Cartographic History

An array of historical maps from the 17th century, depicting various regions in Europe, presented in beautifully restored formats.

Atlas, map from 1623, Saintonge is the name of a former province in western France, Xaintonge, digitally restored reproduction from an engraving by Gerhard Mercator, born as Gheert Cremer, March 5, 1512 - December 2, 1594, geographer and cartographer.

Atlas, map from 1623, Poictov, part of western France, digitally restored reproduction from an engraving by Gerhard Mercator, born as Gheert Cremer, March 5, 1512 - December 2, 1594, geographer and cartographer.

Cartography, Italy, 17th century. Venetian domain. From Regionum Italiae by Willem Blaeu. Engraving.

Atlas, map from 1623, Ile de France, France, digitally restored reproduction from an engraving by Gerhard Mercator, born as Gheert Cremer, March 5, 1512 - December 2, 1594, geographer and cartographer.

A new mapp of the Kingdom of Hungary and the states that have been subject to it, which are at present the northern parts of Turkey in Europe , Hungary, Maps, Early works to 1800, Hungary, Administrative and political divisions, Maps, Early works to 1800, Balkan Peninsula, Maps, Early works to 1800, Balkan Peninsula, Administrative and political divisions, Maps, Early works to 1800, 1695 Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

A new mapp of the Kingdom of Hungary and the states that have been subject to it, which are at present the northern parts of Turkey in Europe , Hungary, Maps, Early works to 1800, Hungary, Administrative and political divisions, Maps, Early works to 1800, Balkan Peninsula, Maps, Early works to 1800, Balkan Peninsula, Administrative and political divisions, Maps, Early works to 1800, 1695 Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

La souverainete de Dombes , Dombes France, Maps, Early works to 1800, Ain France, Maps, Early works to 1800 Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

Atlas, map from 1623, the east of England, Britain, digitally restored reproduction from an engraving by Gerhard Mercator, born as Gheert Cremer, March 5, 1512 - December 2, 1594, geographer and cartographer.

Atlas, map from 1623, Saintonge is the name of a former province in western France, Xaintonge, digitally restored reproduction from an engraving by Gerhard Mercator, born as Gheert Cremer, March 5, 1512 - December 2, 1594, geographer and cartographer.

Territorium Metense = Le pais Messin. Relief shown pictorially. Verso: Dutch text, Het Ghebiedt der stadt Metz, "S"... Pais Messin Territorivm Metense. Pais Messin Territorivm Metense, France , Lorraine ,region

Atlas, map from 1623, Lithuania, digitally restored reproduction from an engraving by Gerhard Mercator, born as Gheert Cremer, March 5, 1512 - December 2, 1594, geographer and cartographer.

Atlas, map from 1623, Flanders, Belgium, digitally restored reproduction from an engraving by Gerhard Mercator, born as Gheert Cremer, March 5, 1512 - December 2, 1594, geographer and cartographer.

Atlas, map from 1623, Sicily, Italy, digitally restored reproduction from an engraving by Gerhard Mercator, born as Gheert Cremer, March 5, 1512 - December 2, 1594, geographer and cartographer.

Territorium Metense - Le pais Messin , Lorraine France, Maps, Early works to 1800 Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

1570 map of Persia, from Abraham Ortelius' atlas, 'Theatrvm orbis terrarvm'(Epitome of the Theater of the Worlde).

Atlas, map from 1623, Morocco, digitally restored reproduction from an engraving by Gerhard Mercator, born as Gheert Cremer, March 5, 1512 - December 2, 1594, geographer and cartographer.

Atlas, map from 1623, Sicily, Italy, digitally restored reproduction from an engraving by Gerhard Mercator, born as Gheert Cremer, 5 March 1512, 2 December 1594, geographer and cartographer, Europe

The term Turkestan is of Persian (ترکستان) origin; also spelt Turkistan, it literally means 'Land of the Turks'. Today the term is used to describe a region which is inhabited mainly by Turkic peoples in Central Asia. It includes present-day Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan and Xinjiang.

