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Tartariae sive Magni Chami Regni tÿpus., Abraham Ortelius

Covers northern Asia. Relief shown pictorially. From Abraham Ortelius's atlas: Theatrvm Orbis Terrarvm, 1603 ed. Hand col. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes tex... More

Nova totius terrarum orbis geographica ac hydrographica tabula

Regions and Seasons: In Greek mythology, the Horae – a group of three rain-giving goddesses – ruled over natural order and the seasons, and through their gift of water from the heavens they brought agricultural... More

Plan des catacombes de Syracuse ; intérieur d'une des chambres sépul...

Syracuse, the main city of classical Sicily, was settled by the Corinthians in the 8th century BCE. By the 2nd century CE, Syracuse was under Roman control, and it was during this time that the first burials to... More

Asia / Historic map, Library of Congress

Relief shown in hachures. From: An atlas to accompany Productive geography. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. LC copy stamped on: 626888.

清佚名中國地圖屏風|Map of China - Public domain old map

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Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae: Map of Greece

The Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae is a collection of engravings of Rome and Roman antiquities, the core of which consists of prints published by Antonio Lafreri and gathered under a title page he printed in t... More

Yu ji tu. Historic map, Library of Congress

Stone rubbing dated 1903? One of the earliest stone maps, it consists of 5,110 grids, each grid is approximately 100 li. Original stone was engraved in Fuchang 7 nian, i.e. 1136 A.D. The stone is now in the For... More

Hua yi tu. Historic map, Library of Congress

Scale not given. Stone rubbing dated 1933? Original stone was engraved in Fuchang 7 nian, i.e. 1136 A.D. The stone is now in the Forest of Stone Steles Museum in Xi'an, China. Covers China in Nan Song Dynasty,... More

Hua yi tu Historic map, Library of Congress

Stone rubbing dated 1903? Original stone was engraved in Fuchang 7 nian, i.e. 1136 A.D. The stone is now in the Forest of Stone Steles Museum in Xi'an, China. Covers China in Nan Song Dynasty, from east to the ... More

Hua yi tu. Historic map, Library of Congress

Stone rubbing dated 1903? Original stone was engraved in Fuchang 7 nian, i.e. 1136 A.D. The stone is now in the Forest of Stone Steles Museum in Xi'an, China. Covers China in Nan Song Dynasty, from east to the ... More

map from "Köln und seine Bauten. Festschrift zur VIII. Wanderversamml...

This image has been taken from scan 000309 from "Köln und seine Bauten. Festschrift zur VIII. Wanderversammlung des Verbandes deutscher Architekten- und Ingenieur-Vereine in Köln ... 1888. Herausgegeben vom A... More

map from "Magyarország 1848/49. évi függetlenségi harczának katon...

This image has been taken from scan 000355 from volume 02 of "Magyarország 1848/49. évi függetlenségi harczának katonai története. Irta: B. J. [i.e. Breit J.]". The title and subject terms of this image ... More

map from "Köln und seine Bauten. Festschrift zur VIII. Wanderversamml...

This image has been taken from scan 000427 from "Köln und seine Bauten. Festschrift zur VIII. Wanderversammlung des Verbandes deutscher Architekten- und Ingenieur-Vereine in Köln ... 1888. Herausgegeben vom A... More

map from "Magyarország 1848/49. évi függetlenségi harczának katon...

This image has been taken from scan 000349 from volume 01 of "Magyarország 1848/49. évi függetlenségi harczának katonai története. Irta: B. J. [i.e. Breit J.]". The title and subject terms of this image ... More

map from "Las siete centurias de ciudad de Alfonso VIII. Recuerdos his...

This image has been taken from scan 000015 from "Las siete centurias de ciudad de Alfonso VIII. Recuerdos históricos de la ... ciudad de Plasencia, en Estremadura, etc". The title and subject terms of this ima... More

map from "Magyarország 1848/49. évi függetlenségi harczának katon...

This image has been taken from scan 000349 from volume 02 of "Magyarország 1848/49. évi függetlenségi harczának katonai története. Irta: B. J. [i.e. Breit J.]". The title and subject terms of this image ... More

map from "Memoirs relating to European and Asiatic Turkey; edited from...

This image has been taken from scan 000455 from volume 02 of "Memoirs relating to European and Asiatic Turkey; edited from manuscript journals, by R. Walpole. (Travels in various countries of the East; being a ... More

Pingjiang tu. Historic map, Library of Congress

Stone rubbing dated between 1858 and 1869. One of the earliest and biggest stone rubbing maps in China. Original stone was engraved in 1229 under Li Shoupeng. The map is now in the Museum of Engraved Stone Tabl... More

Carta da geographia dos Lusíadas : poema épico de Luís de Camões : wor...

