Tabula VIII Asiae - Vintage map, Norman B. Leventhal Collection
Scythia extra imaum montem Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Tabula VI Asiae - Vintage map, Norman B. Leventhal Collection
Asiae tabula sexta Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Ta. here. Helve - Vintage map, Norman B. Leventhal Collection
Tabula heremus Helvetia Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Tabula XII Asiae - Vintage map, Norman B. Leventhal Collection
Asiae tabula duodecima Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Ta. no. Italiae - Vintage map, Norman B. Leventhal Collection
Tabula nova Italiae Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Oceani occidetalis seu terre nove tabula - Vintage map, Norman B. Leve...
Ocenunus occidentalis Courtesy of Boston Public Library
II Tabula moderna Aphrice - Vintage map, Norman B. Leventhal Collectio...
Tabula II Aphricae Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Tabula moder. Indiae Orientalis - Vintage map, Norman B. Leventhal Col...
Tabula moderna Indiae Orientalis Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Tabula VII Europae - Vintage map, Norman B. Leventhal Collection
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Libyae interioris pars - Vintage map, Norman B. Leventhal Collection
Tabula III Aphricae Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Tabula II Europae - Vintage map, Norman B. Leventhal Collection
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Tabu. Asiae minoris - Vintage map, Norman B. Leventhal Collection
Tabula Asiae minoris | Tabula moder. Asiae minoris | Tabula moderna Asiae minoris Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Tab. mo. primae partis Aphricae, et tabula secunde partis Aphricae
Tabula moderna primae partis Aphricae, et tabula secunde partis Aphricae Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Tabula VIII Europae - Vintage map, Norman B. Leventhal Collection
Octava Europe tabula Courtesy of Boston Public Library
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[The World] - Vintage map, Norman B. Leventhal Collection
Regions and Seasons: The winds, collectively known 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 br... More
La Nuoua Francia - Public domain vintage map
This map, among the earliest separate maps of northeastern North America, was primarily based on the voyages that were taken by Giovanni da Verrazano for the French in 1524. His discoveries confirmed the contin... More
Title page of Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, Abraham Ortelius 1527-1598
With this frontispiece, Ortelius symbolically presents his atlas as a stage upon which readers could act out imaginary voyages to distant lands using the maps and the descriptive text in the book. The architect... More
Americae siue noui orbis, noua descriptio, Abraham Ortelius
Americae sive novi orbis, nova descriptio Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Typus orbis terrarum, illuminated manuscript, Abraham Ortelius 1527-15...
Ortelius' book of maps, first published in 1570, is considered the first modern world atlas. It was the first time that a set of maps, contemporary to the date of publication, was designed, drawn, and engraved ... More
Europae, Abraham Ortelius 1527-1598 - Vintage map, Norman B. Leventhal...
Abraham Ortelius, a contemporary of William Shakespeare, created the groundbreaking atlas Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, including this map of Europe, the Mediterranean, Northern Africa, and Western Asia. These regio... More
Asiae noua descriptio, Abraham Ortelius 1527-1598
Asiae nova descriptio Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Veromanduorum eorum que confinium exactissima descriptio - Vintage map...
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Africae tabula nova, Abraham Ortelius 1527-1598
Africae tabula noua Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Flandria - Gerhard Mercator 1512-1594 - Vintage map, Norman B. Leventh...
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
La Florida - Vintage map, Norman B. Leventhal Collection
Pervviæ avriferæ regionis typis | Gvastecan Reg Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Hierosolyma urbs sancta, Iudeae, totiusque orientis longe clarisima, q...
Jerusalem, a sacred city to three of the worlds major religions, was depicted as four different images in Braun and Hogenberg's comprehensive collection of town views. In this view, the city is viewed from the ... More
Spagnvola - Vintage map, Norman B. Leventhal Collection
Spagnuola | Descrittione dell' isola Spagnvola | Descrittione dell' isola Spagnuola Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Iamaica - Vintage map, Norman B. Leventhal Collection
Public domain reproduction of illuminated book page, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Culiacanae, Americae regionis, descriptio : Hispaniolae, Cubae, aliaru...
