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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.

  • Animals - New Netherlands & New England

    Animals - New Netherlands & New England

  • Two Family Station - Great Settlement Area

    Two Family Station - Great Settlement Area

  • Mohican Village - New Netherlands & New England

    Mohican Village - New Netherlands & New England

  • Indian Long Houses - New Netherlands & New England

    Indian Long Houses - New Netherlands & New England

  • Tents - A Mariner's Guide

    Tents - A Mariner's Guide

  • Compass Rose - British Empire in North America

    Compass Rose - British Empire in North America

  • Compass Rose - Map of Virginia

    Compass Rose - Map of Virginia

  • Compass Rose - Dark & Bloody Ground

    Compass Rose - Dark & Bloody Ground

  • Border Decoration - City of Louisville

    Border Decoration - City of Louisville

  • Star Detail - Kentucky & Tennessee

    Star Detail - Kentucky & Tennessee

  • Grapevine Detail - Kentucky & Tennessee

    Grapevine Detail - Kentucky & Tennessee

  • Bears - New Netherlands & New England

    Bears - New Netherlands & New England