JFB: Early Atlases
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JFB: Early Atlases
Collection Items
!["[Map of Egypt and Lybia]" from Ptolemy, Cosmograpiae. Ulm, 1482](https://gallery.lib.umn.edu/files/square_thumbnails/0108e318996898bbd657716a7600e037.jpg ""[Map of Egypt and Lybia]" from Ptolemy, Cosmograpiae. Ulm, 1482")
!["Asia" from Vincenzo Coronelli, Atlante veneto. Venice, 1690.](https://gallery.lib.umn.edu/files/square_thumbnails/4e837066b8d29870f13b89fc150e66af.jpg ""Asia" from Vincenzo Coronelli, Atlante veneto. Venice, 1690.")
!["Africæ nova descriptio [Map of Africa]" from Joan Blaeu, Le grand atlas, ou cosmographie Blauiane en laquelle est exactement descritte la terre, la mer, et le ciel. Amsterdam, 1667.](https://gallery.lib.umn.edu/files/square_thumbnails/9442af715afc99020d512f4fd665537c.jpg ""Africæ nova descriptio [Map of Africa]" from Joan Blaeu, Le grand atlas, ou cosmographie Blauiane en laquelle est exactement descritte la terre, la mer, et le ciel. Amsterdam, 1667.")
!["America Settentrionale [Map of Mexico]" from Vincenzo Coronelli, Atlante veneto. Venice, 1690.](https://gallery.lib.umn.edu/files/square_thumbnails/6abceeff72468b9afc5f781d69869b1b.jpg ""America Settentrionale [Map of Mexico]" from Vincenzo Coronelli, Atlante veneto. Venice, 1690.")
!["Planisfero del mondo vecchio, descrito dal P. Coronelli, cosmografo publico [Map of the world]" from Vincenzo Coronelli, Atlante veneto. Venice, 1690.](https://gallery.lib.umn.edu/files/square_thumbnails/fb46569fd5ed8ad15c1d5f706e25ca87.jpg ""Planisfero del mondo vecchio, descrito dal P. Coronelli, cosmografo publico [Map of the world]" from Vincenzo Coronelli, Atlante veneto. Venice, 1690.")
!["A chart of the Easternmost part of the East Indies" from John Seller, Atlas maritimus. London, 1675.](https://gallery.lib.umn.edu/files/square_thumbnails/52b310c153fef4d67a1beb566da90c23.jpg ""A chart of the Easternmost part of the East Indies" from John Seller, Atlas maritimus. London, 1675.")
!["A General Chart of the West Indias" from John Seller, Atlas maritimus. London, 1675.](https://gallery.lib.umn.edu/files/square_thumbnails/a658938a48f50f384e22df7b59dc5aa4.jpg ""A General Chart of the West Indias" from John Seller, Atlas maritimus. London, 1675.")
!["Americae nova Tabula [Map of the Americas]" from Joan Blaeu, Le grand atlas, ou cosmographie Blauiane en laquelle est exactement descritte la terre, la mer, et le ciel. Amsterdam, 1667.](https://gallery.lib.umn.edu/files/square_thumbnails/1e22e0a04f3c9396f5d6b64d9fa62c6d.jpg ""Americae nova Tabula [Map of the Americas]" from Joan Blaeu, Le grand atlas, ou cosmographie Blauiane en laquelle est exactement descritte la terre, la mer, et le ciel. Amsterdam, 1667.")
!["Asia noviter delineata [Map of Asia]" from Joan Blaeu, Le grand atlas, ou cosmographie Blauiane en laquelle est exactement descritte la terre, la mer, et le ciel. Amsterdam, 1667.](https://gallery.lib.umn.edu/files/square_thumbnails/37036526ead67e56d1b23909c2d84895.jpg ""Asia noviter delineata [Map of Asia]" from Joan Blaeu, Le grand atlas, ou cosmographie Blauiane en laquelle est exactement descritte la terre, la mer, et le ciel. Amsterdam, 1667.")
!["America sive India Nova [Map of the Americas]" from Gerhard Mercator, Atlas sive cosmographicae meditationes de fabrica mundi et fabricati figura. Amsterdam, 1628.](https://gallery.lib.umn.edu/files/square_thumbnails/b73e0837e95839a2a7627cb3b2083c19.jpg ""America sive India Nova [Map of the Americas]" from Gerhard Mercator, Atlas sive cosmographicae meditationes de fabrica mundi et fabricati figura. Amsterdam, 1628.")
!["Orbis Terrae Compendiosa Descriptio [World Map]" from Gerhard Mercator, Atlas sive cosmographicae meditationes de fabrica mundi et fabricati figura. Amsterdam, 1628.](https://gallery.lib.umn.edu/files/square_thumbnails/f76b6c1d0ab7f37740eaa3b4bcd15e9a.jpg ""Orbis Terrae Compendiosa Descriptio [World Map]" from Gerhard Mercator, Atlas sive cosmographicae meditationes de fabrica mundi et fabricati figura. Amsterdam, 1628.")
"Typus Orbis Terrarum [World Map]" from Abraham Ortellius, Theatrum Orbis Terrarum. Antwerp, 1570.
