Early Maps of the Americas

Antique maps illustrating North and South America, including early cartographic details, routes, and geographic features from the 17th to 19th centuries.

Old map of Central America. Panama canal route. Wyse Route. Lucien Napoleon Bonaparte Wyse (1845-1909) was a French engineer, commissioned to examine the different possible routes for future excavations of the Panama Canal. Central America. Old 19th century engraved illustration from El Mundo Ilustrado 1879

Carte du Mexique et des Etats Unis d'Amérique, partie meridionale , Mexico, Maps, Early works to 1800, West Indies, Maps, Early works to 1800, United States, Maps, Early works to 1800 Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

America : Nach Arrowsmith, Brue und Lapie mit Benutzung der neuesten Vermessungen. Relief shown by hachures. From: Meyer's Neuester Zeitungs-Atlas fur Alte und Neue Erdkunde, no. 28.... , North and Central America South America Mesoamerica ,area North America ,area South America America

Old map of Central America. Panama canal route. Wyse Route. Lucien Napoleon Bonaparte Wyse (1845-1909) was a French engineer, commissioned to examine the different possible routes for future excavations of the Panama Canal. Central America. Old 19th century engraved illustration from El Mundo Ilustrado 1879

La Calabria citeriore , Calabria Italy, Maps, Early works to 1800 Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

Description: Malaya in Monochrome. A Souvenir of the British Empire Exhibition. Date: 1924 asia, malaysia, asiathroughalens

A chart of the West Indies, from the latest marine journals and surveys. Relief shown pictorially. Prime meridian: Philadelphia. "Engraved for Carey's American edition of Guthrie's Geography improved." Map 43 in his Carey's general atlas. Philadelphia : Mathew Carey, 1800.... , West Indies

The Rand-McNally new commercial atlas map of Mexico , Railroads, Mexico, Maps, Mexico, Maps Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

The West Indies and coast adjacent : reduced from the sheet map , West Indies, Maps, Early works to 1800 Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

Indie Occidentali , West Indies, Maps Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

Westindische Inseln. Relief shown by hachures. From: Karl Sohr's Vollstandiger Hand-Atlas der neueren Erdbeschreibung uber alle Theile der Erde ..., map no. 79.... , West Indies

A compleat map of the West Indies, containing the coasts of Florida, Louisiana, New Spain, and Terra Firma: with all the islands 1786. Dunn, Samuel, d. 1794. Cartographic. Maps. Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division. Atlases, British, Geography

The National Geographic Magazine map of Mexico , Mexico, Maps Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

A new and accurate chart of the West Indies : with the adjacent coasts of North and South America. Relief shown pictorially. Includes the coasts of North, America, Central America and South America. Includes historical descrptions of areas presented. Exhibited in Faces and Places, at the Boston Public Library, Boston, MA, October 2003 - September 2004. MB (BRL). This chart was published in John Harris's "Navigantium atque Itinerantium Bibliotheca, or A Complete Collection of Voyages and Travels". Although the chart also includes the eastern coast of the Americas, its main function was to aid in the navigation through the Caribbean Sea and around the West Indian islands. Currents were indicated by arrows and deeper waters by darker shading. The text scattered throughout the map is primarily historical in nature, mentioning, for example, Columbus' landing in San Salvador, and the British annexation of the Bahamas in 1707. Navigational advice was also provided, as well as a detailed descr

Richard Mayer's commercial of the Republic of Costa Rica. Date of publication taken from date of acquisition. Relief shown by shading. Title and legend in English. Map in Spanish... Richard Mayer's commercial map of the Republic of Costa Rica. Richard Mayer's commercial map of the Republic of Costa Rica, Costa Rica

Turkey, in Europe and Hungary : from the best authorities , Balkan Peninsula, Maps, Europe, Central, Maps, Ukraine, Maps Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

A new and complete map of the West Indies : comprehending all the coasts and islands known by that name , West Indies, Maps, Early works to 1800 Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

