[Portolan chart of the Mediterranean, the Black Sea, and the coasts of...
Portolan chart with seaport names given for all coastlines. Title devised by cataloguer. Contains 4 compass roses in a circle centered in Italy to the north of Rome and half of a fifth on the trimmed center lef... More
Jan van der Straet - Map of the Western Hemisphere
Title plate to Nova Reperta, a series of engravings after drawings by Stradanus published by Galle in Antwerp. Shows Christopher Columbus pointing to a map of the Western Hemisphere. New France and Florida are ... More
Imagines coeli meridionales, Albrecht Durer, German, Nuremberg.
Earliest known European printed star chart. Originally bound in the Schöner Sammelband. LC copy annotated by Johann Schöner. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
Manuscript copy of sheet 6 of Waldseemüller's Carta marina
Title provided by cataloger. Relief shown pictorially. Includes text and illustrations. Originally bound in the Sammelband. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
Celestial globe gores - Public domain vintage map
Title provided by cataloger. Likely proof sheets, as lines for the tropics and the ecliptic are missing. Earliest known celestial gores. Bound in the Schöner Sammelband. Gores trimmed and mounted on paper. LC c... More
Fragmentary celestial globe gores - Public domain map
Title provided by cataloger. Bound in the Schöner Sammelband. Found in the binding of the Sammelband in 1905, mounted on paper, and bound in. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
Typus orbis descriptione Ptolemaei - Public domain map
Relief shown pictorially. Woodcut that appears in edition of Ptolemy's Geographia published in 1541. Includes illustrations of winds. LC copy stamped on in lower left corner: 0 674. Mounted on cloth and laminat... More
Tabula noua totius orbis - Public domain map drawing
Relief shown pictorially. Woodcut that appears in an edition of Ptolemy's Geographia published in 1541. Includes illustrations and notes. LC copy stamped on in lower left corner: 0 676. Manuscript "246" in uppe... More
Tabula Asiae - Public domain vintage map
Public domain scan of a page from geographical atlas, geography, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Tierra nveva Historic map, Library of Congress
Shows the Atlantic coast from Labrador to north Florida. Publication information from atlas. Text titled "Della terra nova del Bacalaos" on verso. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a ra... More
Tabula nouarum insularum, quas diuersis respectibus Occidentales & Ind...
Relief shown pictorially. Has the word "Americam" in South America. Appears in the author's Cosmographiae universalis. Basel, Switzerland. 1559. Woodcut. Includes illustrations. LC copy imperfect: Fold-lined. M... More
Portugalliae : que olim Lusitania, nouissima & exactissima descriptio ...
"... anno MCCCCCLX." Oriented with north to the right. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes col. ill. Text on verso. On verso: 14. Filed with Eastham Collection in... More
Cosmographey oder beschreibung aller Länder, Herrschafften, fürnẽmste...
Public domain illustrated book page scan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Das erst general inhaltend die Beschreibung und den Circkel des gantze...
Woodcut oval map within illustrated border, showing clouds and winds. Includes entwined initials "DK" in lower left corner, standing for the woodcutter David Kandel. Appears in German edition of Sebastian Münst... More
[Portolan chart of the Mediterranean and Black Seas with the west coas...
Portolan chart with seaport names given for all coastlines. Title devised by cataloguer. Fragmentary signature on upper right portion leading into neck reads "Io Placid...". Oriented with north to the right (in... More
Typvs orbis terrarvm, Abraham Ortelius
Oval map within illustrated border, showing clouds. Includes illustrations. Appears to be an etched, probably unauthorized copy of an edition Ortelius's map, possibly made in Italy. This map copies the re-engra... More
Typvs orbis terrarvm, Abraham Ortelius
Oval map within illustrated border, showing clouds. Appears in Latin edition of Ortelius's Theatrum orbis terrarum. Includes illustrations. Latin text on verso. In lower left: cum privilegio. Has a crack and re... More
Le novveav monde descovvert et illvstre de nostre temps
Relief shown pictorially. Woodcut. Includes illustrations and notes. LC copy mounted on cloth. Gift ; Lessing J. Rosenwald ; June 29, 1948. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
Typvs orbis terrarvm - Public domain map engraving
Oval map within illustrated border, showing clouds. Appears in Latin edition of Ortelius's Theatrum orbis terrarum. Includes illustrations. Latin text on verso. In lower left: cum privilegio. Has a crack and re... More
The Codex Quetzalecatzin Historic map, Library of Congress
Shows genealogical information and land ownership for the Nahuatl "de Leon" family from 1480-1593. Map covers southern Puebla from the church of Todos Santos, Ecatepec (now suburb to the north east of modern-da... More
Hiberniae, Britannicae Insvlae nova descripto., Abraham Ortelius
Relief shown pictorially. Phillips, 406 Available also through the Library of Congress web site as a raster image. Filed with Eastham Collection in G&M Vault: EA 20-A: ga61 02-20-2013
Insulæ Indicæ cum terris circumvicinis.
