World Maps from Historical Perspectives

Diverse global maps showcasing the world as understood in the 17th and 18th centuries, featuring intricate designs and colorful delineations of landmasses.

Planiglobii terrestris mappa universalis utrumq hemisphærium orient. et occidentale repræsentans ex IV mappis generalibus - Mappe-monde qui represente les deux hemispheres savoir celui de l'orient et celui de l'occident tirée des quatre cartes generales , World maps, Early works to 1800 Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

Mappemonde ou Description du globe terrestre , World maps, Early works to 1800 Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

Mappemonde ou Description du globe terrestre. Relief shown pictorially. Scale determined by using graticule method, measured at 15 north... Description du globe terrestre. Description du globe terrestre, World

A map of the world , World maps, Manuscript maps Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

A map of the world. Manuscript schoolgirl map in ink and watercolor. Includes decorative floral sprays and scrolls. Map drawn on the back of a lithographic portrait of Levi P. Morton, presented by the New York Mail & Express and published by the Manhattan Art Co.... , World

1691 Sanson Map of the World on Hemisphere Projection

Planisfero del mondo nuovo , Geography, Ancient, Early works to 1800, Western Hemisphere, Maps, Early works to 1800 Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

Planisfero del mondo nuovo. Includes dedication, zodiac sectors, latitudinal notes, and world circumferences known by historical astronomers. In Coronelli's Atlante veneto, v. 1 (Venetia, 1691). Cataloging, conservation, and digitization made possible in part by The National Endowment for the Humanities: Exploring the human endeavor.... , North and Central America South America Mesoamerica ,area North America ,area South America America

1848 Japanese Map of the World in Two Hemispheres

A map of the world from the best authorities , World maps Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

Planiglobii terrestris mappa universalis utrumq hemisphærium orient. et occidentale repræsentans ex IV mappis generalibus - Mappe-monde qui represente les deux hemispheres savoir celui de l'orient et celui de l'occident tirée des quatre cartes generales , World maps, Early works to 1800 Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

Mappa totius mundi : adornata juxta observationes dnn. academiae regalis scientiarum et nonnullorum aliorum secundum annotationes recentissimas. Relief shown pictorially. Appears in Tobias Conrad Lotter's Atlas geographique de cent et huit cartes generales et speciales. Augsburg, 1778. Includes note, ill., and ancillary maps of the northern hemisphere and southern hemisphere.... , World

Map - Nova totius terrarum orbis geographica ac hydrographica tabula

Mappe-monde , World maps, Early works to 1800 Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

Mappe-monde. Double hemispherical world map showing routes of early explorers. Relief shown pictorially. At head of title: Nova orbis tabula ed usum serenissimi Burgundiæ ducis. Includes a globe in each corner of map: Partie du globe terrestre dont le Pole Antarctique est le centre -- Partie du globe terrestre dont le Pole Archtique est le centre --- Partie du globe terrestre en planisphere ou les Antipodes de Paris seruent de centre -- Partie du globe terrestre en planisphere dont la ville de Paris est le centre.... , World

Map of the world, 1720

Carte des nouvelles découvertes au nord de la Mer du Sud, tant à l'est de la Siberie et du Kamtchatka, qu'à l'ouest de la Nouvelle France , Northern Hemisphere, Maps, Early works to 1800 Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

Theatrum Orbis Terrarum (Theatre of the World). Is considered to be the first true modern atlas. Written by Abraham Ortelius and originally printed on May 20, 1570, in Antwerp. World Map.

