Historic Nautical Maps and Charts

Ancient maps portraying early maritime exploration and geographical discoveries, featuring detailed illustrations of land and oceanic features from the 15th to 17th centuries.

French map of Central and South America, showing Florida, Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean Islands and Antilles, River Plate, Conquistadors in Peru, Cannibals, Gold Mines, Parrots, etc. 1550. British Museum

The Cantino planisphere (or Cantino World Map) is the earliest surviving map showing Portuguese Discoveries in the east and west. It is named after Alberto Cantino, an agent for the Duke of Ferrara, who successfully smuggled it from Portugal to Italy in 1502. The map is particularly notable for portraying a fragmentary record of the Brazilian coast, discovered in 1500 by the Portuguese explorer Pedro Ålvares Cabral who conjectured that he had landed on a continent previously unknown to Europeans

Map - Asia noviter delineata Joan Blaeu (1596-1673)

Asia, India and the Ganges, China, and Japanese Islands, Map of the Earth, 1457

Cartography, 17th century. Nautical chart of Italy, with Genoa and Venice and the Balkan region. Third chart, from a nautical atlas of the Mediterranean Sea in three charts, by Pietro Giovanni Prunus, 1651. Cm 41.6x28.

ATLAS PORTULANO MAR EGEO VIT 20. Author: JUAN MARTINEZ (-1591) CARTOGRAFO. Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.

MPH1-368 Scilly Isles, 1707 Description: A map of Scilly Isles, Cornwall, Shewing all the Rocks And Ledges, with the Soundings & Barings Date: 1707

CARTA NAUTICA DE GABRIEL VALSECA.(EXPOSICION EL LEGADO CIENTIFICO DE AL-ANDALUS)(DEPOSITO: MUSEO MUNICIPAL BARCELONA).

French map of Central and South America, showing Florida, Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean Islands and Antilles, River Plate, Conquistadors in Peru, Cannibals, Gold Mines, Parrots, etc. 1550. British Museum

Cartography. Map depicting Terra Australis Ignota (Unknown Southern Land) according to Claudius Ptolemaeus (Ptolemy, 2nd century A.D.), Greek astronomer and geographer.

Nautical chart of the Mediterranean Sea and the Black Sea by Rossell (Rosselli), Pere (Petrus) (active 1446-1489) / Bibliotheque Nationale de France / 1440s / Italy / Watercolour on parchment / History / 61x71 / Cartography

MAPA MUNDI - ESTRECHO BERING. Author: PETRUS PLANCIUS (1552-1622). Location: COLEGIO SEMINARIO CORPUS CHRISTI O DEL PATRIARCA. Valencia. SPAIN.

Cartography, 16th century. Western Mediterranean Sea, Spain and Northern Africa. From a Portolan atlas in three charts, by John Xenodocos from Corfu, 1520, cm. 32 x 22.3.

The Atlantic Ocean, by Jose' da Costa Miranda. 17th Century. Cartographic plate.

Cartography, 16th century. Map of India and Indian Ocean, from Miller Atlas, by Pedro and Jorge Reinel, Lopo Homen (cartographers) and Antonio de Holanda (miniaturist), 1519.

Cartography, 17th century. Nautical chart of Aegean Sea. Third chart, from a nautical atlas of the Mediterranean Sea in three charts, by Pietro Giovanni Prunus, 1651. Cm 41.6x28.

Africa and the Mediterranean Basin, by Juan de la Cosa, 16th Century. Marine chart, detail.

Renaissance map of Europe, Jacopo Russo, 1528, detail of Turkey and Cyprus in the Eastern Mediterranean

Historic map of Minorca by Piri Reis

FACSIMIL DE LA CARTA MARITIMA - SIGLO XVI - CARTOGRAFIA. Author: JUAN DE LA COSA (1449-1510). Location: MUSEO NAVAL / MINISTERIO DE MARINA. MADRID. SPAIN.

Map of East Africa etc 1547.

