Ancient Cartography

Detailed ancient maps depicting regions in Europe and Africa, highlighting geographical features and intricate artistic elements.

Moschoviae Tabula. Map of Russia and of the Indo-European villages on the shores of the Volga River, 1525. Made by Battista Agnese from descriptions by Paolo Giovio. It is believed to be the oldest map of Russia. Miniature Painting. ITALY. VENETO. Venice. Biblioteca nazionale marciana (St. Mark's Library).

Moschoviae Tabula. Map of Russia and of the Indo-European villages on the shores of the Volga River, 1525. Made by Battista Agnese from descriptions by Paolo Giovio. It is believed to be the oldest map of Russia. Miniature Painting. ITALY. VENETO. Venice. Biblioteca nazionale marciana (St. Mark's Library).

ATLAS PORTULANO AFRICA VIT 20. Author: JUAN MARTINEZ (-1591) CARTOGRAFO. Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.

Cartography, 16th century. Atlantic coasts of Europe and Africa and the western Mediterranean Sea. From a Portolan atlas in three charts, by John Xenodocos from Corfu, 1520, cm. 32 x 22.3.

Detail of Catalan Atlas by Abraham Cresques, c. 1375. Museum: Museo Marítimo, Barcelona.

Cartography, 15th century. The Mediterranean basin, Egypt and Red Sea, detail from a planisphere, 1457. Engraving.

Cartography, 14th century. Catalan Atlas of Charles V of France. Attributed to Abraham and Jafuda Cresques Mallorca (1375 approx). Copy of the original kept at the French National Library, Paris.

Genoese world map, 1457. Hispanic Society of America, 1912. Text by E.L. Stevenson. LC copy mounted on cloth and laminated

VAZ DOURADO, Fernao (16th century). Hydrographic atlas by Fernao Vaz Dourado. 1571. It depicts the Caribbean Sea, Cuba, La Florida, Central America and Northern South America. Miniature Painting. PORTUGAL. Lisbon. National Archive of the Tower of the Tombo.

PORTULANO S XVI-MEDITERRANEO-ITALIA-TUNEZ-CORCEGA-SICILIA. Location: SERVICIO GEOGRAFICO DEL EJERCITO. MADRID. SPAIN.

Spain and Portugal depicted in Jacopo Russo Map of the world 16th century circa 1528 from the 'Carte Geografiche' (vellum)

1375 Catalonian atlas : detail of North Africa and Europe. 14th century. Paris, national library. Author: ABRAHAM CRESQUES (1325-1387). Location: NATIONAL LIBRARY. France.

Cartography, 16th century. Map of Florida and Cuba by Theodore de Bry, 1563.

The Gulf of Venice, taken from a Venetian navigational map, 16th Century. Plate.

CRESQUES, Jafuda (1350-1410). Catalan Atlas. 1375. Third and Fourth Leaves. Map of the world known in the 14th c. (Finisterre and the Mediterranean). Detail of the Oriental Mediterranean sea. Reproduction of the original, which is in the National library of Paris. Miniature Painting. SPAIN. CATALONIA. Barcelona. Barcelona Maritime Museum.

CRESQUES, Jafuda (1350-1410). Catalan Atlas. 1375. Fifth Leaf. Map of Delli. There are represented: the Aral Sea, the Volga river, the Caspian Sea, the Caucasus, the Euphrates river, the Arabian Peninsula and the cities of Delhi (with the sultan), Mecca, Bagdad, Samarkand and Astrakhan. Reproduction of the original in the National library of Paris. Miniature Painting. SPAIN. CATALONIA. Barcelona. Barcelona Maritime Museum.

16th century Portugese map of the Indian Ocean, Persian Gulf, India and North Africa. Miller. B.N., Paris

Cartography, 16th century. Nautical chart of the Mediterranean Sea, Black Sea and Sea of Azov, by Giorgio Sideri called Callapoda or Calopodio da Candia (Crete).

Detail from an illustrated navigational map of Europe, from 1528. Made by Jacopo Russo. In Messina, Sicily.

Cartography, 16th century. Portolan chart by Ioannes Superantius, detail.

Portolan atlas of the world by Joan Martines (1556-1590). Messina, 1587. Western Mediterranean. National Library. Madrid. Spain.