Barbaria Biledulgered o: Libye et pars Nigritarum Terra. Ogilby, John (1600-1676). Cartographic. Illustrations, Prints. 1670. General Research Division. South Africa, Islands of the Indian Ocean, Islands of the Atlantic, Africa , Description and travel

Atlas, map from 1623, Lithuania, digitally restored reproduction from an engraving by Gerhard Mercator, born as Gheert Cremer, 5 March 1512, 2 December 1594, geographer and cartographer, Europe

Atlas, map from 1623, Mark Brandenburg, Pomerania, Germany, digitally restored reproduction from an engraving by Gerhard Mercator, born as Gheert Cremer, 5 March 1512, 2 December 1594, geographer and cartographer, Europe

Atlas, map from 1623, Westphalia, Germany, digitally restored reproduction from an engraving by Gerhard Mercator, born as Gheert Cremer, March 5, 1512 - December 2, 1594, geographer and cartographer.

Atlas, map from 1623, Saxoniae, Saxony, Germany, digitally restored reproduction from an engraving by Gerhard Mercator, born as Gheert Cremer, 5 March 1512, 2 December 1594, geographer and cartographer, Europe

1720 Funck Map of Israel - Palestine - Holy Land

Ducatus Bremae & Ferdae maximaque partis fluminis Visurgis descriptio. Map of the historical Duchies of Bremen and Verden in present day Lower Saxony, Germany. Relief shown pictorially. Prime meridian: Ferro. Bar scales given in "milliaria Germanica communia," "milliaria Hispanica communia," and "milliaria Gallica communia". Appears in various editions of Wit's Atlas. In Latin. Cataloging, conservation, and digitization made possible in part by The National Endowment for the Humanities: Exploring the human endeavor. Part of composite portfolio atlas with title "Collection of old maps.".. Ducatus Bremae et Ferdae maximaque partis fluminis Visurgis descriptio Collection of old maps. Ducatus Bremae et Ferdae maximaque partis fluminis Visurgis descriptio Collection of old maps, Germany , Lower Saxony

Atlas, map from 1623, Abruzzo, Italy, digitally restored reproduction from an engraving by Gerhard Mercator, born as Gheert Cremer, March 5, 1512 - December 2, 1594, geographer and cartographer.

Amsterdam, Visscher, Claes Jansz. (II), Northern Netherlands, Schut, Pieter Hendricksz., Expugnatio fortissimae urbis Bredae, Illustration of the Siege of the strong City of Breda by Fredrick Hendrick in the year 1637, begun on 23 July and conquered on 10 October, Siege of Breda (center page), 1637, Siege and conquest of Breda by the Dutch army under Frederik Hendrik, 23 July - 10 October 1637. Large map of the city and surroundings consisting of three sheets of which this is the middle sheet. On the left a map of the city, on the bottom right a cartouche with the title., print, prent, nieuwsprent, kaart, prints, prenten, Frederik Muller Historieplaten, height 369 mm, width 483 mm, Nederlands, 1619 - 1660, print maker, prentmaker, 1637 - 1637, second quarter 17th century, tweede kwart 17e eeuw, paper, papier, etching, etsen, Publication (Event), Publicatie, Noord-Nederlands, 1586 - 1652-06-19, publisher

Pass card of the Vlie and the Marsdiep, Joannes van Doetechum (I), 1583 Pass card of the sailing channel with all sandbanks and depths between Noord-Holland and Friesland to the Zuiderzee. With the Wadden Islands and a large part from West Friesland and Noord-Holland to Noordwijkerhout. Left and top right different coastal profiles. Bottom left the scale. With text on the back, illustration on two pages from a book. Northern Netherlands paper engraving marine charts. sailing-ship, sailing-boat Zuiderzee. Holland. Wadden area. West Friesland. Friesland. Marsdiep. Float

Atlas, map from 1623, Livonia stands for Livonia, a landscape and former province in the Baltic States, digitally restored reproduction from an engraving by Gerhard Mercator, born as Gheert Cremer, March 5, 1512 - December 2, 1594, geographer and cartographer.

