocket map and shippers' guide of Mexico Rand McNally & Co.'s Mexico Rand-McNally indexed county and railroad pocket map and shippers' guide of Mexico : showing railroads, cities, towns, villages, post offices, lake

Sumatra ,. Ralph Finos Map Collection

Insulæ Americanæ in Oceano Septentrionali ac regiones adiacentes : a C. de May usque ad Lineam Æquinoctialem , West Indies, Maps, Early works to 1800, Central America, Maps, Early works to 1800 Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

1772 Vaugondy - Diderot Map of California in five states, California as Island.

Mittel-America und Westindien , Central America, Maps, West Indies, Maps Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

The countries of the Caribbean : including Mexico, Central America, the West Indies and the Panama Canal , Caribbean Area, Maps, Mexico, Maps, Central America, Maps, West Indies, Maps, Canal Zone, Maps, Guantánamo Bay Cuba, Maps Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

West Indies , West Indies, Maps, Early works to 1800 Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

Insulæ Americanæ in Oceano Septentrionali ac regiones adiacentes : a C. de May usque ad Lineam Æquinoctialem , West Indies, Maps, Early works to 1800, Central America, Maps, Early works to 1800 Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

Japanese map of Karafuto (Sakhalin) and part of eastern Russia, 1823

Map of Indonesia, with the use of the coast of South America, the Netherlands Antilles and the coast of Guinée, Carl Friedrich Julius de Jaeger, 1841 - 1847 print Groningen paper maps of separate countries or regions Indonesia. Guinea. Suriname. Netherlands Antilles

The island of Bermudos divided into its tribes, with the castles, forts &c , Bermuda Islands, Maps, Early works to 1800, New Providence Island Bahamas, Maps, Early works to 1800 Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

1866 Johnson Map of the West Indies and Caribbean

1853 Mitchell Map of Southern Italy ( Naples, Sicily )

Map of Cuba at the time of the Spanish American War

REGNI MEXICANI NOVA HISPANIAE - 1740. Author: JOHANN BAPTIST HOMANN. Location: SERVICIO GEOGRAFICO DEL EJERCITO. MADRID. SPAIN.

Insulæ Americanæ in Oceano Septentrionali ac regiones adiacentes : a C. de May usque ad Lineam Æquinoctialem , West Indies, Maps, Early works to 1800, Central America, Maps, Early works to 1800 Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

Königreich Griechenland nach den neuesten grenzbestimmungen , Greece, Maps Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

Spanish North America , Mexico, Maps, Southwestern States, Maps, 1814 Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

A new & exact map of the coast, countries and islands within ye limits of ye South Sea Company, from ye river Aranoca to Terra del Fuego, and from thence through ye South Sea, to ye north part of California &c. with a view of the general and coasting trade-winds : and perticular draughts of the most important bays, ports &c. according to the newest observations. Relief shown pictorially. Insets: A chart from England to the river Aranoca &c. -- Peypses or Pepys I. -- A map of ye Straits of Magellan &c. -- A map of the isthmus of Darien the bay of Panama &c. -- The island of Juan Ferdinando -- The Gallapagos Islands -- The gulf of Nicoya or gulf of Salinas -- The gulf of Amapalla or Fonesca -- The port of Acapulco. Ancillary maps: A map of ye port of Baldivia with the fortifications and islands &c. -- The bay of Guiaquil &c. -- A map of the isle Chiloe, the lake of Ancuna, with the islands &c. Copy 2 is plate 12 in Moll's The world described, 1709-1736. Cataloging, conservation, and digi

MAP OF HONDURAS, NICARAGUA, COSTA RICA, THE NORTHERN PART OF COLUMBIA, VENEZUELA, CUBA, 1899

Historical map with an overview of the voyages of Christopher Columbus, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original

Kt. 38: Zürner, A. F.: Map of the county Stolberg, about 1:90 000, copper engraving, after 1757