Published in Abraham Ortelius, Theatrum Orbis Terrarum (Antwerp, 1579). One of the landmarks in the history of map making was Abraham Ortelius' Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, which is recognized as the first modern a... More
Anjou : Andegavensium ditionis vera et integra descriptio
Public domain image of Abraham Ortelius map, 16th-17th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description. Abraham Ortelius was a Brabantian cartographer, geographer, and cosmographer, c... More
Magnifica illa civitas Verona ; Colonia augusta Verona nova gallienian...
Romeo sorrowfully laments in act three, scene three of Romeo and Juliet, "There is no world without Verona walls." Faced with banishment from Juliet, Romeo pleads with Friar Laurence to grant him any other fate... More
Aegyptus Antiqua, Abraham Ortelius - Vintage map, Norman B. Leventhal ...
The tragedy of Antony and Cleopatra takes place in the ancient empires of Rome and Egypt, the latter of which is depicted on this 1584 map. Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt, and Mark Antony, co-ruler of Rome are entan... More
![Ierusalem, et suburbia eius, sicut tempore Christi floruit c[um] locis, in quib[us] Christ[us] pass[us] est: que religiose a Christianis obseruata, etiam n[um] venerationi habent](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn27/L3Bob3RvLzE1ODQvMDEvMDEvaWVydXNhbGVtLWV0LXN1YnVyYmlhLWVpdXMtc2ljdXQtdGVtcG9yZS1jaHJpc3RpLWZsb3J1aXQtY3VtLWxvY2lzLWluLXF1aWJ1cy0zMjBlODUtMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/40/57/webp "Ierusalem, et suburbia eius, sicut tempore Christi floruit c[um] locis, in quib[us] Christ[us] pass[us] est: que religiose a Christianis obseruata, etiam n[um] venerationi habent")
Ierusalem, et suburbia eius, sicut tempore Christi floruit c[um] locis...
The final image of Jerusalem in Civitates Orbis Terrarum is the most dramatic. It appeared in the fourth volume on two pages, which are displayed here as a single sheet. Rather than a birds eye view, this depic... More
Americæ pars, nunc Virginia dicta, primum ab Anglis inuenta, sumtibus ...
Public domain scan of an 18th-century map, vintage, old, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.
Macedonia Alexandri M. Patria Illustris - Vintage map, Norman B. Leven...
Macedonia Alexandri Magni Patria Illustris | Collection of old maps Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Picardiae, Belgicae regionis descriptio - Vintage map, Norman B. Leven...
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Topographia aug. Turon. ducatus et confinium Galliae celticae sinu com...
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Septentrionalium terrarum descriptio - Gerhard Mercator 1512-1594, Arc...
Public domain scan of an old vintage map, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.
America sive novvs orbis respectv Evropaeorvm inferior globi terrestri...
America sive novus orbis respectu Europaeorum inferior globi terrestris pars Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Carte de Savoye et des païs de Genevois, Faussigni, Chablais, Morienn...
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Carte du Lionnois, Forest, Beauiolois et Masconnois
Carte dv Lionnois, Forest, Beaviolois et Masconnois Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Recentissima novi orbis sive Americae septentrionalis et meridionalis ...
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Recentissima novi orbis sive Americae septentrionalis et meridionalis ...
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Insulae Capitis Viridis - Vintage map, Norman B. Leventhal Collection
Insvlae Capitis Viridis Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Artois : Atrebatum regionis vera descriptio - Vintage map, Norman B. L...
Artois : Atrebatvm regionis vera descriptio | Atrebatum regionis vera descriptioi0 Courtesy of Boston Public Library
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[World map] - Vintage map, Norman B. Leventhal Collection
Regions and Seasons: The winds remained on maps into the 17th century, as illustrated on this 1607 horological diagram, which was used for measuring time. Produced by German mathematician Franz Ritter, this uni... More
Hispaniae novae sivae magnae, recens et vera desciptio : 1579
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America, Jodocus Hondius - Vintage map, Norman B. Leventhal Collection
Amerique Courtesy of Boston Public Library
A new description of the shyres Lothian and Linlitquo
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Maris Pacifici (quod vulgo Mar del Zur) cum regionibus circumiacentibu...
