antique maps, geography

[World map by Ptolemy] - Public domain vintage map

Illus. in: Claudii Ptholemei Alexandrini philosophi Cosmographia. Rome : Arnoldus Buckinck, 10 Oct. (VI Idus Octobris) 1478. Published in: The tradition of technology : Landmarks of Western technology ... / Le... More

The world - Vintage map, Norman B. Leventhal Collection

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 origin... More

Circular world map - Public domain vintage map

The circular world map that appeared in the 1475 Latin edition of ''Rudimentum Novitorium'' and its subsequent French translations is considered the first printed map of the world. Drawn in the tradition of Med... More

Small circular world map - Public domain vintage map

Apian, a noted German mathematician, astronomer and geographer, compiled several geographical publications during the first half of the 16th century. His work displayed various iterations of the American contin... More

Schema huius praemissae divisionis sphaerarum [page 5]

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Tabula Asiae - Public domain vintage map

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Quam hic vides orbis imagine[m] lector ca[n]dide ea[m] ut posteriore[m...

The Italian engraver and publisher, Antonio Salamanca, produced this finely engraved world map utilizing the double cordiform projection (heart shaped). Salamanca’s engraving was based on a 1538 map published b... More

Karta Rossii Antoniia Vida ok.1537g. s ottiska, gravirovannago F.Gogen...

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Cantebrigia, opulentissimi Angli[a]e Regni vrbs celeberrimi nominis, a...

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Das heilig Lande mit Ausztheilung der zwoelff Geschlechter

Relief shown pictorially. Title and text in German. Place names in Latin. Appears in Sebastian Munster's Cosmographey. Basel : Sebastian Petri, 1588. Exhibition: Jordanian Display, Library of Congress, Washingt... More

Erste -XXVI Schiffart, map - Public domain old map

Abraham Ortelius his epitome of the theater of the worlde ... [Title p...

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Poictov., Abraham Ortelius - Public domain old map

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Guasconiæ descriptio. - Public domain vintage map

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Valentiæ Regnum. - Public domain vintage map

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Portugallia., Abraham Ortelius - Public domain old map

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Anglia., Abraham Ortelius - Public domain vintage map

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Gades., Abraham Ortelius - Public domain vintage map

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America., Abraham Ortelius - Public domain old map

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Britannia., Abraham Ortelius - Public domain old map

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Hispania., Abraham Ortelius - Public domain old map

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Hibernia., Abraham Ortelius - Public domain old map

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Abraham Ortelius his epitome of the theater of the worlde ... [Title p...

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Scotia., Abraham Ortelius - Public domain vintage map

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Geographica restituta per globi trientes

Displaying the known world of the early 17th century as a triptych, with the map divided into three segments or gores, was very uncommon during the Golden Age of Dutch cartography. However, such a format was co... More

Nova totivs terrarvm orbis geographica ac hydrographica tabvla

Ornately decorated and beautifully colored, this world map epitomizes the baroque style favored during the Golden Age of Dutch cartography. The map was prepared in 1630 by Henricus Hondius, who had joined in pa... More

Noua totius terrarum orbis geographica ac hydrographica tabula

First published in 1606, Blaeu's world map is one of the foremost examples of ornamentation and decoration during the Golden Age of Dutch cartography. This map had a long life, and was reissued numerous times, ... More

[Map of Atlantic Coast of North America from the Chesapeake Bay to Flo...

Shows coastal features, Native American nations and settlements, and other geographical entities. Pen-and-ink and watercolor. Attributed to Joan Vinckeboons by comparison with his other Dutch maps in Henry Harr... More

Caert vande Svydt Rivier in Niew Nederland.

Relief shown pictorially. Depths shown by soundings. Shows the region of the Delaware Bay and river, natural features, and other geographical entities. Pen-and-ink and watercolor. Attributed to Joan Vinckeboons... More

Noort Rivier in Niew Neerlandt. - Public domain old map

Relief shown pictorially. Depths shown by soundings. Shows the Hudson River from Manhattan Island to Albany, natural features, and other geographical entities in the region. Pen-and-ink and watercolor. Attribut... More

Jean Boisseau - America noviter delineata / Historic map, Library of C...

Relief shown pictorially. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes insets of north and south polar regions. Acquisitions control no. 3-85

Noua totius terrarum orbis geographica ac hydrographica tabula

Ornately decorated and beautifully colored, this world map epitomizes the baroque style favored during the Golden Age of Dutch cartography. The map was prepared in 1630 by Henricus Hondius, who had joined in pa... More

La herdike enterprinse faict par le Signeur Draeck D’Avoir cirquit tou...

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Vniversale descrittione di tvtto il monde /

Relief shown pictorially. Probably the second state of the map. Differs from the first state in the reworking of Tierra del Fuego to include the Straits of Magellan. Presents Staten Island, west of Tierra del F... More

Novvelle et exacte description dv globe terrestre

Includes illustrations of the seasons and the elements, notes, and two celestial hemispheres. According to Shirley, the map is based on one by Visscher, rather than Blaeu. Illustrations of costumes: Francois --... More

La Floride / Historic map, Library of Congress

Relief shown pictorially. Shows the coastline from Secotan in Virginia to Planuco in Mexico; the interior is shown to 40 degrees of latitude north and includes lakes and rivers in the region. Prime meridian: [F... More

Terra sancta sive promissionis, olim Palestina recens delineata, et in...

Relief shown pictorially. Appears in Nicolaes Visscher's Atlas contractus orbis terrarum. Exhibition: Jordanian Display, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., May 25-27, 2005. Includes inset showing the twelve... More

Abraham van den Broeck - Korte beschryvinge van de landschappen des we...