Old Map of the World

A new & correct map of the whole world : shewing ye situation of its principal parts. viz. the oceans, kingdoms, rivers, capes, ports, mountains, woods, trade-winds, monsoons, variation of ye compass, climate, &c. ; with the most remarkable tracks of the bold attempts which have been made to find out the northeast & northwest passages. World map showing trade winds, climate zones, magnetic variation, and exploration routes. Title from illustrated cartouche; alternate title in box at lower center. Relief shown pictorially. Includes notes. Insets: World map : this chart is to shew degrees of the variation of ye compas's as they were observ'd in ye year 1700 in ye Atlantick and Indian Ocean: and you will see in ye map & ye variations of ye compass markt over ye Great South Sea as they were found in 17 9/10 -- The North Pole. Appears in Moll's The world described, 1709-1736, plate 2.. Regions and Seasons: London-based cartographer Herman Moll produced this world map for his atlas The World

A world map from 1736, showcasing the locations of its principal parts based on the latest and most accurate observations. The map is hand-colored and measures 74 x 123 cm, folded to 59.5 x 28 cm. It was published in London by Tho. Bowles, a print and map-seller in St. Paul's Churchyard

A map of the world from the best authorities Cartographic. Maps. 1795. Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division. Western Hemisphere, Eastern Hemisphere, Cook, James, 1728-1779 , Journeys, World maps, Western Hemisphere , Maps , Early works to 1800, Eastern Hemisphere , Maps , Early works to 1800

1730 Stoopendaal Map of the World in two Hemispheres

Double hemisphere map of the World by Blaeu, Joan (1596-1673) / Private Collection / 1662-1664 / The Netherlands / Etching, watercolour / History / 41x54,2 / Cartography

A new map of the world, with Captain Cook's tracks, his discoveries and those of the other circumnavigators , World maps Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

World Map, 1669 - 1733 Map of the world in two hemispheres: the western and eastern hemisphere. In the corners of the four seasons and/or the four elements. At the top of astronomy with plowing and sowing farmers in the fall behind it. In the air two astrological signs of autumn: archer and scales. In addition, the birds leave in the air for warmer places. In the foreground, a woman sits on two guns, coat of arms and a drum. She has a book and a palm branch in her hands and may symbolize the (temporary) peace or the military battle that has been suspended with a view to the approaching winter. On the other hand, harvesting and hay in the summer. There are gold and treasures on a table. At the bottom a battle in the spring. A cannon fires and a city is on fire. On the right -old skating people in the winter. In the middle of a pedestal with earthy and temporary issues: wealth, entertainment (sheet music and musical instruments) and power (miter and bishop's staff, crown and scepter). A

Close-up of a world map, John Speed, 1626

World map; Waereld card. World map with the eastern and western hemisphere.

Orbis Terrarum Typus, Antique World Maps

Vniversale descrittione di tvtta la terra conoscivta fin qvi, c1565. Map by Lessing J. Rosenwald (1891-1979)

New and accurate picture of the whole world, circa 1664 Nova et accuratissima totius terrarum orbis tabula1664

Vintage Illustrated Map of World by Jean Blaeu 1667. Depicts two hemisphere globes with border design of natives, cartographers, cherubs.

The World, 19th century engraving

Typus Orbis Terrarum, map of the world, from Ortelius's 'Theatrum Orbis Terrarum', Antwerp - 1579 - hand-coloured engraving. Author: ABRAHAM ORTELIUS (1527-1598). Location: SERVICIO GEOGRAFICO DEL EJERCITO. MADRID. SPAIN.

1664 Dutch world map is richly decorated, and clearly shows the east and west hemispheres. Polar regions are undefined, indicating the limits of 17th century geographic knowledge.

A new map of the world from the latest observations , World maps, Early works to 1800 Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

This 1515 woodcut by Albrecht Dürer depicts John Stabius world map printed on two sheets. The map emphasizes geographic outlines, continental shapes, and decorative cartographic motifs.

