Classic World Maps

A collection of historical world maps showing global exploration, routes, and political boundaries from the 17th to 19th centuries.

Orbis terrarum nova et accuratissima tabula, Visscher, Nicolaes (1618-1679)

1775 Lattre and Janvier Map of the World on a Hemisphere Projection

French world map shows nautical exploration routes and political boundaries. Map by Guillaume Delisle. 1720

A new mapp of the world , World maps, Early works to 1800 Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

World map, published 1824

Mappe Monde ou carte generale du globe terrestre dessinee suivant les regles de la projection des cartes reduites. Prime meridian: Ferro. Relief shown pictorially. "Carte corrigee, augmentee ... en 1786." Shows routes of Capt. Cook's 3 circumnavigations. Cataloging, conservation, and digitization made possible in part by The National Endowment for the Humanities: Exploring the human endeavor.... , World

Orbis terrarum nova et accuratissima tabula, Visscher, Nicolaes (1618-1679)

New & Accurate Map of the World, Antique World Maps

Carte des nouvelles decouvertes au nord de la Mer du Sud, tant a l'est de la Siberie et du Kamtchatka, qu'a l'ouest de la Nouvelle France. Relief shown pictorially. Shows "Mer ou Baye de l'Ouest" in western Canada. Prime meridians: Ferro and Paris. "Publiee sous le privilege de l'Academie des sciences." "Presentee a l'Academie, dans son assemblee publique du 8. Avril 1750 par Mr. De l'Isle." Has watermarks. Includes "Avertissement," ill.... , North America ,area Asia Asia

Theatrum Orbis Terrarum (Theatre of the World). Is considered to be the first true modern atlas. Written by Abraham Ortelius and originally printed on May 20, 1570, in Antwerp. World Map.

Wereldkaart; Nouvelle Mappe-Monde; Les Indes Orientales et Occidentales et autres lieux.Map of the world in two hemispheres: the western and eastern hemisphere. In the corners of the four seasons and / or the four elements. At the top of astronomy with shading and sowing farmers in the fall. In the air two astrological signs of the autumn: Sagittarius and Libra. The birds leave in the air to warmer places. In the foreground a woman is on two guns, coat of arms and a drum. She has a book and a palm branch in her hands and may symbolize the (temporary) peace or military struggle suspended with a view to the approaching winter. On the other hand harvesting and haying in the summer. There are gold and treasures on a table. At the bottom of a battle in the spring. A cannon fires and a city is on fire. Right skated people in the winter. In the middle of a base with earthly and temporary affairs: wealth, entertainment (sheet music and musical instruments) and power (miter and bishop's staff,

Diqiu quan tu , World maps Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

A new map of the world, with Captain Cook's tracks, his discoveries and those of the other circumnavigators. Relief shown by hachures. Third edition. Improved. Corrected to 1812. Western Hemisphere or New World -- Eastern Hemisphere or Old World.... , World

The text at the top of this world map by Abraham Ortelius reads: Typus Orbis Terrarum (Map of the World). The map dates to 1570 and is the first map of the world to appear in a standard atlas and is thus of fundamental importance to the history of cartography. Centered on the Atlantic Ocean, the map covers the entire world from pole to pole. The general presentation of an oval projection derived from earlier maps by Appianus and Bordonius, Cartographically it is derived from the world of Gerard Mercator (1569), Gastaldi (1561) and Gutierrez. The text at the bottom is a quote attributed to the Roman orator Cicero: Quid ei potest videri magnum in rebus humanis, cui aeternitas omnis totiusque mundi nota sit magnitude (For what can seem of moment in human occurences to a man who keeps all eternity before his eyes and knows the vastness of the universe). Abraham Ortelius (1527-1598) was a Dutch cartographer, geographer, and cosmographer, conventionally recognized as the creator of the first

World Map Gotha, Justus Perthes, 1872, Atlas

Nova Orbis Tabula in Lucem Edita (ca. 1665). World map by Frederick de Wit (1630-1706), Dutch mathematician and cartographer. Amsterdam, 17th century.

