Historical World Maps

A collection of early world maps featuring intricate geographic details, varied color palettes, and historical annotations, depicting global exploration and discovery.

The world from the discoveries & observations made in the latest voyages & travels | Library of Congress

Mappemonde ou Description du globe terrestre , World maps, Early works to 1800 Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

Mappe Monde ou carte générale du globe terrestre dessinée suivant les regles de la projection des cartes réduites , World maps, Early works to 1800, Cook, James, 1728-1779 Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

Map of the world, shewing the tracks & discoveries of Captn. Cook. Relief shown pictorially. Engraved for Guthrie's new system of geography.... , World

1778 Bellin Nautical Chart or Map of the World

The world from the discoveries & observations made in the latest voyages & travels | Library of Congress

Orbis vetus in utrque continente juxtà mentem Sansonianam distinctus, nec non observationibus astronomicis , World maps, Early works to 1800 Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

1775 Lotter Map of the World on a Hemisphere Projection

Racing routes of the Yankee clippers. Pictorial map. Includes notes describing routes and length of time to travel. Includes illustrations of animals, ships and people.... , World

Mappa totius mundi : adornata juxta observationes dnn. academiae regalis scientiarum et nonnullorum aliorum secundum annotationes recentissimas , World maps, Early works to 1800 Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

1818 Pinkerton Map of the Eastern Hemisphere ( Asia , Africa , Europe , Australia)

A map of the world from the best authorities. Double hemisphere map. Shows drainage, routes of Capt. Cook, 1768-1780. "Engrav'd for Carey's Edition of Guthrie's new System of Geography." Relief shown pictorially.... , World

1801 Cary Map of the Eastern Hemisphere ( Asia, Africa, Australia )

Map of the European settlements in the East Indies and on the eastern coast of Africa including part of Europe , Eastern Hemisphere, Maps, Early works to 1800, Europe, Colonies, Maps, Early works to 1800, 1776 Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

World Map, divided in the Eastern and Western Hemisphere, Johannes Condet, 1721 - 1774 print World map, divided in the Eastern and Western hemisphere. Above a banderole with the title, in the middle the weapon of the Kingdom of France with personifications of the four large continents. The map is equipped with a coordinates network and a degree distribution along the edges. print maker: AmsterdamParispublisher: Amsterdam paper engraving / etching map of the world. armorial bearing, heraldry. continents represented allegorically

Universal Description of the Whole World, Antique World Maps

Orbis veteribus notus , Geography, Ancient, Maps, Eastern Hemisphere, Maps Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

The world, according to the latest discoveries. The world, according to the latest discoveries

Map of Cooks Voyages 1788, Cassini, Giovanni Maria.

World Map Prepared for then French King, Antique World Maps

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

An antique map of the world

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

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

Old color lithography. Nova orbis tabvla in lvcem edita A. F. de Wit, World map by Frederick de Wit (1630-1706) Dutch mathematician and cartographer. Amsterdam, 17th century

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

Amsterdam, Blaeu, Johannes Willemszoon, Willem Janszoon, Ende, Jan Aertse van den, Nova totius terrarum orbis geographica ac hydrographica tabula, World map with decorative borders, verso - stamped, World map with decorative borders. At the top of the map the title. Top left a cartouche with a text about America. Below, right of the center, a cartouche with a dedication and the coat of arms of Cornelis Pietersz. Hooft. Bottom left a map of the North Pole, bottom right a map of the South Pole. In the border above the map an allegory of six planets and the sun. In the left margin an allegory of the four elements. In the right margin an allegory of the four seasons. In the margin below the map the seven wonders of the ancient world. The map has a coordinate grid and a degree division along the edges. With Dutch text on the verso., print, prent, map, prints, Atlas Ottens, height 413 mm, width 545 mm, print maker, printmaker, 1635 - 1649, paper, papier, engraving, engraving (printing proces

A map of the world : corrected from the observations communicated to the Royal Societys of London and Paris. Relief shown pictorially. Dedication: To the right honourable Richard Boyle, Earl of Burlington and Cork, Viscount Dungarvan, Baron Clifford of Lansborough and Baron Boyle of Youghall. Exhibited in Journeys of the Imagination, at the Boston Public Library, Boston, MA, April - August 2006. MB (BRL). By the end of the 17th century, the Dutch were losing their dominance in the European map trade and were being replaced by French, British, and German publishing firms. Displayed here is an example of an early 18th-century world map by the English map, atlas, and globe publisher John Senex. Utilizing a double hemisphere projection, this map was not as highly ornamented as its Dutch predecessors. The marginal decorations have disappeared. In their place, Senex has included texts about tides, evaporation, and trade winds based on the investigations and theories of Isaac Newton and Edmon

