Early World Maps

Compilation of antique world maps featuring double hemisphere designs, planetary models, and intricate geographical details.

The text at the top of this world map by Abraham Ortelius reads: Typus Orbis Terrarum (Map of the World). The map dates to 1570 and is the first map of the world to appear in a standard atlas and is thus of fundamental importance to the history of cartography. Centered on the Atlantic Ocean, the map covers the entire world from pole to pole. The general presentation of an oval projection derived from earlier maps by Appianus and Bordonius, Cartographically it is derived from the world of Gerard Mercator (1569), Gastaldi (1561) and Gutierrez. The text at the bottom is a quote attributed to the

A new and correct map of the world, laid down according to the newest discoveries, and from the most exact observations. Shows the world as a double hemisphere, annual winds and wind directions, solar equinox and ecliptic, and noted corrections over previous geography. Prime meridian: Ferro. Relief shown pictorially. Insets: The Ptolemean systeme -- The North Pole -- The Copernican systeme -- Mercury -- The appearance of the Sun according to Mr. Kircher -- Venus -- Mars -- Saturn -- Jupiter -- The appearance of the Moon according to Mr. Cassini. Includes dedication within ornamental cartouche: To His Most Sacred Majesty George IId by the grace of God King of Great Britain France & Ireland Defender of the Faith &c. this map is humbly dedicated. Includes text. Appears in Moll's The world described, 1709-1736, plate 1.... , World

A new and correct map of the world, laid down according to the newest discoveries, and from the most exact observations , World maps, Early works to 1800 Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

Planisfero del mondo nuovo , Geography, Ancient, Early works to 1800, Western Hemisphere, Maps, Early works to 1800 Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

A new mapp of the world. Includes a plan of the sun, the face of the moon, and depictions of four planets. Cataloging, conservation, and digitization made possible in part by The National Endowment for the Humanities: Exploring the human endeavor. Part of composite portfolio atlas with title "Collection of old maps.".. Collection of old maps. Collection of old maps, World

World Map with Planets, Antique World Maps

Planiglobii terrestris mappa universalis utrumq hemisphærium orient. et occidentale repræsentans ex IV mappis generalibus = Mappe-monde qui represente les deux hemispheres savoir celui de l'orient et celui de l'occident tiree des quatre cartes generales. Relief shown pictorially. Appears in Homann heirs' Schul-atlas von zwantzig general-und special-land karten. Includes 6 ancillary maps showing different views of the globe... Mappe monde qui represente les deux hemispheres savoir celui de l'orient et celui de l'occident tiree des quatre cartes generales. Mappe monde qui represente les deux hemispheres savoir celui de l'orient et celui de l'occident tiree des quatre cartes generales, World

A map of the world from the best authorities. Relief shown pictorially. Shows tracks of Captain Cook's voyages. "Engrav'd for Carey's edition of Guthrie's new System of geography." In upper right: 1. Map 1 in his Carey's general atlas. Philadelphia : Mathew Carey, 1800.... , World

Orbis terrarum nova et accuratissima tabula. Relief shown pictorially. Includes ancillary maps of north polar region and south polar region and col. ill. Exhibited in Journeys of the Imagination, at the Boston Public Library, Boston, MA, April - August 2006. MB (BRL). As a variation to earlier double hemisphere world maps, Visscher, a mid-17th-century Dutch cartographer, added two smaller spheres to his presentation, with each depicting the northern and southern polar regions. His map, also ornately decorated, first appeared in Jan Jansson's 1658 ''Novus Atlas''. The map was reused, unchanged, in later atlases compiled by the Visscher family and in composite atlases. Visscher's world map influenced other late 17th-century Dutch cartographers in the production of highly decorative world maps. The map's uniqueness and distinct attraction is its marginal decorations which were the work of artist Nicolaes Berchem. The artist created four dramatic scenes from classical mythology--the rape o

The text at the top of this world map by Abraham Ortelius reads: Typus Orbis Terrarum (Map of the World). The map dates to 1570 and is the first map of the world to appear in a standard atlas and is thus of fundamental importance to the history of cartography. Centered on the Atlantic Ocean, the map covers the entire world from pole to pole. The general presentation of an oval projection derived from earlier maps by Appianus and Bordonius, Cartographically it is derived from the world of Gerard Mercator (1569), Gastaldi (1561) and Gutierrez. The text at the bottom is a quote attributed to the

1595 world map shows routes around the world of Sir Francis Drake between (1577-80) and Thomas Cavendish between (1586-88). Antarctica and Australia are depicted as one very large polar continent.