1882 Colton Railroad Map of Long Island, New York

Italia cum insulis et regionibus finitimis. Relief shown by hachures. "Engraved by C. Smith, Strand." Appears in Edward Gibbon's History of the decline and fall of the Roman Empire. London : printed for R. Priestley, etc., 1821. Vol. 5.... , France , Corsica ,region France , Corsica ,region , Corsica ,island Italy , Kingdom of Sardinia ,former primary political entity Italy , Sardinia ,region , Sardegna, Isola di ,island

1862 Johnson Map of Central America

A map of North America, with the European settlements & whatever else is remarkable in ye West Indies, from the latest and best observations , North America, Maps, Early works to 1800 Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

Carte de l'Isle de Cuba et des Isles Lucayes , Cuba, Maps, Bahamas, Maps Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

Carte de l'Isle de Cuba et des Isles Lucayes , Cuba, Maps, Early works to 1800, Bahamas, Maps, Early works to 1800 Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

Indie Occidentali. Relief shown pictorially. "Mo. di Pietro inc. Roma." In upper margin: "Atlan. Geogr." and "Tav. 40." Believed to be from Carlo Antonio Barbiellini's Atlante della geografia antica e moderna .... Milano: Presso C.A. Barbiellini ..., 1807.... , West Indies

Carta general de la Republica Mexicana conforme a ultimos datos. Prime meridian: Mexico City. "La ilustracion Espanola y Americana." "Suplemento al num. XIX de 1914."... , Mexico

North America, drawn from the best authorities. Relief shown pictorially. Includes index to Atlantic States. Published as the act directs by C. Dilly & G.G. & J. Robinson April 7th, 1799. Engraved for Guthries new System of Geography. Cataloging, conservation, and digitization made possible in part by The National Endowment for the Humanities: Exploring the human endeavor.... , North America ,area

1780 Raynal and Bonne Map of Cuba, West Indies

Map of Southern Mexico, circa.1760. From 'Atlas de Toutes Les Parties Connues du Globe Terrestre ' by Cartographer Rigobert Bonne. Published Geneva circa. 1760.

Basse Égypte. Carte hydrographique de la Basse Égypte. Cartographic. Maps. 1809. Rare Book Division. Egypt, Nile River Delta (Egypt)

L'isle de la Martinique : scituee a 14 degrez 30 minutes de latitude septentrionale. Relief shown pictorially. Cataloging, conservation, and digitization made possible in part by The National Endowment for the Humanities: Exploring the human endeavor.... , Martinique ,territory

Carta d'Italia : alla scala di la 800,000 , Italy, Maps Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

Spanish North America, southern part. Relief shown by hachures. Hand colored in outline. Appears in the author's New General Atlas. Edinburgh: Printed by George Ramsay for John Thomson and Co., 1817.... , Mesoamerica ,area

The East Indies, sometimes known simply as the Indies, are the lands of South and Southeast Asia, though usually refer to just the islands of Southeast Asia, primarily the Indonesian and Philippine Archipelagos. The inhabitants of the region are rarely ever called East Indians, and comprise a wide variety of cultural and religious diversity, with no single ethnic group. Many of these islands were Dutch colonies, and the area was known as the Dutch East Indies for around 300 years before Indonesian independence, while those under Spanish occupation were titled the Spanish East Indies until the American conquest. Sometimes French-occupied Indochina and the former British territories of Malaysia, Brunei and Singapore are included within the East Indies (the latter three as the British East Indies), as well as former Portuguese East Timor.

