Printed map. Two visual scales [38 mm=leucæ Hispanicæ] and [36 mm=17 milliaria German]. Includes inset, "Cusco metropolis Peru" and illustrations. Probably originally from Jodocus Hondius' edition of Gerardi Mercatoris Atlas Sive Cosmographicae Meditationes..., published 1619. Described in Koeman, Atlantes Neerlandici, Vol. II, entry Me 26A, p. 326-330. Two pages of French text on verso under heading, "L'Ameriqve Meridionale", with pages numbered "376" and "375" respectively.
Acquired as part of the Banks Collection.
Printed map. Includes illustrations. Probably originally published in Jansson's Atlas Novus, Sive Theatrum Orbis Terrarum ... Tomi Tertii Continuatio. Koeman, Atlantes Neerlandici, Vol. II, entry Me 59, p. 408-411 describes the first issue with the Jansson imprint as published in 1647. McMaster's copy does not have text on verso. Acquired as part of the Banks Collection.
Printed map. "Par le Sr. Robert de Vaugondy fils de Mr. Robert Géographe ordin. du Roy." Three visual scales. Possibly originally published in Robert de Vaugondy's Atlas Universel..., published 1750. Acquired as part of the Banks Collection.
Printed map. Probably originally published in Cornelis de Jode's Speculum Orbis Terrarum, published 1593. Described in Koeman, Atlantes Neerlandici, vol. II, entry Jod 2, p. 209-212, [map 3].
On verso: Latin text on left and right side of sheet, with number "28"; each section has heading, "America sev novvs orbis".
Acquired as part of the Banks Collection.
Printed map. Probably originally published in Antonio de Herrera y Tordesillas' Descripcion de las Indias Ocidentales..., published in Madrid, 1601. "7" appears below title statement. Acquired as part of the Banks Collection.
Printed map. Possibly from Henri Abraham Chatelain's Atlas historique, ou nouvelle introduction a l'histoire, à la chronologie & à la géographie ancienne & moderne; edition and publication date uncertain. Includes text under headings, "Remarques historiques" and "Remarques sur le gouvernement de l'Amerique". Also includes table with heading, "Le gouvernement de l'Amerique Meridionale des etats du Roy d'Espagne se devise comme cy dessous sçavoir". Acquired as part of the Banks Collection.
Printed map. Cartographer likely Heinrich Scherer. Two visual scales. Legend titled: Notarvm in hac mappa contentarvm declaratio. Acquired as part of the Banks Collection.
Printed map. "By Keith Johnston F.R.S.E." In upper margin, "Keith Johnston's General Atlas" [page] "47". In lower margin, "Engraved & printed by W. & A.K. Johnston, Edinburgh." Five visual scales, "natural scale, 1:8,989,200 - 141.875 miles to an inch." Includes inset, "Galapagos Isles (to Ecuador), scale same as map". Possibly from Johnston's Royal Atlas of Modern Geography, 1861 edition; source and date unconfirmed. On verso, "47". Acquired as part of the Banks Collection.
Printed map. "Drawn from the latest & best authorities: by Eman: Bowen Geogr. to His late Majesty." "Engrav'd for the General Magazine of Arts and Sciences for W. Owen at Temple Bar 1763." Prime meridian: London.
Originally published in Benjamin Martin's The General Magazine of Arts and Sciences, 14 volumes (London: Printed for W. Owen, 1755-1765). Acquired as part of the Hodsoll Collection.