A new map of the world according to Wrights alias Mercators projection &c. : drawn from the newest and most exact observations together with a view of the general and coasting trade winds, monsoons or the shifting trade winds with other considerable improvements &c. Cartographic. Maps. 1705. Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division. World maps, Maps

A map of the world : corrected from the observations communicated to the Royal Societys of London and Paris , World maps, Early works to 1800 Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

The world. The world

Mappmonde ou description generale du globe terrestre. Relief shown pictorially. Includes index. Appears in Atlas historique ...Amsterdam, 1705-1720 and later... Mappemonde ou description generale du globe terrestre. Mappemonde ou description generale du globe terrestre, World

Parallels of longitude, relative to the Equator Date: circa 1690

Geography: a map of the world. Colour lithograph, ca.1970, after J. B. Vrients, 1596.

Map of the world, 1507

A publication from 1681, printed in London by A. Godbid and J. Playford, for R. Scott, a bookseller. The work encompasses topics in astronomy, geography, and mathematics

The world, according to the latest discoveries. Relief shown pictorially.... , World

Orbis typus universalis iuxta hydrographorum traditionem exactissime depicta 1522 L.F , Eastern Hemisphere, Maps, Early works to 1800 Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

The Old World: Eastern Hemisphere 1798 - 1804. Cartographic. Maps, Atlases. Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division. Atlases , Great Britain, Maps in education , England, Historical geography, Eastern Hemisphere

Carte d'Amerique, divisées en ses principales parties Cartographic. Maps. 1774. Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division. America , Maps , Early works to 1800

World map with decorative edges, Jan Aertse van den Ende, 1635 - 1649 print World map with decorative edges. At the top of the card the title. At the top left a cartouche with a text about America. Under, to the right of the middle, a cartouche with assignment and the weapon of Cornelis Pietersz. Hooft. Bottom left a map of the North Pole, below a map of the South Pole. In the edge above the map an allegory on six planets and the sun. In the left edge an allegory on the four elements. In the right edge an allegory on the four seasons. In the edge under the map the seven wonders of the ancient world. The map is equipped with a coordinates network and a degree distribution along the edges. With Dutch text on Verso. Amsterdam paper engraving / etching / letterpress printing map of the world. (map of) the polar regions, frigid zones. air (one of the four elements). earth (one of the four elements). fire (one of the four elements). water (one of the four elements). the Seven Wonders of the

Americae sive novi orbis, nova descriptio Cartographic. Early maps, Maps. 1581. Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division. Western Hemisphere, New Guinea, America

antique map

Eslam or the countries which have professed the faith of Mahomet , Islamic countries, Maps, Africa, Maps, Asia, Maps, Europe, Maps Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

Map of the World. Religions are indicated by colour. After a work dated 1761 of French cartographer Gilles Robert de Vaugondy.

L'Afrique , Africa, Maps, Early works to 1800 Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

1857 Vuillemin Case Map of the World on Mercator's Projection

Cartography, Portugal, 16th century. Nautical planisphere by Andreas Homen, 1559.

1799 Cary Map of the Western Hemisphere ( America Polynesia )

Vintage map. Old paper world map, Holland. ,property released Copyright: xZoonar.com/mikle15x 2897582 ,model released, Symbolfoto ,property released

The World , World maps, Early works to 1800, Eastern Hemisphere, Maps, Early works to 1800 Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

World map in two hemispheres with tables with geographical information related to astronomy, Anonymous, After Johann Gabriel Doppelmoyr, 1742 print Numbered at the top right: 15. paper engraving / etching map of the world

L'Amérique Septentrionale divisée en ses principaux états , North America, Maps, Early works to 1800 Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

Vintage map. Vintage map. Copyright: xZoonar.com/mikle15x 2972329

Nouus planiglobii terrestris per utrumque polum conspectus. Relief shown pictorially. Includes ill. "Underneath Valck's imprint the erased signature of J. Blaeu can just be discerned, indicating that this plate was prepared in the last years of Joan Blaeu's life, in 1672-73"--Shirley, R.W. Mapping of the world, p. 477.. Another variation of the double hemisphere projection was one in which each of the spheres depicted the northern and southern hemispheres, rather than the eastern and western. An example of this polar-oriented projection is Gerard Valck's ornately decorated map first issued about 1695 and included in atlases published by Valck and Petrus Schenk during the early 1700s. Valck did not prepare this plate himself, but had purchased it from the stock of the former Dutch atlas publisher Joan Blaeu. The original plate was one of the last prepared for the Spanish edition of Blaeu's Atlas Major, which was never completed when the publishing house was destroyed by fire in 1672. Th