1865 Spruner Map of Italy under Augustus Caesar

Kaukasien. Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings. Prime meridians: Ferro and Paris. Insets: Anapa -- Batum -- Trebizond (Trapezunt) -- Sswatowo Ducha -- Gelendshik -- Ssuchum Kaleh. In lower left: Corr. II.... , Caucasus ,area

D3. Ermenek. Kiepert, Richard, 1846-1915. Cartographic. Maps. 1902 - 1916. Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division. Turkey, Turkey, Maps

Map of Italy with the ancient and modern names , Italy, Maps Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

Map of East Polynesia, Carl Poppey, After Heinrich Berghaus, 1864 print Numbered at the top right: 52. paper etching / engraving maps, atlases Polynesia

The West Indies , West Indies, Maps, Early works to 1800 Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

The West Indies. Relief shown pictorially. Cataloging, conservation, and digitization made possible in part by The National Endowment for the Humanities: Exploring the human endeavor.... , West Indies

The island of Bermudos divided into its tribes, with the castles, forts &c , Bermuda Islands, Maps, Early works to 1800, New Providence Island Bahamas, Maps, Early works to 1800 Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

1865, Mexique, 1865, Mexique, 1865, Falconnet, Louis, 1864-ca. 1867, by Louis Falconnet, an officer in the French army, from documentation he created or gathered while on his tour of duty in Mexico (1864-1866) at the time of the French intervention.

JAMAICA

Nieuwe kaart van het westelykste deel der weereld, dienende tot aanwyzing van de scheepstogten der Nederlanderen naar Westindie : volgens de laatste ontdekkingen , America, Maps, Early works to 1800, Western Hemisphere, Maps, Early works to 1800 Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

1855 Colton Map of Central America and Jamaica

1842 Greenleaf Map of the East Indies, Borneo, Java, Sumatra, Thailand, Vietnam

North America map, The General Gazetteer The eighteenth edition, with very considerable additions by A. Picquot, 19th century engraving

South America, west coast, sheet XII, Peru, Pescadores Pt. to Independencia Bay : republication of Brit. Admty. chart no. 1279, with additions to 1877 , Coasts, Peru, Maps, Nautical charts, Peru, Ica Department, Nautical charts, Peru, Arequipa Department, Ica Peru : Department, Maps, Arequipa Peru : Department, Maps, Lomas Arequipa, Peru, Maps, San Nicolas Peru, Maps, San Juan Peru, Maps, Independencia Bay Peru, Maps Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

Nicaragua , Railroads, Nicaragua, Maps, Nicaragua, Maps Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

1827 Finley Map of Egypt

Map of the West Indies , Cables, Submarine, West Indies, Maps, Cables, Submarine, Caribbean Area, Maps, West Indies, Maps, Caribbean Area, Maps Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

Carte des isles de la Jamaïque et de St. Domingue , Jamaica, Maps, Haiti, Maps, Dominican Republic, Maps Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

Carta statistica e postale dell'Italia. Relief shown by hachures. Prime meridian: Paris.... , Italy

A new map of Italy distinguishing all the sovereignties in it, whether states, kingdoms, dutchies, principalities, republicks, &c : with the post roads, and many remarks not extant in any map , Volcanoes, Italy, Pictorial works, Early works to 1800, Italy, Maps, Early works to 1800, Eugene, of Savoy, Prince of Savoy, 1663-1736 Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

L' Isola di Sicilia divisa nelle sue valli , Sicily Italy, Maps, Early works to 1800 Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

L' Isola di Sicilia divisa nelle sue valli. Relief shown pictorially. In upper right margin: "Tom. I. no. 31." Map dated 1790. Appears in the author's Nuovo atlante geographico universale delineato sulle ultime osservazioni. Rome: Calcografia Camerale, 1792. Vol. 1, no. 31.... , Italy , Sicily ,region

Map of the West Indies , Cables, Submarine, West Indies, Maps, Cables, Submarine, Caribbean Area, Maps, West Indies, Maps, Caribbean Area, Maps Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

Map of the Kingdom of Siam (bottom half), Joachim Ottens, 1700 - 1750 print Map of the Kingdom of Siam (Kingdom of Ayutthaya) and its vassal states. Different areas colored differently. Displayed are the islands of Sumatra, Java and Borneo and a piece of Malacca. A dotted line and a normal line give the route of the Jesuite cartographers, sent by the king, through the area, from the middle to center. At the bottom right scale in French, German and nautical miles. Lower part of a map of the entire Kingdom. Amsterdam paper engraving maps of separate countries or regions Indonesia. Sumatra. Java. Borneo. Malakka

