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2011: Finding Our Way: Maps & Mapmaking

The Art of Maps

This section of the exhibit focuses on artistic details often found on maps. It features the following maps from the Kentucky Library Collections:

Berg, Carl. County Map of Kentucky and Tennessee, 1867 SB2-22476

Blaeu, Willem. New Netherlands & New England, 1635, S27375.

Buell, Abel. New and Correct Map of the United States of America, 1784, S27378

Desceliers, Pierre. A Mariner's Guide to the New World, 1600, S27374.

Homann, J.B. Regni Mexicani seu Novae Hispanie, Ludovicianae, N. Angliae, Carolinae, Virginiae, et Pensylvania, 1763, M28366

John Thomson & Co. United States of America, 1828 S34805

John Thomson & Co. United States, nd, SB2-34806

Johnson & Browning. The City of Louisville, Kentucky & the City of New Orleans, Louisiana, 1855, S18677

Johnson & Ward. Johnson's Kentucky and Tennessee, 1865, S22413

Kentucky Historical Society. The Great Settlement Area 1750-1800, 1975.

Popple, Henry. Map of the British Empire in North America, 1733, M24925.

Smith, John. Virginia, 1606, M25536

Smith, Karl. An Historical and Geographical Map of the State of Kentucky, the Dark and Bloody Ground, 1933, S8072

Tatton, Gabriel. The New World, 1600, S27376.

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  • One Family Station - Great Settlement Area
  • Two Family Station - Great Settlement Area
  • Compass Rose - Dark & Bloody Ground
  • Daniel Boone - Dark & Bloody Ground
  • Flat Boat - Dark & Bloody Ground
  • Scale - Dark & Bloody Ground
  • Steamboat - Dark & Bloody Ground
  • Globe
  • Grapevine Detail - Kentucky & Tennessee
  • Mammoth Cave - Kentucky & Tennessee
  • Star Detail - Kentucky & Tennessee
  • Border Decoration - City of Louisville
  • Title - United States
  • Niagara Falls - United States
  • Globe
  • Globe
  • Legend - United States
  • Gold Mine - Regni Mexicani
  • Naval Battle - Regni Mexicani
  • British Fleet - British Empire in North America
  • Compass Rose - British Empire in North America
  • Animals - New Netherlands & New England
  • Bears - New Netherlands & New England
  • Beaver - New Netherlands & New England
  • Birds - New Netherlands & New England
  • Deer - New Netherlands & New England
  • Indian Long Houses - New Netherlands & New England
  • Indians - New Netherlands & New England
  • Mohican Village - New Netherlands & New England
  • Scale - New Netherlands & New England
  • Compass Rose - Map of Virginia
  • Indian - Map of Virginia
  • Powhatan - Map of Virginia
  • Coat of Arms - The New World
  • Fish - The New World
  • Fish - The New World
  • Scale - The New World
  • Ship - The New World
  • Title - The New World
  • Fish - The New World
  • Mountains & Forests - A Mariner's Guide
  • Scale - A Mariner's Guide
  • Ship - A Mariner's Guide
  • Tents - A Mariner's Guide
 
  • Long Hunters - Great Settlement Area by Kentucky Historical Society

    Long Hunters - Great Settlement Area

  • One Family Station - Great Settlement Area by Kentucky Historical Society

    One Family Station - Great Settlement Area

  • Two Family Station - Great Settlement Area by Kentucky Historical Society

    Two Family Station - Great Settlement Area

  • Compass Rose - Dark & Bloody Ground by Karl Smith

    Compass Rose - Dark & Bloody Ground

  • Daniel Boone - Dark & Bloody Ground by Karl Smith

    Daniel Boone - Dark & Bloody Ground

  • Flat Boat - Dark & Bloody Ground by Karl Smith

    Flat Boat - Dark & Bloody Ground

  • Scale - Dark & Bloody Ground by Karl Smith

    Scale - Dark & Bloody Ground

  • Steamboat - Dark & Bloody Ground by Karl Smith

    Steamboat - Dark & Bloody Ground

 
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