A hand-colored map titled 'Americae mappa generalis,' published in 1746 by Homann Erben in Nürnberg. The map follows the principles of stereographic projection and measures 46 x 52 cm. It belongs to the category of early works related to maps of America before 1800

1785 Clouet Map of North America and South America

P. McD. Collins' proposed overland telegraph : via Behrings Strait and asiatic Russia to Europe, under Russian & British grants. Relief shown by hachures. Shows completed and proposed lines. Includes table of distances... Proposed overland telegraph. Proposed overland telegraph, World

America. Cartographic. Maps, Atlases. 1729. Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division. Atlases, Historical geography, Maps, America , Maps , Early works to 1800

A new and correct map of the whole world, shewing ye situation of its principal parts. ... according to the newest and most exact observations Cartographic. Maps, Atlases. 1736. Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division. World maps

1590 map of the World.

A map of Asia, highlighting its principal states and regions, as well as various islands and new discoveries made by the English and Russians in the eastern parts. The map was created by Robert Sayer and published in London in 1788, with a second edition released in 1789 featuring additions, corrections, and improvements. It represents British cartographic efforts and includes early geographic information about Asia

CELLARIUS, Andreas (1596-1665). Atlas Coelestis seu Harmonia Macrocosmica. 1661. Page number 13. 'Hemisphaerium orbis antiquiti cum zonis circulis et situ populorum diverso'. Map of the Old World. Printed in Amsterdam by Johannes Janssonius. Engraving. SPAIN. CATALONIA. Barcelona. Biblioteca de Catalunya (National Library of Catalonia).

Richard Hakluyt, the Principal Navigations, London. Unknown Artist (English, 19th century); from the original collection of Richard Hakluyt (English, 1552-1616). Date: 1889. Dimensions: . Engraving in black on cream wove paper. Origin: England. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

ORTELIUS, Abraham (1527-1598). Theatrum Orbis Terrarum. 1570. It is considered to be the first modern atlas. World map (Typus Orbim Terrarum). Printed in Antwerp by Christophe Plantin (1588). Etching.

World map of A.D. 1544 (the Sebastian-Cabot map). Relief shown pictorially. "Reproduced by photography to a little less than half-size. From a negative taken from the original at Paris, by order of the Minister of Agriculture and Statistics." This reproduction, with the inscriptions and their English translation, is also published in the "Report on Canadian Archives," 1897, pp. 102-125. Originally published: Paris, 1882. Includes inscriptions in Spanish and Latin... Sebastian-Cabot map. Sebastian-Cabot map, World

1784 Vaugondy Map of the World on Mercator Projection

Two-volume atlas published by Joan Blaeu (23 September 1596 - 21 December 1673) who was a Dutch cartographer born in Alkmaar, the son of cartographer Willem Blaeu

The new map of the world , World maps, Pictorial maps Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

Vera Totius Expeditionis Nautica (World Map), Antique World Maps

Orbis terrarum nova et accuratissima tabula , World maps, Early works to 1800 Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

World Map in Projection 1595.

Chart of the world on Mercator's projection 1798 - 1804. Cartographic. Maps, Atlases. Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division. Atlases , Great Britain, Maps in education , England, Historical geography

L'Amérique Septentrionale & Meridionale divisée en ses principales parties, ou sont distingués les vns des autres les estats suivant qu'ils appartiennent presentement aux François, Castillans, Portugais, Anglois, Suedois, Danois, Hollandois &c , Western Hemisphere, Maps, Early works to 1800, America, Maps, Early works to 1800 Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

World map Date: 1827

Universalis cosmographia secundum Ptholomaei traditionem et Americi Vespucii aliorumque lustrationes - Composite Map | Library of Congress

1827 Finley Map of the World on Mercator's Projection

1833 School Girl Manuscript Wall Map of the World on Hemisphere Projection (Marcia Rounds of Newport

Double hemisphere map of the World, Blaeu, Joan (1596-1673)

L'Amerique, meridionale, et septentrionale , America, Maps, Early works to 1800, Western Hemisphere, Maps, Early works to 1800 Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

Northern Netherlands, Nova Totius Orbis Terrarum Descriptio, Map of the world with the travels of Joris van Spilbergen and Jacob le Maire around the world, 1614-1617, Map of the world showing the travels of Joris van Spilbergen and Jacob le Maire around the world, 1614-1617. At the bottom a detail of the north coast of New Guinea. Part of the illustrations in the report of the journey of Joris van Spilbergen around the world, No. 1., print, picture, news print, map, prints, pictures, Frederik Muller Historieplaten, height 320 mm, width 448 mm, print maker, printmaker, 1617 - 1619, second quarter 17th century, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process)

