geography, maps

[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

World Map - A map of the world on a piece of paper

Public domain scan of a vintage world map, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

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

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

Vilna Litvaniae, Civitates Orbis Terrarvm Liber Primvs Sextvs

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Hispalis (Sevilla) - Public domain city architecture drawing

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Sevilla, Civitates Orbis Terrarvm Liber Primvs Sextvs

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Cosmographey oder beschreibung aller Länder, Herrschafften, fürnẽmste...

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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...

Public domain image of the vintage map from NYPL Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, 16th-17th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description. The Lionel Pincus and Princ... More

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

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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

Vera totius expeditionis nauticæ : descriptio D. Franc. Draci ... /

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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

Public domain image of Abraham Ortelius map, 18th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description. Abraham Ortelius was a Brabantian cartographer, geographer, and cosmographer, conven... More

Valentiæ Regnum. - Public domain vintage map

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Guasconiæ descriptio. - 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

Map of the Strait of Magellan - Public domain old map

Illus. in: Nodal. Relacion del viaj́e qve por orden de Sv Mag.d y acverdo del Real consejo de Indias (Madrid, 1621). Reference copy may be in SSF - MAPS. This record contains unverified, old data from caption c... 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

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

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

Le globe terrestre représenté en deux plans-hémisphères : dressé sur l...

Scale ca. 1:35,000,000 at the equator. Hand colored. Relief shown pictorially. Includes text, notes, and ill. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2

Perigrinatie ofte veertich-iarige reyse der kindern Israëls, uyt Egyp...

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

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

A map of Louisiana and of the river Mississipi [i.e. Mississippi] : th...

Relief shown pictorially. From: A new general atlas, containing a geographical and historical account of all the empires, kingdoms, and other dominions of the world, 1721. Phillips. Maps of America. Includes no... More

A map of the world : corrected from the observations communicated to t...

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 ... More

Terre de Chanaan ou Terre Promise a Abraham, et a sa Posterite de G. S...

Relief shown pictorially. Insets: Carte des voiages d'Abraham -- Disposition du Camp des Israelites autour de l'Arche d'Alliance. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

Carte de l'ocean occidental et partie de l'Amerique septentrionale : d...

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

Carte du Canada ou de la Nouvelle France : et des découvertes qui y on...

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

Map no. I - Vintage map, Norman B. Leventhal Collection

The Bill in the Chancery of New Jersey was filed by the Proprietors of East New Jersey to defend their position in a land dispute with settlers around Elizabeth. This is the first of the volume's three maps, wh... More

A map of the moon showing phases The geography of the great solar ecli...

Shows the path of the eclipse. Relief shown pictorially. Includes 24 diagrams showing the eclipse as seen from different cities. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. LC cop... More

L'Empire de la Chine pour servir a L'histoire générale des voyages

Relief shown pictorially. Prime meridian: Ferro. Appears in L'histoire générale des voyages. Le Haye : P. de Hondt, 1747-80. In lower right corner: Tome 7 in 8⁰, page 1. In lower left corner: Tome VI in 4⁰, n⁰ ... More

An accurate map of the West Indies. Exhibiting not only all the island...

Scale ca. 1:14,000,000. Relief shown pictorially. Also shows southern United States, Central America, and northern South America. "Where may be had just publish'd for the use of the curious as well as students,... More

Survey of land for Richard Stephenson in Frederick County; attested by...

Maps of individual colonies were compiled using the most accurate and recent information. They consulted published maps in combination with data from surveys of local geographical features, such as roads, river... More

Survey of land for Richard Stephenson in Frederick County; attested by...

Maps of individual colonies were compiled using the most accurate and recent information. They consulted published maps in combination with data from surveys of local geographical features, such as roads, river... More

L'Afrique : dressée sur les relations e nouvelles decouvertes de diff...

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

Carte du Golphe du Méxique et des isles de l'Amérique. Pour servir à l...

Scale ca. 1:7,500,000. Relief shown pictorially. "Tome XII, in 4⁰, no. 1." "Tome 10, in 8⁰, page 1." Shows southern United States, eastern Mexico, Central America, northern South America, and West Indies. Appea... More

North America from the French of Mr. D'Anville, improved with the back...

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Carte de l'Acadie, Isle Royale, et Païs Voisins : pour servir à l'Hi...

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Carte du cours du fleuve de St. Laurent depuis son embouchure jusqu'au...

Scale ca. 1:2,850,000. Relief shown pictorially. "Tom XIV, in 4⁰, no. 15. Tome 14, in 8⁰, page 254, no. 1." Appears in Jean Francois de La Harpe's Abrégé de l'histoire generale des voyages. 1780. LC Maps of Nor... More

Carte de la Nouvelle Angleterre, Nouvelle Yorck, et Pensilvanie.

Covers the area from Penobscot Bay to Chesapeake Bay and west to Lake Erie. Relief shown pictorially. Shows Indian tribal territory. Prime meridian: Paris. "Tom. XIV. in 4⁰, no. 9. Tome 14. in 8⁰, page 97"-- In... More

Carte de la Louisiane et pays voisins, pour servir a l'Histoire généra...

