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A Plat of All the World

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This is one of the first maps to account for time zones as well as longitude.

#85494

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America Sive Novi Orbis Nova Descriptio

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This is the second state of this famous map in which the accuracy of the shape of South America is considerably improved. It is printed from the second plate depicting North and South America which removed the bulge from the southwest coast of South America.

#85492

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Detailed Map of Sakiz Island with its Fortress and Other Topographical Features

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This folio from Walters manuscript W.658 contains a detailed map of Chios (Sakiz, Saqiz) Island with its fortress and other topographical features.

#79722

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Indiae Orientalis Insularumque Adiacientium Typus

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This is one of the earliest and most beautiful depictions of the East Indies islands, an important route for the Dutch maritime trade and connections with Europe and America.

#85490