Literary map. Relief shown by hachures. Prime meridian: Paris. Red, blue, and black ink and watercolor. Includes 6 ancillary maps. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. LMP Vault

Original divisions of market squares : Washington D.C.

Covers vicinity of Center Market bounded by 4th, B, 11th, and D streets N.W. Shows block outlines, numbers, and dimensions. Pen-and-ink (black and brown) on tracing linen. Probably traced by Dr. Joseph M. Toner... More

[Portolan chart of the Mediterranean Sea ca. 1320-1350 : manuscript ch...

Anonymous nautical chart in portolan style probably drawn in Genoa. Covers Mediterranean Sea from the Balearic Islands to the Levantine coast; also covers western part of Black Sea. Oldest original cartographic... More

Karta Chernago moria iz portolana Gratioza Beninkazy 1474 g. Tekst str...

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[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

Prima Europe tabula - Vintage map, Norman B. Leventhal Collection

Public domain image of the vintage map from Norman B. Leventhal Map Center, free to use, no copyright restrictions image. The Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center at the Boston Public Library is a special... More

[Hispania] - Vintage map, Norman B. Leventhal Collection

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Sexta Asie tabula continet Arabiam, Felice atq[ue] Carmania cu adiacen...

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Quarta et Ultima Affrice tabula continet interiorem Libyã Ethyopiam q...

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Prima Asie Tabula : continet pontum & Bithiniã et regionem q̃, pprie ...

Asie maioris tabule decem quarum prima Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Affrice Tabule Quatuor : Prima Libie tabula continet ambas Mauritanias

Public domain image of the vintage map from Norman B. Leventhal Map Center, free to use, no copyright restrictions image. The Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center at the Boston Public Library is a special... More

Octava Europe tabula continet Sarmatiam - Vintage map, Norman B. Leven...

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Septima Europa tabula continet Sardininiam & Sicilia insulas

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Decima Europe tabula continent Macedonia et Epirum et Achaiam & Pelopo...

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Quinta Asie tabula continet Assyriam, Susianam, Medos, Persidem, Hyrca...

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Secunda Europe tabula - Vintage map, Norman B. Leventhal Collection

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Tertia Asie tabula continet Colchide, Iberia, Albania :& maiorem Armen...

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Sexta Europa tabula continet Italiam - Vintage map, Norman B. Leventha...

Public domain image of the vintage map from Norman B. Leventhal Map Center, free to use, no copyright restrictions image. The Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center at the Boston Public Library is a special... More

Secunda Affrice tabula continet Affricam & insulae que circa ipsam sun...

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Octava Asie tabula continet Scythiam que citra Imaū est & seras

Public domain image of the vintage map from Norman B. Leventhal Map Center, free to use, no copyright restrictions image. The Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center at the Boston Public Library is a special... More

Septima Asia tabula continet Margianam, Bactrianam, Sogdianos, Sacas &...

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Duodecima et Ultima Asie tabula continet Taprobana insulam cum certeri...

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Undecima Asie tabula continet India ext. Gange & Sinas

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Tercia Europe tabula continet Gallia - Vintage map, Norman B. Leventha...

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Indie interioris civitates decima Asia tabula continet India int. Gang...

Decima Asia tabula continet India int. Gangem Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Nona Asie tabula continet Ariam & Paropanisadas & Drangianam & Arachos...

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Secunda Asie tabula continet Sarmatia ipsius - Vintage map, Norman B. ...

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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

[Scandinavia] - Vintage map, Norman B. Leventhal Collection

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Quarta Asiae taubla continet Cyprum & Syrium & Iudea & vtraq. Arabia p...

Public domain image of the vintage map from Norman B. Leventhal Map Center, free to use, no copyright restrictions image. The Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center at the Boston Public Library is a special... More

Quarta Europe tabula continet Germaniam - Vintage map, Norman B. Leven...

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[Frantia] - Vintage map, Norman B. Leventhal Collection

France Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Tertia Affrice tabula continet Cyrenainaycam & Egyptum cum adiacentibu...

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[Palestina] - Vintage map, Norman B. Leventhal Collection

Public domain image of the vintage map from Norman B. Leventhal Map Center, free to use, no copyright restrictions image. The Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center at the Boston Public Library is a special... More

Quinta Europe tabula continet Rhetia - Vintage map, Norman B. Leventha...

