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Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Reference Library
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Mitchell, John, 1711–1768
3
Burden, Philip D
2
Popple, Henry, -1743
2
Ablancourt, sieur d', 1621–1696
1
Arrowsmith, Aaron, 1750–1823
1
Audubon, John James, 1785–1851
1
Ayres, James
1
Chaplin, Joyce E
1
Charlevoix, Pierre-François-Xavier de, 1682–1761
1
Daniel, R. (Richard)
1
Des Barres, Joseph F. W. (Joseph Frederick Wallet), 1729–1824
1
Faden, William, 1749–1836
1
Frick, George Frederick
1
Hennepin, Louis, active 17th century
1
Herbert, Henry William, 1807–1858
1
Lunny, Robert M., 1907–
1
Mancall, Peter C
1
Olson, Roberta J. M
1
Oswald, John Clyde, 1872–1938
1
Phillips, John C. (John Charles), 1876–1938
1
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2014
On-site Access
Accessible by appointment in the Study Room
25
Accessible by appointment in the Reference Library
14
Image Use
Under Certain Circumstances
36
Free to Use
3
Image Available
Unavailable
36
Available
3
New Additions
2023-2024
1
Classification
Books
19
Maps & Atlas (printed)
14
Periodicals
2
Maps & Atlases (manuscript)
1
Prints
1
Three-Dimensional Artifacts
1
Videos
1
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Period
18th century
14
20th century
11
21st century
6
19th century
5
17th century
3
16th century
1
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map
10
engraving
8
atlase
5
armorial bookplates (provenance)
4
nautical chart
4
composite atlase
2
maps in book
2
wood engraving
2
accordion fold format (binding)
1
aquatint
1
early map
1
early work
1
exploration literature
1
game
1
history
1
ink drawing
1
juvenile literature
1
manuscript map
1
military map
1
pilot guide
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North America -- Maps -- Early works to 1800.
13
North America -- Maps.
5
British -- America -- Maps -- Early works to 1800.
4
Great Britain -- Colonies -- America -- Maps -- Early works to 1800.
3
North America -- Maps -- Bibliography.
3
Audubon, John James, 1785–1851.
2
Birds -- North America -- Pictorial works -- Exhibitions.
2
Canada -- Discovery and exploration -- Early works to 1800.
2
Early maps -- Facsimiles.
2
Mississippi River Valley -- Discovery and exploration -- Early works to 1800.
2
North America -- Maps -- Facsimiles.
2
North America -- Pictorial works.
2
Ornithological illustration -- Exhibitions.
2
Ornithologists -- United States -- Biography.
2
United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775–1783 -- Maps.
2
Voyages and travels -- Early works to 1800.
2
Watercolor painting, American -- Exhibitions.
2
Wildlife artists -- United States -- Biography.
2
Adair, William -- Bookplate.
1
Africa -- Maps.
1
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18th century
6
17th century
1
Associated Places
North America
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United States
6
Great Britain America
4
West Indies
3
Canada
2
Mississippi River Valley
2
Africa
1
America
1
Atlantic Coast
1
Dublin
1
Great Britain
1
Great Lakes (North America)
1
Hispaniola
1
Mexico
1
New England
1
New France
1
Niagara Falls (N.Y. and Ont.)
1
Northwest Coast of North America
1
South America
1
Associated People
Audubon, John James, 1785–1851
2
Arundel, Henry Frederick Howard, Earl of, 1608–1652
1
Catesby, Mark, 1683–1749
1
Comberford, Nicholas, -1673
1
Ferrar, John, 1590?-1657
1
Hakluyt, Richard, 1552?-1616
1
La Salle, Robert Cavelier, sieur de, 1643–1687
1
White, John, active 1585–1593
1
Exhibition History
Wilde Americk - Discovery and Exploration of the New World, 1500-1850 (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-09-27 - 2001-09-27)
1
Credit Line
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Ellen and Arthur Liman, Yale JD 1957
1
Language
English
36
French
1
Italian
1
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North America, and the West Indies
[1764?]
2
Map of North America
not before 1634
3
Twelve remarkable views in North America and West Indies
[between 1771 and 1785]
4
Charlevoix, Pierre-François-Xavier de, 1682–1761
A voyage to North-America: undertaken by command of the present King of France
MDCCLXVI [1766]
5
Faden, William, 1749–1836
The North American atlas
MDCCLXXVII [1777, i.e. 1778]
6
The American military pocket atlas
[1776]
7
Uncle John's panorama of America
1854
8
The English pilot
MDCCLIII [1753]
9
Hennepin, Louis, active 17th century
A new discovery of a vast country in America
1698
10
Popple, Henry, -1743
A map of the British Empire in America
[ca. 1737]
11
Phillips, John C. (John Charles), 1876–1938
American game mammals and birds;
1930
12
Mitchell, John, 1711–1768
A map of the British colonies in North America
[1775?]
13
Mitchell, John, 1711–1768
A map of the British and French dominions in North America
[that is, 1757]
14
Des Barres, Joseph F. W. (Joseph Frederick Wallet), 1729–1824
The Atlantic Neptune
[1774-1800?]
15
Ramusio, Giovanni Battista, 1485–1557
Terzo volume delle nauigationi et viaggi
l'anno MDLXV [1565]
16
Daniel, R. (Richard)
A map of ye English Empire in ye continent of America
[19--?]
17
Mitchell, John, 1711–1768
A map of the British and French dominions in North America
Febry 13th, 1755
18
Van Urk, John Blan, 1902–
The story of American foxhunting
c1940-
19
The Hunter's encyclopedia
[1948]
20
Arrowsmith, Aaron, 1750–1823
A map exhibiting all the new discoveries in the interior parts of North America
[1811]
21
Game cards
19th century
22
Rocque, John, -1762
A general map of North America
[1762?]
23
Popple, Henry, -1743
A map of the British Empire in America, with the French and Spanish settlements adjacent thereto
[1739]
24
Herbert, Henry William, 1807–1858
Frank Forester's fish and fishing of the United States and British provinces of North America
1851
25
Ablancourt, sieur d', 1621–1696
Suite du Neptune françois, ou, Atlas nouveau des cartes marines
MDCC [1700]
26
Ayres, James
Art, artisans and apprentices
2014
27
Frick, George Frederick
Mark Catesby: the colonial Audubon
1961
28
Audubon, John James, 1785–1851
John James Audubon
c1993
29
Lunny, Robert M., 1907–
Early maps of North America
1961
30
Burden, Philip D
The mapping of North America
c2007
31
Mancall, Peter C
Hakluyt's promise
c2007
32
Burden, Philip D
The mapping of North America
c1996
33
The Official museum directory
34
Chaplin, Joyce E
Roanoke and the colonial origins of the dismal science
2008
35
Wagner, Henry R. (Henry Raup), 1862–1957
The cartography of the northwest coast of America to the year 1800
1937
36
European visions
c2009
37
The Blood-horse
38
Olson, Roberta J. M
Audubon's aviary
2012
39
Oswald, John Clyde, 1872–1938
Printing in the Americas,
[c1937]