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
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
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
Oceani occidetalis seu terre nove tabula - Vintage map, Norman B. Leve...
Ocenunus occidentalis Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Noua, et integra vniuersi orbis descriptio
Fine, an eminent French cartographer, created this unique double cordiform or heart-shaped projection, emphasizing the northern and southern hemispheres. The European, Asian and African continents were prominen... More
Eastern South America from BL Royal 20 E IX, ff. 27v-28
Map of the eastern part of the South America and a part of the Tierra del Fuego. Image taken from ff. 27v-28 of Boke of Idrography (The 'Rotz Atlas'). Written in English. The BL Royal Manuscript Collection, al... More
West Indies from BL Royal 20 E IX, ff. 23v-24
Map of the West Indies, with the eastern coast of North America, Central America, and the north coast of South America. Image taken from ff. 23v-24 of Boke of Idrography (The 'Rotz Atlas'). Written in English. ... More
Eastern South America from BL Royal 20 E IX, f. 28
Map of the Eastern part of the South America and of a part of the Tierra del Fuego. Image taken from f. 28 of Boke of Idrography (The 'Rotz Atlas'). Written in English. The BL Royal Manuscript Collection, also... More
Novae insvlae XXVI nova tabvla. - Public domain old map
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Die Neüwen Inseln so hinder Hispanica gegen Orient bey dem Landt Indie...
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![Quam hic vides orbis imagine[m] lector ca[n]dide ea[m] ut posteriore[m] ita & eme[n]datiorem ijs que hactenus circu[m]ferebantur esse America sarmatiaq[ue] ac India testantur .. lemei expectato vale](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn27/L3Bob3RvLzE1NTAvMDEvMDEvcXVhbS1oaWMtdmlkZXMtb3JiaXMtaW1hZ2luZW0tbGVjdG9yLWNhbmRpZGUtZWFtLXV0LXBvc3RlcmlvcmVtLWl0YS1hbmQtZW1lbmRhdGlvcmVtLWFjOTE4ZC0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/40/26/webp "Quam hic vides orbis imagine[m] lector ca[n]dide ea[m] ut posteriore[m] ita & eme[n]datiorem ijs que hactenus circu[m]ferebantur esse America sarmatiaq[ue] ac India testantur .. lemei expectato vale")
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
Die neuwen Inseln, so hinder Hispanien gegen Orient bey dem land India...
Relief shown pictorially. South America labeled in German, geographic features otherwise in Latin. Appears in the author's Cosmographei. Basel, Switzerland. 1550. Available also through the Library of Congress ... 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
Map of western South America - Public domain old map
Relief shown pictorially. Title supplied by cataloger. Attributed to Gerard Mercator? Cf. Philip D. Burden's letter, April 14, 1994, to James Flatness. In cartouche: Celeberrimæ prouinciæ in America versus occi... More
Americae siue noui orbis, noua descriptio, Abraham Ortelius
Americae sive novi orbis, nova descriptio Courtesy of Boston Public Library
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
Americae siue noui orbis, noua descriptio, Abraham Ortelius
In 1587, Ortelius revised the map of the Americas that appeared in his Theatrum Orbis Terrarum. The changes found on this second edition are more extensive than generally thought, and are evidence of the care t... More
Orbis terrarum typus de integro multis in locis emendatus
As was fairly common during the Golden Age of Dutch Cartography, this map projects the world on two hemispheres - Eastern and Western. It was the first richly decorated map of the period and influenced the art ... More
America sive novvs orbis respectv Evropaeorvm inferior globi terrestri...
America sive novus orbis respectu Europaeorum inferior globi terrestris pars Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Recentissima novi orbis sive Americae septentrionalis et meridionalis ...
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America, Jodocus Hondius - Vintage map, Norman B. Leventhal Collection
Amerique Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Americae sive novi orbis, nova descriptio.
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America with those known parts in that unknowne worlde both people and...
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Insulae Americanae in Oceano Septentrionale.
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Americae sive Indiae occidentalis tabula generalis.
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America with those known parts in that unknowne worlde both people and...
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![[A portolan chart of the Atlantic Ocean and adjacent continents].](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMDMvYS1wb3J0b2xhbi1jaGFydC1vZi10aGUtYXRsYW50aWMtb2NlYW4tYW5kLWFkamFjZW50LWNvbnRpbmVudHMtOWM5ODU5LTEwMjQuanBn/40/35/webp "[A portolan chart of the Atlantic Ocean and adjacent continents].")
[A portolan chart of the Atlantic Ocean and adjacent continents].