Map of the Americas, Americae Mappa Generalis, by cartographer Johan Baptist Homann, 1664 - 1724, and re-published in 1746 by Homann Heirs, a company formed by Johann's son and others. A curiosity of

Map - Nove totius terrarum orbis geographica ac Hydrographica Tabula

Diversi globi terr-aquei statione variante et visu intercedente, per coluros tropicorum, per ambos polos et particul : sphaerae zenith in planum delineati orthographici prospectus , World maps, Early works to 1800 Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

Diversi globi terr-aquei statione variante et visu intercedente, per coluros tropicorum, per ambos polos et particul : sphaerae zenith in planum delineati orthographici prospectus. Relief shown pictorially. Shows California as an island. Exhibited in Journeys of the Imagination, at the Boston Public Library, Boston, MA, April - August 2006. MB (BRL). Seutter, one of the most important German globe makers and map publishers during the first half of the 18th century, created this world map using a design that was dominated by fourteen circles of varying sizes. It was included in the 1730 edition, as well as later editions, of his Atlas Novus. Starting with the basic design of two primary spheres depicting the traditional eastern and western hemispheres, Seutter added twelve subsidiary spheres. Rather than embellish the map's margins with ornate decorations, Seutter used these various spheres to provide different views of the Earth. Above and below the two primary spheres at the map's cen

Planisfero del mondo vecchio. Includes dedication, zodiac sectors, latitudinal notes, and world circumferences known by historical astronomers. In Coronelli's Atlante veneto, v. 1 (Venetia, 1691). Cataloging, conservation, and digitization made possible in part by The National Endowment for the Humanities: Exploring the human endeavor.... , Europe Asia Africa Oceania Europe Africa Asia Oceania

The world, on a globular projection, exhibiting the geographical researches of modern travellers & navigators 1826

Nova totius terrarum orbis tabula, a world map of the earth from 1660, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original.

A map of the world from the best authorities , World maps, Early works to 1800, Cook, James, 1728-1779 Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

MAPAMUNDI-AÑO 1585-"ORBIS TERRAE COMPENDIOSA DESCRIPTIO". Author: GERARDUS MERCATOR (1512-1594). Location: BRITISH MUSEUM LIBRARY. LONDON. ENGLAND.

World map with allegory on the four elements, Bastiaen Stopendael, 1682 print World map, with a representation of the Nicolaas Copernicus system, and under the Ptolemyus system. Upstairs, in a banderole, the title. In the corners an allegory on the four elements. With Dutch text on Verso. Numbered in the bottom right: 6. paper engraving / etching / letterpress printing map of the world. planets; planetary system, solar system. the four elements, and ether, the fifth element

Richard Hakluyt, the Principal Navigations, London Printed 1889 England. Engraving in black on cream wove paper . Richard Hakluyt (Collected by)

Ævi veteris usque ad annum salutis nonagesimum supra milles quadringentos cogniti tantum, typus geographica , Geography, Ancient, Maps, Early works to 1800, Astronomy, Ancient, Early works to 1800, Eastern Hemisphere, Maps, Early works to 1800 Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

A new & correct map of the whole world : shewing ye situation of its principal parts. viz. the oceans, kingdoms, rivers, capes, ports, mountains, woods, trade-winds, monsoons, variation of ye compass, climate, &c. ; with the most remarkable tracks of the bold attempts which have been made to find out the northeast & northwest passages , World maps, Early works to 1800, Trade winds, Maps, Early works to 1800 Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

Dual Hemisphere Map of the World 1668.

Map of World circa.1760. From 'Atlas de Toutes Les Parties Connues du Globe Terrestre ' by Cartographer Rigobert Bonne. Published Geneva circa. 1760.