Orbis veteribus notus. Prime meridian: Ferro. Includes a diagram of wind directions. Modern names and scale in British statute miles in red.... , Europe Asia Africa Oceania Europe Africa Asia Oceania

The world. Double-hemisphere manuscript map drawn by a student, dated July 28, 1821. Deserts indicated with stippling.... , World

Diqiu quan tu. Chinese map of the world showing the east and west hemispheres. Identifies continents, regions, some countries, and bodies of water. In Chinese... Map of the world Chinese map of the world. Map of the world Chinese map of the world, World

Map of the clothing of the world's inhabitants. Completely naked (red), wearing animal skins (brown), clothed in wool (gold), clothed in cotton (violet) and clothed in other plant fabrics (green). Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Robert von Spalart's Historical Picture of the Costumes of the Principal People of Antiquity and of the Middle Ages, Chez Collignon, Metz, 1810.

World Map, Jan De Visscher, After Nicolaes Pietersz Berchem, 1643 - 1709 print World map with the eastern and western hemisphere, and in the corners the personifications of the four elements, air, fire, water and earth. Amsterdam paper etching / engraving map of the world. air (one of the four elements). earth (one of the four elements). fire (one of the four elements). water (one of the four elements)

The New World: Western Hemisphere 1798 - 1804. Cartographic. Maps, Atlases. Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division. Atlases , Great Britain, Maps in education , England, Historical geography, Western Hemisphere

World map, with above a representation of the system of Nicholas Copernicus, and below the system of Ptolemy. Above, in a banderole, the title. In the corners an allegory on the four elements. With Dutch text on verso. Numbered at the bottom right: 6., World map with allegory on the four elements Orbis terrarum tabula recens emendata et in lucem edita., print maker: Bastiaen Stopendael, (mentioned on object), Amsterdam, 1682, paper, engraving, etching, letterpress printing, h 362 mm × w 467 mm

The world, on Mercator's projection : showing the different routes to California, and distance by each; routes of different navigators, route of the contemplated Pacific R. Road, distances to China, Europe, &c. The world, on Mercator's projection : showing the different routes to California, and distance by each; routes of different navigators, route of the contemplated Pacific R. Road, distances to China, Europe, &c

Racing routes of the Yankee clippers , Clipper ships, Shipping, Maps, Pictorial maps, World maps Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

Map of adventures for boys and girls : stories, trails, voyages, discoveries, explorations & places to read about. | Library of Congress

Welt-karte zur übersicht der meeres-strömungen und des schnellverkehrs , Ocean currents, Maps, Tides, Maps, Ocean temperature, Maps, Trade routes, Maps Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

Map - L'Amérique méridionale et septentrionale dressée sur les nouvelles découvertes et dernières relations des meilleurs navigateurs de ce temps Guillaume Danet (1670-1732)

Carte d'Amerique : dressée pour l'usage du roy , America, Maps, Early works to 1800, Western Hemisphere, Maps, Early works to 1800, 1739 Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

A chart of the world, according to Mercators Projection (shewing the latest discoveries of Capt. Cook.) Cartographic. Maps. 1814. Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division

World Map, Dirk Janszoon van Santen, after Johannes L. van Luchtenburg, 1700 print World map. Above the menu a beam with the title in French and Dutch. At the top of the card five bulbs with, from left to right, display of day and night on earth, the earth without water, the sham figures of the moon and the western and eastern hemisphere. In the first three bulbs there are references to Genesis passages. The card is equipped with a search schedule and a degree distribution along the edges. At the top right marked: Tom 1. p. 2. Expandable map in the second part of the print Bible with the New Testament, published by Pieter Mortier, Amsterdam 1700. paper. deck paint. engraving map of the world. Genesis from the creation to the expulsion from paradise, and later years of Adam and Eve. full moon

Map - Mappemonde à l'usage du Roy Guillaume de L'Isle (1675-1726)

L'Amérique Septentrionale divisée en ses principaux états , North America, Maps, Early works to 1800 Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

L'Amerique Septentrionale divisee en ses principaux etats. Relief shown pictorially. Cartouche designed by: Morillier. Cartouche engraved by: Berthault. In border at upper right: 32. Appears in Atlas moderne, ou, Collection de cartes sur toutes les parties du globe terrestre. Paris, 1762.... , North America ,area

Map of Northeast and of Northwest of the pole / Carte du Nord Est et du Nord West du pole ca. 1800 Credit: UBC Library

Vintage Illustrated Map of early Canada. the sea coasts of Terra Nova with the sea coasts of Francia Nova Canada and Acadie from C. de Sables to the Mouth of the Strait of Davids By C.J. Vooght Geometra. 1695

Nouus planiglobii terrestris per utrumque polum conspectus , World maps, Early works to 1800 Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

NOVISSIMA ET ACCURATISSIMA TODA AMERICA - 1650. Author: WIT FREDERICK DE. Location: SERVICIO GEOGRAFICO DEL EJERCITO. MADRID. SPAIN.