Map of Iceland, circa 1692

Nona Europae tabula , Balkan Peninsula, Maps, Early works to 1800, Greece, Maps, Early works to 1800, Albania, Maps, Early works to 1800, Macedonia, Maps, Early works to 1800, Bulgaria, Maps, Early works to 1800 Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

Atlas, map from 1623, Baden Wuerttemberg, Germany, digitally restored reproduction from an engraving by Gerhard Mercator, born as Gheert Cremer, March 5, 1512 - December 2, 1594, geographer and cartographer.

Map of Middle East, Theatro D'el Orbe La Tierra - Ortelius

Atlas, map from 1623, Abyssinia, Arabia, Nubia, digitally restored reproduction from an engraving by Gerhard Mercator, born as Gheert Cremer, 5 March 1512, 2 December 1594, geographer and cartographer

Aethipia Superior vel Interior vulgo Abissinorum five Presbiterioannis Imperior. Ogilby, John (1600-1676). Cartographic. Illustrations, Prints. 1670. General Research Division. South Africa, Islands of the Indian Ocean, Islands of the Atlantic, Africa , Description and travel, Elephants, Angels, Ethiopia

1780 Raynal and Bonne Map of Mexico and Texas

MAPA DE GALICIA S XVII. Author: FERNANDO OLEA (S XVII). Location: MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS. Pontevedra. SPAIN.

Map of Virginia 1616.

Atlas, map from 1623, Castile, Spain, digitally restored reproduction from an engraving by Gerhard Mercator, born as Gheert Cremer, 5 March 1512, 2 December 1594, geographer and cartographer, Europe

Scotia tabula ,. Robert E. Diefenbach Map Collection

1771 Janvier Map of Belgium and Luxembourg

Atlas, map from 1623, Fionia, Funen, Denmark, digitally restored reproduction from an engraving by Gerhard Mercator, born Gheert Cremer, 5 March 1512, 2 December 1594, geographer and cartographer, Europe

Orbis Romani, pars occidentalis. The Western Part of the Roman World. 1798 map by cartographer William Faden, engraved by Hatchett. Faden was the royal geographer to King George III. This map come

Hantoniae comitatus cum Bercheria , Hampshire England, Maps, Early works to 1800 Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

Cartography, Italy, 17th century. The confines of Siena . From Regionum Italiae by Willem Blaeu. Engraving.

Ta. mo. Germa , Germany, Maps, Early works to 1800 Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

Atlas, map from 1623, Morovia, Moravia, Czech Republic, digitally restored reproduction from an engraving by Gerhard Mercator, born Gheert Cremer, 5 March 1512, 2 December 1594, geographer and cartographer, Europe

The seat of war in ye North : or a map of the Baltick, with part of the North Sea ... posture of affaris , Baltic States, Maps, Early works to 1800, Scandinavia, Maps, Early works to 1800 Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

Buckingamiae comitatus cum Bedfordiensi : vulgo Buckingamshire and Bedfordshire , Bedfordshire England, Maps, Early works to 1800, Buckinghamshire England, Maps, Early works to 1800 Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

Matanzas Inlet 1640, Blaeu, Willem.

Atlas, map from 1623, Ivtland, Estonia, digitally restored reproduction from an engraving by Gerhard Mercator, born as Gheert Cremer, March 5, 1512 - December 2, 1594, geographer and cartographer.

Atlas, map from 1623, Holland, digitally restored reproduction from an engraving by Gerhard Mercator, born as Gheert Cremer, 5 March 1512, 2 December 1594, geographer and cartographer

Map of the Judaica Holy Land 1575.

Partie de Terre Ferme ou sont Guiane et Caribane , Guiana, Maps, Early works to 1800 Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

Partie de Terre Ferme ou sont Guiane et Caribane. Relief shown pictorially. Cataloging, conservation, and digitization made possible in part by The National Endowment for the Humanities: Exploring the human endeavor.... , Guiana ,area

Atlas, map from 1623, Veneto and Verona, Italy, digitally restored reproduction from an engraving by Gerhard Mercator, born as Gheert Cremer, March 5, 1512 - December 2, 1594, geographer and cartographer.