1864 Johnson Map of the West Indies and Caribbean

1861 Johnson's Map of Cuba, Jamaica Porto Rico

Ancient Italy Godwin, William, 1756-1836. Cartographic. Maps. 1809. Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle. Rome , History, Rome

Map of Indonesia, Daniël Vulaard (II), 1806 - 1868 print paper engraving maps of separate countries or regions Dutch East Indies

Map of Oceania and the southern Pacific by Bartolomeo Borghi, Florence, 1836. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Giulio Ferrario's Ancient and Modern Costumes of all the Peoples of the World, Florence, Italy, 1844.

Java map, during the Java War 1825-1830 (left part); Ile de Java. Carte de la Partie Principale du Thétre de la Guerre de 1825 à 1830. Indique Les Positions Successives de Nos Colonnes Mobiles, et les Redoutes (bentings) Élévées à Mesure de Nos Progrès. Dressée au Quartier de Magellang, 31 Janvier 1830, Par Le Major de Stuys. Map of a part of the south side of the island of Java around Yogyakarta, during the Java War 1825-1830, laid out by Major de Stuors in the headquarters in Magelang, January 31, 1830. Large card consisting of two parts of which this is the left part.

1780 Raynal and Bonne Map of Jamaica, West Indies

Balkan Peninsula , Balkan Peninsula, Maps Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

West India islands , West Indies, Maps Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

Konigreich Griechenland nach den neuesten grenzbestimmungen. Relief shown by hachures. Prime meridians: Ferro.... , Greece

1818 Pinkerton Map of the American Southwest ( California, Louisiana, New Mexico, Texas )

Generalite de Bordeaux; Beauin, Jean (1696-1772); 1763 (1763-00-00-1763-00-00);

Peru. Relief shown by hachures. Panel title. Prime meridian: Paris. Shows railroads and navigable waterways. Text on verso. "The Peru: country sited in the South American seaside; it is apropriated for receiving the European inmigration tide."... , Peru

1852 Bellin Map of Sumatra, Malaca, and Singapore

Map of the West Coast of Africa from Sierra Leone to Cape Palmas, including the colony of Liberia. In 1821, the American Colonization Society established Liberia as a homeland for freed African-American slaves. In 1847, the Americo-Liberian settlers declared the Republic of Liberia.

Carte de l'Istrie et de la Dalmatie, 1802., 1802., Paris. Publisher, P. Didot. Engravings

A map of the West-Indies &c. Mexico or New Spain : also ye trade winds, and ye several tracts made by ye galeons and flota from place to place , West Indies, Maps, Early works to 1800, Mexico, Maps, Early works to 1800, Caribbean Area, Maps, Early works to 1800 Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

Carte de l'Isle de la Grenade cédée a la Grand Bretagne par le dernier traité de paix - Grenada divided into its parishes : surveyed by order of his excellency Governor Scott , Grenada, Maps, Early works to 1800 Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

Old Map of Utah. United States of America. Journey to the City of Saints, 1860. Capital of the country of the Mormons by Richard Francis Burton (1821-1890) Le Tour du Monde 1862

Map of Sumatra, Desiré Heyse, 1837 - 1855 print paper maps of separate countries or regions Sumatra

West India islands. Longitude west from London. Published between 1785 and 1820. Cataloging, conservation, and digitization made possible in part by The National Endowment for the Humanities: Exploring the human endeavor.... , West Indies

Map of North America. Shows Indian tribal areas, roads, ship routes and distances, drainage, etc. Relief shown by hachures. Prime meridians: Greenwich and Washington. Includes tables of sea routes, overland routes, and "Population and area of North America and the West India islands." Inset: Map of the gold region, California.... , North America ,area California