Covers the East Indies including the Philippines, Malay Archipelago, and Ceylon. Relief shown pictorially. Exchange; Yale University Library; 29 Aug. 1934. In Latin. Has vertical fold line at center of sheet. A... More
Orbis terrae novissima descriptio, Jodocus Hondius
Includes two wind charts, compass rose, lunar chart, climatic zones, armillary sphere, notes and illustrations In upper right corner: I. LC copy mounted on cloth. Available also through the Library of Congress ... More
Tipus orbis terrarum - Public domain vintage map
Relief shown pictorially. Includes ancillary maps of America, Europe, Africa, and Asia in border. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault
Nova et recens emendata totius Regni Ungariæ una cum adiacentibus et f...
Map of Hungary and adjacent parts of the Danube River Valley showing populated places occupied by the invading Turks and places remaining Christian (unoccupied). Covers the Danube River Valley from Vienna (upst... More
New England, Nova Scotia, and Newfoundland
Relief shown pictorially. Title provided by cataloger. LC copy mounted on cloth. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
Charte vniuerselle de tovt le monde : en laqvelle plvsievrs regions re...
Relief shown pictorially. Includes illustrations, notes, and two celestial hemispheres. Assembled from two sheets. LC copy lightly colored, in green only. Mounted on cloth, with pin holes in all corners. Shirle... More
Nova totius terrarum orbis geographica ac hydrographica tabula
Includes two ancillary celestial hemispheres, notes, and illustrations. Map appears in Nicolas Tassin's Cartes generales de tovtes les prouinces de France. LC copy has text in French on three sheets framing the... More
Virginia et Florida Historic map, Library of Congress
Relief shown pictorially. Includes decorative cartouche. Publication information from atlas title page. Text titled "Florida" on verso. Prime meridian: Ferro. In left margin: 899. LC copy accompanied by card wi... More
Orbis terrarum typus de integro multis in locis emendatus
Includes illustrations of the seasons and the elements, notes, and two celestial hemispheres. Illustrations of costumes: Hispani -- Galli -- Itali -- Germani -- Angli -- Belgae -- Groenlandi -- Chinenses -- Jav... More
Nova totivs terrarvm orbis geographica ac hydrographica tabvla
Relief shown pictorially. Date from dedication. Assembled from two sheets. Appears in Jansson's Nieuwen atlas, volume 1, 1657. Includes notes. Illustrations include images of the four elements and portraits of ... More
Nova Virginiae tabvla Historic map, Library of Congress
Relief shown pictorially. Oriented with north to right. "Amstelodami, ex officina Henrici Hondii." Accompanied by LC jacket note. Copied ? from John Smith map. Includes illustrations and coat-of-arms. Available... More
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
Description de la Nouvelle France, ou, sont remarquées les diverses ha...
Relief shown pictorially. Annotated in brown ink in upper right margin: 191. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Acquisitions control no. 8-85A Vault
Nova totivs terrarvm orbis geographica ac hydrographica tabvla : carta...
Includes northern and southern celestial hemispheres, charts of longitude, notes, and illustrations of the four elements. LC copy mounted on paper. Shirley, Rodney W. Mapping of the world. 1983, 360 Available a... 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
Novvelle et exacte description de la terre vniverselle : selon les aut...
Relief shown pictorially. Shows California as an island. Includes two mariner's compasses, a perpetual calendar, diagram of the solar system, star charts of northern and southern hemispheres, text, and illustra... More
Charte vniuerselle de tovt le monde - Public domain map
Relief shown pictorially. Includes notes. Illustrations include images of the garden of Eden and the Last Judgment and four allegorical figures in the corners of the sheet. Assembled from 4 sheets. LC copy in t... More
Nova et accvrata Poli Arctici : et terrarum circum iacentium descripti...
Coloring with water colors and illumination with gold and silver ascribed to D.J. v. Santen. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Acquisitions control no. 2-81 Vault
Mappe-monde, ou carte générale du monde : dessignée en deux plan-hemis...
