To emphasize the accuracy of their maps, cartographers gradually began replacing the allegorical illustrations with more technical and logical information. The material included on these maps provides insight into what people understood about different scientific disciplines at the time, especially regarding astronomy and geography.
Planisphærium Terrestre, Sive Terrarum Orbis... [The Terrestrial Plane, or of the Entire Earth]
Carel Allard, creator1696 MSM 1---0009Planiglobii Terrestris Cum Utroq Hemisphærio Cælesti Generalis…, [General Representation of the Planar Projection of Earth with both Celestial Hemispheres...]
Johann Baptist Homann, creatorca. 1720 MSM 1---0005Nova & Accuratissima Totius Terrarum Orbis Tabula Nautica… [New and Extremely Accurate Nautical Chart of the entire Earth]
Edmund Halley, creator1700 MSM 1- 0403The World in Hemispheres with Comparative Views…
George H. Swanston, creator1862 MSM 1---0678The World
William C. Woodbridge, creator1843 MSM 1---0737