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hiphotos528265 Map of the world, 1680. 'Nova Totius Terrarum Sive Novi Orbis Tabula'. Map showing the world in two hemispheres; on the left the Americas, and on the right Europe, Africa and Asia. Above are figures on horseback, a portrait in the centre, and a Latin inscription below. More Latin text appears in decorated frames//

hiphotos527495 Title page from van Keulen's Chart Atlas, 1682. 'De Groote Nieuwe Vermeerderde Zee-Atlas ofte Water-Werelt. Verstoonende in sigh alle de Zee-Kusten des Aardtryks '. King Neptune, being crowned, holds a pair of dividers over a celestial globe. Another allegorical figure studies a book of maps. They are surrounded by animals and people from around the world. The van Keulen atlas first appeared in 1681, and grew in successive editions to eventually comprise almost 400 charts covering all the oceans and seas of the known world//

hiphotos527486 Map of New England, 1677. Self-proclaimed as the first map ever printed in America. 'Being the first that ever was here cut [ie engraved], and done by the best Pattern that could be had, which being in some places defective, it made the other less exact; yet doth it sufficiently shew the Scituation of the Country, and conveniently well the distance of Places. The figures that are joined with the Names of Places are to distinguish such as have been assaulted by the Indians from others'. From " A Narrative of the Trouble with the Indians in New England, from the first planting thereof in the year 1607 to 1677. But chiefly in 1675 and 1676. To which is added a Discourse about the Warre with the Pequods in the year 1637". (Boston, 1677//

hiphotos527483 Map of California, 1666. 'Paskaerte Van Nova Granada en t'Eylandt California'. New Granada and the island of California. This map is possibly the most famous error in the history of charting. From the earliest Spanish explorers of the 1530s California was known to be a peninsula. However, a confused account of a later voyage was seized upon by an English map publisher in 1625, who proclaimed that California was 'found to be a goodly island'. This fable was established among mapmakers for almost a century//

uigphotos532321 The image dates to the early 1920s. Around the world by Aeroplane. Chart of the epochal air voyage around the world made by American flyers who left Santa Monica, Los Angeles, California, March 17, 1924, flying by way of Alaska, Japan, China, IndiaUnspecified//

uigphotos531219 The image dates to the early 1920s. Around the world by Aeroplane. Chart of the epochal air voyage around the world made by American flyers who left Santa Monica, Los Angeles, California, March 17, 1924, flying by way of Alaska, Japan, China, IndiaUnspecified//

uigphotos524622 On June 17, 1775, early in the Revolutionary War (1775-83), the British defeated the Americans at the Battle of Bunker Hill in Massachusetts. Despite their loss, the inexperienced colonial forces inflicted significant casualties against the enemy,Unspecified//

hiphotos506185 Amsterdam as the Centre of World Trade, c.1604-c.1607. Other Title(s): Painting on a harpsichord lid with an Allegory of Amsterdam as the center of world trade//

hiphotos462123 'La Course a la Mer; Les positions successives des armes alliees, du septembre au 17 october', 1914. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919: Volume I". [L'Illustration, Paris, 1926//

hiphotos461761 Outline chalk map of Australia probably cut by members of the Australian Imperial Force c1916-17 being recut as part of First World War Centenary commemorations, Wiltshire, 2018//

hiphotos455206 Outline chalk map of Australia probably cut by members of the Australian Imperial Force c1916-17 and recut as part of First World War Centenary commemorations, Wiltshire, 2019//

hiphotos455204 Outline chalk map of Australia probably cut by members of the Australian Imperial Force c1916-17 and recut as part of First World War Centenary commemorations, Wiltshire, 2019//

hiphotos455203 Outline chalk map of Australia probably cut by members of the Australian Imperial Force c1916-17 and recut as part of First World War Centenary commemorations, Wiltshire, 2019//

hiphotos455202 Outline chalk map of Australia probably cut by members of the Australian Imperial Force c1916-17 and recut as part of First World War Centenary commemorations, Wiltshire, 2019//

pfhphotos036804 United Kingdom: Map of the World showing the British Empire highlighted in red, London, 1886. The British Empire comprised the dominions, colonies, protectorates, mandates and other territories ruled or administered by the United Kingdom. It originated with the overseas colonies and trading posts established by England in the late 16th and early 17th centuries. At its height, it was the largest empire in history and, for over a century, was the foremost global power//

hiphotos330459 The Partitioning of the Globe between Spain and Portugal, 1634//

hiphotos227520 'Detailed Map of Gallipoli and Dardanelles', 1916. The Gallipoli campaign took place on the Gallipoli peninsula from 17 February 1915 to 9 January 1916. From "The War Illustrated Album De Luxe - Volume IV. The Summer Campaign - 1915", edited by J. A. Hammerton. [The Amalgamated Press, Limited, London, 1916]//

hiphotos115908 Kunyu Wanguo Quantu (A Map of the Myriad Countries of the World), 1602. Found in the collection of the Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana.//

hiphotos015659 Use of the magnetic compass in map making, 1643. Diagram of the use of the compass by cartographers and surveyors. 'Bor' (Borealis) is north and 'Aust' (Australis) is south. From Magnes: sive de arte magnetica by Athanasius Kircher. (Rome, 1643).//

