Week Twelve
Title
Week Twelve
Subject
Maps as Commodities
Contributor
Profs Campbell and Jakacki
Items in the Week Twelve Collection
Treasure Map of Oak Island, Nova Scotia
Further information: "The Secrets of Oak Island" (Skeptical Inquirer Volume 24.2, March / April 2000) https://www.csicop.org/si/show/secrets_of_oak_island
Early Map of New York City
This map is from the 1830s. It was originally made in 1723 and is a detailed rendition of lower Manhattan, New York settled by the Dutch. It was then reprinted in the 1830s by John Slater Bookseller.
The map is hand water colored, mounted on linen…
The map is hand water colored, mounted on linen…
U.S. Navy, Ice Chart, Grand Banks Region, September, October (1946)
Atlas provides colored monthly maps detailing the extent and character of the ice for each principal region of the Northern Hemisphere known to have seasonal or permanent sea or lake ice. Also includes statistical tables.
(From David Rumsey)
(From David Rumsey)
A map illustrating Cresswell's arctic expedition (1854)
From : A series of eight sketches in colour (together with a chart of the route), by Lieut. S. Gurney Cresswell, of the voyage of H.M.S. Investigator (Captain M'Clure), during the discovery of the North-West Passage.
Map of the World, Istakhri
Map of the world from the earliest of the KMMS Ottoman Cluster, 878/1473, Sulemaniye Camii Kutuphanesi, Istanbul, A.S. 2971a, fol. 3a.