This collection features early maps of the Americas from the University of Chicago Map Collection.
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1700. L'Isle, Guillaume de, 1675-1726. 1 map: color; 2 hemispheres; Shows drainage, boundaries, explorers' routes, etc; Insets: Le Pole Antarctique.--Le Pole Arctique: Antipodes de Paris... Pierre Mortier.
1635. Blaeu, Willem Janszoon, 1571-1638. 1 map: color; Relief shown pictorially; Insets: (The Arctic -- The Antarctic); "Ja. van den Ende sculpsit."; Shows drainage. Has 3 ornamental carto... Blaeu.
1638. Merian, Matthaeus, 1621-1687. 1 map: black and white; Relief shown pictorially; Insets: Septentrio--Meridies. Scale approximately 1:114,500,000 (W 180°--E 180°/N 90°--S 90°).
1648. Jansson, Jan, 1588-1664. 1 map in 2 hemispheres: black and white; Relief shown pictorially; Includes text and illustrations. Scale approximately 1:260,000,000 (W 180°--E 18... Jansson?.
1590. Hogenberg, Frans, approximately 1539-1590. 1 map: color; Hand col; "Cum privilegio." Scale approximately 1:81,800,000 (W 180°--E 180°/N 90°--S 90°).
1595. Mercator, Michael. 1 map: color; (In Mercator (Gerhard). Atlas. Ed. 10° (11th ed.) fol. Amsterodami, sumptibus H. Hondij, 1630); Insets: Golfo Mexi Cano; Haiti nunc H...
1570. Ortelius, Abraham, 1527-1598. 1 map: hand colored; Relief shown pictorially; (In Ortel (Abraham). Theatrum orbis terrarum. fol. Antiverpiæ, apud Ægid Coppenium Diesth, 1570); Cu... Abraham Ortelius.
1570. Ortelius, Abraham, 1527-1598. 1 map: hand colored; Relief shown pictorially; (In Ortel (Abraham). Theatrum orbis terrarum. fol. Antiverpiæ, apud Ægid Coppenium Diesth, 1570); Cu...
1722. L'Isle, Guillaume de, 1675-1726. 1 map: color; Relief shown pictorially; Includes "Avertissement" in draped curtain concerning the projection and scale. Scale approximately 1:29,46... Chez l'Auteur.