16th Century map depicting Africa and the Mediterranean Basin by Juan de la Cosa. Juan de la Cosa (1450-1510) a Spanish navigator and cartographer, known for designing the earliest European world map that incorporated the territories of the Americas that were discovered during the 15th Century. Dated 15th Century

Cartography, 17th century. The Peloponnese, from a portolan atlas consisting of six charts, by Placido Caloiro and Francesco Oliva, 1646. Parchment.

Portolan of Spanish cartographer Joan Martines (16th century). Majorcan school. American west coast (Peru, Ecuador and Colombia). 1587 Messina, Sicily.

Joan Oliva / Nautical Atlas of the Mediterranean, 1592. Inv. 3233. Museum: Museu Marítim, Barcelona.

Musa I (c. 1280 - c. 1337), commonly referred to as Mansa Musa, was the tenth mansa, which translates as 'king of kings' or 'emperor', of the Malian Empire. At the time of Mansa Musa's rise to the throne, the Malian Empire consisted of territory formerly belonging to the Ghana Empire and Melle (Mali) and immediate surrounding areas. Musa held many titles, including Emir of Melle, Lord of the Mines of Wangara, and conqueror of Ghanata, Futa-Jallon, and at least another dozen states. He was the wealthiest West African ruler of his day. The Catalan Atlas (1375) is the most important Catalan map of the medieval period. It was produced by the Majorcan cartographic school and is attributed to Cresques Abraham, a Jewish book illuminator who was self-described as being a master of the maps of the world as well as compasses. It has been in the royal library of France (now the Bibliotheque nationale de France) since the late 14th century.

La partie meridionale de Lorraine , Lorraine France, Maps, Early works to 1800 Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

Cartography, Germany, 17th century. New and accurate illustration of Germany in its entirety. Created by Willem Janszoon Blaeu, Amsterdam 1639. Copperplate. 157 x 200 cm.

A map of Cape Cod wherin is shown ye discovery and settlement of the same; with the tracks of ye pilgrims carefully prepared according to Mourts relation. Includes historical notes and colored illustrations. Attached booklet (4 pages): The landing of the pilgrims and their adventures on the shore of Cape Cod : being a description of Coulton Waugh's historical and descriptive map.... , Massachusetts , Barnstable ,county , Cape Cod ,area

CARTOGRAFIA. RIO AMAZONAS. MAPA DE SEBASTIAN LOPEZ ( 1558 ) DETALLE. COPIA DEL EJEMPLAR QUE SE ENCUENTRA EN EL MUSEO BRITANICO DE LONDRES. SERVICIO GEOGRAFICO ESPAÑOL. MADRID.

The Catalan Atlas, 1375. Attributed to the Majorcan Jewish cartographers Abraham and Jehuda Cresques, was service of King of Aragon. National Library of France, Paris.

Joan Oliva / Nautical Atlas of the Mediterranean, 1592. Inv. 3233. Museum: Museu Marítim, Barcelona.

1704 Gemelli Map of the Aztec Migration from Aztlan to Chapultapec

Detail from an illustrated navigational map of Europe, from 1528. Made by Jacopo Russo. In Messina, Sicily.

18th century, Joseon Dynasty, Korean map of Korea, c1750 - 1780.

Cartography, Italy, 16th century. Portolan chart by Jacopo Maggiolo, 1561.

Cartography, 15th century. Navigation maps created by Visconte Maggiolo, 1504.

To the select-men of the town of Boston, in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts; ever distinguished for their zeal for the good of their constituents : this plan of said town, is with due deference most humbly dedicated, being made from an actual survey, carefully taken by their most obedient humble servant. Manuscript map in ink and watercolor. Decorative title cartouche. Shows streets and wards... Town of Boston. Town of Boston, Massachusetts , Suffolk ,county , Boston

Cartography, 17th century. Sicily, Italy, from a portolan atlas consisting of six charts, by Placido Caloiro and Francesco Oliva, 1646. Parchment.