Die erst general Tafel die Beschreibung und den Circkel des gantzen Erdtrichs und Meers innhaltende. By Sebastian Münster (1489-1552) cartographer. Map

Orbis terrarum nova et accuratissima tabula , World maps, Early works to 1800 Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

1630 Portuguese map of the world. Southern continents, Australia and Antarctica are depicted as one land mass.

Ævi veteris usque ad annum salutis nonagesimum supra milles quadringentos cogniti tantum, typus geographica , Geography, Ancient, Maps, Early works to 1800, Astronomy, Ancient, Early works to 1800, Eastern Hemisphere, Maps, Early works to 1800 Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

The new map of the world , World maps, Pictorial maps Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

Cartography, 17th century. Universal trade map, planisphere with the routes of navigation to Eastern and Western Indies, 1686. Engraving.

World map, The Boston School Atlas, US, America, 19th century engraving

Nova totivs terrarvm orbis geographica ac hydrographica tabvla. Relief shown pictorially. Map within decorative border, with portraits of Julius Caesar, Ptolomey, Gerhard Mercator, and Jodocus Hondius and tableaus depicting the 4 elements. Map features a date of 1630. Appears in the authors Atlas Novus. Amstelodami : Apud Henricum Hondium & Joannem Janssonium, 1638. Cataloging, conservation, and digitization made possible in part by The National Endowment for the Humanities: Exploring the human endeavor.. Ornately decorated and beautifully colored, this world map epitomizes the baroque style favored during the Golden Age of Dutch cartography. The map was prepared in 1630 by Henricus Hondius, who had joined in partnership with Jan Jansson to revitalize the map book entitled ''Atlas'', that was originated by Gerard Mercator in 1595 and continued by Henricus's father Jodocus over the next 35 years. Henricus' world map had a long life as well, appearing in the various editions of the Merca

Racing routes of the Yankee clippers , Clipper ships, Shipping, Maps, Pictorial maps, World maps Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

Orbis typus universalis iuxta hydrographorum traditionem exactissime depicta 1522 L.F , Eastern Hemisphere, Maps, Early works to 1800 Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

Atlas, map from 1623, world map, whole world with all continents, digitally restored reproduction from an engraving by Gerhard Mercator, born as Gheert Cremer, 5 March 1512, 2 December 1594, geographer and cartographer

L'Amerique Septentrionale & Meridionale divisee en ses principales parties, ou sont distingues les vns des autres les estats suivant qu'ils appartiennent presentement aux Francois, Castillans, Portugais, Anglois, Suedois, Danois, Hollandois &c. Relief shown pictorially.... , North and Central America South America Mesoamerica ,area North America ,area South America America

Old World Map 1688, de Wit, Frederick.

Cartography, 17th century. Nova totius Terrarum Orbis Geographica ac hydrographica tabula, by Henricus Hondius, Amsterdam, 1630. Illustrated copperplate, 38 x 54 cm.

Novissima totius terrarum orbis tabula , World maps, Early works to 1800 Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

Universale della parte del mondo nuovamente ritrovata Ramusio, Giovanni Battista, 1485-1557. Cartographic. Early maps, Maps. 1606. Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division. America , Discovery and exploration , Early works to 1800, Western Hemisphere , Maps , Early works to 1800, America , Maps , Early works to 1800

Vintage Map of the world with Captain Cook's tracks, his discoveries and those of the other circumnavigators during his three voyages, published 19th century

Map of the World, 1627, Speed, John.

Map of the World 1700, Zumer, A.F.

MAPA MUNDI - 1579 - THEATRUM ORBIS TERRARUM - FOTOGRAFIA EN BLANCO Y NEGRO - AÑOS 60. Author: ABRAHAM ORTELIUS (1527-1598). Location: MONASTERIO-BIBLIOTECA-COLECCION. SAN LORENZO DEL ESCORIAL. MADRID. SPAIN.

Typus orbis terrarum. Relief shown pictorially. "Quid ei potest videri magnum in rebus humanis, cui aeternitas omnis, totius que mundi nota sit magmitudo. Cicero." Appears in the author's Theatrum orbis terrarum. Antverpiae. 1570. Exhibited in Journeys of the Imagination, at the Boston Public Library, Boston, MA, April - August 2006. MB (BRL) Cataloging, conservation, and digitization made possible in part by The National Endowment for the Humanities: Exploring the human endeavor.. Ortelius' book of maps, first published in 1570, is considered the first modern world atlas. It was the first time that a set of maps, contemporary to the date of publication, was designed, drawn, and engraved with the intention of publishing them in a bound volume. Ortelius did not refer to his publication as an "atlas," as we know it today. Rather he entitled it "Theater of the World" implying not only that the entire known world could be viewed in this one book, but that the Earth was a stage on which hum

Carte d'Amerique divisées en ses principales parties , America, Maps, Early works to 1800, Western Hemisphere, Maps, Early works to 1800, 1774 Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

1660 map of the Western Hemisphere, indicating the geographic knowledge and European settlement. California is shown as an island, and Northwestern North America is undefined. Borders of the map depict Native Americans, and major Spanish cities.

