Historical Maritime Maps

A collection of antique nautical maps depicting coastal areas, sea routes, and geography of the Americas and Europe from the 16th to 18th centuries.

Portolan naval map or chart of the Mediterranean and adjacent seas by Jacopo Malgiolo 1561 with kings of Tartary Turks etc

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

Portolan naval map or chart of the Mediterranean and adjacent seas by Jacopo Malgiolo 1561 with kings of Tartary Turks etc

French map of Central and South America, showing Florida, Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean Islands and Antilles, River Plate, Conquistadors in Peru, Cannibals, Gold Mines, Parrots, etc. 1550. British Museum

Map of Belgium, France and Luxembourg. Made by Michaelis Tramezini, 1558. Printed by Iacobus Bossius. (Photo by: PHAS/UIG)

Cartography, Italy, 18th century. Republic of Genoa. Map by Andrew Dury, London 1764. Copper engraving.

MAPA DE LA BAHIA DE CADIZ GUIPUZCOA Y MADRID 1584. Author: ABRAHAM ORTELIUS (1527-1598). Location: SERVICIO GEOGRAFICO DEL EJERCITO. MADRID. SPAIN.

Amazon and the River Plate. From a Spanish map of South America 1582.

Europe. Map. 15th century. Conde Museum. Chantilly, France.

Cartography, 16th century. Map of Spain and Morocco coast, from a portolan chart by Diego Homen, 1557.

Renaissance map of Europe, Jacopo Russo, 1528, detail of north African coast

Planisphere map of the World by Sanches, Portugal, 1623.

Cartography, 17th century. Nautical chart of Aegean Sea, the Island of Lemnos. Third 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 Western Africa. From the Atlas by Lazaro Luis, 1563.

Map of attack of Spanish Armada on England and their defense, 1588

Francesc Oliva / Carta naútica del mediterráneo, 1658. Museu Marítim de Barcelona.

Americae pars, nunc Virginia dicta : primum ab Anglis inuenta, sumtibus Dn. Walteri Raleigh, Equestris ordinis Viri, Anno Dni. MDLXXXV regni Vero Sereniss. nostrae Reginae Elisabethae XXVII, hujus vero Historia peculiari Libro descripta est, additis etiam Indigenarum Iconibus White, John, active 1585-1593. Cartographic. Maps. 1590. Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division. Virginia, North Carolina, North Carolina , Maps , Early works to 1800, Roanoke Colony , Maps , Early works to 1800, Virginia , Maps , Early works to 1800

Carta universal en que se contiene todo lo que del mundo se ha descubierto fasta agora. In lower margin: The second Borgian map by Diego Ribero, Seville 1529. "Reproduced from the original in the Museum of the 'Propaganda' in Rome, lent by His Holiness Pope Leo XIII, by W. Griggs, London." Includes illustrations of windheads, ships, plants, animals, and coats-of-arms... Second Borgian map. Second Borgian map, World

PLAN OF CARTAGENA DE INDIAS AND ITS FORTIFICATIONS 18/4/1584 - 420x590 mm. Author: ANTONELLI BAUTISTA. Location: Archivo General de Indias. Sevilla. Seville. SPAIN.

Cartography, 16th century. Ireland and Great Britain. From a Portolan atlas in three charts, by John Xenodocos from Corfu, 1520, cm. 32 x 22.3.

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

ATLAS PORTULANO DE LA COSTA AMERICANA DEL PACIFICO - PRIMERAS COSTAS DE AMERICA - SIGLO XVI. Author: JUAN MARTINEZ (-1591) CARTOGRAFO. Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.

The Mediterranean Sea, by Joan Martines taken from a nautical atlas, 1571. Detail.

Cartography, 16th century. Map of Ireland and coasts of France, Flanders and Great Britain, from a portolan chart by Ioannes Superantius.

The Western Mediterranean, The European Coast To Denmark, And The British Isles From "Portolan Atlas Of Six Charts" 1594 Maps Newberry Library, Chicago, Illinois, USA

Map of Islandia (Iceland) Theatrum Orbis Terrarum Abraham Ortelius (1527-1598 Netherlandish) The Huntington Library

Cartography, Italy, 17th century. The state of Lucca. From Regionum Italiae by Willem Blaeu.

PORTULANO DEL SIGLO XVI - ESPAÑA Y OCEANO ATLANTICO-PAGINAS 3 Y 4. Author: JUAN ORTIZ VALERO (S XVI). Location: SERVICIO GEOGRAFICO DEL EJERCITO. MADRID. SPAIN.