Relief shown pictorially. Shows California as an island. LC copy stamped on: 480B. Mounted on cloth. Annotations in Australia. Shirley, R.W. Mapping of the world, 390 Available also through the Library of Congr... More
Orbis terrarum typus de integro multis in locis emendatus
Includes illustrations of the seasons and the elements, notes, and two celestial hemispheres. Illustrations of costumes: Hispani -- Galli -- Itali -- Germani -- Angli -- Belgae -- Groenlandi -- Chinenses -- Jav... More
Estats de l'empire dv Grand Seignevr des Tvrqs ou Svltan des Ottomans ...
Covers the Ottoman Empire and adjacent regions of the Middle East. Relief shown pictorially. Prime meridian: Ferro. Hand colored to emphasize the boundaries of the constituent states and provinces. LC copy impe... More
Partie meridionale de l'Inde en deux presqu'isles l'une de ç̧à et l'au...
Shows India south of the tropic of Cancer and Southeast Asia, including Indochina, Sumatra, and western Borneo. Relief shown pictorially. Coordinates given from an unidentified prime meridian. Appears in his Ca... More
L'Inde de ç̧à et de là le Gange ou est l'Empire du Grand Mogol et pays...
Relief shown pictorially. Coordinates given from an unidentified prime meridian. Appears in his Cartes generales de toutes les parties du monde, 1658. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as ... More
West-Indische paskaert waer in de graden der breedde over weder zijden...
Shows the west coast of North America from Belle Isle, Newfoundland, both coasts of South America, mediterranean Europe, and the east coast of Africa. Includes illustrations. Available also through the Library ... More
Description de la Nouvelle France, ou, sont remarquées les diverses ha...
Relief shown pictorially. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Acquisitions control no. 8-85B Vault
La carte générale du monde - Public domain old map
Relief shown pictorially. Includes text, 2 celestial hemispheres, 3 compasses, and latitudinal sphere. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Acquisitions control no. 26-86 Vault
Le Canada faict par le Sr. de Champlain, ou, sont, La Nouvelle France,...
Relief shown pictorially. Indexed. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Acquisitions control no. 34-86 Vault
Neue Land Tafel von Hungarn : und dessenincorporirten Königreichen und...
Map of Hungary and adjacent parts of the Danube River Valley showing populated places occupied by the Turkish invaders and places remaining Christian (unoccupied). Covers the Danube River Valley from Vienna (up... More
Mappe-monde, ou carte generale du globe terrestre : representée en deu...
Relief shown pictorially. Shows California as an island. LC copy: left half mounted on paper, fold lined. Lightly hand colored to mark continental boundaries and some place names. Shirley, Rodney W. Mapping of ... More
Planta de la muy yllustre ciudad de los reyes corte del reino del Peru...
Selected buildings shown pictorially. Pen-and-ink. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes text, index, and col. ill.
Novissima totius terrarum orbis tabula
Shows California as an island. Includes illustrations, including scenes of the four seasons. Ancillary maps and charts: Incrementum et decrementum dierū -- Phasis lunae naturalis -- Hypothesis Tychonican -- Hyp... More
Carte vniverselle du commerce, c'est à dire carte hidrographique, où s...
Relief shown pictorially. Includes illustrations of ships on trade routes. Shows California as an island. LC copy foldlined. Stamped on verso: 6849. Shirley, R.W. Mapping of the world, 364 Available also throug... More
Mappe-monde, ou carte generale du globe terrestre : representée en deu...
Relief shown pictorially. Appears in atlases published after Sanson's death by his heirs. LC copy: fold lined, with liquid staining from left and right margins to middle of hemispheres. Lightly hand colored to ... More
[Chart of the Mediterranean, the coast of Portugal, and the northwest ...
Title devised by cataloguer. Oriented with north to the right. Contains 16 wind roses. Creator could be Giovanni Battista Cavallini, his son Pietro, or the Cavallini workshop. LC Nautical charts on vellum, 20. ... More
Nova totius terrarum orbis tabula - Public domain map
Relief shown pictorially. Includes two ancillary polar hemispheres and illustrations. LC copy foldlined, with three pin holes in lower margin. Hand coloring to delineate continental boundaries only. Shirley, Ro... More
Magnae Tartariae magni mogolis imperii Iaponiae et Chinae nova descrip...
Relief shown pictorially. Appears in De Wit's Atlas. LC copy stamped on: 493. Mounted on cloth. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
The empire of the Great Turke in Europe, Asia, & Africa : divided into...