Recentissima novi orbis, sive Americae Septentrionalis et Meridionalis tabula , America, Maps, Early works to 1800 Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

Map of the world, on Mercator's projection. Relief shown by hachures. Includes distance scale, population figures, expedition notes, and inset of Spitzbergen. Illustrations of native peoples and animals of 4 continents (Europe, Asia, America, Africa) in corners. Double border of national flags and illustrations of shells. "Entered according to the Act of Congress in the year 1841 by Phelps & Ensign..."... , World

1799 Clement Cruttwell Map of North Pole

Nova totius terrarum orbis geographica ac hydrographica tabula - Wahre Biltnüss des Gantzen Erden Kraÿses mit allen seinen theilen , World maps, Early works to 1800 Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

Nova Orbis Geographica ac Totius Terrarum Hydrographica, Willem Janszoon Blaeu (1571-1638), 1634, Amsterdam.

Authentic antique map. Exploration, geography, vintage background Genova, Italy - 8 August 2023: Spinola Palace. Authentic antique map shows the world known to Europeans in the mid 17-th Century. Exploration, geography, vintage background Copyright: xZoonar.com/PAOLOxGALLOxMODENAx 22206376

Portolan atlas of 9 charts and a world map, etc. Dedicated to Hieronymus Ruffault, Abbot of St. Vaast, active 16th century. Published ca. 1544

SUMMA DE COSMOGRAFIA - MAPAMUNDI - SIGLO XVI. Author: PEDRO DE MEDINA (1493-1567). Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.

Polynesia Oceania Gotha, Justus Perthes, 1872, Atlas. Perthes, Johan Georg Justus 1749 Š- 1816, German publisher, was born in Rudolstadt in 1749

Stanford's library map of the world on Mercator's projection , World maps Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

Map of the World with the trips of Joris van Spilbergen and Jacob Le Maire around the world, 1614-1617, 1646 print Map of the world that is indicated by Joris van Spilbergen and Jacob Le Maire around the world, 1614-1617. At the bottom a detail of the north coast of New Guinea. Part of the illustrations in the report of the Joris van Spilbergen journey around the world, 1614-1617, No. 1. Northern Netherlands paper engraving exploration, expedition, voyage of discovery. landscapes in tropical and sub-tropical regions. map of the world

1855 Colton Map of the World on Mercator Projection

Insularum Danicarum ut Zee-landiae, Fioniae, Langelandiae, Lalandiae, Falstriae, Fembriae, Monae aliarumque in Mari Balthico sitarum descriptio , Denmark, Maps, Early works to 1800, Fyn Denmark, Maps, Early works to 1800, Sjælland Denmark, Maps, Early works to 1800 Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

Nova totius terrarum orbis geographica ac hydrographica tabula = Wahre Biltnuss des Gantzen Erden Krayses mit allen seinen theilen. Relief shown pictorially. Insets: Septentrio--Meridies. Title and place names in German and Latin.... , World

Planisfero del mondo nuovo

ORTELIUS, Abraham (1527-1598). Theatrum Orbis Terrarum. 1570. It is considered to be the first modern atlas. World map (Typus Orbim Terrarum). Etching.

Map to illustrate an exploration of the country lying between the Missouri River and the Rocky Mountains, on the line of the Nebraska or Platte River , Platte River Neb., Maps, Wyoming, Maps, Colorado, Maps, Nebraska, Maps, 1842 Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

The Earth's Western planisphere , Planispheres, Early works to 1800, Western Hemisphere, Maps, Early works to 1800, America, Maps, Early works to 1800 Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

Hamadaradz Asharhatsuyts - Extensive world map , World maps, Early works to 1800 Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

America : with those known parts in that unknowne worlde both people and manner of buildings discribed and inlarged , America, Maps, Early works to 1800, North America, Maps, Early works to 1800, South America, Maps, Early works to 1800 Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

Golden Bordered Map of the World 1688.