Nova totius terrarum orbis tabula , World maps, Early works to 1800 Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

Nova totius terrarum orbis tabula. Double hemispherical map of the world. Relief shown pictorially. Includes illustrations of the elements: earth, air, wind and fire. Insets: Polus arcticus -- Polus antarcticus -- Polus septentrionalis -- Systema mundi juxtamentem Claudii Ptolemaei Alexand -- Genuinum mundi systema secundum N. Copernici hypothesin -- Polus meridionalis. From Hendrick Doncker's De zee-atlas ofte water-waereld. Amsterdam : Doncker, Anno 1660 i.e. 1665. Cataloging, conservation, and digitization made possible in part by The National Endowment for the Humanities: Exploring the human endeavor.... , World

A new chart of the world on Mercator's projection with the tracks & discoveries of the latest circumnavigators &c. 1789. Dunn, Samuel, d. 1794. Cartographic. Maps. Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division. Atlases, British, Geography

Hamadaradz Asharhatsuyts - Extensive world map , World maps, Early works to 1800 Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

Nova Totius Terrarum Orbis, Antique World Maps

Novus Orbis Reprinted 1889 England. Engraving in black on cream laid paper . Richard Hakluyt (Collected by)

Nouvelle carte de l'Amerique : avec tous ses royaumes, etats, iles, ports, bayes et rivieres, dressee suivant les plus nouvelles decouvertes par les plus habiles geographes et tout nouvellement mise en lumiere

Nova Orbis Tabula, Antique World Maps

Nova totivs Americae descriptio , America, Maps, Early works to 1800, Western Hemisphere, Maps, Early works to 1800 Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

Der gantze Welt Kreis in seinen zwey grossen Begriffen als 1 dem Neueren und 2 dem Alteren ca. 1665-1714 Credit: UBC Library

World Map, Theatro D'el Orbe La Tierra - Ortelius

Recentissima novi orbis, sive Americae Septentrionalis et Meridionalis tabula. Relief shown pictorially. Map no. 138 in his Atlas minor, Amstelodami 1696 has this title. The Library of Congress also lists a single copy of the same title. Cf. U.S. Library of Congress. Division of Maps. A list of maps of America in the Library of Congress, Washington, 1901, p. 106.... , North and Central America South America Mesoamerica ,area North America ,area South America America

Nova totivs Americae descriptio , America, Maps, Early works to 1800, Western Hemisphere, Maps, Early works to 1800 Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

The north part of America : conteyning Newfoundland, new England, Virginia, Florida, new Spaine, and Noua Francia wth ye rich Iles of Hispaniola, Cuba, Iamaica, and Porto Rieco on the south, and upon ye west the large and goodly Iland of California , North America, Maps, Early works to 1800 Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

Hamadaradz Asharhatsuyts = Extensive world map. Relief shown pictorially. Exhibited in Journeys of the Imagination, at the Boston Public Library, Boston, MA, April - August 2006. MB (BRL). This map is an example of a map from a non-western culture that depicts an Asian world view. Although obviously a hybrid with a strong European influence, this early 18th-century world map was printed entirely with Armenian script. The geographical delineation, however, was based heavily on Dutch maps of the late 17th century. Undated and with no indication of attribution, this map is similar to and may be a reduced version of an ornately decorated eight-sheet map published in Amsterdam in 1695. That map was published by Adrian and Peter Schoonebeck at the request of Archbishop Warthabeth who founded an Armenian printing press in Amsterdam in 1688 for the benefit of Armenians who had migrated from their homeland. Armenians trace their ancient roots to the mountainous area in western Asia, centered in

MERCATOR, Gerhard Kremer, called Gerardus (1512-1594). Atlas sive cosmographicae meditationes de fabrica mundi et fabricati figura. 1595. America ('America sive India Nova'). Edition printed in DŸsseldorf. Engraving. SPAIN. CATALONIA. Barcelona. Barcelona University Library.