Atlas, map from 1623, the north of Bavaria, digitally restored reproduction from an engraving by Gerhard Mercator, born as Gheert Cremer, 5 March 1512, 2 December 1594, geographer and cartographer

Siege and intake of Grave by Maurits, 1602. Siege and intake of the city Grave by the State Army under Prince Maurits, July 18 - September 20 1602. Plan of the city Grave in the surrounding country with at the top of the Maas. With the army camps of the biestomers. Without the legend under the show.

Cornubia, Davonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria, Monumetha, Glamorgan, Caermarden, Pembroke, Cardigan, Radnor, Breknoke, Herefordia, & Wigornia , Cornwall England : County, Maps, Early works to 1800, West Country England, Maps, Early works to 1800, Wales, Maps, Early works to 1800, Great Britain, Maps, Early works to 1800 Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

Picardiae, Belgicae regionis descriptio , Picardy France, Maps, Early works to 1800 Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

Atlas, map from 1623, centre, France, digitally restored reproduction from an engraving by Gerhard Mercator, born Gheert Cremer, 5 March 1512, 2 December 1594, geographer and cartographer, Europe

A map of Canaan : with the adjacent countrie's very usefull for the understanding of the Old Testament , Palestine, Maps, Early works to 1800 Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

A generall mapp of the continent and islands which bee adjacent to Jamaica : A new mapp of the Island of Jamaica , West Indies, Maps, Early works to 1800, Jamaica, Maps, Early works to 1800 Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

1630 Blaeu Map of Capitanata ( Foggia ), Italy

Marchionatus Brandenburgi et Ducatus Pomeraniae tabula quae est pars septentrionalis circuli Saxoniae superioris , Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Germany, Maps, Early works to 1800, Pomerania Poland and Germany, Maps, Early works to 1800 Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

Map of the Graafschap Hainaut, Anonymous, 1592 print Map of the Graafschap Hainaut. At the top right the title cartouche. At the top left a bowl: Scala Miliarum Hannonie quae sunt unius hore itineris. Below a cartouche with text and two coats of arms, on the right the coat of arms of Hainaut. With Latin text on Verso. paper engraving / letterpress printing coat of arms (as symbol of the state, etc.) (+ province; provincial). maps of separate countries or regions Hainaut

Atlas, map from 1623, the southeast of England, digitally restored reproduction from an engraving by Gerhard Mercator, born as Gheert Cremer, March 5, 1512 - December 2, 1594, geographer and cartographer.

Negroland and Guinea, with the European settlements, explaining what belongs to England, Holland, Denmark etc. By H. Moll, Geographer. From an atlas printed and sold by T. Bowles, London circa 1735

Part of Upper Ethiopia, where are the empire of the Abissins, and Nubia, etc. Taken from Sanut, from Mercator. by Sanson d'Abbeville, , circa 1656

Terra di Lavoro, olim Campania felix , Campania Italy, Maps, Early works to 1800, Lazio Italy, Maps, Early works to 1800 Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

Atlas, map from 1623, Tyrol, Emilia Romagna, Veneto, Italy, digitally restored reproduction from an engraving by Gerhard Mercator, born as Gheert Cremer, March 5, 1512 - December 2, 1594, geographer and cartographer.

Atlas, map from 1623, Apulia, Basilicata, Italy, digitally restored reproduction from an engraving by Gerhard Mercator, born Gheert Cremer, 5 March 1512, 2 December 1594, geographer and cartographer, Europe

Map of The Middle East, Theatro D'el Orbe La Tierra - Ortelius

Atlas, map from 1623, Denmark, digitally restored reproduction from an engraving by Gerhard Mercator, born as Gheert Cremer, 5 March 1512, 2 December 1594, geographer and cartographer, Europe

Map of Italy Near Florence, Theatro D'el Orbe La Tierra - Ortelius

1780 Raynal and Bonne Map of Northern India

Atlas, map from 1623, Saintonge is the name of a former province in the west of France, Xaintonge, digitally restored reproduction from an engraving by Gerhard Mercator, born as Gheert Cremer, 5 March 1512, 2 December 1594, geographer and cartographer

A map of Canaan : with the adjacent countrie's very usefull for the understanding of the Old Testament , Palestine, Maps, Early works to 1800 Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

1747 La Feuille Map of Languedoc, France

Atlas, map from 1623, North America, South America, Antarctica, digitally restored reproduction from an engraving by Gerhard Mercator, born as Gheert Cremer, 5 March 1512, 2 December 1594, geographer and cartographer, Antarctica

Map of Virginia and the Northeast Coast 1597.