1799 Cruttwell Map of the World on Mercator's Projection

Novus Orbis. Unknown Artist (English, 19th century); reproduced from the collection of Richard Hakluyt (English, 1552-1616). Date: 1889. Dimensions: 250 × 328 mm. Engraving in black on cream laid paper. Origin: England. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

L'A asie Divisee en Ses Principaux Eats Assujeczettie Aux Observations Astronomique; Beauin, Jean (1696-1772); 1763 (1763-00-00-1763-00-00);

1798 Payne Map of the World (pre 1800 American Map)

Orbis typus universalis iuxta hydrographorum traditionem exactissime depicta 1522 L.F. Map of the eastern hemisphere showing Europe, Asia, Africa, and part of South America. Reduced version of the corresponding map in Waldseemuller's atlas of 1513. Relief shown pictorially. Includes names of places and natural features. Fries' map is the first world map in an edition of Ptolemy to include the name America. Appears in the author's Geographia, translated by Willibald Pirckheimer, with annotations by Joannes Regiomontanus. Argentoragi i.e. Strasbourg : Iohannes Grieningerus, communibus Iohannis Koberger impensis excudebat, anno a Christi Natiuitate 1525 tertio Kalendas Apriles. Text in Latin. Cataloging, conservation, and digitization made possible in part by The National Endowment for the Humanities: Exploring the human endeavor.... , Europe Asia Africa Oceania Europe Africa Asia Oceania

Carte d'Amerique : dressée pour l'usage du roy , America, Maps, Early works to 1800, Western Hemisphere, Maps, Early works to 1800, 1739 Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

Celestial Chart.

Carta universal en que se contiene todo lo que del mundo se ha descubierto fasta agora , World maps, Early works to 1800, Early maps, Facsimiles Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

Map of the Indian Ocean 1700, van Kelven.

The World. Map of the eastern hemisphere showing Europe, western Asia, and northern Africa. Waldseemuller's Ptolemaic map of 1513, redrawn and reduced in this publication by Laurent Fries. Relief shown pictorially. Includes names of places and natural features. Map border shows decorative windheads. Includes climatic and latitudinal notes. Appears in the author's Geographia, translated by Willibald Pirckheimer, with annotations by Joannes Regiomontanus. Argentoragi i.e. Strasbourg : Iohannes Grieningerus, communibus Iohannis Koberger impensis excudebat, anno a Christi Natiuitate 1525 tertio Kalendas Apriles. Text in Latin. Cataloging, conservation, and digitization made possible in part by The National Endowment for the Humanities: Exploring the human endeavor.. Regions and Seasons: The winds, collectively known as Venti, have long been viewed as both bringers of good fortune and sources of chaos. In ancient Greece and Rome, the winds were seen as personas; gods who brought favorable o

Chart of the harbours of Salem, Marblehead, Beverly, and Manchester : from a survey taken in the years 1804, 5 & 6 , Nautical charts, Massachusetts, Salem, Nautical charts, Massachusetts, Marblehead, Nautical charts, Massachusetts, Beverly, Nautical charts, Massachusetts, Manchester, Harbors, Massachusetts, Maps, Salem Mass., Maps, Marblehead Mass., Maps, Beverly Mass., Maps, Manchester Mass., Maps, North Shore Mass. : Coast, Maps Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

A new and accurat map of the world : drawne according to ye truest descriptions latest discoveries & best observations yt have beene made by English or strangers, 1651 , World maps, Early works to 1800 Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