Picryl description: Public domain image of Abraham Ortelius map, free to use, no copyright restrictions image. Abraham Ortelius was a Brabantian cartographer, geographer, and cosmographer, conventionally recogn... More
Bloys - Vintage map, Norman B. Leventhal Collection
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Carte geographique de la Nouvelle Franse - Vintage map, Norman B. Leve...
Carte geographiqve de la Novvelle Franse Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Provinciae, regionis Galliae, vera exactissimaque descriptio - Gerhard...
Public domain image of a vintage map, geography atlas, maritime navigation, age of discovery, 16th-17th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.
Olissippo quae nunc Lisboa ciuitas amplissima Lusi taniae, ad Tagum, t...
Jollain’s representation of New Amsterdam was based on this image of Lisbon, originally published about 1598 in part five of Braun and Hogenberg’s comprehensive collection of urban views, Civitates Orbis Terrar... More
Magnae Britanniae et Hiberniae Tabula - Vintage map, Norman B. Leventh...
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La partie meridionale de Lorraine, Jodocus Hondius
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Portolan atlas - Vintage map, Norman B. Leventhal Collection nautical ...
Manuscript portolan atlas containing six maps: Brazil and the south Atlantic Ocean -- South America with the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans -- Mediterranean region -- Northeast North America and North Atlantic Oce... More
Carte du contat d'Avignon et Venaisain - Vintage map, Norman B. Levent...
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Carte du Grand Perche et Perche Gouet
Carte dv Grand Perche et Perche Govet Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Belgii veteris typus - Vintage map, Norman B. Leventhal Collection
Collection of old maps Courtesy of Boston Public Library
The north part of America : conteyning Newfoundland, new England, Virg...
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Carte du pais de Xaintonge - Vintage map, Norman B. Leventhal Collecti...
Carte dv pais de Xaintonge Courtesy of Boston Public Library
America with those known parts in that unknowne worlde both people and...
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
Carte du pais d'Aunis ville & gounernement de la Rochelle
Public domain image of a vintage map, geography atlas, maritime navigation, age of discovery, 16th-17th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.
Gerardus Mercator natus Rupelmundæ III non. Martii anno MDXII, vixit a...
Women in Cartography: The widow of Jodocus Hondius, Sr. took over his business for a short period after his death in 1612, before transferring the responsibility to their sons Jodocus Jr. and Henricus. She is c... More
![Warwicum, Northamtonia, Huntingdonia, Cantabrigia, Suffolcia, Oxonium, Buckinghamia, Bedfordia, Hartfordia, Essexia, Berceria, Middelsexia, Southa[m]tonia, Surria, Cantiu[m] & Southsexia](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn27/L3Bob3RvLzE2MjgvMDEvMDEvd2Fyd2ljdW0tbm9ydGhhbXRvbmlhLWh1bnRpbmdkb25pYS1jYW50YWJyaWdpYS1zdWZmb2xjaWEtb3hvbml1bS1idWNraW5naGFtaWEtMzAzOTIwLTEwMjQuanBn/40/33/webp "Warwicum, Northamtonia, Huntingdonia, Cantabrigia, Suffolcia, Oxonium, Buckinghamia, Bedfordia, Hartfordia, Essexia, Berceria, Middelsexia, Southa[m]tonia, Surria, Cantiu[m] & Southsexia")
Warwicum, Northamtonia, Huntingdonia, Cantabrigia, Suffolcia, Oxonium,...
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Scotiae regnum - Vintage map, Norman B. Leventhal Collection
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Zeilan Insula - Jan Jansson - Vintage map, Norman B. Leventhal Collect...
Zeilan Insvla | Cuba Insvla | Cuba Insula Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Vdrone Irlandiæ in Catherlagh Baronia - Vintage map, Norman B. Leventh...
