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Antique World Map c. 1690 — Morden & Berry, To Capt. John Wood

Name: Antique World Map c. 1690 — Morden & Berry, To Capt. John Wood
Brand: Old Map Studio
SKU: LOC2017585715
Price: 14.9 USD
Availability: InStock

CODE: LOC2017585715

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Description

An old Mercator world map from London, dedicated to a sea captain

The whole title is a dedication: To Capt. John Wood this map of the world, drawn according to Mercators projection, is humbly dedicated. The makers are Robert Morden (c. 1650–1703) and William Berry (active 1669–1708), who sold it at the Atlas in Cornhill and the Globe in the Strand. The Library of Congress dates it [1690?], an estimate, so our name says c. 1690.

What is on the sheet

A wide sheet, 48 × 96 cm, printed on two sheets and pasted together. California is an island. The name Pensilvania appears on the map, which is how the Library identifies this impression as a second state, issued after 1682. Around the projection: illustrations, a north polar hemisphere, two compass roses and a web of rhumb lines. The record does not describe the technique or any coloring.

Your file

Original	Robert Morden and William Berry, London, c. 1690 (Shirley 472)
Sheet	48 × 96 cm, two sheets pasted together
Scan	full sheet 11568 × 6396 px; the map inside the trimmed border 11496 × 5966 px
Print size at 300 dpi	the map prints to 97 cm (38 in), the full sheet with margins also to 97 cm: the border takes almost the whole width, the margins add height
You download	six ZIP archives: full sheet, trimmed, 3:2, 4:3, 5:4 and ISO A
Inside each one	one JPEG at 300 dpi, the restoration passport as a PDF, a READ ME

How to print

At this width ask a print service for a single sheet, matte fine-art paper, sRGB, auto-enhancement off.
Where to print it: print shops near you and checked prices at online labs.

Source and rights

Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division, call number G3200 1690 .M6, LCCN 2017585715. The Library states the content is free to use and reuse, crediting Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division. There is no TIFF master in the package. Catalogue record: Library of Congress →

Every map is a scan of a real sheet held in a named archive — library, shelfmark and year, all stated. Nothing generated, nothing redrawn.