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Home > Library > Online Exhibits > 2011: Maps & Mapmaking > Art of Maps

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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  • 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

  • Globe by J. Schedler

    Globe

  • Grapevine Detail - Kentucky & Tennessee by Carl Berg

    Grapevine Detail - Kentucky & Tennessee

  • Mammoth Cave - Kentucky & Tennessee by Johnson & Ward

    Mammoth Cave - Kentucky & Tennessee

  • Star Detail - Kentucky & Tennessee by Johnson & Ward

    Star Detail - Kentucky & Tennessee

  • Border Decoration - City of Louisville by Unknown

    Border Decoration - City of Louisville

  • Title - United States by John Thomson & Company

    Title - United States

  • Niagara Falls - United States by John Thompson & Company

    Niagara Falls - United States

  • Globe by Unknown

    Globe

  • Globe by Unknown

    Globe

  • Legend - United States by Abel Buell

    Legend - United States

  • Gold Mine - Regni Mexicani by J. B. Homann

    Gold Mine - Regni Mexicani

  • Naval Battle - Regni Mexicani by J. B. Homann

    Naval Battle - Regni Mexicani

  • British Fleet - British Empire in North America by Henry Popple

    British Fleet - British Empire in North America

  • Compass Rose - British Empire in North America by Henry Popple

    Compass Rose - British Empire in North America

  • Animals - New Netherlands & New England by Willem Blaeu

    Animals - New Netherlands & New England

  • Bears - New Netherlands & New England by Willem Blaeu

    Bears - New Netherlands & New England

  • Beaver - New Netherlands & New England by Willem Blaeu

    Beaver - New Netherlands & New England

  • Birds - New Netherlands & New England by Willem Blaeu

    Birds - New Netherlands & New England

  • Deer - New Netherlands & New England by Willem Blaeu

    Deer - New Netherlands & New England

  • Indian Long Houses - New Netherlands & New England by Willem Blaeu

    Indian Long Houses - New Netherlands & New England

  • Indians - New Netherlands & New England by Willem Blaeu

    Indians - New Netherlands & New England

  • Mohican Village - New Netherlands & New England by Willem Blaeu

    Mohican Village - New Netherlands & New England

  • Scale - New Netherlands & New England by Willem Blaeu

    Scale - New Netherlands & New England

  • Compass Rose - Map of Virginia by John Smith

    Compass Rose - Map of Virginia

  • Indian - Map of Virginia by John Smith

    Indian - Map of Virginia

  • Powhatan - Map of Virginia by John Smith

    Powhatan - Map of Virginia

  • Coat of Arms - The New World by Gabriel Tatton

    Coat of Arms - The New World

  • Fish - The New World by Gabriel Tatton

    Fish - The New World

  • Fish - The New World by Gabriel Tatton

    Fish - The New World

  • Scale - The New World by Gabriel Tatton

    Scale - The New World

  • Ship - The New World by Gabriel Tatton

    Ship - The New World

  • Title - The New World by Gabriel Tatton

    Title - The New World

  • Fish - The New World by Gabriel Totten

    Fish - The New World

  • Mountains & Forests - A Mariner's Guide by Pierre Desceliers

    Mountains & Forests - A Mariner's Guide

  • Scale - A Mariner's Guide by Pierre Desceliers

    Scale - A Mariner's Guide

  • Ship - A Mariner's Guide by Pierre Desceliers

    Ship - A Mariner's Guide

  • Tents - A Mariner's Guide by Pierre Desceliers

    Tents - A Mariner's Guide

 
 
 

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