Covers the Ottoman Empire and adjacent regions of the Middle East. Relief shown pictorially. Prime meridian: Ferro. Originally printed on 2 sheets (western/eastern) now conjoined. LC copy imperfect: Fold-lined ... More
Mappa mondo o vero carta generale del globo terestre : rapresentato in...
LC copy lightly hand colored, showing political boundaries only. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
America Settentrionale colle nuoue scoperte fin al'anno 1688, diuisa n...
Relief shown pictorially. Shows California as an island. Appears in the author's Atlante veneto, 1691-1697. Includes notes and illustrations. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster ... More
Nouvelle carte de la Caroline - Public domain old map
Relief shown pictorially. Covers collectively the region with Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia, and a portion of Maryland. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site a... More
To Capt. John Wood this map of the world, drawn according to Mercators...
Relief shown pictorially. Shows California as an island. Includes the name "Pensilvania", so is a second state issued after 1682. Includes illustrations, north polar hemisphere, two compass roses and rhumb line... More
[Maps of Bermuda, Iceland, Jan Mayen Island, and Newfoundland].
Relief shown pictorially on some maps. Originally printed on 1 sheet. The maps appear on plate [166] in the author's Corso geografico universale. Venetia : A spefe dell' autore, 1692-[1694]. Available also thro... More
Mappe-monde, dressé sur les observations de mrs. de l'Academie royale ...
Relief shown pictorially. Includes illustrations and 4 small hemispherical polar projections. Appears in Sanson's Atlas nouveau. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. French... More
La Russie Noire ou Polonaise : qui comprend les provinces de la Russie...
Relief shown pictorially. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes legend titled "Remarques" and 9 bar scales. LC copy annotated in ink, laminated, and mounted on clot... More
The we[st end] of the island of C[uba] and part of the Colorad[os]
Scale ca. 1:115,000. Depths shown by soundings. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1794 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. LC copy imperfect: Brittle on edges; part of ... More
An exact draught of the island of New Providence one of the Bahama Isl...
Scale ca. 1:50,000. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Has watermark. Oriented with north to the bottom. Relief shown pictorially and by shading. Depths shown by soundings. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1... More
Carta reducida de las islas Lucayas, ò de los Lucayos.
Scale ca. 1:1,450,000. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1750 Depths shown by soundings. Includes compilation information and inset "Plan del puerto de la Providencia." Available also through the Library of ... More
A new map of the terraqueous globe according to the ancient discoverie...
Appears in his New sett of maps both of antient and present geography. Publication information from 1700 edition. Includes illustrations, notes, and list of abbreviations. Lacking "I" underneath dedication, whi... More
A sketch of the several routes of the French from Quebec to the Missis...
Manuscript copy of manuscript original in the National Archives in London. Includes text. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
La partie françoise de l'isle de Saint Domingue.
Scale ca. 1:1,300,000. Relief shown pictorially. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1870 "Tome I, no. 67." From the author's Le petit atlas maritime. 1764. Available also through the Library of Congress Web s... More
A plan of Quebec - Public domain vintage map
Relief shown by hachures. Shows fortifications. Oriented with north to the right. Includes inset "The port & environs of Quebec as it was when attack'd by the English". LC copy mounted on cloth. LC Maps and cha... More
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
Mappe-monde, dressé sur les observations de mrs. de l'Academie royale ...
Relief shown pictorially. Shows nautical exploration routes. Includes illustrated cartouche. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
Plan de la baye et du cap de Tiburon.
Scale ca. 1:15,000. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor, on tracing paper. Has watermark. Relief shown by shading. On verso: No. 21. [changed to] 14. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1901 LC Luso-Hispani... More
Dissegno topografo del Canale di Cattaro con il confine de Castelnovo ...
Relief shown pictorially. Pen-and-ink and watercolors. Oriented with north toward the upper right. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Indexed.
Novi Belgii Novaeque Angliae nec non Pennsylvaniae et partis Virginiae...
Relief shown pictorially. Includes illustrations and view of New York. LC copy mounted on cloth backed paper. "329" stamped on lower left of verso. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a r... More
Nova delineatio totius orbis terrarum
Shirley, Rodney W. Mapping of the world. 1983, 417 Relief shown pictorially. Includes illustrations. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Title in Latin and French. Most pl... More
Orbis vetus et orbis veteris utraque continens, terrarumque tractus ar...