"A new and accurate map of the world drawn according to the best and late discoveries of 1670." Date: 1670

MAPAMUNDI- CON AMERICA- DEL AÑO 1522. Location: SERVICIO GEOGRAFICO DEL EJERCITO. MADRID. SPAIN.

North Polar Region 1897.

Atlas des enfans..., I Dilthey, Philipp Heinrich, 1723-1781. Cartographic. Maps. 1768. Rare Book Division. Geography

Novissima et accuratissima totius Americae descriptio , America, Maps, Early works to 1800, North America, Maps, Early works to 1800, South America, Maps, Early works to 1800, Central America, Maps, Early works to 1800 Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

Tabula moder. Gronlandiae et Russiae. Map of the eastern hemisphere showing Europe, Asia, and Africa. Reduced version of the corresponding map in Waldseemuller's atlas of 1513. Relief shown pictorially. Includes names of places and natural features. Appears in the author's Geographia, translated by Willibald Pirckheimer, with annotations by Joannes Regiomontanus. Argentoragi i.e. Strasbourg : Iohannes Grieningerus, communibus Iohannis Koberger impensis excudebat, anno a Christi Natiuitate 1525 tertio Kalendas Apriles. Text in Latin. Cataloging, conservation, and digitization made possible in part by The National Endowment for the Humanities: Exploring the human endeavor... Tabula moderna Gronlandiae et Russiae Diefert situs orbis hydrographorum ab eo quem Ptolomeus posuit. Tabula moderna Gronlandiae et Russiae Diefert situs orbis hydrographorum ab eo quem Ptolomeus posuit, Europe Asia Africa Oceania Europe Africa Asia Oceania

L'AFrique Divisee en Ses Principaux Etats, Assujejettie Aux Observations Astronomique; Beauin, Jean (1696-1772); 1763 (1763-00-00-1763-00-00);

Map of America; Novissima et accuratissima tote americae descriptio. Map of North and South America. Ships in the sea, mountains, trees, animals, people and buildings in the country. Left under cartouche with title, hoses, locals and a local frost, specific local activities. To the left above the assignment to the Amsterdam mayor Cornelis Witsen and Chief of the Wic, with coat of arms and helmet, worn by three angels and an Indian.

World map. Above the map a bar with the title in Dutch and French. At the top of the map five spheres with, from left to right, depictions of day and night on earth, the earth without water, the phases of the moon and the western and eastern hemispheres. The first three spheres contain references to passages of Genesis, which makes it plausible that the map was originally intended for a bible. The map is provided with a search grid and a graduation along the edges. Marked at the top right: Tom 1. Page 2., World map General world map, or description of the land and water world / Carte generale du monde, ou description du monde terrestre & aquatique., print maker: Johannes L. van Luchtenburg, (mentioned on object), Johannes L. van Luchtenburg, (mentioned on object), publisher: Pieter Mortier (I), (mentioned on object), Amsterdam, 1685 - 1711, paper, engraving, h 401 mm × w 473 mm

1862 Johnson Map of the World on Hemisphere Projection

Vintage Book Plate from Blome Geography. 1686.

Map of the World circa 1860

Geographic chart of the world after the deluge, 1675. Artist: Athanasius Kircher

Nova Orbis Tabula in Lucem Edita by Frederik de wit (1630-1706). The map represents the two hemispheres, surrounded by allegorical drawings of the four seasons, the four elements and zodiacal signs. Dated 17th Century

Winds of the World, Antique World Maps

1827 Finley Map of the Western Hemisphere (North America, South America)

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