Title
Tabula Asiae VII [Central Asia and Russia]
Creator
Giovanni Antonio Magini
Date
1597
Coverage
[Iran, Central Asia, Afghanistan]
Title
Persia Sive Sophorum Regnum
Creator
Matthaus Merian
Date
1636
Coverage
[Iran, Afghanistan, Arabia, Caucasus, Iraq]
Title
Turcicum Imperium. Turckiche Reich. Concordia res parvae crescunt Discordia maximae dilabuntur
Creator
Matthaus Merian
Date
1636
Coverage
[Middle East, Egypt, Arabia, Palestine, Syria, Iraq, Caucasus]
Title
Description De L'Empire du Sophi Des Perses tirée en partie de l'Arabe de Nubie, et en partie de plusieurs et diverses Relations . . .
Creator
Sanson, Nicolas, 1600-1667
Date
1658
Coverage
[Iran, Caucasus, Asia, Central, Iraq]
Title
National Medals, Series of Medals on British Victories
Subject
[British History, East India Company]
Description
The verso of the bronze medal commemorates the settlement of the British at Bombay in 1662 and pictures a god-like character resting his elbow on a globe of the earth that primarily displays India and other eastern territories in Asia. The character, probably a depiction of the Roman god Neptune, is holding a British flag in one arm, and in the other a cornucopia. The inscriptions surrounding the character include “SETTLEMENT OF THE BRITISH AT BOMBAY,” “MDCLXII,” “DROZ F.,” and “MUDIE D.”
Date
1662
Title
II Carte de L'Itineraire de Perse fait par Herber L'an 1627
Creator
Pierre Du Val
Date
1665
Coverage
Iran
Title
Route ou Itineraire de Goa a Visapour et de Visapour a Dabul; tire de la Relation du Voyage de Mandeslow, fait en l'annee, 1638
Creator
Pierre Du Val
Date
1665
Coverage
India
Title
Carte Contenant Le Royaume Du Mexique Et La Floride, Dressez sur les meilleures observations & sur les Memoires les plus Nouveaux
Creator
Chatelain, Henri Abraham
Date
1719
Coverage
[Western Hemisphere, North America, Central America, Caribbean Area, United States, Mexico, Florida]
Title
Amplissimae Regionis Mississipi Seu Provinciae Ludovicianae A R.P. Ludovico Hennepin Francisc Miss In America Septentrionali Anno 1687 . . .
Creator
Homann, Johann Baptist, 1663-1724
Date
1720
Coverage
[North America, United States, Louisiana, Florida]
Title
Provinciarum Persicarum Kilaniae nempe Chirvaniea Dagestniae . . .
Creator
Johann Baptist Homann
Date
1720
Coverage
[Iran, Caucasus, Central Asia]
Title
Persia, Caspian Sea
Creator
Herman Moll
Date
1728
Coverage
[Iran, Central Asia, Caspian Sea]
Title
Gallia Benedictina seu Abbatiae et Prioratus tam Monachorum quam Monialium Ord. S. Benedicti
Creator
Carl, Rupert
Date
1738
Coverage
France
Title
Britannicae Insulae in quibus Albion seu Britannia Major, et Ivernia seu Britannia Minor, juxta Ptolemoei mentem divisae, tum in suas majores partes, tum in populos exhibentur
Creator
Robert de Vaugondy, Didier, 1723-1786
Date
1750
Coverage
[Great Britain, England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales]
Title
Gallia Antiqua in Provincias et Populos divisa
Creator
Robert de Vaugondy, Gilles, 1688-1766
Date
1750
Coverage
France
Title
Title Page, Atlas universel.
Creator
Robert de Vaugondy, Gilles, 1688-1766
Date
1757
Title
A New Map of the British Dominions in North America
Creator
Kitchin, Thomas, 1718-1784
Date
1763
Coverage
[United States, Canada, North America]
Title
Turkey in Asia
Creator
Robert Wilkinson
Date
1794
Coverage
[Turkey, Syria, Iraq, Palestine, Caucasus, Cyprus, Middle East]
Title
National Medals, Series of Medals on British Victories
Subject
[British History, French Revolutionary Wars, British Victories, Military Figures]
Description
This bronze medal commemorates the British victories that resulted from the leadership of Horatio Nelson. The verso of this medal features a bust of Admiral Nelson and the following inscriptions: “ADM. VISC. NELSON.’’ ‘’K.B.D : OF BRONTE” “WEBB.F.” and “MUDIE. DIR.”
Date
1798-1805
Title
National Medals, Series of Medals on British Victories
Subject
[British History, French Revolutionary Wars, British Victories]
Description
This bronze medal commemorates the British victories at the battles of the Nile, Copenhagen, and Trafalgar. The reverse pictures a female warrior, symbolic of the victorious British entity, dressed in traditional Greco-Roman clothing. In her left hand she holds a trident and, in her right, she holds something like a lightning rod. She stands on a small boat with a lion’s head sculpted on the bow.
Date
1798-1805
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