Maps In English

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Poster "Ukraine" ("Україна") with infographic and the map "Ukraine within its ethnographic boundaries" ("Україна у своїх етноґрафічних межах") by Yuri Hasenko and Stepan Rudnytsky published in Vienna in 1920. I More

[Map of] Australia, population, grouped and graded, census 1921 - lantern slide

Map of the American colonies as they were during the 17th century.

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An exceptionally beautiful example of John Cary’s important 1806 map of Mongolian and Independent Tartary. Covers Central Asia from the Caspian Sea to Japan, extends as far north as the Obskaia Sea and as far More

A beautiful example of John Speed's important 1676 map of the Carolina colony. Heavily based upon the explorations of John Lederer and Ogilby's Lords Proprietor's Map of 1674. This seminal map represents one More

A radiant full color example of John Sennex's 1721 map of Rome. Covers the entire and part of the surrouding countryside. Identifies both modern and ancient monuments in profile. Some of these include the Co More

Known among cartographic historic as the “Post Map”, this is Herman Moll’s important 1729 map of New England and the adjacent colonies. Though variants of this map appear as early as 1708, this is the most imp More

This is a fascinating c. 1730 map of Jerusalem. Important buildings such as the Temple, Solomon’s Palace, and the various quarters. The original gates are also labeled. To the east the Mount of Olives is depicted.

This is Herman Molls small but significant c. 1732 map of the West Indies. Moll’s map covers all of the West Indies, eastern Mexico, all of Central America, the Gulf of Mexico, North America as far as the Ches More

One of the most remarkable and intriguing maps of the West Indies to appear in the 18th century. This is Herman Moll's superb circa 1720 mapping of the West Indies, Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, Mexico, and the More

An extremely attractive 1744 decorative double hemisphere world map by the English cartographer Emmanuel Bowen. This beautiful map covers the entire world as it was understood in the middle part of the 18th ce More

An extremely scarce 1744 map of London showing Sir Christopher Wren's plan for reconstructing the city following the 1666 Great Fire of London. In 1666 the Great Fire swept through the old Roman portions of More

An extremely attractive 1745 map of the Mexican harbor of Zihuatanejo Bay by George Anson. Today Zihuatanejo is a stunningly beautiful resort area on the Pacific in the state of Guerrero (about 250 km north More

A large and attractive hand colored 1745 sea chart of the entire Mediterranean region. Drawn in considerable detail with most ports clearly labeled. Large title cartouche in the lower left quadrant. Rumb li More

A small but significant 1729 map of Carolina by Herman Moll. This map covers from the mouth of the Chesapeake to St. Augustine and from the Atlantic westward to the mouth of the Apalache River, encompassing t More

A scarce and remarkable 1749 map of the New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Maine, New Hampshire and Connecticut by Emmanuel Bowen. Covering from the Chesapeake Bay to Lake Champlain and from Lake Ontario to More

This is a curious little map of North America. Covers the whole North America as well as parts of Europe and South America. This is a pirated 1797 reissue of Bowen 1747 map of the same name. Wheatley seems t More

A stunning 1747 decorative map of the Western Hemisphere by E. Bowen. Covers North and South America as well as much of the Pacific and the Atlantic as far as Spain and the Canary Islands. Details America du More

A singularly fascinating 1747 map of Greenland, Iceland and the Faroe Islands by E. Bowen. Essentially four maps on one sheet, this map of the North Atlantic islands is festooned with speculation and curios More

This is Emmanuel Bowen's remarkable 1747 chart of the southeastern parts of North America. Covers from the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay to St. Augustine, FL, and from Louisiana to the Atlantic. Introduced in t More

A fascinating 1747 European mapping of the Gobi Desert and the eastern portion of the Silk Route region by Thomas Kitchin. Covers from Lake Baikal in the north as far south as Beijing, east to the Gulf of Lya More

An extremely attractive 1748 coastal view of the Mexican harbor of Zihuatanejo by George Anson. Today Zihuatanejo is a stunningly beautiful resort area in Guerrero, Mexico, about 250 km north of Acapulco. Thi More

This is a rare 1748 nautical chart of the Pacific Ocean by the English map publisher R. W. Seale. Chart depicts the trade routes used by Spanish Galleons from Acapulco, Mexico to Manila in the Philippines. In More

This rare map is an 1850 reprint of an important 1752 map originally issued by N. Scull and G. Heap. George Heap, a surveyor and city coroner of Philadelphia, and Nicolas Scull, Surveyor General of the Provinc More

This hand colored map is entitled “A General Map of the Discoveries of Admiral De Fonte & Others by M. De L’Isle” and was published in Gentleman’s Magazine, 1754. This map depicts the mythical Northwest Sea Pa More