Carte des isles de la Jamaique et de St. Domingue. Relief shown pictorially. Appears in Mentelle's Atlas universal de geographie. Paris. 1797-1801. Exhibited in Faces and Places, at the Boston Public Library, Boston, MA, October 2003 - September 2004. MB (BRL). The eastern part of Cuba and the islands of Jamaica and Hispaniola are depicted on this map which appeared in the French school atlas, "Atlas Universel de Geographic Physique et Politique". The atlas was published in several editions at the beginning of the nineteenth century. The political situation on the islands of Jamaica and Hispaniola during this time period is evident here. By the end of the 18th century, British colonialism had imposed on Jamaica rather ill-fitting and contrived English-style counties with names such as Middlesex and Surry, names that are still used today. On Hispaniola, meanwhile, the Treaty of 1777 had given birth to the border between present-day Haiti and the Dominican Republic. This separation is cl

MAP OF ITALY DURING THE ROMAN EMPIRE

Germania, Dacia, Mœsia, Illyricum, Pannonia, Rhætia, et Noricum , Europe, Central, Antiquities, Maps, Balkan Peninsula, Antiquities, Maps, Dacia, Maps, Illyria, Maps, Moesia, Maps, Noricum, Maps, Pannonia, Maps, Raetia, Maps Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

America nouiter delineata , America, Maps, Early works to 1800, Western Hemisphere, Maps, Early works to 1800 Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

Vintage historical Map pf the province of Luzon, Philippines. circa 1900

Perou. A map showing a coastalpart of South America on theSouth Pacific. Both theequator and tropic ofCapricorn are given.Date: 1683

A new and correct map of Negroland and Guinea, issued in London by G. Rollos between 1700 and 1799. The hand-colored map measures 31 x 20 cm

Partie occidentale de L'Afrique, contenant les pays et etats voisins de la cote, entre le Cap St. Vincent et le Cap Tagrin : avec L'Isle Madere, Les Isles Canaries, et celles du Cap Verd. Relief shown pictorially. Exhibited in Faces and Places, at the Boston Public Library, Boston, MA, October 2003 - September 2004. MB (BRL). Published by the French Depot de la Marine, this map of northwestern Africa depicts the settled tribal areas located north and south of the Sahara Desert. These brightly colored jurisdictions provide a stark contrast to the desolation of the desert itself, which dominates the center of the map. The coast line shown here runs from the Straits of Gibraltar in the north to Cape Tagrin and the Sierra Leone River in the south. The Cape Verde Islands appear at the lower left... , Africa Cape Verde Spain , Canary Islands ,island Africa

Map of East Java, Topographical Institution, 1906 print Map of East Java with legend and insert maps of the area around Surabaya, the Kangean Islands and the island of Bawean. Numbered in the top left: 5. With degrees distribution along the edges. Java paper. linen (material) maps of separate countries or regions East Java. Bawean. Kangean Islands. Surabaya

The Daily Telegraph war map no. 9 , World War, 1914-1918, Turkey, Thrace, Eastern, Maps, World War, 1914-1918, Turkey, Maps, Thrace, Eastern Turkey, Maps, Marmara, Sea of Turkey, Maps, Turkey, Maps Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

To the Honorable William, E.le. of Derby, Lord of ISLE of MAN 1702 - 1707. Cartographic. Maps, Nautical charts. Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division. Castles & palaces, Isle of Man

1857 Dufour Map of Algeria

Italia antiqua, cum itineribus antiquis, cum insulis Sicilia, Sardinia & Corsica , Italy, Maps, Early works to 1800 Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

Map of the former colony of the Dutch East Indies, Daniël Vulawaard (II), 1843 print paper engraving maps of separate countries or regions Dutch East Indies, The

Antilles ou Indes Occidentales , Antilles, Greater, Maps, Antilles, Lesser, Maps, West Indies, Maps Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

MAPA DE NUEVA ESPAA 1767 (MEJICO Y SUR DE EEUU). Author: JosÈ Antonio Alzate (1737-1799). Location: MUSEO NAVAL / MINISTERIO DE MARINA, MADRID, SPAIN.