Relief shown pictorially. "Cum privilegio regis ad Vicennium 1704." Lacking text directly above and below hemispheres present in other 1704 edition. Shows California as an island. Available also through the Lib... More
Carte reduite du globe terrestre - Public domain old map
In upper right corner: Tome I, no. 1. Prime meridian: Paris. From Bellin's Petit atlas maritime. Paris : [J.Bellin], 1764. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
Orbis vetus et orbis veteris utraque continens, terrarumque tractus ar...
Relief shown pictorially. "Cum privilegio regis ad Vicennium 1704." Includes text directly above and below hemispheres lacking in other 1704 edition. Shows California as an island. Available also through the Li... More
Typus generalis Ukrainæ : sive Palatinatuum Podoliæ, Kioviensis et Bra...
Covers palatinates that are now part of central and southern Ukraine (at the time a part of the Russian Empire previously acquired by military conquest from the Ottoman Empire). Relief shown pictorially. In Lat... More
North America : corrected from the observations communicated to the Ro...
Public domain image of a vintage map, geography atlas, maritime navigation, age of discovery, 16th-17th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description
A new map of the country of Louisiana and of ye river Missisipi in Nor...
Relief shown pictorially. Includes illustrations, including an Illustrated cartouche and a view of Niagara Falls, and an index. LC copy mounted on cloth. Phillips, A list of maps of America, p. 367 Available al... More
Planisphere terrestre, suivant les nouvelles observations des astronom...
Relief shown pictorially. Centered on the North Pole. Includes illustrations and notes. This map appears as map 2 in Gueudeville's Le nouveau theatre du monde of 1713, as map 27 in volume 1 of Ottens' Atlas mai... More
Plan de la riuiere de Suriname, de la ville de Paramaribo, es de fort ...
Relief shown pictorially. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes index of places and inset of fort Zelandia.
Mappe-monde, ou carte universelle - Public domain map
Includes text and illustrations. In upper right corner: 7. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
Novissima tabula regionis Lvdovicianae gallice dictae La Lovgsiane iam...
Relief shown pictorially. Includes illustrated cartouche. LC copy mounted on cloth. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
Carte de la Louisiane et du cours du Mississipi,
Relief shown pictorially. Shows "Natichitoches, éstablissemt. françois fait en 1717 par Mr. de Bienville" and routes of explorers, De Soto and others. LC copy mounted on cloth backed paper. Folded in six, split... More
Mappe-monde, ou carte generale de la terre : divisée en deux hemispher...
Relief shown pictorially. Includes text and illustrations. LC copy mounted on cloth. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
A scheme of the Solar system with the orbits of the planets and comets...
Includes text. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. LC copy stamped in blue ink in lower left margin: 82A. LC copy imperfect: Darkened, use-worn, losses along edges, mounte... More
Tabula geographica qua pars Rusiae Magnae : Pontus Euxinus seu Mare Ni...
Relief shown pictorially. Watermark. Minimal level cataloging record. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
A scheme of the Solar system with the orbits of the planets and comets...
Includes text. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. LC copy annotated in ink on verso: Whiston's Solar System.
Planisphere terrestre, suivant les nouvelles observations des astronom...
Relief shown pictorially. Centered on the North Pole. Includes illustrations and notes. A version of this map appears as map 2 in Gueudeville's Le nouveau theatre du monde of 1713, as map 27 in volume 1 of Otte... More
A map of the estate of Edward Vernon Esquire
Land-estate cadastral survey map showing property ownership lines, individual farms contained within the estate, field/hedge lines, field names, and field acreages. The farm names (given in capital lettering) a... More
Theatrum historicum ad annum Christi quadringentesimum : in quo tum Im...
Shows nations and their borders in color. Relief shown pictorially. Includes globe-shaped inset titled "Supplementum Theatro Historicum" showing continents of Africa, Europe, Asia and northern boundaries of Aus... More
Nieuwe kaart van het Eyland Sumatra /
Relief shown pictorially. Also covers Malay Peninsula and adjacent minor islands. Oriented with north to the left. Prime meridian: Ferro [?]. Printed number in upper right corner: N'o 11. Available also through... More
Nieuwe kaart van Caap der Goede Hoop : in hare rechte jegenwoordige st...
At top right margin: No.=43. François Valentijn spelled François Valentyn in title information. Includes inset. "J. van Braam et G. onder de Linden exc. cum Privil." Available also through the Library of Congre... More
Tabula Indiae Orientalis et Regnorum adjacentium.
Shows shipwreck sites, Dutch forts and European trading posts. Also covers East Indies and NW coastline of Australia (called Hollandia Nova). Relief shown pictorially. Appears in: Plate No. 1 A from: Oud en nie... More