Nova totius terrarum orbis tabula, a world map of the earth from 1660, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original

Map of the world, on Mercator's projection , World maps Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

A new and accurat map of the world drawne according to ye truest descriptions latest discoveries & best observations yt have been made by English or strangers , World maps, Early works to 1800 Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

Map of the world on a polyconic projection , World maps Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

Photo collection Government information service. World map from 1670 from Frederik de Wit. 1670

Map of America, Nicolaes Visscher (I) (workshop or), c. 1660 print Map of North and South America. Ships in the sea, mountains, trees, animals, people and buildings on land. Left under Cartouche with title, snakes, local residents and a local prince, specifically local activities. Above the assignment to the Amsterdam mayor Cornelis Witsen and governor of the WIC, with coat of arms and helmet, worn by three angels and an Indian. Number of states known, 1 (2) Amsterdam paper engraving (map of) America. Native peoples of the Americas Northern and Central America. South America

antique map

Orbis terrarum nova et accuratissima tabula. Double hemispherical map of the world. Appears in the author's De zee-atlas ofte water-wereld. t'Amsteldam: By Pieter Goos, 1672. Plate 1. Cataloging, conservation, and digitization made possible in part by The National Endowment for the Humanities: Exploring the human endeavor.. Regions and Seasons: Allegorical figures of the seasons - both male and female - along with their characteristic symbols, are placed in the lower center of this double-hemisphere world map. Spring with her flowers sits near Summer with the Horn of Plenty, while Old Man Winter kneels to the right. Dionysus, the Greek god of fruitfulness and wine is also present as an ode to an abundant harvest, while four wind heads blow on the earth from their designated part of the sky. This map combines contemporary geography with mythological figures from the past, creating a decorative blend of old and new.. Nieuwe werelt kaert uyt gegeven. Nieuwe werelt kaert uyt gegeven, World

World Map with the Rezien by James Cook, Cornelis van Baarsel, 1780 - 1796 print World map with James Cook's journeys indicated on it. The card is equipped with a search schedule and a degree distribution along the edges. At the bottom right a legend. paper engraving map of the world. exploration, expedition, voyage of discovery

A chart of the world upon Mercator's projection : describing the tracks of Capt. Cook in the year 1768, 69, 70, 71, and in 1772, 73, 74, 75, with the new discoveries , Voyages around the world, Maps, Early works to 1800, Discoveries in geography, British, Maps, Early works to 1800, World maps, Early works to 1800, Cook, James, 1728-1779 Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

Map of the world drawn and engraved from D'Anville's two sheet map with improvements for Harrison, Newgate Street as the act directs, Dec. 1, 1788 Cartographic. Maps. 1788-12-01. Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division

Chart of the harbours of Salem, Marblehead, Beverly and Manchester : from a survey taken in the years 1804, 5 & 6 , Nautical charts, Massachusetts, Beverly, Nautical charts, Massachusetts, Manchester, Nautical charts, Massachusetts, Marblehead, Nautical charts, Massachusetts, Salem, Harbors, Massachusetts, Maps, Salem Mass., Maps, Marblehead Mass., Maps, Beverly Mass., Maps, Manchester Mass., Maps, North Shore Mass. : Coast, Maps Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

A map of Lemuria at its greatest extent Date: 1904

1604 Japanese copy of Ricciís Chinese World Map

Conway Harbour : Port Aylesbury , Nautical charts, Nova Scotia, Early works to 1800, Coasts, Nova Scotia, Maps, Early works to 1800, Nova Scotia, Maps, Early works to 1800 Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

Cartography,16th century. Universal Marine ( World Sea) by Francesco Rosselli, 1508 ca. Engraving on illustrated parchment. 18 x 33.5 cm.

World Map Gotha, Justus Perthes, 1872, Atlas

A new and accurat map of the world drawne according to ye truest descriptions latest discoveries & best observations yt have been made by English or strangers , World maps, Early works to 1800 Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

A new and accurat map of the world drawne according to ye truest descriptions latest discoveries & best observations yt have been made by English or strangers. Relief shown pictorially. First state. Includes insets of "The heavens and elements," "The eclipse of the sunn," "A figure of the spheare," and "The eclipse of the moone," 2 celestial hemispheres, historical notes, and ill.... , World

BLAEU, Jan (1596-1673). Atlas Novus or Atlas Maior. 1635 - 1665. Detail of the world map with the legend of America. Etching. SPAIN. CATALONIA. Barcelona. Biblioteca de Catalunya (National Library of Catalonia).

