European Expansion
This section contains maps of Europe and European expansion across the globe in the centuries before 1820.
During this period, it became common for men of influence across Europe to amass significant map collections for their personal edification and enjoyment. This is why so many maps survive in these two historic Irish libraries.
Abraham Ortelius, Theatrum Orbis Terrarum (Antwerp, 1571).
Theodore de Bry, America pars quarta (Frankfurt am Main, 1594).
Martino Martini, Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, sive Novus Atlas, pars sexta ([Amsterdam], [1655]).
Laurence Echard, Flanders, or the Spanish Netherlands, most accurately described (London, 1692).
Joanne Baptista Nicolosio, Hercules Siculus, sive Studium Geographicum (Rome, 1670).
Nouvel Atlas de la Chine (The Hague, 1737).
Guillaume de L'Isle, Atlas Nouveau, Contenant Toutes Les Parties Du Monde, 2 vols, (Amsterdam, 1740).
James Gibson, A Journal of the Late Siege By The Troops From North America, Against The French At Cape Breton (London, 1745).
Jean-Baptiste Bourguignon D'Anville, Atlas (Paris, 1750).
The West-India Atlas: or, A Compendious Description of the West-Indies (London, 1775).
Thomas Jefferys, The American Atlas (London, 1776)
John Webber, Maps and Plates to Cook's Voyages (London, 1779).
Charts and Engravings of Captain George Vancouver's Expeditions (London, 1798).
Mungo Park, Travels In The Interior Districts Of Africa (London, 1799).
Captain Chauchard, A General Map of the Empire Of Germany, Holland, The Netherlands, Switzerland, The Grisons, Italy, Sicily, Corsica and Sardinia (London, 1800).
A New General Atlas of the Globe And A Collection Of Maps And Charts of the Empires Kingdoms And States of the World (Edinburgh, 1817).