Sexta Asie tabula continet Arabiam, Felice atque Carmania cu adiacentibus insulis , Arabian Peninsula, Maps, Early works to 1800 Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

Renaissance map of Europe, Jacopo Russo, 1528, detail showing the Western Mediterranean coast of North Africa

Italy, 17th century. Map of the siege of Vigevano of 1645, with plan of city and castle.

Vicenç Prunes / Atlantic nautical atlas and Mediterranean sea, 1660. Inv. 4775. Museum: Museu Marítim, Barcelona.

Cartography, Cuba, 17th century. Jagua Bay, 1708.

Boston (Massachusetts) and vicinity : a pictorial map , Boston Mass., Maps Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

Sexta Asie tabula continet Arabiam, Felice atque Carmania cu adiacentibus insulis , Arabian Peninsula, Maps, Early works to 1800 Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

Sexta Asie tabula continet Arabiam, Felice atque Carmania cu adiacentibus insulis. Title from verso. Map of the Arabian Peninsula. Relief shown by brown coloring. Engraved on wood with place names in moveable type. Includes names of places and natural features. In margin: notes on latitude. Descriptive text within ornamental borders on verso. Appears in the author's Geographia. Ulm : Lienhart Hol, 16 July 1482. Text in Latin. Cataloging, conservation, and digitization made possible in part by The National Endowment for the Humanities: Exploring the human endeavor.... , Arabian Peninsula ,area

MAPA DE LA COSTA DEL PACIFICO - AMERICA DEL SUR - ATLAS PORTULANO - 1568. Author: FERNAO VAZ DOURADO (1520-1580). Location: PRIVATE COLLECTION. MADRID. SPAIN.

Italy and Sicily depicted in Jacopo Russo Map of the world 16th century circa 1528 from the 'Carte Geografiche' (vellum)

Embroidered map sampler. Culture: British. Dimensions: H. 21 x W. 17 5/8 inches (53.3 x 44.8 cm). Date: late 18th-early 19th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Renaissance map of Europe, Jacopo Russo, 1528, Italy and Sicily (detail)

Cartography, 15th century. World map by Camaldolese monk Fra Mauro, 1449. Detail: Northern Africa.

Cartography, 16th century. Chart for navigating the newly discovered islands in parts of India also known as the Carta del Cantino, 1502. Detail: Western Africa

Portolan atlas of the world by Joan Martines (1556-1590). Messina, 1587. National Library. Madrid. Spain.

A detailed medieval map of the world as it was known. Dated 14th Century

Tabula Peutingeriana, 1-4th century CE. Facsimile edition by Konrad Miller, 1887/1888. Ulrich Harsch Bibliotheca Augustana.

The North East Atlantic, by Joan Martines taken from a nautical atlas, 1571. Detail.

Renaissance map of Europe, Jacopo Russo, 1528, detail, showing England, Wales and Scotland

Cartography, 16th century. Map of Mexico by Alonzo de Santa Cruz, 1555.

Second map of Africa (Libya), in full gold border 1460. Ptolemy, 2nd cent.. Cartographic. Religious books, Manuscripts, Maps. Manuscripts and Archives Division. Africa, Libya

Map of the Pacific 1622.

Puzzle (puzzle) geographic atlas in ten boards Delamarche, Felix

Fra Mauro ( -1460). Fra Mauro map. 1459. Detail of Beijing in Cathay (Chataio). The map is oriented with south at top. Miniature Painting. ITALY. VENETO. Venice. Biblioteca nazionale marciana (St. Mark's Library).

Genoese world map 1457

Virginia Cartographic. Maps. 1637. Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division. Virginia , Maps , Early works to 1800

Plan of the old and Neustadt Dresden

The Catalan Atlas, 1375. Attributed to the Majorcan Jewish cartographers Abraham and Jehuda Cresques, was service of King of Aragon. National Library of France, Paris.

Book: Maps of China , 1857. Woodblock printed book, 14 1/4 x 9 3/8 in. (36.2 x 23.8 cm). Asian Art 1857

Detail from an illustrated navigational map of Europe, from 1528. Made by Jacopo Russo. In Messina, Sicily.