A new and accurat map of the world : drawne according to ye truest descriptions latest discoveries & best observations yt have beene made by English or strangers, 1651. Relief shown pictorially. Text on verso titled The generall description of the world; p. 1-2; printer's signature A. Includes vignettes of the 4 elements as allegorical figures, portraits of 4 circumnavigators, charts of the northern and southern celestial hemispheres, a geocentric diagram of The heavens and elements, and illustrations of A figure of the sphere, The eclipse of the sunne, and The eclipse of the moon. Shows California as an island. In the author's A prospect of the most famous parts of the world (London, 1662). Cataloging, conservation, and digitization made possible in part by The National Endowment for the Humanities: Exploring the human endeavor... New and accvrat map of the world. New and accvrat map of the world, World

L'Afrique : dressee sur les relations e nouvelles decouvertes de differens voyageurs, conformes aux observations astronomiques. Relief shown pictorially. Contains decorative border and cartouche.... , Africa

World map of A.D. 1544 (the Sebastian-Cabot map). World map of A.D. 1544 (the Sebastian-Cabot map)

Recentissima novi orbis sive Americae septentrionalis et meridionalis tabula , America, Maps, Early works to 1800, Western Hemisphere, Maps, Early works to 1800 Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

Northern Hemisphere 1798 - 1804. Cartographic. Maps, Atlases. Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division. Atlases , Great Britain, Maps in education , England, Historical geography, Northern Hemisphere

Recentissima novi orbis, sive Americae Septentrionalis et Meridionalis tabula , America, Maps, Early works to 1800 Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

Map of the world with the most recent discoveries. - Copy 1 | Library of Congress

Map of the world by Gerard Mercator, first published circa 1595. Orbis terrae compendiosa descriptio.

Typus orbis terrarum

Americae tam septentrionalis quam meridionalis in mappa geographica delineatio , America, Maps, Early works to 1800, Western Hemisphere, Maps, Early works to 1800 Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

Novissima et accuratissima totius Americae descriptio , America, Maps, Early works to 1800, Western Hemisphere, Maps, Early works to 1800 Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

Chikyu bankoku hozu. Relief shown by hachures. Brief geographical descriptions: major cities, railroad networks, measurement, currencies, etc. below map. Below map: "Kakkoku yumei no chimei jokisharo no sokei shakudo koryo oyobi kahei to no ryakuki." Preface by Shigetei Murakami Yoshishige, dated Meiji 3 1870. Colophon: Kankyo Meiji 4 1871 Shinbi shoshun. Hashizume Kan'ichi kosei, Yutsu Katsuragisha zohan. Tokei shoshi ; Suharaya Mohe, Suharaya Ihachi hatsuda. "Dai Nihon honpo dosen kaiki dai 2-sei, Tokyo shutchojo ni oite Gengendo Matsuda Rokuzan kore o eru." Map bordered by national flags. In Japanese... Japanese world map. Japanese world map, World

Earth's globe still far from completely mapped - note how North America and Australia fade away... Date: late 18th century

World Map from "Itinerario" Jan Huygen van Linschoten (1563-1611/Netherlandish) The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens, San Marino, CA -

World Map, Antique World Maps

Africæ, described, the manners of their habits and buildings, newly done into English , Africa, Maps, Early works to 1800 Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

'Map Showing Drake's Voyage of Circumnavigation (1577-1580)', 1923. Creator: Unknown.

America , Western Hemisphere, Maps, Early works to 1800 Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

A new, plaine, and exact map of America : described by N.I. Visscher, and don into English, enlarged, and corrected, according to I. Blaeu, with the habits of the countries, and the manner of the cheife citties, the like never before. Relief shown pictorially. Includes inset of the Arctic circle. Border includes figures, portraits and city views.... , North and Central America South America Mesoamerica ,area North America ,area South America America

Map of the world on a polyconic projection , World maps Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

America. Appears in Thomson's New General Atlas. 1821 or 1827. Relief shown pictorially. "No. 52" Longitude west from Greenwich.... , North and Central America South America Mesoamerica ,area North America ,area South America America

Map of the world on a polyconic projection. Title supplied by cataloger. Relief shown by hachures. Exhibited in Journeys of the Imagination, at the Boston Public Library, Boston, MA, April - August 2006. MB (BRL). Not much is known about the creation of this untitled, unattributed, and undated manuscript map other than it was obviously drawn to illustrate the properties of a map projection that was first developed and used in the early to mid-19th century. This type of projection was originally proposed by Ferdinand Rudolph Hassler (1770-1843), the first director of the agency that came to be known as the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey. The construction of this projection is based on the theoretical application of many (poly) cones to the Earth's surface (a sphere), each touching a single line of latitude (or parallel) along which there is true scale (measurement of distance). When applied to the entire globe, this projection produces a symmetrical pattern of lines where the central me