ATLAS PORTULANO - EL CANAL DE LA MANCHA - VIT20. INGLATERRA Y GALES 1587. Author: JUAN MARTINEZ (-1591) CARTOGRAFO. Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.

England's North East Coast, 1588, Waghenaer.

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

Cartography, 17th century. Nautical chart of the limits of the North Sea, created by Hessel Gerritsz.

Cartography, 17th century. Map of Panama, 1744. Detail: The mouth of the Chagre River.

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

Topographic map of Holland, Salomon Rogiers, After Balthasar Florisz. Van Berckenrode, 1629 - 1635 print Topographic map of the province of Holland with at the top of the North Sea and the Wapen van Holland. At the top left a cartouche with the weapon of Amsterdam and a dedication (to the regents of Amsterdam). Bottom left a cartouche with the title, and at the top right of a fish shower decorated with fish with the Wadden Islands. At the bottom right the scale. Amsterdam paper etching / engraving maps of separate countries or regions Holland

The Catalan Atlas, 1375. Attributed to the Majorcan Jewish cartographers Abraham and Jehuda Cresques, was service of King of Aragon. National Library of France, Paris.

The Caverio Map or Caveri Map, circa 1505. This map was one of the primary sources used to make the WaldseemŸller map. Miniature Painting. FRANCE. ëLE-DE-FRANCE. Paris. National Library.

Antike Kartographie. Authentische alte Karte. Exploration, Geographie, Vintage Hintergrund. Antike Kartographie. Authentische alte Karte. Exploration, Geographie, Vintage Hintergrund. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PaoloxGallox 22613172

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

Eastern Mediterranean from Portolan Atlas, 1546, USA, Chicago, Newberry Library

Chart of the South Atlantic 1558.

Thomas Fuller (1608-1661) was an English churchman, historian and writer. Born in Aldwinker St Peter's, Northamptonshire, his father was rector of the community. He was admitted to Queens' College in Cambridge and did well academically. Fuller was a prolific author, one of the first English writers to live by his pen. He is particularly remembered for his Worthies of England, published in 1662 after his death.

MAP OF THE CITY AND BAY OF SAN JUAN DE PUERTO RICO. Location: ARCHIVO HISTORICO MILITAR. MADRID. SPAIN.

Cartography, 16th century. The Red Sea and Arabia Felix. From a Portolan atlas in three charts, by John Xenodocos from Corfu, 1520, cm. 32 x 22.3.

Cartography, Italy, 16th century. Venice and Genoa. From a portolan chart by Francesco Oliva, 1566

Portolan map of the African Coast, Portolan Maps

Renaissance map of Europe, Jacopo Russo, 1528, North, East and central Spain (detail)

Portolan Chart of the Atlantic Ocean Joao Teixeira Albernazi (active 1620-1640) Christie's, London

India | Library of Congress

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

Cartography, 16th century. The Indian Ocean and part of Asia and Africa: the Indian Peninsula, from Atlas of the World in thirty-three Maps, by Battista Agnese, 1553

Pirate treasure map Old treasure map used by pirates to find hidden treasure ,property released Copyright: xZoonar.com/PaulxFleetx 8828343 ,model released, Symbolfoto ,property released

Cartography, 17th century. Nautical chart of Northern Africa. Detail from the third chart, from a nautical atlas of the Mediterranean Sea in three charts, by Pietro Giovanni Prunus, 1651. Cm 41.6x28.

Figura Totius Orbe Thexora Universale Hargonio, Fra Bona(- ) Newberry Library, Chicago, Illinois, USA

MAPA Nº11 - ATLAS PORTULANO 1568 - NUEVA ETIOPIA, DESCUBIERTA POR MAGALLANES. Author: FERNAO VAZ DOURADO (1520-1580). Location: PRIVATE COLLECTION. MADRID. SPAIN.

Asia From "Portolan Atlas Of Four Charts" 1612 Maps Newberry Library, Chicago, Illinois, USA

Cartography, 16th century. Nautical chart of the Central-Eastern Mediterranean Sea, detail with coast of Tunisia, by Giorgio Sideri called Callapoda or Calopodio da Candia (Crete).

Indie interioris civitates decima Asia tabula continet India int. Gangem. Title from verso. Map of India, west of the Ganges. 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. Descriptive text within ornamental borders on verso. 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... Decima Asia tabula continet India int. Gangem. Decima Asia tabula continet India int. Gangem, India

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

Map of SE South America 1547.