Cartography, 17th century. Nautical chart of the Central-Eastern Mediterranean Sea and wind roses. Second chart, from a nautical atlas of the Mediterranean Sea in three charts, by Pietro Giovanni Prunus, 1651. Cm 41.6x28.

Cartography, 16th century. Map of New Caledonia, from a Nautical Atlas by Giorgio Sideri called Callapoda or Calopodio da Candia (Crete), 1537.

MAP OF BRAZIL - ATLAS PORTULANO - 1568. Author: FERNAO VAZ DOURADO (1520-1580). Location: PRIVATE COLLECTION. MADRID. SPAIN.

Detail from the portolano: Spain. 1563. Madrid, Naval museum. Author: MATEO DE PRUNES (1553-1594). Location: MUSEO NAVAL / MINISTERIO DE MARINA. MADRID. SPAIN.

Map of Brazil by Pedro Reinel and Lopo Homen c1525.

Eastern Mediterranean, Black Sea, & Caspian Sea Portolan Atlas 1547 Fernao Vaz Dourado (16th C.) The Huntington Library, Art Collections, & Botanical Gardens, San Marino, CA -

Portolan chart, 1582. Map of the central part of the Mediterranean sea. Printed in Messina. Renaissance art. Miniature Painting.

Octava Europae tabula , Europe, Eastern, Maps, Early works to 1800, Ukraine, Maps, Early works to 1800 Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

Map of the World 1550.

The Central Mediterranean From "Portolan Atlas Of Six Charts" 1594 Maps Newberry Library, Chicago, Illinois, USA

Map of the Atlantic Ocean ca. 1550 Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris

Detalle del Atlas Cresques, el Atlas Catalán, El mar Rojo, 1375, inv. 9835. Museum: Museu Marítim, Barcelona.

FACSIMIL DE LA CARTA MARITIMA - SIGLO XVI - CARTOGRAFIA. Author: Juan de la Cosa (c. 1450-1510). Location: MUSEO NAVAL / MINISTERIO DE MARINA, MADRID, SPAIN.

Terra Brasilis chart. illustrated map of Brazil (C. 1519) by Lopo Homem, Pedro & Jorge Reinel. Illustrated by Antonio de Holanda. Copy from the original in the Biblioteque de France.

A map of Cape Cod wherin is shown ye discovery and settlement of the same; with the tracks of ye pilgrims carefully prepared according to Mourts relation , Cape Cod Mass., Maps Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

PORTULAN MAP OF THE PENINSULA OF SPAIN AND THE NORTH OF AFRICA - 16TH CENTURY. Author: DIOGO HOMEN (1521-1576). Location: MUSEO NAVAL / MINISTERIO DE MARINA. MADRID. SPAIN.

Description of the three Seleylagien done by the Dutch (...) by Willem Barents. Circumpolar map of the North Pole area at the top left Greenland and a piece of North America, right the north coast of Russia (including the Berhingstraat that is called the street of Anian here). Under Scotland, the Netherlands, Scandinavia, Russia and Nova Zembla; The undiscovered coasts are not signed. The route of Barents signed with docks and ships. Further bear island and Spitsbergen. In the sea whales, walruses and seals.

CARTA MARINA en pergamino de la Costa de Méjico. Fechada en 1755 y realizada por SIMON DE LA COSA VILLA. Museo Marítimo del Cantábrico. Santander. Cantabria. España.

MAP OF SOUTH AMERICA. Location: PRIVATE COLLECTION. MADRID. SPAIN.

World Map with Red Sea 1526.

Renaissance map of Europe, Jacopo Russo, 1528, detail

MAPA PLEGADO DEL ESTRECHO DE MAGALLANES - 1619. Author: DIEGO RAMIREZ DE ARELLANO ( / 1633). Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.

Cartography, 16th century. Nautical chart of the Mediterranean and Black Sea by Banet Panades, 1557.

Caribbean and the Gulf 1538.

Northwest Africa Portolan Atlas 1547 The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens, San Marino, California

PLANO DEL PUERTO DE VERACRUZ CON EXPLICACION DE LAS ENTRADAS - 1777. Location: MUSEO NAVAL / MINISTERIO DE MARINA. MADRID. SPAIN.

Portolan Atlas, 1587. Map of the Iberian Peninsula, the north coastline of Africa and the Vasque Country's region in France. Made in Messina. Facsimile. Miniature Painting. SPAIN. MADRID (AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITY). Madrid. National Library.