Italian-Austrian frontier , Italy, Boundaries, Yugoslavia, Maps, Yugoslavia, Boundaries, Italy, Maps, Italy, Boundaries, Austria, Maps, Austria, Boundaries, Italy, Maps Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

Historical map with an overview of the voyages of Christopher Columbus, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original

Map of the Gulf of Mexico; Map of the Gulf of Mexico and the Zuyd-America: where were designated in Porto-Bello and Panama. Map of the countries located on the Gulf of Mexico, at the top right of a vignette with a (English) unicorn who has broken his chain and holds a ram under a hoof, in the air an eagle. Also a few rabbits. Probably related to the battlefield of the Spanish Succession War. Part of an Atlas with 223 maps of countries and cities and war scaffolding in Europe in the period approx. 1690-1735.

Map of New Mexico, circa.1760. From 'Atlas de Toutes Les Parties Connues du Globe Terrestre ' by Cartographer Rigobert Bonne. Published Geneva circa. 1760.

Netherlands New Guinea : approximation of population distribution , Papua Indonesia, Administrative and political divisions, Maps, Papua Indonesia, Population, Maps Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

Novissima & exactissima Totius Regni Neapolis Tabula 1731 - 1798. Cartographic. Maps. Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division. Italy , Maps, Switzerland , Maps

MAP OF MEXIKO, 1899

1745 map of northern South American continent, showing colonial place names for Brazil, Paraguay, Peru, Panama, Venezuela that would be nations following independence from Spain and Portugal.

Partie occidentale de l'ancien continent depuis Lisbonne jusquà la Riviere de Sierra Leona : avec l'Isle Madere, les Isles Canaires, et celles du C. Verd , Africa, West, Maps Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

Map of the island of Haiti from the voyage of Edgar la Selve. Haiti by Edgar la Selve 1871. Le Tour du Monde 1879

A hand-colored map depicting the three southern counties of California Santa Barbara, Los Angeles, and San Diego, from the region known for its petroleum resources. The map is dated March-April 1865 and measures 25 x 44 cm on a sheet of 33 x 52 cm. The place of publication is inferred to be Paris, France, and the publisher is not identified. The map includes themes of geology, petroleum, and exploration in California

1706 de la Feuille Map of Italy

Italie. Flamsteed, John, 1646-1719. Godbid, A.. Cartographic. Maps, Atlases. 1681. Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division. Astronomy, 1681, Geography, Mathematics

North Italy , Italy, Northern, Maps Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

Post route map of Porto-Rico showing post offices in operation on the 1st of December, 1903 , Postal service, Puerto Rico, Maps, Railroads, Puerto Rico, Maps, Puerto Rico, Maps Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

Le Pracel - 1708 De L'Isle Map of North America (Covens and Mortier ed.)

Graeciae antiquae , Greece, Maps, Early works to 1800 Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

1850 Mitchell Map of Mexico Texas

Rand, McNally & Co.'s indexed atlas of the world map of Bolivia, Ecuador, and Peru , Bolivia, Maps, Ecuador, Maps, Peru, Maps Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

Government map of Nicaragua : from the latest surveys ordered by President Patricio Rivas and General William Walker, 1856

D3. Ermenek. Kiepert, Richard, 1846-1915. Cartographic. Maps. 1902 - 1916. Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division. Turkey, Turkey, Maps

Netherlands New Guinea : approximation of population distribution. Relief shown by shading. "No. 3041." "2 February 1944." Population figures from 1930-1936.... , Indonesia , West New Guinea ,province

Map of the Netherlands Antilles, Gerard Voorduin, 1860 - 1862 print Map the Northern part of South America with the Dutch territories. Two bets with maps of the islands of Curaçao, Bonaire and Aruba and from the islands of Sint-Maarten, Saba and Sint-Eustatius. Part of the sheet metal 'Gezigten from Neerland's West-Indien'. printer: Utrechtpublisher: Amsterdam paper maps of separate countries or regions. colonial system Suriname. Aruba. Curacao. Bonaire. St Martin. Sint-Eustatius. Saba

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