1562 map of North and South America by Spaniard, Diego Gutiérrez. Map features not only the Amazon River system, Lake Titicaca, and an erupting volcano in central Mexico. Place name of California' is used for the first time. The decorative map includes fanciful images of parrots, monkeys, mermaids, huge sea creatures, Brazilian cannibals, and Patagonian gi

SANTA CRUZ , ALONSO DE. NAVEGANTE Y COSMOGRAFO ESPAÑOL. SIGLOS XV-XVI. " ISLARIO GENERAL " , MAPA DE LAS ISLAS CANARIAS.

Supervised by Spanish-born Pope Alexander VI, the Treaty of Tordesillas in 1494 divided the world in halfinto Spanish and Portuguese territories. Following Portuguese navigator Vasco da Gama's success in discovering a sea route around Africa to India in 1498, King Manuel I commissioned Pedro Alvares Cabral to lead a second voyage of 13 ships and 1,500 men to India. Although he intended to stay close to the west coast of Africa, Cabral sailed far off course and accidentally chanced upon the coast of South America. According to the Treaty of Tordesillas of 1494, any land falling within 370 leagues [2.060 km west of the Cape Verde Islands was to belong to Portugal, whereas any land discovered west of this meridian would be Spanish territory, as decreed by Spanish-born Pope Alexander VI. The coastline of Brazil therefore fell within the Portuguese sphere of influence and was colonized by Manuel I. However, following Portugal’s discovery of the Spice Islands of the Moluccas in 1512, Spain

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

Cartography, Italy, 17th century. Piedmont, Monferrato and Liguria Regions. Map by Gerhard Kremer, from Regionum Italiae, 1628. Copper engraving.

Nona Asie tabula continet Ariam & Paropanisadas & Drangianam & Arachosia & Gedrosiam , Iran, Maps, Early works to 1800, Afghanistan, Maps, Early works to 1800, Pakistan, Maps, Early works to 1800 Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

HISTORIA DE CATALUÑA. GUERRA DE SUCESION ESPAÑOLA (1701-1715). Siglo XVIII. MAPA DE LA CIUDAD DE BARCELONA durante el asedio francés de 1706, entre los meses de abril y mayo. En 1706 la ciudad padeció un asedio de la flota francesa, coincidiendo con la convocatoria de las Cortes Catalanas por el Archiduque Carlos de Austria, llamado rey Carlos III.

MAPAMUNDI REALIZADO POR EL CARTOGRAFO REAL DE FELIPE II EN 1588. Author: CHRISTIAN SGROOTEN (1525-1603). Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.

Map of Massachusetts, Rhode-Island & Connecticut : compiled from the latest authorities. Prime meridian: Washington D.C. and Greenwich. Shows roads, railroads, mills, factories and churches. Includes illustrations. Insets: Norwich, Conn. and factories -- Fall River, Mass. and factories -- New-Haven -- Salem -- City of Lowell -- New Britain, Conn. manufactories -- New-York -- North Adams, Mass. manufactories -- Boston -- Canton factories, Mass. -- Warwick & Coventry factories, R.I. -- Pawtucket and Central Falls manufactories -- Hartford -- Woonsocket Falls, R.I. & factories -- Providence... Map of Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Connecticut. Map of Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Connecticut, Massachusetts New England ,area Rhode Island Connecticut

Cartography, Brazil, 16th century. Map of Rio de Janeiro on canvas by Jacques Van de Claye.

Cartography, Italy, 15th century. Portolan chart of Venice and Genoa.

Venice, Italy on an etching by Franz Hogenberg circa 1575. Vintage 16th Century Illustrative city Plan and Map.

A new map of the Land of Promise and the holy city of Jerusalem describing the most important events in the Old & New Testaments , Geography, Maps, Jerusalem, Maps, Palestine, Maps Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

Map of the Old and New Worlds - ca. 1500. Author: Juan de la Cosa (c. 1450-1510). Location: MUSEO NAVAL / MINISTERIO DE MARINA, MADRID, SPAIN. Also known as: MAPA DE 1500-PERFIL COSTERO DE AMERICA-PORTULANO DEL SIGLO XVI.

Karta Rossii Gerbershteina, gravirovannaia na miedi Ia.Gastal'do v 1566g. Tekst str.7 A map of Russia by Gerbershtein, engraved on copper by Ia. Gastaldo in 1556. Text p.7 Cartographic. Maps. 1899. General Research Division. Cartography , Russia , History, Russia

Francesc Oliva / Carta naútica del mediterráneo, 1658. Museu Marítim de Barcelona.