The Aegean Sea from Portolan Atlas of Six Charts, USA, Chicago, Newberry Library

French cities, taken from a sixteenth century navigational map. Plate, detail.

King of Hungary depicted in Jacopo Russo Map of the world 16th century circa 1528 from the 'Carte Geografiche' (vellum)

The coast of Brazil, from the Lazaro Luis atlas, 1563. Plate.

Detail from an illustrated navigational map of Europe, from 1528. Made by Jacopo Russo. In Messina, Sicily.

Cartography, 17th century. The Island of Malta, from a portolan atlas consisting of six charts, by Placido Caloiro and Francesco Oliva, 1646. Parchment.

Undecima Asiae tabula , Bangladesh, Maps, Early works to 1800, Thailand, Maps, Early works to 1800, Burma, Maps, Early works to 1800, India, Maps, Early works to 1800, 1478 Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

Cathay, China, from 1449 mappamundi by Fra Mauro

Cartography, 17th century. Nautical chart of Genoa and Venice, Burgundy and Bavaria. Third chart, from a nautical atlas of the Mediterranean Sea in three charts, by Pietro Giovanni Prunus, 1651. Cm 41.6x28.

Map of Nova Zembla, narrative of last voyage of Willem Barents, 1550-97, Dutch navigator, by Gerrit de Veer, 1598

Marine Chart of the Mediterranean, by Matteo Prunes, 1571.

Renaissance map of Europe, Jacopo Russo, 1528, detail of Avignon and Southern France

Nautical chart of the Mediterranean Sea by Gabriel de Vallseca 1439

Cartography, Italy, 19th century. Map of the fiefs of Amarosa and Ramusa in the area of Villafrati nearby Palermo, Sicily region, 1829.

Cartography, 16th century. 19th century copy of the nautical planisphere by Juan de la Cosa, circa 1500.

Detail from an illustrated navigational map of Europe, from 1528. Made by Jacopo Russo. In Messina, Sicily.

Portolan chart of the Mediterranean sea (1439) of Gabriel de Vallseca. It belonged to Amerigo Vespucci. SPAIN. CATALONIA. Barcelona. Barcelona Maritime Museum.

Septentrionalium terrarum descriptio , Arctic regions, Maps, Early works to 1800 Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

Cartography, 17th century. Nautical chart of Northern Africa with depiction of animals, cities and oasis. Detail of the second chart, from a nautical atlas of the Mediterranean Sea in three charts, by Pietro Giovanni Prunus, 1651. Cm 41.6x28.

Detail from the 'Dauphin' map by Desceliers, 1546, for Henri II, by order of Francis I

Francesc Oliva / Mediterranean nautical chart, 16th century. Inv. 10257. Museum: Museu Marítim, Barcelona.

South America and the Coastline of Brazil with some parrots, by Unknown artist, 1502, 16th Century, manuscript. Italy: Emilia Romagna: Modena: Estense Library. Detail. South America the Coastline of Brazil parrots

Cartography, 16th century. Nautical chart of the Mediterranean and Black Sea by Banet Panades, 1557. Detail.

Cartography, 16th century. Map of Netherlands, from Theatrum Orbis Terrarum by Abraham Ortelius (1528-1598), Antwerp, 1570.

CARTOGRAFIA. MAPA DEL RIO AMAZONAS ( DETALLE ). BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL. MADRID.

Linschotens kart over Vardø - Cartographer Jan Huygen van Linschoten ca 1601.

Cartography, 16th century. South America and the Strait of Magellan from Luis Lazaro's world atlas, 1563.

Insulae Flandrice Olim Asores dicta; Schenck, Pieter (1660-1711), Valck, Gerard (1651 cars 1652-1726); 1711 (1711-00-00-1711-00-00);

COSA, JUAN DE LA. CARTOGRAFO Y PILOTO ESPAÑOL. SANTOÑA 1449-1510. "CARTA DE ESPAÑA", AÑO 1500. MUSEO NAVAL. MADRID.

PACIFIC COAST MAP - SOUTH AMERICA. Author: FERNAO VAZ DOURADO (1520-1580). Location: PRIVATE COLLECTION. MADRID. SPAIN.