America sive novvs orbis respectv Evropaeorvm inferior globi terrestris pars , North America, Maps, Early works to 1800, Central America, Maps, Early works to 1800, South America, Maps, Early works to 1800, America, Discovery and exploration, Maps, Early works to 1800, Western Hemisphere, Maps, Early works to 1800 Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

Daniae regni typum potentissimo Invictissimoque D. Christiano, Daniae, Norvegiae, Gotthorum Vandalorum Regi lubens offert , Denmark, Maps, Early works to 1800 Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

A mapp of the world. Maps, Atlases. 1682. Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division. Atlases, British, Coasts

Old paper world map. Old paper world map of the right hemisphere. Copyright: xZoonar.com/MikhailxPogosovx 15428263

Chinese map of the world dated 1763, claiming to be a reproduction of a 1418 map of Zheng Hes (1371-1433) voyages and to prove that Zheng He sailed both to Australia and the Americas. Many think the map is more likely to be based on 18th century European maps. Discovered by Lui Gang in 2005.

Map of the island of Björkö in Mälararmeer, Willem Swidde, 1693 The print is part of an album. paper etching Mälarmeer. Björkö The print is part of an album. paper etching Mälarmeer. Björkö

Western Hemisphere. From the book: A journal of a voyage to the South Seas, in his Majesty's ship the Endeavour, 1773, London, by Samuel John Neele. Gift of Charles Rooking Carter.

British Empire Throughout the World, Antique World Maps

Map Of The World 1806

World map. Italian engraving. 16th century.

A new map of the world according to Wrights alias Mercators projection &c : drawn from the newest and the most exact observations together with a view of the general and coasting trade winds, monsoons or the shifting trade winds with other considerable improvements &c. A detailed and large-scale world map, engraved by Herman Moll, with the imprints of Jeremiah Seller and Charles Price. The map is on Mercator's projection with arrows and shading through the middle depicting trade winds. Australia's coastline is incomplete, with the east coast, and a large section of the south coast not being drawn. Other areas of Australia not drawn are the north coast of Tasmania, and the area of Western Australia between Perth and Geraldton. Northern Queensland is connected to New Guinea on this map. Also, a large proportion of the coast of New Zealand is not drawn, and California is shown as an island. In lower centre margin: Note, that the arrows among the lines shew the Course of those General and

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

MS D97-FOL 102-3 ESTRELLAS PROYECTADAS HEMISFERIO. Location: ACADEMIA DE LA HISTORIA-COLECCION. MADRID. SPANIEN.

A map of the icy sea in which the several communications with the land waters and other new discoveries are exhibited , Arctic regions, Maps, Early works to 1800, North Pole, Maps, Early works to 1800 Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

A map of the icy sea in which the several communications with the land waters and other new discoveries are exhibited. From: Gentleman's magazine, v.30, June 1760 opp. p. 284. Polar projection showing the "icy great North Sea" south to mid Asia and America.... , Arctic ,area

A correct map of the world drawn from the best discoveries | Library of Congress

Map of the world, 17th Century.

1570 map of the World. Australia is depicted as a large south polar continent. From Abraham Ortelius' atlas, 'Theatrvm orbis terrarvm.'

Cartography, 16th century. Gerardus Mercator (1512-1594), World map, 1587.

A new map of the whole world with the trade winds according to ye latest and most exact observations , World maps, Early works to 1800 Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

The Americas, from the Mercator Atlas of 1633. From The Island Race, a 20th century book that covers the history of the British Isles from the pre-Roman times to the Victorian era. Written by Sir Winston Churchill and abridged by Timothy Baker.

A new mapp of America devided according to the best and latest observations and discoveries wherein are described by thear proper names the seaverall countries that belonge to ye English which are wholly left out in all Dutch and French maps viz New Scotland, Long Iland, N. York N. Jarsey, Mary Land, Pensilvania, Carrolina & , America, Maps, Early works to 1800, Western Hemisphere, Maps, Early works to 1800 Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

Map of 1536, Finaeus , Orontius.

SANTA CRUZ , ALONSO DE. NAVEGANTE Y COSMOGRAFO ESPAÑOL. SIGLOS XV-XVI. " ISLARIO GENERAL " , MAPA DEL ARCHIPIELAGO BALEAR. BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL.MADRID.