Public domain image of the vintage map from Norman B. Leventhal Map Center, free to use, no copyright restrictions image. The Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center at the Boston Public Library is a special... More

Nona Europa tabula continet Iaziges Metanastas - Vintage map, Norman B...

Public domain image of the vintage map from Norman B. Leventhal Map Center, free to use, no copyright restrictions image. The Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center at the Boston Public Library is a special... 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

Road Map of Central Europe - Public domain old map

Public domain image of German master print from the National Gallery of Art collection, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Secunda etas mundi = Secunda etas mũdi

Although published just as news of Christopher Columbus's discoveries was beginning to spread, this was the last noteworthy world map to be produced without any indication of the New World. This depiction of th... More

Leaves from Liber chronicarum, with views of de Sarmatia regione Europ...

Casmirus | Lubeca | Cracovia Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Leaves from Liber chronicarum, with views of de Sarmatia regione Europ...

Casmirus | Lubeca | Cracovia Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Europe - Vintage map, Norman B. Leventhal Collection

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

Minots Ledge off Boston Harbor : showing the proposed site of a light ...

Beneath Our Feet: Mapping of the features beneath the ocean’s surface began in Europe in the late-16th century, with cartographers using simple symbols such as soundings (numbers that indicate depth in fathoms)... More

[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

Rossīi︠a︡--XVIĭ i XVIIĭ vi︠e︡k : sti︠e︡nnai︠a︡ karta dli︠a︡ klassnago ...

Wall map of history of territorial expansion of the Russian Empire (European portion) in the 16th and 17th centuries. Relief shown by hachures. Also covers Baltic States, Poland-Lithuania, and Moldavia. Title f... More

Nuova pianta degli scavi di Pompei - Vintage map, Norman B. Leventhal ...

Located at the southeastern base of Mount Vesuvius, the ruins of the ancient city of Pompeii were discovered in the late 16th century; however, serious archaeological excavations did not begin at the site until... More

British Isles - Vintage map, Norman B. Leventhal Collection nautical c...

This modern navigational chart serves as a reminder that England is an island nation off the coast of Europe and that seafaring was an important activity in its history, especially since the late 16th century. ... More

North Atlantic Ocean, West Indies - Vintage map, Norman B. Leventhal C...

Using the latest advances in modern technology for gathering depth soundings and generating automated cartography, this chart was prepared primarily for navigational purposes, testifying to sailors' continual q... More

Uniuersalior cogniti orbis tabula ex recentibus confecta obseruationib...

In 1507, the same year that Martin Waldseemüller issued three works announcing the existence of a new continent which he named America, Johann Ruysch published a totally different world map. This rendition, wh... More

Quarta Asiae tabula - Vintage map, Norman B. Leventhal Collection

Bernardus Sylvanus or Bernardo Silvani, was an Italian scholar and printer born in the 1460s. In 1511 he published a single edition of Ptolemy's Geographia, the first printed using two-color woodblocks.

Tertia Europae tabula - Vintage map, Norman B. Leventhal Collection

Bernardus Sylvanus or Bernardo Silvani, was an Italian scholar and printer born in the 1460s. In 1511 he published a single edition of Ptolemy's Geographia, the first printed using two-color woodblocks.

Decima et ultima Europae tabula - Vintage map, Norman B. Leventhal Col...

Bernardus Sylvanus or Bernardo Silvani, was an Italian scholar and printer born in the 1460s. In 1511 he published a single edition of Ptolemy's Geographia, the first printed using two-color woodblocks.

Duodecima Asiae tabula - Vintage map, Norman B. Leventhal Collection

Bernardus Sylvanus or Bernardo Silvani, was an Italian scholar and printer born in the 1460s. In 1511 he published a single edition of Ptolemy's Geographia, the first printed using two-color woodblocks.

Secunda Asiae tabula - Vintage map, Norman B. Leventhal Collection

Bernardus Sylvanus or Bernardo Silvani, was an Italian scholar and printer born in the 1460s. In 1511 he published a single edition of Ptolemy's Geographia, the first printed using two-color woodblocks.

Quinta Asiae tabula - Vintage map, Norman B. Leventhal Collection

Bernardus Sylvanus or Bernardo Silvani, was an Italian scholar and printer born in the 1460s. In 1511 he published a single edition of Ptolemy's Geographia, the first printed using two-color woodblocks.