!["Typus Orbis Terrarum [World Map]" from Abraham Ortellius, Theatrum Orbis Terrarum. Antwerp, 1570.](https://gallery.lib.umn.edu/files/square_thumbnails/7bdc8aa88e0a0bd91027256c8a20672d.jpg ""Typus Orbis Terrarum [World Map]" from Abraham Ortellius, Theatrum Orbis Terrarum. Antwerp, 1570.")
engraved map, hand-colored
!["[World Map]" from Ptolemy, Cosmograpiae. Ulm, 1482](https://gallery.lib.umn.edu/files/square_thumbnails/c852d9e42e51a1be1cca186462ed66e0.jpg ""[World Map]" from Ptolemy, Cosmograpiae. Ulm, 1482")
"[Northwest Africa]" from Ptolemy, Cosmographia. Ulm: Leinhart Holle, 1482
!["[Northwest Africa]" from Ptolemy, Cosmographia. Ulm: Leinhart Holle, 1482](https://gallery.lib.umn.edu/files/square_thumbnails/5482051bfc66bde7cda42915a66f1e7c.jpg ""[Northwest Africa]" from Ptolemy, Cosmographia. Ulm: Leinhart Holle, 1482")
Map from the 1482 Ulm edition of Ptolemy's Cosmographia. From the collection of the James Ford Bell Library
"Nova et Accuratissima Totius Terrarum Orbis Tabula [World Map]" from Joan Blaeu, Le grand atlas, ou cosmographie Blauiane en laquelle est exactement descritte la terre, la mer, et le ciel. Amsterdam, 1667.
!["Nova et Accuratissima Totius Terrarum Orbis Tabula [World Map]" from Joan Blaeu, Le grand atlas, ou cosmographie Blauiane en laquelle est exactement descritte la terre, la mer, et le ciel. Amsterdam, 1667.](https://gallery.lib.umn.edu/files/square_thumbnails/3addecaf25ac8a3b5daf80175f31c384.jpg ""Nova et Accuratissima Totius Terrarum Orbis Tabula [World Map]" from Joan Blaeu, Le grand atlas, ou cosmographie Blauiane en laquelle est exactement descritte la terre, la mer, et le ciel. Amsterdam, 1667.")
colored plate, double map
"[Map of Europe]" from Abraham Ortelius, Theatrum Orbis Terrarum. Antwerp, 1570.
!["[Map of Europe]" from Abraham Ortelius, Theatrum Orbis Terrarum. Antwerp, 1570.](https://gallery.lib.umn.edu/files/square_thumbnails/f392f3c27d780073d1baf2c2315bee09.jpg ""[Map of Europe]" from Abraham Ortelius, Theatrum Orbis Terrarum. Antwerp, 1570.")
engraved map, hand-colored
"Asiae Nova Descriptio [Map of Asia]" from Abraham Ortelius, Theatrum Orbis Terrarum. Antwerp, 1570
!["Asiae Nova Descriptio [Map of Asia]" from Abraham Ortelius, Theatrum Orbis Terrarum. Antwerp, 1570](https://gallery.lib.umn.edu/files/square_thumbnails/37d3fd7a3b7d129bc8e07146e40985a7.jpg ""Asiae Nova Descriptio [Map of Asia]" from Abraham Ortelius, Theatrum Orbis Terrarum. Antwerp, 1570")
engraved map, hand-colored
"Americae Sive Novi Orbis Nova Descriptio [Map of America]" from Abraham Ortellius, Theatrum Orbis Terrarum. Antwerp, 1570.
!["Americae Sive Novi Orbis Nova Descriptio [Map of America]" from Abraham Ortellius, Theatrum Orbis Terrarum. Antwerp, 1570.](https://gallery.lib.umn.edu/files/square_thumbnails/c06ff00579463330d378b1443090cfb6.jpg ""Americae Sive Novi Orbis Nova Descriptio [Map of America]" from Abraham Ortellius, Theatrum Orbis Terrarum. Antwerp, 1570.")
engraved map, hand-colored
"Africae Tabula Nova [Map of Africa]" from Abraham Ortelius, Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, Antwerp, 1570.
!["Africae Tabula Nova [Map of Africa]" from Abraham Ortelius, Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, Antwerp, 1570.](https://gallery.lib.umn.edu/files/square_thumbnails/f13a8be66f6b3759aceb2f518de4a05a.jpg ""Africae Tabula Nova [Map of Africa]" from Abraham Ortelius, Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, Antwerp, 1570.")
engraved map, hand-colored
"[Map of India]" from Ptolemy, Cosmographia. Ulm: Leinhart Holle, 1482
!["[Map of India]" from Ptolemy, Cosmographia. Ulm: Leinhart Holle, 1482](https://gallery.lib.umn.edu/files/square_thumbnails/2216c529b5e1359bf991b4af6e41a197.jpg ""[Map of India]" from Ptolemy, Cosmographia. Ulm: Leinhart Holle, 1482")
Map from the 1482 Ulm edition of Ptolemy's Cosmographia. From the collection of the James Ford Bell Library
!["Germania" from Ptolemy, Cosmograpiae. Ulm, 1482](https://gallery.lib.umn.edu/files/square_thumbnails/41435f193d9d61f997bc0a39b761f948.jpg ""Germania" from Ptolemy, Cosmograpiae. Ulm, 1482")