hiphotos036850 Geographic chart of the world after the deluge, 1675. A print from Arca Noe, Amsterdam, 1675. Found in the collection of Jean Claude Carriere.//

hiphotos151059 Terrarum Orbis Tabula after G. a Schagen. Pub. C. 1689 (hand coloured engraving)//

hiphotos161564 Terrarum Orbis Tabula after G. a Schagen. Pub. C. 1689 (hand coloured engraving)//

hiphotos060504 Petrus Plancius, Dutch astronomer, cartographer and clergyman, c1870. Plancius (1552-1622) was one of the founders of the Dutch East India Company, for whom he produced over a hundred maps. In 1592 he produced a world map titled Nova et exacta Terrarum Tabula geographica et hydrographica. He also produced a celestial globe including new constellations in the Southern Hemisphere, using observations provided by early Dutch expeditions to Indonesia. A print from Nederlands Geschiedenis en Volksleven in Schetsen, by J Van Lenner and J Ter Gouw. (Leiden, A W Sijthoff, c1870).//

hiphotos072668 Map of Siberia, c1923. A print from Countries of the World, Volume VI, edited by JA Hammerton, The Fleetway House, London, c1923.//

hiphotos009706 John Speed (1542-1629), English cartographer and historian, 1816. Speed is probably the most famous of British mapmakers. In 1612 he published The Theatre of the Empire of Great Britain, an atlas containing 67 maps of English and Welsh counties, and in 1627 he became the first English cartographer to produce a world atlas.//

hiphotos178902 World map in 'Atlas' by Frederik de Wit.//

hiphotos178903 Macrocosm Harmony', engraving in the work 'Scenographia systematis mundani ptolemaici', 1661.//

mrpphotos516456 Hawker Typhoon fighters are now being built in impressive numbers at one of the Gloster Aircraft Company factories in the West of England. Picture shows the assembly of the Hawker Typhoon plane before the engine is fitted. Male and femaleCheltenham/Gloucestershire/United Kingdom

pfhphotos035311 Gerardus Mercator, a Flemish German (5 March 1512 â 2 December 1594) was a cartographer renowned for creating a world map based on a new projection which represented sailing courses of constant bearing as straight linesâan innovation that is still employed in nautical charts used for navigation. Jodocus Hondius (Dutch name: Joost de Hondt) (1563 â 1612) was a Flemish engraver and cartographer. He helped establish Amsterdam as the center of cartography in Europe in the 17th century.//

pfhphotos033862 The Ch'onhado, literally 'Map of the world beneath the heavens', or sometimes Cheonha Jeondo, literally 'Complete map of the world beneath the heaven'), is a peculiar type of circular world map developed in Korea during the 17th century. //

pfhphotos033750 Gerardus Mercator, a Flemish German (5 March 1512 â 2 December 1594) was a cartographer renowned for creating a world map based on a new projection which represented sailing courses of constant bearing as straight linesâan innovation that is//

pfhphotos022389 The Mo Yi Tong Map or 'Zheng He Map' was purchased from a Shanghai dealer in 2001 by a Chinese lawyer, Liu Gang, for US$500. Despite initial claims that the map was based on an earlier 1418 map drawn after the observations of Zheng He,//

pfhphotos022390 The Mo Yi Tong Map or 'Zheng He Map' was purchased from a Shanghai dealer in 2001 by a Chinese lawyer, Liu Gang, for US$500. Despite initial claims that the map was based on an earlier 1418 map drawn after the observations of Zheng He,//

pfhphotos017668 This Châonhado (map of all under heaven), was produced in Korea in the 17th century. The map comes out of the Buddhist tradition of China with data possibly 2000 years old, although the earliest-known surviving examples date from the sixteenth//

pfhphotos017670 This Châonhado (map of all under heaven), was produced in Korea in the 17th century. The map comes out of the Buddhist tradition of China with data possibly 2000 years old, although the earliest-known surviving examples date from the sixteenth//

pfhphotos017672 The British Empire comprised the dominions, colonies, protectorates, mandates and other territories ruled or administered by the United Kingdom. It originated with the overseas colonies and trading posts established by England in the late 16th and//

pfhphotos017673 The British Empire comprised the dominions, colonies, protectorates, mandates and other territories ruled or administered by the United Kingdom. It originated with the overseas colonies and trading posts established by England in the late 16th and//

pfhphotos017674 The British Empire comprised the dominions, colonies, protectorates, mandates and other territories ruled or administered by the United Kingdom. It originated with the overseas colonies and trading posts established by England in the late 16th and//

pfhphotos015681 Piri Reis (full name HajÄ± Ahmed Muhiddin Piri; Reis was a Turkish military rank equivalent to that of captain) was an Ottoman admiral, geographer and cartographer born between 1465 and 1470 and died in 1554 or 1555. He is primarily known//

pfhphotos002574 The southeastern coastline of India, known as the Coromandel Coast, was home to three Portuguese settlements by late 1530 at Nagapattinam, SÃ£o TomÃ© de Meliapore, and Pulicat. Later, in the 17th and 18th centuries, the Coromandel Coast was the//

pfhphotos028001 The Sultanate of Aceh, officially the Kingdom of Aceh Darussalam, was a Sultanate centered in the modern-day Indonesian province of Aceh. It was a major regional power in the 16th and 17th centuries, before experiencing a long period of decline. Its//