“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
The first official Qing dynasty map to depict the entire island of Taiwan, including its eastern territories
