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Miller Atlas

The Miller Atlas is a collection of a eight beautifully embellished maps from 1519. They are attributed to Lopo Homem, Pedro Reinel, and Jorge Reinel,…

"Hildesia / Hildesheim" from Topographie Niedersachsen

Matthäeus Merian the Elder was born in Basel (modern Switzerland) in 1593. He began his career as a stained glass designer, but switched to engraving,…

Creation with Cosmographical Diagram

The map is a painted woodcut from the 1534 edition of the Luther Bible and is found at the beginning of Genesis in the Old Testament. There are two…

Map of Florence

At only two feet by four feet, the Map of Florence (Veduta della Catena) engraving depicts an intricate city view of Florence, Italy. Expressive, wavy…