Genoese World Map, Antique World Maps

The Mo Yi Tong Map or 'Zheng He Map' was purchased from a Shanghai dealer in 2001 by a Chinese lawyer, Liu Gang, for US$500. Despite initial claims that the map was based on an earlier 1418 map drawn after the observations of Zheng He, the Ma Yi Tong map has been generally discredited as an 18th century forgery. This analysis is based on the use of several modern Chinese characters, as well as the extensive mapping of Australia, North America and even Antartica, as well as the representation of California as an island which seems to have been copied from 17th century French cartographers. Finally, China was always represented as the centre of the world in Chinese cartography until the ground-breaking 'Selden Map', c. 1624 CE (see CPA0022438).

Fourth map of Asia (Middle east and Cyprus), in full gold border 1460. Ptolemy, 2nd cent.. Cartographic. Religious books, Manuscripts, Maps. Manuscripts and Archives Division. Middle East, Cyprus

Cartography, Italy, 17th century. Ferrara at the time of the Marquis Nicol÷ Zoppo d'Este, 1338.

Cartography, 15th century. Mappa Mundi, Medieval world map by Giovanni Leardo, Venice, 1448. Ink and colors on parchment.

PERU. Port of El Callao, work of the cosmographer Lucas de Quirós, dated 1631. Library of the Royal Palace (National Heritage). Madrid.

Portolan of Spanish cartographer Joan Martines (16th century). Majorcal school. 1587. Map of the Canary Islands and the west coast of Africa. Messina, Sicily. National Library. Madrid. Spain.

PLANTA DE BUENOS AIRES-1713-BUENOS AIRES M Y P 39. Location: Archivo General de Indias. Sevilla. Seville. SPAIN.

Colour Japanese diptych print showing a map of the world with inset images of foreign people. Dated 1825

Cartography, 12th-13th century. Mappa Mundi, Medieval map of Vercelli. Created in England or France, 1191-1218. Ink on parchment. 84 x 70-72 cm. Detail: Egypt, Palestine and imagined sources of the Nile.

Chosen hachido no zu : 5-mai no uchi, betsuni setsuari. Shihei Hayashi, Map of Korea in the Joseon era. by Shihei Hayashi 1738-1793.

ISLARIO GENERAL DE TODAS LAS ISLAS DEL MUNDO - CONQUISTA DE NUEVA ESPAÑA - MAPA DEL VALLE DE MEXICO - 1560. Author: ALONSO SANTA CRUZ (1505-1572). Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.

Map sampler. Culture: British. Dimensions: H. 22 1/2 x W. 19 1/4 inches (57.2 x 48.9 cm). Date: 1835.Working an embroidered maps such as this sampler became part of a young girl's education, starting in the 1770s, and continuing until about the 1840s. The map of England and Wales was so popular that printed versions were available to be stitched, which slightly reduces the potential for learning geography, while retaining the importance of practicing neat embroidery. This example that had the name and the maker written on the frame, is quite late. But the polychrome embroidery on a fine wool foundation has survived in relatively good condition compared to some examples that were made on more fragile silk satin foundations. The addition of colored borders in the counties aids in distinguishing one place from another. Other embroidered maps of geographical features were produced, from individual towns and counties, to the entire world in two hemispheres. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of A

PLANO URBANISTICO DE LA CIUDAD DE VALENCIA, 1704. Author: TOMAS VICENTE TOSCA (1651-1723). Location: MUSEO HISTORICO DE LA CIUDAD DE VALENCIA. Valencia. SPAIN.

Tae Choson chido. Joseon era map of Korea, c1875.