Vintage Map. François Leguat's map of Rodrigues island, containing Rodrigues Solitaires. Mauritius 1708, from The voyage of Francois Leguat of Bresse, to Rodriguez, Mauritius, Java, and the Cape of Good Hope

Map - L'Afrique Guillaume Danet (1670-1732)

Renaissance map of Europe, Jacopo Russo, 1528, detail of Turkey

Map of the North Pole 1690.

A social campaign chart Date: circa 1890

Willem Barents, 1550-97, Dutch navigator, narrative of last voyage, by Gerrit de Veer, 1598. Map showing Loms Bay and Nova Zembla

The 'Dauphin' map by Desceliers, 1546, for Henri II, by order of Francis I

In 1604-06, Middleton commanded the second expedition of the British East India Company to the Spice Islands, or the Moluccas, in the East Indies Indonesia to try to lever some influence with the locals as the Dutch East India Company had established a virtual monopoly on the lucrative trade in nutmeg, mace, cloves and pepper. After a successful voyage, Middleton was knighted on his return to England. In 1610, he set off on another voyage for 'The Company', this time with instructions to call at the Red Sea ports and at Surat in western India. At the port of Al-Mukha, or Mocha, in present-day Yemen, his ships and men were seized by the Turkish governor of the region. Middleton and several sailors were imprisoned for six months until they escaped. They managed to rejoin their ships and sailed to India and ultimately, the East Indies where, exhausted, Middleton died in 1613.

Cartography, Italy, 16th century. Representation of Mount Argentario, Tuscany region, Italy.

Cartography, 16th century. Map of Turkey, from a portolan chart.

Renaissance map of Europe, Jacopo Russo, 1528, detail of the island of Sicily in the Mediterranean

Portolan Atlas Illumination, by Sebastiano Lopes, Circa 1565

Renaissance map of Europe, Jacopo Russo, 1528, detail showing the Lebanese coast with Aleppo and Damascus in Syria

Map of Nueva Espa-a (1767) by JosŽ Antonio Alzate. Addressed to the Cardinal and General Inquisitor Francisco Antonio de Lorenzana. SPAIN. MADRID (AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITY). Madrid. Navy Museum.

A map of Concord, the old Musketaquid Plantation , Concord Mass., Maps, Pictorial maps Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

Cust van Hollant tusschen de Maes ende Texel. De Zee-kusten van Hollandt, van Texel tot de Maes. Cartographic. Maps. 1672. Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division. Netherlands, North Sea

The world. Prime meridian: Ferro. Title supplied by cataloger. At head of map: Insculptum est per Iohane Schnitzer de Armszheim. Engraved on wood with place names in moveable type. Includes names of places and natural features. In margin: notes on latitude. Appears in the author's Geographia. Ulm : Lienhart Hol, 16 July 1482. Includes ill. of windheads. Cataloging, conservation, and digitization made possible in part by The National Endowment for the Humanities: Exploring the human endeavor. Text in Latin. Cataloging, conservation, and digitization made possible in part by The National Endowment for the Humanities: Exploring the human endeavor.. The classical Greek and Roman world view is known to us through the writings of Claudius Ptolemy, a 2nd century A.D. astronomer, mathematician, and geographer who lived in Alexandria, Egypt. Although his original manuscript no longer exists, various copies survived through the Middle Ages. With the advent of the printing press in the late-15th

LOS CODICES DE MEJICO-MAPA DE COATLINCHAN-PAG 89. Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.

The Carta Marina (Latin 'map of the sea'), created by Olaus Magnus in the 16th century, is the earliest map of the Nordic countries that gives details and placenames. The map was created in Rome by the Swedish ecclesiastic Olaus Magnus (1490Äì1557),

Spain/Catalonia: Egypt, The Nile Delta and the Red Sea as represented in the Catalan Atlas, by the Jewish illustrator Cresques Abraham, 1375

PLANO DEL PUEBLO DE CHICOALOAPA EN 1579. Location: Archivo General de Indias. Sevilla. Seville. SPANIEN.

A map of Concord, the old Musketaquid Plantation , Concord Mass., Maps, Pictorial maps Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

A map of Concord, the old Musketaquid Plantation. Inset: The original bounds of the "Plantacon att Musketequed" in 1635 & Blood's Farms. Includes illustrations of famous homes in left and right borders.... , Massachusetts , Middlesex ,county , Concord

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