World (RMC)

A map of all the earth and how after the flood it was divided among the sons of Noah
A map of all the earth and how after the flood it was divided among the sons of Noah
Printed map. "By J Moxon Hydrographer to the Kings most Excellent Majesty". Includes a numbered index of 78 places, and a dedication by Moxon "to the most Reverend Father in God Gilbert Lord Arch Bishop of Canterbury...." Source and date of map unknown. Acquired as part of the Banks Collection.
Geography or description of the earth : a map of the world with the latest discoveries
Geography or description of the earth : a map of the world with the latest discoveries
Printed map. "By Samuel Dunn, Mathematician." "Published as the Act directs 16 June 1781." The map consists of two separate hemispheres: "Western Hemisphere, or new world" and "Eastern Hemisphere, or old world." Probably originally published in Dunn's A new atlas of the mundane system. Acquired as part of the Banks Collection.
The Eastern Hemisphere
The Eastern Hemisphere
Printed map. Cartographer unknown. Scale not given. Title above neat line at top of sheet has been partially removed. Map shows Eastern Hemisphere including Europe, Africa, and Asia. Includes historical notes. Acquired as part of the Cholmondely Collection.
The world in hemispheres on various projections
The world in hemispheres on various projections
Printed map. "Drawn & engraved, by Edwd. Weller, Duke Street, Bloomsbury." The map's primary hemispheres also have distinct headings: Western Hemisphere and Eastern Hemisphere. Includes insets with headings: The world on the plane of the equator, Southern Hemisphere [and] Northern Hemisphere; Southern circumpolar regions; and, The world on the plane of the horizon of London [2 hemispheres], shewing the greatest mass of water [and] shewing the greatest mass of land. In upper right corner, "1." Donated by Dr. Karl Freeman, Hamilton, March 1995.
The world on Mercator's projection
The world on Mercator's projection
Printed map. Cartographer unknown. In upper margin, "Globe." In lower margin, "Vol. 6." Likely from an atlas; source unknown.
The world on Mercators projection
The world on Mercators projection
Printed map. In lower margin, "Drawn by W.D.C. Engraved by J. Bartholomew, Edinr." In upper right margin, "2." Includes historical notes. Donated by Dr. Karl Freeman, Hamilton, March 1995.
Typvs Vniversalis
Typvs Vniversalis
Printed map. Described in Shirley, The Mapping of the World: Early Printed World Maps 1472-1700, entry 77, p. 87: "Munster's 'modern' map of the world is an oval projection with a vigorous surround of clouds and lusty windheads. The east and west heads are placed inside the oval circumference. It is a woodcut, like all the maps he produced, and most of the type for the lettering has been set separately in rectangular inserts. The continents are shown in rough outline only with the Americas taking on an unusual shape, florida and francisca are almost separated by a deep cleft of water and, further north, the Terra nova sive de Bacalhos is part of a huge promontary extending as far as and joining onto Scandinavia. The channel between this land mass and francisca bears the legend 'This strait leads through to the Moluccas'. It would appear that Münster's map is based on a combination of information derived from Verrazzano's explorations of 1522-24, when the waters of Chesapeake Bay were mistaken for the Indian Ocean, and reports of Cartier's voyages of 1534-35 up the St. Lawrence seaway into the Great Lakes vainly searching for the north-west passage. The west coast of North America, hypothetically drawn, carries the name Temistitan, then generally used to denote Mexico. In Africa, the course of the Nile is prominent, with its twin sources terminating in a range of mountains. Unidentified islands Grisonum and Calensuan are placed in the proximity of Australia, while for the first time on a printed map the Pacific Ocean (mare pacificum) receives its name. Münster's 1540 world map appeared in three subsequent editions of the Geographia, in 1541, 1542 and 1545. It also was used for the first four editions of his more extensive encyclopaedic work, the Cosmographia in 1544, 1545, 1546 and 1548 before the block was laid aside. A new one was cut for the next edition of the Cosmographia in 1550, the last edition of the Geographia in 1552, and for all later editions of the Cosmographia up to and including 1578. Maps from this second block can easily be recognized because the titles of the windheads are in banners and the east and west winds are now contained within the outer surround. It is also signed 'DK' - the initials of the wood engraver David Kandel - in the lower left-hand corner. A third block was used for editions of the Cosmographia from 1588 onwards." On verso: Orbis vniversalis descriptio, in qua praeter Ptolemei alio- rum'... ueterum Cosmographorû inuestigationem, .... [text in Latin on right side of sheet, surrounded by an ornamental border]. Acquired as part of the Banks Collection.
Typvs vniversalis terrae, ivxta modernorvm distinctionem et extensionem per regna et provincias
Typvs vniversalis terrae, ivxta modernorvm distinctionem et extensionem per regna et provincias
Printed map. Possibly from Apian's Cosmographicus liber Petri Apiani mathematici..., published 1524 and in later editions, or from Gregor Reisch's Margarita philosophica, Basel edition 1583. In upper right margin: fol. 1348. Acquired as part of the Banks Collection, December 2000.
Vniversi orbis descriptio ad vsvm navigantivm
Vniversi orbis descriptio ad vsvm navigantivm
Printed map. Chapter title at head of page, "XXXV. Descrittione di tvttol mondo secondo, la prattica de' marinari." Italian text below map. Possibly from Magini's edition of Ptolemy's Geographia, Geografia, cioé Descrittione vniversale della terra..., published 1596 and later. Italian text on verso (page "211") divided among 4 distinct subtitles. Acquired as part of the Banks Collection.