‘A mapp of the world’ from Atlas maritimus, or, A sea-atlas : describing the sea-coasts in most of the known parts of the world, 1682. New York Public Library NYPL catalog ID (B-number) : b15351858
News via the excellent blog ‘Open Culture’ that the New York Public Library has made high resolution images of 20 000 maps available online.
From the NYPL:
The Lionel Pincus & Princess Firyal Map Division is very proud to announce the release of more than 20,000 cartographic works as high resolution downloads. We believe these maps have no known US copyright restrictions.* To the extent that some jurisdictions grant NYPL an additional copyright in the digital reproductions of these maps, NYPL is distributing these images under a Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication. The maps can be viewed through the New York Public Library’s Digital Collections page, and downloaded (!), through the Map Warper. First, create an account, then click a map title and go. Here’s a primer and more extended blog post on the warper.
From a quick first look the maps are predominantly of US places, but there also a range of other places included such as the West Indies, Italy, Turkey and Australia.
As well as maps the collection also includes map-related material such as aerial photographs and engraved scenes of people and landscapes that accompanied maps.