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Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Wright, Edward, 1558?-1615
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Maps & Atlases (manuscript)
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Maps & Atlas (printed)
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16th century
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world map
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early map
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globe
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ink drawing
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watercolor
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World maps -- Early works to 1800.
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America -- Discovery and exploration -- British -- Maps -- Early works to 1800.
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America -- Discovery and exploration -- Maps -- Early works to 1800.
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America -- Name.
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Boazio, Baptista.
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Discoveries in geography -- Maps -- Early works to 1800.
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Drake, Francis, approximately 1540–1596.
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Globes -- Early works to 1800.
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Golden Hind (Ship)
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Great Britain -- History, Naval -- Tudors, 1485–1603.
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Hondius, Jodocus, 1563–1612. Vera totius expeditionis nauticae.
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Magellan, Strait of (Chile and Argentina) -- Discovery and exploration -- British -- Maps -- Early works to 1800.
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Northwest Coast of North America -- Discovery and exploration -- British -- Maps -- Early works to 1800.
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Phillipps, Thomas, Sir, 1792–1872 -- Ownership.
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Sype, Nicola van, 1589–1641. Herdike enterprinse faict par le Signeur Draeck d'Avoir cirquit toute la Terre.
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Voyages around the world -- Maps -- Early works to 1800.
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West Indies Expedition, 1585–1586 -- Maps -- Early works to 1800.
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17th century
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America
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Great Britain
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Magellan, Strait of (Chile and Argentina)
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Northwest Coast of North America
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Boazio, Baptista
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Drake, Francis, approximately 1540–1596
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Hondius, Jodocus, 1563–1612
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Sype, Nicola van, 1589–1641
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Exhibition History
Crafting Worldviews: European Instruments of Art and Science from Yale University (Yale University Art Gallery, 2023-02-17 - 2023-06-25)
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Paul Mellon's Legacy : A Passion for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29)
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The Mapmaker's Art: 300 Years of British Cartography (Yale Center for British Art, January 17, 1989-March 12, 1989)
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Wilde Americk - Discovery and Exploration of the New World, 1500-1850 (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-09-27 - 2001-09-27)
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Latin
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English
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Wright, Edward, 1558?-1615
Thou hast here, gentle reader, a true hydrographical description of so much of the world as hath beene hetherto discouered and is comne to our knowledge ..
[1599?]
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Vera descriptio expeditionis nauticae Francisci Draci Angli, cognitis aurati
circa 1587
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[Terrestrial globe]
[ca. 1522]