Balkan Peninsula. Political boundaries as in July, 1914.... , Balkan Peninsula ,area

1811 Humboldt Map of Mexico, Texas, Louisiana, and Florida

1855 Spruner Map of North America - Overview of Discovery, Conquest and Colonization

1780 Raynal and Bonne Map of Southeast Asia and the Philippines

Carte d'une partie de l'Etat de Georgie Carte d'une partie de l'Etat de Georgie Map of part of the state of Georgia 1796 - 1815. Cartographic. Maps. Manuscripts and Archives Division. Georgia, Estaing, Charles Henri, comte d', 1729-1794, Franklin County (Ga.)

Sketch map of West Africa : showing limits of forest region Cartographic. Maps. 1906. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division. Liberia, Africa

Partie de la mer du Nord, où se trouvent les grandes et petites isles Antilles, et les isles Lucayes , West Indies, Maps, Early works to 1800 Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

Partie de la mer du Nord, ou se trouvent les grandes et petites isles Antilles, et les isles Lucayes. Relief shown pictorially. Hand colored. Featured in the Faces & Places Exhibit, Kravis Center, Palm Beach, FL, since 2005. MB (BRL) Cataloging, conservation, and digitization made possible in part by The National Endowment for the Humanities: Exploring the human endeavor.. This mid-18th-century map by the French royal geographer, Robert de Vaugondy, depicts the West Indies, the chain of islands enclosing the Caribbean Sea. Stretching in an arc from southern Florida to the northern coast of South America, these islands have been divided into three groupings by geographers: the Bahamas (Lucayas), low lying islands east of Florida; the Greater Antilles, including the large mountainous islands of Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica, and Puerto Rico; and the Lesser Antilles or Caribbees, small volcanic islands bordering the Caribbean Sea on the east. In comparison to the rest of the Americas, the Wes

Carte de l'isle de la Jamaique. Relief shown by hachures. In upper margins: Liv X. XIV; No. 38. Meridians from Paris and Ferro. Appears in Guillaume Thomas Francios Raynal's Atlas de toutes les parties connues du globe terrestre ... Geneve: Chez J. L. Pellet, 1780.... , Jamaica

Amérique Septentrionale , North America, Maps, Early works to 1800 Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

Carte du Mexique , Mexico, Maps, Mexico, Administrative and political divisions, Maps Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

A map of the West-Indies &c. Mexico or New Spain : also ye trade winds, and ye several tracts made by ye galeons and flota from place to place. Imprint derived from the atlas in which the map was issued. Numbered 55. Trade winds shown by shading and arrows. Shows boundaries, rivers and settlements. Relief shown pictorially. London meridian. Appears in the author's Atlas minor. London: Thomas Bowles and John Bowles, 1732 or 1736. Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean. Cataloging, conservation, and digitization made possible in part by The National Endowment for the Humanities: Exploring the human endeavor.... , Mexico West Indies Caribbean Sea

Sketch map fo West Africa. Cartographic. Photographs, Illustrations. 1906. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division. Liberia, Africa

1855 Spruneri Map of the Black Sea or Pontus Euxinus in Ancient Times

Martinico, Dominica , Martinique, Maps, Dominica, Maps Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

Vintage Map of Kingdom of Naples of the Tow Sicilies, by S. Augustus Mitchell, 1853

Greece, Archipelago and part of Anadoli. Relief shown by hachures. Decorative title cartouche depicting Greecian artifacts and cultural tools, signed "C. Metz fec." Includes note acknowledging sources of information. Gift; Lynne Beyer Sagalyn; 2017.... , Greece Turkey

Map of North America , California, Gold discoveries, Maps, North America, Maps Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

1862 Johnson Map of Italy, Naples Sicily

Photo collection Deli Society. Photo album Deli Maatschappij: "The Malay Peninsula". Map of the Straits Settlements and Federated Malay States 1907

The island of St. Christophers, alias St. Kitts , Saint Kitts, Maps, Early works to 1800 Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

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