January 18, 2012
Detail of Geological Plan of the Port of San Francisco (1839) from Beechey’s Voyage - BibliOdyssey

Detail of Geological Plan of the Port of San Francisco (1839) from Beechey’s Voyage - BibliOdyssey

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November 5, 2011
The Solar System. Theory of the Seasons. from:  ’General Atlas Of The World: Containing Upwards Of Seventy Maps. Engraved On Steel, In The First Style Of Art, By Sidney Hall, William Hughes, F.R.G.S., &c. New Edition.  via BibliOdyssey

The Solar System. Theory of the Seasons.

from:  ’General Atlas Of The World: Containing Upwards Of Seventy Maps. Engraved On Steel, In The First Style Of Art, By Sidney Hall, William Hughes, F.R.G.S., &c. New Edition. 

via BibliOdyssey

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October 21, 2011
detail from The Aegean Sea from The Vallard Atlas 1547 For more background information, see: bibliodyssey.blogspot.com/2011/10/vallard-atlas.html (5000px wide original here)

detail from The Aegean Sea from The Vallard Atlas 1547

For more background information, see: bibliodyssey.blogspot.com/2011/10/vallard-atlas.html

(5000px wide original here)

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October 20, 2011
Western Europe and northwestern Africa  from The Vallard Atlas 1547

Western Europe and northwestern Africa  from The Vallard Atlas 1547

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October 20, 2011
detail from Western Europe and northwestern Africa  from The Vallard Atlas 1547

detail from Western Europe and northwestern Africa  from The Vallard Atlas 1547

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October 19, 2011
The Aegean Sea from The Vallard Atlas 1547 For more background information, see: bibliodyssey.blogspot.com/2011/10/vallard-atlas.html (5000px wide original here)

The Aegean Sea from The Vallard Atlas 1547

For more background information, see: bibliodyssey.blogspot.com/2011/10/vallard-atlas.html

(5000px wide original here)

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October 19, 2011
detail from The Aegean Sea  The Vallard Atlas 1547 Unusually, north is shown at the bottom of the maps in the style of Muslim cartographers (very rare in European Christian mapping) For more background information, see: bibliodyssey.blogspot.com/2011/10/vallard-atlas.html (5000px wide original here)

detail from The Aegean Sea  The Vallard Atlas 1547

Unusually, north is shown at the bottom of the maps in the style of Muslim cartographers (very rare in European Christian mapping)

For more background information, see: bibliodyssey.blogspot.com/2011/10/vallard-atlas.html

(5000px wide original here)

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