Caerte van de voornaemste reysen ende ontdeckingen door de Hollanders gedaen, alsook vande landen, plaetsen ende factoriën in hun bezit - mappe of the principal voyages and discoveries made by the Hollanders with the principal places and factories in their possesion - carte des remarquables voyages et descouvertes faicts par les Hollandois ainsique les pays et plus importantes lieux ou factories dans leur possession , Discoveries in geography, Dutch, Maps, World maps Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

Tabula moder. Gronlandiae et Russiae , Eastern Hemisphere, Maps, Early works to 1800 Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

Sidney's Map Twelve Miles Around New York Norman Friend (born Denmark ca. 1815). Sidney's Map Twelve Miles Around New York, 1849. Chromo lithograph, 35 5/8 x 35 1/16 in. (90.5 x 89 cm). American Art 1849

1696 Zahn Map of the World in Two Hemispheres

L'Amerique meridionale , South America, Maps, Early works to 1800 Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

America sive novvs orbis respectv Evropaeorvm inferior globi terrestris pars , North America, Maps, Early works to 1800, Central America, Maps, Early works to 1800, South America, Maps, Early works to 1800, America, Discovery and exploration, Maps, Early works to 1800, Western Hemisphere, Maps, Early works to 1800 Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

Western hemisphere , Western Hemisphere, Maps Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

Map sampler made at Pleasent Valley Quaker Boarding School 1809 Polly Platt Map samplers worked by schoolgirls emerged in Britain during the late eighteenth century. The tradition eventually spread to North America, though it was not practiced with the same frequency as in Britain. Map samplers originated from maps printed on paper that could also be printed on textiles for girls and young women to embroider and embellish. The double hemisphere map of the world was a printed image that could be marketed to schools in the United States as well as in Britain, highlighting the two countries cultural and pedagogical ties. This sampler is a fine example of those produced by students at the Pleasant Valley Quaker boarding school in New York in the first quarter of the nineteenth century. The schools three Quaker founders, Ann Shipley, her daughter-in-law Phebe Shipley, and her niece Agnes Abbatt Dean, had family connections to Quaker schools in England where map samplers had evolved in the

1799 Cruttwell Map of the World in Hemispheres

Game board Graphic Zaki Our lithography, Myszkowski Z. and Sp., Games Publishing House Solo

Cartography,17th century. Map of Africa in 1686 by Joan Blaeu.

Discovery of America in Bibliotheque Nationale. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

Gleason's new standard map of the world : on the projection of J. S. Christopher, Modern College, Blackheath, England ; scientifically and practically correct ; as 'it is.' , Map projection, World maps Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

A new map of the terraqueous globe according to the ancient discoveries and most general divisions of it into continents and oceans , World maps, Early works to 1800, 1700 Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

1858 Set of Two Pelton Wall Maps, Western Hemisphere and Eastern Hemisphere

cartography maps America woodcut ""Reisen in das westliche und _stliche Indien"" Frankfurt/Main 1596 by Theodor de Bry private collection South and North America Atlantic Pacific Terry australis map 16th century geography,

Portolan Atlas, 1587. Map which depicts a piece of land from India to the Himalayas, from Sulawesi to Papua New Guinea. Drawn in Messina. Facsimil. Miniature Painting. SPAIN. MADRID (AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITY). Madrid. National Library.

antique map

Woodcut and type print by Albrecht Dürer depicting the right side of the world map of John Stabius, created in 1515.

Map of Orbis Vetus - Earth - Sanson Atlas, circa 1700

Early Geographers' idea of the world. Dated 18th Century

The World , World maps, Early works to 1800, 1511 Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

The World. Ptolemaic world map. Relief shown pictorially. Engraved on wood with place names in moveable type. Shows named national or geographical regions, rivers, mountains, deserts, seas. In margin: climactic notes and zodiacal signs. Appears in the author's Geographia, edited by Bernard Sylvanus. Venetiis : Per Iacobum Pentium de Leucho, anno Domini 1511. Text in Latin. Cataloging, conservation, and digitization made possible in part by The National Endowment for the Humanities: Exploring the human endeavor... Ptolemaic world map. Ptolemaic world map, World

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