Scale ca. 1:10,000,000. Relief shown pictorially. "Tom XIV. No. 12." LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 74 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault. AACR2

Carte de la baye de Hudson, pour servir à l'Histoire générale des voya...

Scale ca. 1:9,400,000. Relief shown pictorially. "Tom XIV. In 4⁰. No. 14. Tome 14. In 8⁰. Page 191." Appears in Jean Francois de La Harpe's Agrégé de l'historie generale des voyages. 1780. LC Maps of North Amer... More

Carte de la Nouvelle Angleterre, Nouvelle Yorck, et Pensilvanie : pour...

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Amérique septentrionale : dressée sur les relations les plus modernes ...

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Amérique septentrionale, dressée sur les relations les plus modernes d...

Scale ca. 1:16,000,000. Hand colored. Relief shown pictorially. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 8 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2: 100; 651

Amérique septentrionale : dressée sur les relations les plus modernes ...

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

Carte de l'isle de Saint Domingue, pour servir à l'Histoire générale d...

Scale ca. 1:2,700,000. Relief shown pictorially. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1851 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. "Longitude occidentale du méridien de Paris.... More

Johann Baptist Homann - Nova Anglia. Historic map, Library of Congress

Scale ca. 1:2,150,000. Hand colored. Relief shown pictorially. Depths shown by soundings. Differs from other copy in engraving technique in cartouche. Man has 2 buttons on cuff, cloth in Indian's robe is unpat... More

A map of the Land of Canaan or Holy Land, as divided among the twelve ...

Shows territories of the twelve tribes. Relief shown pictorially. Prime meridian appears to be Ferro. Includes inset of: "A map of the fourty years sojourning of the children of Israel through the wilderness to... More

A general map of the middle British colonies in America viz. Virginia,...

Scale ca. 1:2,250,000. Cover titles: An analysis of a map of the middle British colonies in America. Middle British colonies in America. Hand colored. Prime meridian: London and Philadelphia. Relief shown picto... More

North America : from the French of Mr. d'Anville, improved with the ba...

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Carte des voyages du Cape. Carver, dans la partie intérieure de l'Amér...

Scale ca. 1:3,500,000. Relief shown pictorially. Includes notes. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 783 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2: 651/1; 600/2; 651/3

China Historic map, Library of Congress

Relief shown pictorially. Appears in: Salmon's A new geographical and historical grammar : wherein the geographical part is truly modern and the present state of the several kingdoms of the world is so interspe... More

Nouae Africae delineatio - Vintage map, Norman B. Leventhal Collection

This mid-18th-century map of Africa includes fictitious place names that are often found in African maps of this era, such as the mysterious and mostly unexplored interior regions here called Monomotapa and Mon... More

North America, and the West Indies; a new map, wherein the British Emp...

Scale ca. 1:5,500,000. Hand colored. Relief shown pictorially. Includes historical notes, "Extract of the treaties of peace, proclamations &c. relative to America & the West Indies," "A particular map of Baffin... More

A chart of the world upon Mercator's projection : describing the track...

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Christmas Island latitude 1* 58'N. longitude 202* 28' E. discovered in...

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Extrait de la carte hollandise representant la colonie de Surinam : su...

Cadastral map of eastern coast of Suriname. Relief shown by shading. Printed label with tab mounted on verso: Ch. Picquet, géographe ordinaire du roi et S.A.S. Monseigr. le Duc d'Orléans. A Paris Quai de Conti ... More

A new and accurate map of the Province of Pennsylvania, in North Ameri...

Relief shown pictorially. Shows towns, roads, forts, rivers, streams, and waterfalls as far west as "Chambers Town." Includes adjacent part of New Jersey. From The London magazine: or, Gentleman's monthly intel... More

Carte du golphe de St. Laurent et pays voisins, pour servir á l'Histoi...

Scale ca. 1:4,000,000. Relief shown pictorially. "Tom. XIII, in 4⁰, no. 2. Tome 14, in 8⁰, page 263." Appears in Jean Francois de La Harp's Abŕégé de l'historie generale des voyages. 1780. LC Maps of North Amer... More

A chart of the discoveries made by the late Capt. Cook, & other Europe...

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

Carte de la Florida, de la Louisiane, et pays voisins : pour servir à ...

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Carte de l'isle de la Grenade, pour servir à l'Histoire générale des v...

Scale ca. 1:225,000. Relief shown pictorially. "Longitude occidentale du méridien de Paris." "Tome 15, in 8⁰, page 446." "Tom. XV, in 4⁰, no. 14." Appears in Jean François de La Harpe's Abrégé de l'histoire gén... More

Bowles's new and accurate map of the world, or Terrestrial globe : lai...

Shows various expedition routes. Relief shown pictorially. Includes text and col. ill. Ancillary maps: Solar system -- Northern hemisphere -- Southern hemisphere -- Astronomical latitude and longitude analemma ... More

Carte de l'isle de la Guadeloupe, pour servir à l'Histoire générale de...

Scale ca. 1:500,000. Relief shown pictorially. "Tome 15, in 8⁰, page 436." "Tom. XV, in 4⁰, no. 13." Appears in Jean Francois de La Harpe's Abrégé de l'histoire générale des voyages ... Atlas. 1780. LC Maps of ... More