Scales vary. Title from leather label on cover. Label has monogram E. B. de V., surmounted by a crown. Maps, not dated, intended to be bound in a Bible, but assembled in a modern half Morocco binding. The maps... More

Mappa fluxus et refluxus rationes in isthmo Americano, in Freto Magell...

Regions and Seasons: Mariners have charted the oceans since the late 13th century. However, the 1670 map here is not a general sea chart, but is one of the first thematic maps produced. Thematic maps illustrate... More

Les tables de geographie, reduites en un jeu de cartes

Sheet of 52 cartographic playing cards, with 13 each of 4 suits (hearts, diamonds, spades and clubs). Each suit is assigned to a continent or continents (hearts to Europe, diamonds to Asia, spades to Africa and... More

Nowel Amsterdam en Lamerique : 1672 - Vintage map, Norman B. Leventhal...

One of the earliest European attempts to publish a view of a North American city from a birds eye perspective is this image titled New Amsterdam. Issued in 1672 by French publisher Gerard Jollain, it was delibe... More

Pascaerte van Nova Hispania, Chili, Peru, en Gvatimala.

Public domain image of a sailing ship, caravel, harbor, sea, naval battle, 16th-17th century maritime seascape, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

A map of New England and New York - Public domain map

This beautifully engraved and colored map represents an English version of the Jansson-Visscher series of maps of northeastern North America. Since it was published shortly after the expulsion of the Dutch from... More

A mapp of the travels and voyages of the apostles in their mission and...

Relief shown pictorially. Includes scenes of apostles at bottom of sheet. Attributed to Richard Blome. Exhibition: Jordanian Display, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., May 25-27, 2005. Available also throu... More

[Hamadaradz Asharhatsuyts] = [Extensive world map] - Vintage map, Norm...

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 ... More

Vincenzo Coronelli - [Globe gore featuring North American coastline]

Displayed here is a globe gore (segments of paper printed with map images and cut to fit over the globe's sphere) showing North America's northeast coast and the North Atlantic. The gore is the work of Coronell... More

Carte exacte de toutes les provinces, villes, bourgs, villages et rivi...

Relief shown pictorially. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes ill. LC copy annotated in ink on verso: 95. Vault

Iudæa Seu Palæstina ob Sacratissima Redemtoris vestigia hodie dicta Te...

Relief shown by hachures. Includes inset of "Populi Israelitici ex Ægypto per Desertum in Terram Promissionis Canaan quadraginta annorum Iter Stationes et Profectio." Minimal level cataloging record. Available ... More

Italia., Abraham Ortelius - Public domain vintage map

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Helvetia., Abraham Ortelius - Public domain old map

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Burgundia Comitatus., Abraham Ortelius

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Histria., Abraham Ortelius - Public domain old map

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Marca Anconitana. - Public domain vintage map

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Saxonia, Thuringia, Misnia., Abraham Ortelius

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Romanum Teritorium., Abraham Ortelius

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Leodiensis Episcopatus., Abraham Ortelius

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Oropitum., Abraham Ortelius - Public domain old map

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Lutzenburg., Abraham Ortelius - Public domain old map

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Aniov., Abraham Ortelius - Public domain vintage map

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Silesiae Typus. - Public domain vintage map

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Pedemontana Regio., Abraham Ortelius

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Salisburgensis Archiepiscopatus., Abraham Ortelius

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Picardia., Abraham Ortelius - Public domain old map

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Gallia Belgica., Abraham Ortelius - Public domain map

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Veromandui., Abraham Ortelius - Public domain old map

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Hungaria., Abraham Ortelius - Public domain old map

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Tirolis Comitat., Abraham Ortelius - Public domain map

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Forumiulii., Abraham Ortelius - Public domain old map

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Siena., Abraham Ortelius - Public domain vintage map

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Zara, & Sebenic., Abraham Ortelius - Public domain map

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Provincia., Abraham Ortelius - Public domain old map

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Austria., Abraham Ortelius - Public domain old map

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Burgundiae Duc., Abraham Ortelius - Public domain map

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Aegyptus., Egypt, Abraham Ortelius - Public domain map

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Presbiteri Iohannis sive Abissinorum Imperium., Abraham Ortelius

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Bohemia., Abraham Ortelius - Public domain old map

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Caletum et Bononia., Abraham Ortelius

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Germania., Abraham Ortelius - Public domain old map

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Romania, Bulgaria, Walachia et Syrfia., Abraham Ortelius

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A georgraphical table containing the principal countries, kingdoms, pr...

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A new sett of maps both of antient and present geography ... [Title pa...

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Ireland. - Public domain vintage map

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Spaine. - Public domain vintage geogrpaphic map

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Flanders or the Spanish Provinces., Flanders

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Holland or the United Provinces. - Public domain old map

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Swedland and Norway. - Public domain vintage map

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England, Scotland & Ireland, with the iles thereto belonging.

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Franche Connty. - Public domain vintage map

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Danemark vizt Jutland, Zeland, Sleswick, Holstein.

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[Africa, Europe and Asia.] - Public domain old map

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Italie. - Public domain vintage geogrpaphic map

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Lorrain. - Public domain vintage map

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[America.] - Public domain vintage map

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France. - Public domain vintage geogrpaphic map

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Title page, vol. 1 - Public domain vintage map

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Asia. - Public domain vintage geogrpaphic map

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Helvetia, or Swisserland. - Public domain vintage map

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Turquie in Asia. - Public domain vintage map

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Transilvania, Walachia, Moldavia, Bulgaria, Bessarab.

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Arabia. - Public domain vintage geogrpaphic map

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