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

Octava Europe tabula continet Sarmatiam. Title from verso. Map of ancient Sarmatian lands, including present day Eastern Europe, west of the Vistula River. Relief shown by brown coloring. 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. Text in Latin. Cataloging, conservation, and digitization made possible in part by The National Endowment for the Humanities: Exploring the human endeavor.... , Eastern Europe ,area Ukraine

1630 Hondius Map of Virginia and the Chesapeake

1702 Visscher Stoopendaal Map of Israel, Palestine or the Holy Land

Atlas, map from 1623, Austria, digitally restored reproduction from an engraving by Gerhard Mercator, born as Gheert Cremer, 5 March 1512, 2 December 1594, geographer and cartographer, Europe

Le Canada, ou Nouvelle France, &c : ce qui est le plus advance vers le Septentrion est tiré de diverses relations des Anglois, Danois, &c. vers le midy les costes de Virginie, Nouvlle. Suede, Nouveau Pays Bas, et Nouvelle Angleterre sont tirées de celles des Anglois, Hollandois, &c. la grande riviere de Canada ou de St Laurens, et toue les environs sont suivant les relations des Francois , North America, Maps, Early works to 1800, Canada, Maps, Early works to 1800, Great Lakes Region North America, Maps, Early works to 1800 Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

Atlas, map from 1623, Wallachia, Serbia, Bulgaria, Romania, digitally restored reproduction from an engraving by Gerhard Mercator, born as Gheert Cremer, March 5, 1512 - December 2, 1594, geographer and cartographer.

Atlas, map from 1623, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, digitally restored reproduction from an engraving by Gerhard Mercator, born as Gheert Cremer, 5 March 1512, 2 December 1594, geographer and cartographer, Europe

Quarta Africae tabula , Africa, Maps, Early works to 1800 Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

Atlas, map from 1623, Barbaria, North Africa, digitally restored reproduction from an engraving by Gerhard Mercator, born as Gheert Cremer, March 5, 1512 - December 2, 1594, geographer and cartographer.

Antique Map of Bavaria, Germany by Abraham Ortelius, circa 1570

Atlas, map from 1623, Quercy, Cadurcium, France, digitally restored reproduction from an engraving by Gerhard Mercator, born as Gheert Cremer, March 5, 1512 - December 2, 1594, geographer and cartographer.

Atlas, map from 1623, Picardy, France, digitally restored reproduction from an engraving by Gerhard Mercator, born Gheert Cremer, 5 March 1512, 2 December 1594, geographer and cartographer, Europe

Atlas, map from 1623, Sri Lanka, digitally restored reproduction from an engraving by Gerhard Mercator, born as Gheert Cremer, March 5, 1512 - December 2, 1594, geographer and cartographer.

Carte du diocese d'Alby , Catholic Church. Diocese of Albi France, Maps, Early works to 1800, Tarn France, Maps, Early works to 1800, Albi France, Maps, Early works to 1800 Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

Recens edita totius Novi Belgii in America Septentrionali siti Cartographic. Maps. 1778. Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division. New York (N.Y.) , Aerial views , Early works to 1800, Northeastern States , Maps , Early works to 1800

Mapa de Castilla la Nueva ,1757.Colección particular, Madrid. Author: Lopez.

1747 La Feuille Map of Holland

Serra San Quirico (Italia, Marche - provincia di Ancona), Cartoteca Regionale. Marchia Anconitana olim Picenum (1635), Henricus Hondinus, Jan Jansson

Vintage Illustrated Map, The empire of Japan by Henri Abraham Chatelain, 1719

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