Featured here is a rare and important map of Florida issued for Gentleman’s Magazine in 1763 to describe the new territories of British Florida. The map depicts the provinces of East and West Florida as they e More

A first issue first edition example of a seminal map. This is a rare and unusual version of the 1768 first edition of Holland and Jefferys seminal map of New York and New Jersey. Depicts the important trade More

Drafted for the city planning committee in 1768 by James Craig, this is the definitive plan of Edinburgh, Scotland’s New Town. Oriented to the North, this plan details the streets of Edinburgh north of the Loc More

This is a staggering wall size map of India and Ceylon issued in 1768 by Thomas Jeffreys. Covers the Indian subcontinent from Mekran in the west to Assam and Aracan in the east, and from Bhutan in the north, s More

An exceptional example of Thomas Kitchin's 1773 map of the area 30 miles around London. This map was issued to accompany John Noorthouck's 1773 New History of London. Centered on metropolitan London, this map More

A highly uncommon chart of the Friendly Islands, or Tonga, from 1777. Oriented to the East, this map depicts the Tongatapu Island Group and the Ha'Apai Group that make up the Kingdom of Tonga. Shows the route More

An altogether spectacular wall sized map of those parts of India near Delhi, Agra and Varanasi. Covers from Delhi in the northwest as far east along the Ganges River as Bihar and as far south as Sohagepour. I More

This is a rare map of the Society Islands in the South Pacific published by Alexander Hogg to illustrate the voyages and discoveries of the sea captains Byron, Wallis, Carteret ad Cook. This map contains refer More

This lovely little map of Sparta, in the west of Ancient Greece, was prepared by M. Barbie de Bocage in 1783 for the “Travels of Anarcharsis”. Follows the earlier D’Anville map. Unlike its rival city Athens, Sp More

This is an attractive 1784 map of ancient Athens, Greece. Covering the walled center of ancient Athens, this map details the ancient city’s most important buildings and monuments. Names the Lyceum (Aristotle’ More

This lovely little map or city plan of Athens in Ancient Greece, was prepared by M. Barbie de Bocage in 1784 for the “Travels of Anarcharsis”. Athens, capital of the Athenian Empire, was the heart of Ancient G More

An absolutely stunning and monumental two panel 1794 wall map of Asia by J. B. B. D'Anville. Covers the entire continent of Asia, including Arabia, the Indian subcontinent, and the East Indies. Names countles More

An absolutely stunning and monumental two panel 1794 wall map of Asia by J. B. B. D'Anville. Covers the entire continent of Asia, including Arabia, the Indian subcontinent, and the East Indies. Names countles More

This is a fascinating 1784 color map showing the Battle of Plataea by Barbie du Bocage. The battle of Plataea occurred in 479 BC and was the last battle in the second Persian invasion of Greece. It took place More

This lovely little map or city plan of Athens and Environs in Ancient Greece, was prepared by M. Barbie de Bocage in 1784 for the “Travels of Anarcharsis”. Athens, capital of the Athenian Empire, was the heart More

This lovely little map of Corinthia, Sicyonia and Achaia, in northern Peloponnesus of Ancient Greece, was prepared by M. Barbie de Bocage in 1786 for the “Travels of Anarcharsis”. Taken from the early D’Anville map.

This lovely little map of Elis and Triphylia, in western Ancient Greece, was prepared by M. Barbie de Bocage in 1786 for the “Travels of Anarcharsis”. Taken from the early D’Anville map. The sanctuary at Olym More

This lovely little map of Messenia, in the southeast of Ancient Greece, was prepared by M. Barbie de Bocage in 1786 for the “Travels of Anarcharsis”. Follows the earlier D’ Anville map. This peninsula and gulf More

This is most likely the most important map of Africa produced in the 18th century. Printed at the height of the slave trade in 1787 by the Robert Sayer firm of London, England. Largely based upon the earlier D’ More

This lovely little map of Thessaly, just south of Macedonia in Ancient Greece, was prepared by M. Barbie de Bocage in 1786 for the “Travels of Anarcharsis”. Taken from the early D’Anville map. Thessaly is the More

A large and dramatic J. B. B. D'Anville map of Palestine, Israel, or the Holy Land. Covers from the ancient city of Sidon in modern day Lebanon south as far the city of Gaza and Egypt. Details mountains, rive More

This is probably the most important map of Africa produced in the 18th century. Largely based upon the earlier D’Anville map, this map has been enlarged and expanded by Samuel Boulton. Depicts the continent i More

This is probably the most important map of Africa produced in the 18th century. Largely based upon the earlier D’Anville map, this map has been enlarged and expanded by Samuel Boulton. Depicts the continent i More