Also shows the southeast Pacific Ocean, the southwest Indian Ocean, as well as the continents of South America, Africa, Europe, and portions of North America and Asia. Relief shown pictorially. Title supplied b... More
America, siue, India Nova : ad magnae Gerardi Mercatoris aui vniversal...
America, sive, India Nova Courtesy of Boston Public Library
America meridionalis - Vintage map, Norman B. Leventhal Collection
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Insvlæ Americanæ in Oceano Septentrionali cum terris adjacentibus
Sheet removed from German ed. of W.J. Blaeu's atlas: Atlas novus, Amsterdam, 1634. Map redesigned from a portion of Blaeu's larger map of North America printed ca. 1630. Has vertical fold line at center of shee... More
America nouiter delineata - Vintage map, Norman B. Leventhal Collectio...
America noviter delineata Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Americae nova tabula - Public domain vintage map
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Insulae Americanae in Oceano Septentrionali cum terris adiacentibus
Insulae Americanae in Oceano Septentrionali cum terris adjacentibus | Insvlae Americanae in Oceano Septentrionali cum terris adiacentibus Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Americae pars meridionalis - Gerhard Mercator 1512-1594
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America noviter delineata - Gerhard Mercator 1512-1594
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America noviter delineata - Vintage map, Norman B. Leventhal Collectio...
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Guiana sive Amazonum regio - Jan Jansson - Vintage map, Norman B. Leve...
Gviana siue Amazonvm regio | Gviana sive Amazonvm regio | Collection of old maps Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Americae pars meridionalis - Jan Jansson - Vintage map, Norman B. Leve...
Americæ pars meridionalis Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Americae pars meridionalis - Jan Jansson - Vintage map, Norman B. Leve...
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Americae nova tabula (Willem Janszoon Blaeu 1571-1638)
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Americae nova descriptio - Vintage map, Norman B. Leventhal Collection
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Americae nova tabula, Joan Blaeu 1596-1673
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Le Paraguayr, Le Chili, La Terre, et les Isles Magellanicques : tirée...
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Le Perou : et le cours de la rivière Amazone, depuis ses sources jusq...
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A new, plaine, and exact map of America : described by N.I. Visscher, ...
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Americae sive Indiae Occidentalis : tabula generalis - Vintage map, No...
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Pascaerte van Brazil en Nieu Nederlandt, van Corvo en Flores tot de Ba...
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Nova totivs Americae descriptio - Vintage map, Norman B. Leventhal Col...
Nova totius Americae descriptio Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Paskaarte van't zuÿdelÿckste Deel van America, van Cabo St. Antonio,...
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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
Pascaart vertoonende de zeecusten van Chili, Peru, Hispania Nova, Nova...
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Americae - Jan van Den Velde - Vintage map, Norman B. Leventhal Collec...
Nova totius Americae sive novi orbis tabula Courtesy of Boston Public Library
America - Public domain vintage geogrpaphic map
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America : with those known parts in that unknowne worlde both people a...
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Americæ nova descriptio - Public domain vintage map
Public domain image of the vintage map from NYPL Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, free to use, no copyright restrictions image. The Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division is one of the wo... 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
Pascaerte vande Vlaemsche, Soute, en Caribesche Eylanden, als mede Ter...
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Insulae Americanae in Oceano Septentrionali cum terris adiacentibus
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Novissima et accuratissima totius Americae descriptio - Vintage map, N...
In comparison with DeWit's large wall map, this map purports to show the newest and most accurate information about the Americas. However, the geographic information presented here is not much different from th... More
Paraquaria vulgo Paraguay : cum adjacentibus - Vintage map, Norman B. ...
Paraqvaria vulgo Paragvay | Collection of old maps Courtesy of Boston Public Library
A chart of the sea coast of Brazil from Cape St. Augustine to the stra...
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Pascaerte van Nova Hispania, Chili, Peru, en Guatimala nautical chart
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Pascaerte vande Vlaemsche, Soute, en Caribesche Eylanden, als mede Ter...
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Paskaarte van het zuydelijckste van America, van Rio de la Plata tot C...
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
Pascaerte van Nova Hispania, Chili, Peru, en Gvatimala.
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Novissima et accuratissima totius Americae descriptio - Vintage map, N...
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South America divided into its IIII principall parts : I Spanish part:...
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A new mapp of America devided according to the best and latest observa...
Collection of old maps Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Novissima et accuratissima totius Americae descriptio - Vintage map, N...
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Americae nova discriptio - Vintage map, Norman B. Leventhal Collection
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Vincenzo Coronelli - Planisfero del mondo nuovo - Vintage map, Norman ...