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

Cartography, 17th century. Map of the Mediterranean Sea by Francois Ollive, Marseille, 1664.

Map of Florida and Cuba, circa 1588

Cartography, 16th century. Map of the Antilles Islands.

SANTA CRUZ , ALONSO DE. NAVEGANTE Y COSMOGRAFO ESPAÑOL. SIGLOS XV-XVI. " ISLARIO GENERAL " , MAPA DE LA ISLA DE CUBA.

Map of the River Nile From Its Estuary South. Date/Period: Ottoman. Illuminated manuscripts; folios (leaves); maps. Ink and pigments on laid European paper ink and pigments on laid European paper. Height: 35.80 mm (1.40 in); Width: 65.50 mm (2.57 in). Author: PIRI REIS.

FASCIMIL - PLANISFERIO DE 1154 - DETALLE DE LA DERECHA: EUROPA Y AFRICA. Author: AL-IDRISI.

Map of Canada 1546 by Pierre Desceliers, (fl. 1537-1553) was a French cartographer of the Renaissance and an eminent member of the Dieppe School of Cartography. He is considered the father of French hydrography.

Cartography, 16th century. Nautical chart of the Central-Eastern Mediterranean Sea, detail with Egypt and Red Sea, by Giorgio Sideri called Callapoda or Calopodio da Candia (Crete).

Map of Flanders and Hainaut, 1555, 1555 print Map of Flanders and Hainaut. At the bottom right a cartouche with the title, below the passer with bowls. At the top left the imperial weapon with the Golden Fleece. All inscriptions in Latin. paper engraving maps of separate countries or regions Flanders. Hainaut

ATLAS PORTULANO ORIENTE MEDIO VIT 20 - PENINSULA DE ARABIA. Author: JUAN MARTINEZ (-1591) CARTOGRAFO. Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.

Map of Americas with Columbus, Vespucci, Magellan and Pizarro, (1594-1996), USA, New York City, New York Public Library

The Western Mediterranean From "Portolan Atlas Of Six Charts" 1636 Maps Newberry Library, Chicago, Illinois, USA

Cartography 16th-17th centuries. Turkish portolan chart by Seyued Nuh Efendi

Portolan chart, 1582. The Eastern Mediterranean (the Aegean Sea, the Black Sea and Turkey). Made in Messina. Miniature Painting. SPAIN. MADRID (AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITY). Madrid. National Library.

ACAPULCO-PLANO TOPOGRAFICO-1730-MEXICO 125. Location: Archivo General de Indias. Sevilla. Seville. SPANIEN.

FACSIMIL-PLANISFERIO DE 1154-DET CENTRAL EUROPA. Author: AL-IDRISI.

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

A pictorial map of Germany , Germany, Maps Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

Map of Stralsund, Anonymous, 1735 Map of Stralsund. Bottom left a soldier who writes on a tablet. Part of an atlas with 223 maps of countries and cities and war scenes in Europe in the period ca. 1690-1735. print maker: Northern Netherlandspublisher: Amsterdam paper etching / engraving / lacquering Stralsund Map of Stralsund. Bottom left a soldier who writes on a tablet. Part of an atlas with 223 maps of countries and cities and war scenes in Europe in the period ca. 1690-1735. print maker: Northern Netherlandspublisher: Amsterdam paper etching / engraving / lacquering Stralsund

Cartography, Germany, 16th century. Map of Plon. From Civitates Orbis Terrarum by Georg Braun (1541-1622) and Franz Hogenberg (1540-1590), Cologne. Engraving

Palestina , Palestine, Maps, Early works to 1800, Israel, Maps, Early works to 1800 Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

Palestina. Title supplied by cataloger. Map of Palestine. Oriented with north to the left. 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. Like all the modern maps of Palestine added to the early printed editions of Ptolemy, this was copied from Petrus Vesconte's map of Palestine first published by Marino Sanuto, ca. 1320. One of 5 'modern' maps of non-Ptolemaic design, executed by Pietro Vesconte for Marino sanudo's "Liber secretorum fidelium crucis" early in the 14th century. Text in Latin. Cataloging, conservation, and digitization made possible in part by The National Endowment for the Humanities: Exploring the human endeavor.... , State of Palestine Israel

Map of Livonia. 16th century. Marine Chart of Olaus Magnus (1490-1557). Fragment of a reproduction. Venice, 1539. Latvian War Museum. Riga. Latvia.

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

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