An rare and magnificently proportioned 1794 wall map of the Russian Empire by Laurie and Whittle. Extends from the North Sea and the Black Sea eastward as far as Siberia and the Behring Strait. Extends south More

An extraordinary monumentally proportioned 1794 map of North American by Governor Pownell. Issued shortly after the end of the American Revolutionary War, this map details the newly formed United States, the B More

A Map of South America — containing Tierra-Firma, Guayana, New Granada, Amazonia, Brasil, Peru, Paraguay, Chaco, Tucuman, Chili and Patagonia from M. d'Anville with Several Improvements and Additions, and The More

This is a rare historic 1796 indenture and associated manuscript survey map documenting the transfer of certain lands in the Tribeca district of Manhattan from the Trinity Church Corporation to the City of New More

A fine 1799 map of Africa by the English map publisher Clement Cruttwell. Covers the entire region, including a detailed inset of the rivers of Sierra Leone and Sherbro (labeled “A correct chart of the Rivers More

A fine 1799 map of China by the English mapmaker Clement Cruttwell. Includes the modern day provinces of Sichuan (Setchuen), Yunnan, Fujian (Fokien), Zchejiang (Tche Kiang), Honan (Henan), Shandong (Chan Tong) More

A fine 1799 map of the northern polar regions by the English map publisher Clement Cruttwell. Covers the polar regions from roughly 60 degrees north latitude to the North Pole. Reveals a primitive yet ephemer More

A fine 1799 map of South America by the English mapmaker Clement Cruttwell. Covers all of South America as well as parts of Central America as far north as Honduras. Crutwell identifies a number of indigenous More

A fine 1799 map of the West Indies by the English mapmaker Clement Cruttwell. Shows what was then known as West and East Florida, along with the Bahamas Islands, Cuba, Jamaica, Domingo, and Puerto Rico (Porto More

A fine example of Clement Cruttwell's 1799 map of the world on Mercator's Projection. This is an elegant world map designed to illustrate the activities of important explorers of the 17th and18th centuries. T More

This map (noted as "Third Edition"), created immediately after the Fourth Anglo-Mysore War (1798–1799), is based on the 1793 Faden map (without any version note), created immediately after the Third Anglo-Mysor More

This map (noted as "Third Edition"), created immediately after the Fourth Anglo-Mysore War (1798–1799), is based on the 1793 Faden map (without any version note), created immediately after the Third Anglo-Mysor More

A dramatic and important map of the island of St. Domingo (Santo Domingo) or Hispaniola prepared by Bryan Edwards and published by John Stockdale in 1800. Covers the island in full offering significant detail More

An exceptionally beautiful example of John Cary’s important 1801 Map of the East Indies. Covers all of Southeast Asia and the Malay Peninsula, including Singapore, as well as the Philippines, Borneo, Sumatra, More

A very attractive example of John Cary’s spectacular 1801 map of the Eastern Hemisphere. Covers the entirety of Europe, Africa and Asia, along with Australia, the Indian Ocean, and parts of Polynesia. Europe i More

An exceptionally beautiful example of John Cary’s important 1801 map of Turkey in Europe. Covers from the Adriatic eastward to Crimea and Southwards as far as Crete and Cyprus. While technically a map of Ott More

An exceptionally beautiful example of John Cary’s important 1805 Map of the Egypt. Covers Egypt in extraordinary detail focusing on the course of the Nile River Valley from the Delta region south to Aswan. No More

Published by John Cary in 1805, this is one of the most interesting and attractive maps of the American Frontier and the Great Lakes to emerge in the first years of the 19th century. Covers from Lakes Superior More

An exceptionally beautiful example of John Cary’s important 1806 Map of India. Covers India in extraordinary detail from Kabul and Kashmir south to Ceylon or Sri Lanka. Extends east as far as Burma and west i More

An exceptionally beautiful example of John Cary’s important 1806 map of Mongolian and Independent Tartary. Covers Central Asia from the Caspian Sea to Japan, extends as far north as the Obskaia Sea and as far More

An extraordinary first edition example of Edward Mogg's important 1806 case map of London, England. Covers the central part of London from Kensington to Greenwich and the East India Docks. Of this stunning ma More

An interesting and unusual map, this is William Bridges’ 1807 revival or the failed 1801 Mangin-Goerck Plan. Those who know New York’s shoreline will pause at the perfect blocks and ridged angles of this plan More

A masterpiece. This fascinating hand colored 1809 map by Edinburgh cartographer John Pinkerton depicts Korea (Corea) and Japan. A spectacular, highly detailed map of this fascinating region with spectacular eng More

This fascinating hand colored 1809 map by Edinburgh cartographer John Pinkerton depicts Southern Africa. Covers Africa from Angola south to the Cape Colony (modern South Africa) and east to the Kingdom of Monga More

