In lower left corner: "opp. p.312" (binder's instruction)

s.n (publisher)

1755

Relief shown pictorially.; This is one of the first maps of the world to employ Gerhard Mercator's method, invented in 1569, of projecting a sphere onto a flat surface. While this method distorts dimensions as one moves away from the Equator, any straight line drawn on such a map maintains true directions, a particularly useful feature for navigation.; By 1603 cracks developed on the edge of the plate and by the 1620's cracks extended in two places almost completely across the top box containing the title. Library's copy shows no evidence of cracks.; Latin text in four columns below map titled "De Mundi creatione ac constitutione brevis instructio". No text on verso.

[Rumold Mercator] (publisher)

Mercator, Rumold, ca. 1545-1599. (creator)

Mercator, Gerhard, 1512-1594. (contributor)

Ao. M.D. LXXXVII [1587]

Corr. 1862.; Includes some tracks of unidentified voyages, without distances.; Shows primarily coastal features.

Freemont, H. F. (creator)

Lowry, Joseph Wilson, 1803-1879.; Potter, J. D. (John Dennett), active 1830-1892.; Trinity House (London, England) (contributor)

1862

Relief shown by hachures.; Prime meridian: London; Printed along latitude line near bottom: "Distance N&S, or nearly so, may be estimated simply by observing that the distance on every meridian between any two parallels of Latitude is 600 Geographical miles"; Includes scale for measuring distance at various latitudes.

Robert Laurie and James Whittle (publisher)

Robert Laurie and James Whittle. (creator)

Whittle, James, -1818. (contributor)

1808

Relief shown pictorially.

I. Low (publisher)

Rollinson, William, 1762-1842. (creator)

Low, John, 1763-1809. (contributor)

1805

III and IV at top left and right corners; Prime meridian: London; Relief shown by hachures.; Shows routes of explorers.; Southern portion provides notes on ice, noting dates it had been seen in various locations.; Includes notes on compass variations at various locations.

[John Hamilton, successor to Daniel Lizars (publisher)

Lizars, Daniel, 1760-1812. (creator)

John Hamilton (Firm); Whittaker, Treacher and Co.; William Curry, Jun. & Co. (contributor)

1831

Date and imprint derived from the atlas in which the map was issued.; "Drawn & Engraved for Thomson's New General Atlas."; "Drawn by J. Wyld." ; "Engraved by Sid. Hall ... "; Numbered 1.; Shows continental boundaries, rivers, deserts, islands, principal settlements and routes of explorers.; Relief shown by hachures.; Prime meridian: Greenwich.; World.

Wyld, James, 1790-1836. (creator)

Hall, Sidy. (Sidney); John Thomson & Co. (contributor)

[1829]

"Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1855, by J.H. Colton & Co. in ... the Southern District of New York.; Prime meridians: Greenwich and Washington.; In upper left margin: No. VIII ; in upper right margin: No. IX.; Ornamental border.; Relief shown by hachures.

J.H. Colton & Co (publisher)

J.H. Colton & Co. (creator)

1855

"No. III," "No. IV."; Plate VI from: Colton's Atlas of the world / by George W. Colton. New York : J.H. Colton and Company, 1855-1856.; Prime meridian: Greenwich.; Includes list of tablelands or plateaus, plains or lowlands and list of rivers and principal lakes.

Entered according to Act of Congress ... by J.H. Colton & Co. in the Clerks Office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York (publisher)

J.H. Colton & Co. (creator)

1855

Prime meridian: Greenwich.; Relief shown by hachures.; Outline color.

Thomas Kelly (publisher)

Findlay, A. (Alexander), 1790-1870. (creator)

1835

At upper left: Atlas illustré.; At upper right: No. 95.; World map, set within framework of illustrations and text.

Pelissier, éditeur (publisher)

Levasseur, V. (Victor) (creator)

Lemercier, Alfred.; Pelissier. (contributor)

1869