“Then the map was drawn for you, and I am much mistaken if it does not tell you plainly where to go” — ‘The Hobbit’
The first Japanese world map with latitudes and longitudes
“a newe unexpected and neverheretofore discovered Passage” (Phillip)
Arago’s last voyage?
From the library of George Sandys: “one of the most important men in the history of colonial Jamestown” (Grizzard)
Arnoldi’s separately-published map of the Americas, with the thumb print of the printer!
“Whoso committe themselves unto the huge, and mayne Ocean, in a small vessell, may sooner expect to be swallowed in that vastity of waters, through the rage and furie of the Sea, then [sic] hope to gaine the desired, and intended haven” (Lok)
The first “good road map” of Barbados
