Spatial and Temporal Range of New World Publishing Sites, 1535-1800

This map shows the location of printing presses in the Americas from 1535 to 1800 whose products appear in the joint catalog of The Brown University Library and The John Carter Brown Library. The dots are sized based on the number of materials in the catalog, which may give a rough visual estimate of each location's published output.

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This data set has known issues, but it is an attempt to show the range of publishing in North and South America. To see a cleaner, smaller data set, look at this map.

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