EditorialMappa Territory Glagonensis, Map of the Canton of Glarus, Tab. 2, to p. 178, 1723, Johann Jakob Scheuchzer: Ouresiphoites Helveticus, sive, itinera per Helvetiae alpinas regiones facta annis MDCCII, MDCIII, MDCCIV, MDCCV, MDCCVI, MDCCVII, MDCCIX, MDCCX...
EditorialRocaille cartouche with weapons Nova et exacta Mappa Geographica exhibits Circulum Westphalicum (...) (title on object), Rocaille cartouche with title, flags and guns behind it. Detail of a map of the Westphalian Kreits in Germany, ornament, cartouche,...
EditorialMap of China, Regni Sinae vel Sinae propriae Mappa et descriptio geographica (title on object), parts differently colored. Bottom right the title surrounded by dragons and plant motifs and some Chinese figures. Below left explanation of the layout of t...
EditorialMap, Mappa geographica exactissima continens Imperatoris H?reditarium Dominium Silesiam, nec non eiusdem Provincias interiores Ducatus, Comitatus, Baronatus etc., Petrus Schenk (1693-1775), Copperplate print.
EditorialCypraea mappa, Print, Leporicypraea mappa (previously known as Cypraea mappa), common name the map cowry, is a species of large sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.
EditorialWeight in the Shape of a Byzantine Empress, 5th century, Byzantine, Copper alloy, 7 5/16 ? 4 ? 2 5/16 in., 2.7 lb. (18.5 ? 10.2 ? 5.9 cm, 1206g), Metalwork-Copper alloy, Portraits busts of Byzantine empresses were used for weights, thereby encouraging ...
EditorialWeight in the Shape of a Byzantine Empress, 5th century, Byzantine, Copper alloy, filled with metal, 5 1/2 ? 2 11/16 ? 1 3/4 in., 3.5 lb. (13.9 ? 6.9 ? 4.5 cm, 1574g), Metalwork-Copper alloy, Portraits busts of Byzantine empresses were used for weights...
EditorialTetrodon Cosmographique. (Tetraodon Mappa.). Voyage autour du monde, exécuté par ordre du Roi, sur la corvette de Sa Majesté la Coquille, pendant les années 1822, 1823, 1824 et 1825, sous le ministère de S. E. M. le marquis de Clermont-Tonnerre, e...
EditorialA white dragon biting on the moon, and standing on a winged mappa mundi -style orb; from its belly, three red strands are descending, one each to a black, white and gold orb below. - verses; to the left, a man in peasant dress holding a staff that ends...
EditorialA map of Germany. Germaniae atque in ea locorum principaliorum Mappa critica, ex latitudinum observationibus, quas hactenus colligere licuit, omnibus; Mappis specialibus compluribus; itinerariis antiquis Antonini, Augustano, et Hierosolymitano ... conc...
EditorialA map of the kingdom of Bohemia. MAPPA CHOROGRAPHICA novissima et completissima TOTIUS REGNI BOHEMIAE IN DUODECIM CIRCULOS DIVISAE CUM COMITATU GLACENSI ET DISTRICTU EGRANO ADIUNCTIS CIRCUMIACENTIUM REGIONUM PARTIBUS CONTERMINIS : ex accurata totius Re...
EditorialA yellow sun, between two panels bearing verses; beneath, a crowned male Bird of Hermes biting on its left wing, with drops of blood falling on either side, and standing on a sea-filled orb stuck with feathers; beneath, verses and a blank scroll. A go...
EditorialA map or chart of the Algarve and the Kingdom of Portugal. MAPPA ou CARTA GEOGRAPHICA DOS REINOS DE PORTUGALE ALGARVE. London : [Thomas Jefferys], 1762. Source: Maps K.Top.74.60.2.TAB. Language: Portuguese.
EditorialA crescent moon, being bitten by a large brown dragon, beneath, standing on a winged mappa mundi -style orb upon which droplets of blood are falling from the dragon's belly. - verses, in four stanzas. - a waving male figure in peasant dress, holding a ...
EditorialThe Tiberius Map. Mappa Mundi; only surviving world map from Anglo-Saxon England. It is divided into the three continents of Europe, Asia and Africa, with the Mediterranean Sea in the centre.The outline and detail of the British Isles are relatively ac...
Editorial'The world on Mercator's projection'. A jigsaw puzzle. “Mappa-Mundi” the new travel game. London : John Waddington Ltd, [1935]. Source: Maps C.29.e.8. Language: English.
EditorialMappa Britanniae Septentrionalis Faciei Romanae. A view of the Roman Roads and antiquities of Northern Britain. . Mappa Britanniae Septentrionalis Faciei Romanae. England 1774. Mappa Britanniae Septentrionalis Faciei Romanae, secundum fidem Monumentoru...
EditorialMappa Britanniae Septentrionalis Faciei Romanae. A view of the Roman Roads and antiquities of Northern Britain. . Mappa Britanniae Septentrionalis Faciei Romanae, secundum fidem Monumentorum per veterum depicta, ex Ricardo Corinense emendata, et in rec...
EditorialLarge Planisphere, or Mappa Mondo. Mappa Mondo. 1804. Original, 1459. Large Planisphere, or Mappa Mondo, compiled and drawn in the year 1459 by Fra. Mauro, a monk of the Order of Camaldoli. A coloured copy on vellum, about seven feet square, executed b...
EditorialWorld Map of Johannes Stabius (Mappa mundi). Dated 1515. Woodblock (printed from four blocks), 645 x 850mm. For the right part see 33-02-03/18.
EditorialWeight in the Shape of a Byzantine Empress, 5th century, Byzantine, Copper alloy, 7 5/16 ? 4 ? 2 5/16 in., 2.7 lb. (18.5 ? 10.2 ? 5.9 cm, 1206g), Metalwork-Copper alloy, Portraits busts of Byzantine empresses were used for weights, thereby encouraging ...
EditorialWeight in the Shape of a Byzantine Empress, 5th century, Byzantine, Copper alloy, filled with metal, 5 1/2 ? 2 11/16 ? 1 3/4 in., 3.5 lb. (13.9 ? 6.9 ? 4.5 cm, 1574g), Metalwork-Copper alloy, Portraits busts of Byzantine empresses were used for weights...