Feldlager Taf. N. p. 88 Off: Description of the Zezen: Recommendation Deß Knights Order: Volume of Heyrath: VND Happy home: as well as the considerable introduction: Held knight's game VND Feeddenfests: of the ... Mr. ... Friedichen deß Fifth / Pfaltzgraven Bey Rhein ... with the ... Princessin / Elisabethen ... / Description of the opposite KUMPFLOWERS / DESCRIPTION DISPOSE: WASSED KNIRLICAL ORDENSE: Volume of the Heyrath: And Happy Home Grinder: As well as the Sandable Introduction: Held knight's games and frostenfests : Of the ... Mr. ... Friedichen deß Fifth / Pfaltzgraven Bey Rhein ... with the ... Princessin / Elisabethen ... 1613. Dresden: Slub hist.rhen.inf.161

1760 Bellin Map of Bali, Indonesia

Pas kaart van t eyland S. Iuan de Porto Rico, met d eylanden daar beoosten , San Juan P.R., Maps, Early works to 1800, Puerto Rico, Maps, Early works to 1800 Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

Pas kaart van t eyland S. Iuan de Porto Rico, met d eylanden daar beoosten. Depths shown by soundings. Appears in De nieuwe groote lightende zee-fakkel, 't vierde deel. 1712. Exhibited in Faces and Places, at the Boston Public Library, Boston, MA, October 2003 - September 2004. MB (BRL) Cataloging, conservation, and digitization made possible in part by The National Endowment for the Humanities: Exploring the human endeavor.. This portolan-style chart was first published by the Dutch chart maker Johannes van Keulen. It appeared in various editions of the van Keulen family's "Zee-Fakkel," and "Zee-Atlas," published from the 1680s through the first half of the 18th century. Both publications included a large collection of navigational charts for various parts of the world. This particular chart focuses on Puerto Rico, but extends eastward to include the Virgin Islands and the Leeward Islands of Anguilla and Saint Martin. There are also two insets depicting the main harbors on Saint Marti

Circular world map. On leaf lxxi in ''La mer des hystoires'' (Paris, 1488). 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 Medieval manuscript mappa mundi and T-O world diagrams, it represents the world, oriented to the East, as a circle divided into three continents. However, it is more than a schematic diagram, since it displays more than 100 place names and geographical features positioned in relatively good spatial relationships to each other. While the location of Jerusalem at the center of the three land masses is implied in T-O diagrams, Judea and Palestine are clearly positioned as the map's central focus. Interestingly, the only other map in this volume is one of the Holy Land, also the first printed map of that region... , World

1785 map of Korea by Hayashi Shihei, a Japanese scholar and specialist in military affairs. Korean national identity has survived many invasions by its powerful neighbors, Japan and China.

Illustrated map of the route of Transcontinental Air Transport, Inc. , United States, Maps, Airways, United States, Maps, Transcontinental Air Transport Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

events Anglo-Spanish War 1585 - 1604 Battle in the English Channel 20.7.1588 - 28.7.1588 sea chart 16th century British Museum London Spanish Armada English fleet navy naval warfare coast Dorsetshire Devonshire Portland Isle England Spain catholics protestants religious war Eigthy Years War map coat of arms scale wind rose,

The Codex Xolotl is a post conquest cartographic Aztec codex, thought to have originated before 1542

Map of Mirandola; Mirandola. Map of the reinforcements to the Italian city of Mirandola. Part of an Atlas with 223 maps of countries and cities and war scaffolding in Europe in the period approx. 1690-1735.

Cartography,14th century. Nautical charts by Angelino Dulcert,1339. Two sheets of parchment glued, 102 x 75 cm.

Map of North America 1547.

Choson, Map of Joseon Era Korea. Circa 1750 - 1800

World map the from the Commentary on the Apocalypse.. Codex 1, folio 34V-35. Province of Soria, El Burgo del Osma cathedral. Author: BEATO DE LIEBANA. Location: CATEDRAL-BIBLIOTECA. BURGO DE OSMA. Soria. SPAIN.

CARTA NAUTICA DE GABRIEL VALSECA.(EXPOSICION EL LEGADO CIENTIFICO DE AL-ANDALUS)(DEPOSITO: MUSEO MUNICIPAL BARCELONA).

Map created by John Cabot, a Venetian navigator and explorer, who discovered the coast of North America. Dated 15th Century

Detailed map of the developed port of Yokohama ca. 1859.

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