Tertia Africae tabula - Vintage map, Norman B. Leventhal Collection

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World map - Public domain vintage map

As the first map printed in two colors, this is a monument to map printing. The place names in capital letters were printed in red ink by means of type set into the woodblocks. The decorative windheads, zodiaca... More

Sexta Asiae tabula - Vintage map, Norman B. Leventhal Collection

Bernardus Sylvanus or Bernardo Silvani, was an Italian scholar and printer born in the 1460s. In 1511 he published a single edition of Ptolemy's Geographia, the first printed using two-color woodblocks.

Quinta Europae tabula - Vintage map, Norman B. Leventhal Collection

Public domain scan of an 16th-century map, vintage, old, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

Quarta Africae tabula - Vintage map, Norman B. Leventhal Collection

Bernardus Sylvanus or Bernardo Silvani, was an Italian scholar and printer born in the 1460s. In 1511 he published a single edition of Ptolemy's Geographia, the first printed using two-color woodblocks.

Secunda Africae tabula - Vintage map, Norman B. Leventhal Collection

Bernardus Sylvanus or Bernardo Silvani, was an Italian scholar and printer born in the 1460s. In 1511 he published a single edition of Ptolemy's Geographia, the first printed using two-color woodblocks.

[The World] - Vintage map, Norman B. Leventhal Collection

Ptolemaic world map Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Quarta Europae tabula - Vintage map, Norman B. Leventhal Collection

Bernardus Sylvanus or Bernardo Silvani, was an Italian scholar and printer born in the 1460s. In 1511 he published a single edition of Ptolemy's Geographia, the first printed using two-color woodblocks.

Sexta Europae tabula - Vintage map, Norman B. Leventhal Collection

Bernardus Sylvanus or Bernardo Silvani, was an Italian scholar and printer born in the 1460s. In 1511 he published a single edition of Ptolemy's Geographia, the first printed using two-color woodblocks.

Prima Africae tabula - Vintage map, Norman B. Leventhal Collection

Bernardus Sylvanus or Bernardo Silvani, was an Italian scholar and printer born in the 1460s. In 1511 he published a single edition of Ptolemy's Geographia, the first printed using two-color woodblocks.

Tertia Asiae tabula - Vintage map, Norman B. Leventhal Collection

Bernardus Sylvanus or Bernardo Silvani, was an Italian scholar and printer born in the 1460s. In 1511 he published a single edition of Ptolemy's Geographia, the first printed using two-color woodblocks.

Octava Asiae tabula - Vintage map, Norman B. Leventhal Collection

Scythia Extra Imaum Montem Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Octava Europae tabula - Vintage map, Norman B. Leventhal Collection

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Decima Asiae tabula - Vintage map, Norman B. Leventhal Collection

India Citra Gangem Fluvium Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Nona Asiae tabula, Pakistan - Vintage map, Norman B. Leventhal Collect...

Bernardus Sylvanus or Bernardo Silvani, was an Italian scholar and printer born in the 1460s. In 1511 he published a single edition of Ptolemy's Geographia, the first printed using two-color woodblocks.

Septima Europae tabula - Vintage map, Norman B. Leventhal Collection

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Prima Europae tabula - Vintage map, Norman B. Leventhal Collection

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Secunda Europae tabula - Vintage map, Norman B. Leventhal Collection

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Nona Europae tabula - Vintage map, Norman B. Leventhal Collection

Bernardus Sylvanus or Bernardo Silvani, was an Italian scholar and printer born in the 1460s. In 1511 he published a single edition of Ptolemy's Geographia, the first printed using two-color woodblocks.

[World map] - Vintage map, Norman B. Leventhal Collection

The winds, known collectively as Venti, have long been viewed as both bringers of good fortune and sources of chaos. In ancient Greece and Rome, the winds were seen as personas; gods who brought favorable or di... More

Undecima Asiae tabula - Vintage map, Norman B. Leventhal Collection

India Extra Gangem Fluvium Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Septima Asiae tabula - Vintage map, Norman B. Leventhal Collection

Scythia Intra Imaum Montem Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Karta Tabula Moderna Sarmatiae Eur. Iz latinskago izdaniia Geografii P...

Public domain document scan of Eastern Europe map, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Martin Waldseemu Ller - Orbis typus uniuersalis iuxta hydrographorum t...

Waldseemüller may have had second thoughts about his 1507 proposal for naming the new continent "America." In 1513, he issued a fourth publication, a new edition of Claudius Ptolemy's Geographia. In it he incl... More

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.

Tipus orbis uniuersalis iuxta Ptolomei cosmographi traditionem et Amer...

Although in his later publications Waldseemüller apparently retracted his depiction of a separate continent named America, other publishers quickly accepted his initial concept and imitated the shapes and nome... More

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