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Vincenzo Coronelli - Corso del fiume dell Amazon
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Nova et exacta delineatio Americae partis avstralis. qve est : Brasil...
Title appears on upper sheet of the map; no indication of title or imprint on lower sheet. The map was engraved for the second edition of the fourth part of Hulsius' collection of voyages, which consists of 26 ... More
Recentissima novi orbis, sive Americae Septentrionalis et Meridionalis...
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A new map of South America : shewing it's general divisions, chief cit...
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Americae tam septentrionalis quam meridionalis in mappa geographica de...
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Virginia, Marylandia et Carolina in America septentrionali Brittannoru...
Also covers Delaware, southern Pennsylvania, New Jersey, western Long Island, southwestern Connecticut, and portions of adjacent areas. Relief shown pictorially. Depths shown by soundings. Title in Latin. Place... More
A new map containing the English Empire Golf of Mexico Caribes Islands...
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L'Amérique Septentrionale & Meridionale divisée en ses principales p...
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Carte du Gouvernement de l'Amerique - Vintage map, Norman B. Leventhal...
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L'Amerique meridionale - Vintage map, Norman B. Leventhal Collection
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L'Amerique meridionale, dressée sur les observations de Mrs. de l'Acad...
Scale ca. 1:18,500,000. Hand colored. Relief shown pictorially. Prime meridian: Ferro. Imprint date from R. V. Tooley's French mapping of the Americas, item 66. "Je rends raison dans ma Nouvelle introduction a ... More
America Septentrionalis novissima ; America Meridionalis accuratissima
Relief shown pictorially. Map contains 2 separate titles for North America and South America. Includes ill. of figures in title area. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
America Septentrionalis novissima : America Meridionalis accuratissima...
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This map of South America, according to the newest and most exact obse...
Map of South America according to the newest and most exact observations Courtesy of Boston Public Library
South America : corrected from the observation communicated to the Roy...
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A new & exact map of the coast, countries and islands within ye limits...
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A new & exact map of the coast, countries and islands within ye limits...
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This map of South America, according to the newest and most exact obse...
Scale ca. 1:17,500,000. Hand colored. "To the Right Honourable, Charles, Earl of Sunderland, and Baron Spencer of Wormleighton; one of Her Majesty's principal Secretaries of State; &c." Available also through t... More
America in praecipuas ipsius partes distributa ad observationes Academ...
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Carte de la Mer du Sud et des costes d'Amerique et d'Asie situées sur...
Carte de la Mer du Nord et des costes d'Amerique, d'Europe et d'Afrique, situées sur cette mer Courtesy of Boston Public Library
![A map of the West-Indies or the islands of America in the North Sea; with ye adjacent countries; explaning [sic] what belongs to Spain, England, France, Holland &c. also ye trade winds, and ye several tracts made by ye galeons and flota from place to place. According to ye newest and most exact observations,](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMTIvYS1tYXAtb2YtdGhlLXdlc3QtaW5kaWVzLW9yLXRoZS1pc2xhbmRzLW9mLWFtZXJpY2EtaW4tdGhlLW5vcnRoLXNlYS13aXRoLXllLTgzMjVhMy0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/40/23/webp "A map of the West-Indies or the islands of America in the North Sea; with ye adjacent countries; explaning [sic] what belongs to Spain, England, France, Holland &c. also ye trade winds, and ye several tracts made by ye galeons and flota from place to place. According to ye newest and most exact observations,")
A map of the West-Indies or the islands of America in the North Sea; w...
Scale ca. 1:4,300,000. Hand colored. Relief shown pictorially. "Sold by H. Moll and by I. King at ye Globe in ye Poultrey near Stocks Market." "To Wil. Paterson esq; this map of the West-Indies &c. is most humb... More
Totius Americae descriptio nova - Vintage map, Norman B. Leventhal Col...
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L'Amerique meridionale et septentrionale
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Carte du Paraguay, du Chili, du Detroit de Magellan &c. Dressée sur le...
Scale ca. 1:9,000,000. Hand colored. Relief shown pictorially. Prime meridian: Ferro. Imprint date from R. V. Tooley's French mapping of the Americas, item 80. Cartouche engraved by C. Simonneau. Available also... More
Carte tres curieuse de la Mer du Sud, contenant des remarques nouvelle...
Richly decorated in the tradition of Dutch cartography, this map extends from eastern Asia to western Europe but focuses on the Pacific Ocean and the Americas. It is attributed to Henri Abraham Chatelain, a Hug... More