This is a stunning 1811 map of Arabia, Egypt and Abyssinia ( Ethiopia ) by English Cartographer John Cary. A smorgasbord of wonderful detail including historical notes, caravan routes, the locations of desert More

An exceptionally attractive example of John Pinkerton's rare 1811 map of Persia. Covers from the Black Sea in the northwest to Fergana in the northeast, to the Arabian Desert in the southwest to the Mouths of More

This fascinating hand colored 1813 map by Edinburgh cartographer John Pinkerton depicts Western Africa. Depicts Africa roughly from the Salve Coast and Gold coast west through the Ivory Coast, Guinea, the Gamb More

This a wonderful example of John Thompson’s 1814 Map of Australia, New Zealand, New Guinea and parts of Polynesia. Extends from Western Australia and the Celebes eastward as far as New Caledonia and the Fiji I More

This fascinating hand colored 1814 map by Edinburgh cartographer John Thomson depicts southern India. Covers from Bombay in the North to the northern part of Ceylon or Sir Lanka. Map is color coded according More

A magnificent map and the rarest of the Thomson India series. This is the 1814 map of India with inset maps of the Ganges River by Edinburgh cartographer John Thomson. Depicts the whole of India from Lahore to More

A fine example of John Thomson's stunning c. 1814 map of the West India islands of Dominica and Martinique. Divided into two sections this map offers spectacular detail of these two picturesque islands. Both s More

This beautiful 1814 map, along with Pinkerton’s similar map, is most likely the most important large format English atlas map of the American Southwest to be produced in the 19th century. The map depicts Mexico More

This fascinating hand colored 1815 map by Edinburgh cartographer John Thomson depicts North and South America, parts of the South Pacific, and the western parts of Europe and Africa. Shows the political border More

This fascinating hand colored 1814 map by Edinburgh cartographer John Thomson depicts the northern part of the Atlantic Ocean. Extends as for north as Iceland and as far south as Brazil and the Congo. Made du More

This fascinating hand colored 1814 map by Edinburgh cartographer John Thomson depicts the Northern Hemisphere from the Arctic to the Equator. Includes all of North America, Europe, and Asia as well as the north More

This fascinating hand colored 1814 map by Edinburgh cartographer John Thomson depicts the Venetian States of Italy. This includes the area immediately surrounding the floating city of Venice: Trevigiano, Friul More

A masterpiece. This fascinating hand colored 1814 map by Edinburgh cartographer John Thomson depicts the West Indies and Central America. Covers from the Carolinas south through Texas, Mexico and central Ameri More

This is an attractive 1814 John Thomson map of Attica, Greece. Map features many of the important cities and site in early Greek History. Shows Athens, the Plain of Marathon, Salamis, and the sites of numerou More

This fascinating hand colored 1816 map by Edinburgh cartographer John Thomson depicts the modern West Indies or Caribbean nations of The Bahamas, Bermuda and Cuba. Divided into three sections, this is a spectac More

A fine hand colored 1815 map of the West India islands of Antigua, Guadeloupe and Marie Galante. Depicts the islands in considerable detail with attention to rivers, topography, towns and villages, and major More

This fascinating hand colored 1814 map by Edinburgh cartographer John Thomson depicts the modern West Indies or Caribbean nations of Porto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Haiti, and the Dominican Republic. Divided in More

This hand colored map is a steel plate engraving, dating to 1815 by the important English mapmaker John Thomson. It is a representation of the Prussia, Germany, including the districts of Pomerania, Brandembur More

This fascinating hand colored 1815 map by Edinburgh cartographer John Thomson depicts the Milanese States of northern Italy. These include Milan, Alto Po, and Mantua. Bounded on the south by Parma and on the More

This fascinating hand colored 1818 map by Edinburgh cartographer John Pinkerton depicts Abyssinia, Sudan and Nubia. Covers from the Great Desert of Selima south to Donga and west through the “Dominons of a Pri More

Truly a masterwork of copperplate engraving, this is Pinkerton's extraordinary 1818 map of Australia, New Zealand and parts of the East Indies and Polynesia. Covers from Borneo south past Australia as far as T More

This fascinating hand colored 1818 map by Edinburgh cartographer John Pinkerton depicts Australia (as New Holland with Van Diemen's land no longer attached), New Zealand (depicts only two islands), and parts of More

Pinkerton's extraordinary 1818 map of the British Possessions in North America. Based on Arrowsmith's historic map of North America, this map covers the continent north of the 40th degree of latitude, including More

This is John Pinkerton's stunning 1818 map of Chile. Covers the southwestern coast of South America from the Atacama Desert to the Isle of Chiloe. This beautifully rendered map is truly a masterpiece of eng More