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Maps show the geography of the area between Lynchburg and the New River. Reproduction is a photocopy.

photo of original; artist from Amsterdam?

Reproduction of map of North and South America, dated 1626. Lightly tinted. Text in English. Cartouches around border show illustrations of native peoples, and major settlements and forts.

Reproduction of map of North and South America, by Dutch cartographer Willem Blaeu, dated 1635. Colored, text in Latin. Map is surrounded on borders by small illustrations of important geographical locations, cities, and illustrations of various indian tribes and indigenous peoples.

Reproduction of Medieval? map of world, all text in Latin. Black and white. Fanciful illustrations around border.

Reproduction of map of Caribbean, dated 1688. heavily annotated throughout.

Map shows the counties of Texas, with parts of surrounding states and territories, though with less detail. An inset shows the plan of Galveston, Texas, and vicinity. Map comes from pages 38 and 39 of a larger book.

World Map from WW II, produced by Esso. Undated, but probably c. early 1940's. Both sides of map contain voluminous information about war effort.

Reproduction of woodcut map of the world, dated 1520.

The collection contains more than 350 maps dating from the 1920s to the late 1980s, depicting U.S. states; regions of North and South America, Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia and the Pacific Islands, Antarctica, and the Arctic Circle; and celestial bodies. In addition, there are more than a dozen travel guides, mostly for cities and regions in France and Italy.