Conway Harbour : Port Aylesbury. Chart of the area between West Arichat to Petit-de-Grat Island. Depths shown by soundings. Includes a description of the area. Appears in the author's Atlantic Neptune. London : J.F.W. Des Barres, 1777-1781.... , Canada , Nova Scotia ,province

Americae tam septentrionalis quam meridionalis in mappa geographica delineatio , America, Maps, Early works to 1800, Western Hemisphere, Maps, Early works to 1800 Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

A world map, advertising Harrods department store, touted here as the supply centre of the British Empire. Land belonging to the British Empire is marked in red, with the flagship London store appearing in a vignette. Date: 1909

A new map of the world according to Wrights alias Mercators projection &c : drawn from the newest and the most exact observations together with a view of the general and coasting trade winds, monsoons or the shifting trade winds with other considerable improvements &c , World maps, Navigation, 1706 Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

Double-Hemisphere Map 1542.

Chikyū bankoku hōzu , World maps Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

Tabula moder. Gronlandiae et Russiae , Eastern Hemisphere, Maps, Early works to 1800 Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

Map of Asia, Frederik de Wit, 1650 - 1688 print Map of all of Asia, borders colored, bottom left around the inscription is depicted an Eastern caravan (1:24 Mill.). Verso is a piece of paper, on which printed 'Asiae' and yellow painted. Amsterdam paper engraving (map of) Asia Asia

1746 Homann Heirs Map of South North America

cartography world maps map of Johann Matthias Hase ""Planiglobii terrestris mappa universalis"" 1746,

1844 Flemming Map of the Western Hemisphere or South and North America

A chart of the world upon Mercator's projection : describing the tracks of Capt. Cook in the year 1768, 69, 70, 71, and in 1772, 73, 74, 75, with the new discoveries. Relief shown pictorially. Conservation of this piece was funded by Alan and Sherry Leventhal in memory of his father, Norman B. Leventhal whose vision to create this Map Center will inspire generations to come. Map 1 in a composite atlas with the title "Atlas of the world."... , World

Map of the southern hemisphere with the trips of some explorers, Cornelis van Baarsel, 1799 print Map of the southern hemisphere with the journeys of some explorers. At the top right a list of newly discovered islands. The card is equipped with a degree distribution along the edges. At the top right marked: N. XII. paper engraving map of the world. exploration, expedition, voyage of discovery

Daniae regni typum potentissimo Invictissimoque D. Christiano, Daniae, Norvegiae, Gotthorum Vandalorum Regi lubens offert. Map of Denmark. Relief shown pictorially. Includes eight city views and ten costume figures in the margins. Cataloging, conservation, and digitization made possible in part by The National Endowment for the Humanities: Exploring the human endeavor. Part of composite portfolio atlas with title "Collection of old maps.". Shakespeare's play, The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, was based on a 12th-century tale. The story tells of a prince who seeks revenge for his father's murder by his uncle, and in doing so delves into deep psychological territory. This negativity is echoed in Marcellus' line "Something is rotten in the state of Denmark," and in Hamlet's own words as he states "The time is out of joint" in another scene. During Shakespeare's era, Denmark's class structure had extreme differences between nobility and peasantry. Such disparity is demonstrated in

America noviter delineata. Date of 1631 appears after author's name. Relief shown pictorially. Appears in Mercator and Hondius' Atlas Novus. Amstelodami : Apud Henricum Hondium & Joannem Janssonium, 1638. Signature "Nnnn" on verso. Cataloging, conservation, and digitization made possible in part by The National Endowment for the Humanities: Exploring the human endeavor.... , North and Central America South America Mesoamerica ,area North America ,area South America America

AMERICA - DETALLE DEL MAPAMUNDI - AÑO 1585 - "ORBIS TERRAE COMPENDIOSA DESCRIPTIO" - Conj nº 15264 -. Author: GERARDUS MERCATOR (1512-1594). Location: BRITISH MUSEUM LIBRARY. LONDON. ENGLAND.

Map of the Noordpool, Jacob Keyser, 1735 print paper engraving (map of) the polar regions, frigid zones

1840 Ryukei Tajima Japanese Map of the World

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