Vdrone Irlandiae in Catherlagh baronia Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Irlandiae regnum, Jodocus Hondius - Gerhard Mercator 1512-1594
Together these two atlas sheets comprise Gerard Mercator's map of Ireland. They were published in either the 1628 or 1633 French editions of Mercator and Jodocus Hondius's "Atlas". Originally published in 1595,... More
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[Scotiae regnum] - Vintage map, Norman B. Leventhal Collection
Seconde table d'Escosse Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Vltoniae orientalis : pars - Vintage map, Norman B. Leventhal Collecti...
Ultoniae orientalis pars Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Scotia Regnum - Vintage map, Norman B. Leventhal Collection
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Eboracum, Lincolnia, Derbia, Staffordia, Notinghamia, Lecestria, Rutla...
Eboracvm, Lincolnia, Derbia, Staffordia, Notinghamia, Lecestria, Rvtlandia, et Norfolcia Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Hispaniae novae nova descriptio - Gerhard Mercator 1512-1594
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Irlandiæ regnum - Vintage map, Norman B. Leventhal Collection
Irlandiae regnum Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Daniae regni typum potentissimo Invictissimoque D. Christiano, Daniae,...
Shakespeare's play, The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, was based on a 12th-century tale. The story tells of a prince who seeks revenge for his father's murder by his uncle, and in doing so delves into de... More
Groninga Dominium (Willem Janszoon Blaeu 1571-1638)
Collection of old maps Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Lotharingia Ducatus, vulgo Lorraine (Willem Janszoon Blaeu 1571-1638)
Collection of old maps Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Austria archiducatus (Willem Janszoon Blaeu 1571-1638)
Avstria archidvcatvs | Collection of old maps Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Africae nova descriptio (Willem Janszoon Blaeu 1571-1638)
Picryl description: Public domain image of Africa and Africans, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Meklenburg Ducatus - Jan Jansson - Vintage map, Norman B. Leventhal Co...
Collection of old maps Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Beschryvinghe der eylanden van Cuba, Hispaniola, Iamaica, S. Ioannis e...
In this composite map of five West Indian islands, separate maps of Cuba and Hispaniola are flanked on the left by insets of Jamaica, Puerto Rico (here called the island of St. John), and St. Margaret (north of... More
Chili (Willem Janszoon Blaeu 1571-1638) - Vintage map, Norman B. Leven...
Collection of old maps Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Terra Firma et novum regnum Granatense et Popayan
Collection of old maps Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Turcicum imperium, Joan Blaeu 1596-1673 - Vintage map, Norman B. Leven...
Tvrcicvm imperivm | Collection of old maps Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Eygentlicher abris und gelegenheit der vornemen hauptstadt des Königr...
Public domain aerial photograph, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Public domain image of 16th-17th-century architecture, palace, castle, historical city building, free to use, no copyright... More
America with those known parts in that unknowne worlde both people and...
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Provincia = Provence, Joan Blaeu 1596-1673 - Vintage map, Norman B. Le...
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Gastinois et Senonois - Jan Jansson - Vintage map, Norman B. Leventhal...
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Mediolanum ducatus - Jan Jansson - Vintage map, Norman B. Leventhal Co...
Collection of old maps Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Quercy : Cadurcium - Gerhard Mercator 1512-1594 - Vintage map, Norman ...
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
Picardia - Jan Jansson - Vintage map, Norman B. Leventhal Collection
Collection of old maps Courtesy of Boston Public Library
America, siue, India Nova : ad magnae Gerardi Mercatoris aui vniversal...
America, sive, India Nova Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Nova et accurata descriptio Delphinatus vulgo Dauphiné
Collection of old maps Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Touraine = Turonensis ducatus - Jan Jansson - Vintage map, Norman B. L...
Turonensis ducatus. Collection of old maps Courtesy of Boston public library.
Freti Magellanici ac novi freti vulgo le Maire
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Les Souverainetez de Sedan et Raucourt et la Prevosté de Doncheri
Sovverainetez de Sedan et Ravcovrt et la Prevosté de Doncheri | Collection of old maps Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Virginiae item et Floridae Americae provinciarum, nova descriptio
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Cuba Insula ; Hispaniola Insula - Vintage map, Norman B. Leventhal Col...
Cuba insula, Hispaniola insula, insula Iamaica, Ins. S. Ioannis, I.S. Margareta cum confiniis Courtesy of Boston Public Library