Mappmonde ou description generale du globe terrestre , World maps, Early works to 1800 Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

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

1764 Brion de la Tour Map of the Western Hemisphere ( North America South America )

World map; Orbis Terrarum Nova et accuratissima tabula. World map with the eastern and western hemisphere, and in the corners the personifications of the four elements, air, fire, water and earth.

New map of the world with all the new discoveries. Cartographic. Maps. 1798-01-01. Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division. Discoveries in geography, World maps, Western Hemisphere, Eastern Hemisphere, Constellations, Planets

Conway Harbour : Port Aylesbury , Nautical charts, Nova Scotia, Early works to 1800, Coasts, Nova Scotia, Maps, Early works to 1800, Nova Scotia, Maps, Early works to 1800 Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

Map of the world on a globular projection Cartographic. Maps. 1794-01-01. Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division. World maps, Western Hemisphere, Eastern Hemisphere

A map of the icy sea in which the several communications with the land waters and other new discoveries are exhibited Cartographic. Maps. 1760. Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division. Arctic regions

World map dating from 1634/1635 by Willem Blaeu. Nova totius terrarum orbis geographica ac hydrographica tabula. Along the bottom of the map are illustrations of the seven wonders of the ancient wor

1796 Mannert Map of North America and South America

A new map of the whole continent of America, divided into North and South and West Indies : wherein are exactly described the United States of North America as well as the several European possessions according to the preliminaries of peace signed at Versailles Jan. 20, 1783. Relief shown pictorially. Hand colored outlines. Mounted on linen. Prime meridian: Ferro Island. From Thomas Kitchin's a general atlas describing the whole universe. 1793. Includes inset "The supplement to North America containing the countries adjoining to Baffins & Hudson bays" and tables showing European possessions.... , North and Central America South America Mesoamerica ,area North America ,area South America America

L'Afrique : dressée sur les relations e nouvelles decouvertes de differens voyageurs, conformes aux observations astronomiques , Africa, Maps, Early works to 1800 Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

Old World Map 1666, Goos, Pieter.

1844 Flemming Map of the Eastern Hemisphere

Nova totivs terrarvm orbis geographica ac hydrographica tabvla , World maps, Early works to 1800 Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

Right half of a world map, now only the eastern hemisphere can be seen. Top left the title cartouche, with an allegorical representation of two of the four large continents in the form of female figures. The map shows Nova Hollandia and Abel Tasman's journey of 1642. Top right a map of the South Pole. The map has a graduation along the edges, right half of a world map, with the eastern hemisphere Mappa totius mundi : adornata juxta observationes (...)., print maker: anonymous, publisher: Tobias Conrad Lotter, (mentioned on object), Augsburg, after 1775, paper, engraving, h 456 mm × w 362 mm

Chart of the harbours of Salem, Marblehead, Beverly and Manchester : from a survey taken in the years 1804, 5 & 6. Depths shown by soundings. Relief shown pictorially. Engraved by Hooker & Fairman.... , Massachusetts , Essex ,county , Beverly Massachusetts , Essex ,county , Manchester Massachusetts , Essex ,county , Salem Massachusetts , Essex ,county , Marblehead

A new map of the world from the latest observations. Relief shown pictorially. Includes ancillary maps in each corner showing additional projections and zones of the earth. Appears in Senex's New General Atlas. London, 1721.... , World

A new map of the whole continent of America, divided into North and South and West Indies : wherein are exactly described the United States of North America as well as the several European possessions according to the preliminaries of peace signed at Versailles Jan. 20, 1783 , America, Maps, Early works to 1800, Western Hemisphere, Maps, Early works to 1800 Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

Map of New World 1652.

CARTOGRAFIA. ATLAS REALIZADO POR JOAN MARTINES EN MESINA EN EL AÑO 1587. MAPAMUNDI. BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL. MADRID.

Imperial Sheet Atlas, Antique World Maps

1700 French map of Asian continent and Islands of the East Indies. Central and Western Asia are occupied by Tatars.

A Mercators chart , World maps, Early works to 1800 Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

Environs de Paris / dressés d'après les chasses, dom Coutans, et ses propres levés par Alexis Donnet ... ; gravé par les frères Malo, 1832. Donnet, Alexis, cartographer. 1832 Map is circular, inscribed in a square. Inset maps at the four corners: St. Germain en Laye, St. Cloud et ses environs, Versailles et ses environs, Fontainebleau et ses environs (scale 1:31,250). Oriented with north at top. Map cut into 36 rectangular panels and mounted on toile. Boundaries of departments and some rivers traced in color. Scale 1:125,000. Edition Statement: Publié en 1832 par Malo.

Old paper world map. Old paper world map, Holland. Copyright: xZoonar.com/MikhailxPogosovx 2332916

Map of human races

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