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Mercator Atlas Maps from 1623

Digitally restored maps engraved by Gerhard Mercator, depicting regions in Germany, Switzerland, and Greece with detailed antiquity styles.

Map of Russia and Moscow (From: Theatrum Orbis Terrarum...) by Blaeu, Willem Janszoon (1571-1638) / Private Collection / 1645 / Holland / Copper engraving, watercolour / History /

Cartography, Italy, 18th century. Principality of Genoa. Map by Nicolas Sanson, Paris. Copper engraving.

Map of a Mediterranean Island, Theatro D'el Orbe La Tierra - Ortelius

Arabia, 1681. Issued in London by A. Godbid and J. Playford for R. Scott, bookseller. Topics include Astronomy, Geography, and Mathematics

Netherlands and Belgium. Map. Engraving, 1843.

Map - L'Asie Guillaume Danet (1670-1732)

cartography maps Asia coloured copper engraving ""Atlas Novus"" by Georg Matthaeus Seutter printed by Johann Peter von Behlen Vienna 1728 private collection,

A map of Terra Firma Peru, Amazone-land, Brasil & the north part of La Plata , South America, Maps, Early works to 1800 Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

Anglesey : Wight Vectis olim ; Garnesay ; Iarsay , England, Maps, Early works to 1800, Isle of Wight England, Maps, Early works to 1800, Anglesey Wales, Maps, Early works to 1800, Jersey Channel Islands, Maps, Early works to 1800, Guernsey Channel Islands, Maps, Early works to 1800 Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

Large map of the siege of Den Bosch by Frederik Hendrik (leaf in the middle), 1629; Expongance Sylvae Ducis AO 1629. Large map of the Siege of Den Bosch by the state army under Frederik Hendrik, from 1 May to 17 September 1629. On either side of the map 18 small performances with details of the fortifications of the city and surrounding forts Marked iz .. Map composed of six plates and two - missing - text sheets. This is the blade in the middle with a part of the map with the omsing and the army camp at Vught. In the foreground two allegorical figures (Mars and a river god) that stop a map of the larger area.

Map of German States, then the Holy Roman Empire, from the early 18th century.

CARTOGRAFIA. MAPA DE LOS QUIXOS O QUIJOS. BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL. MADRID.

Map of Malta. Island. Mediterranean Sea. Italian engraving. 16th century.

Map of Scandinavia Date: 1785

Egypt and Barca &c. ; Abissina and Nubia &c. Cartographic. Maps, Atlases. 1701. Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division. Geography

Portuguese map of 1558 by Bastian Lopez showing Europe, British Isles and part of Africa. British Museum.

Sedes Belli in Dauphinae et Province 1705

cartography maps Western Europe and Atlantic Ocean 16th century,

'The Plantation of Ulster', 17th century, (1948). Creator: Unknown.

Status Mutinensis in suas ditiones, 1731 - 1798, Nuremberg, Italy, Maps, Switzerland, Maps, 1 map; 50 cm

Carte de la Barbarie, de la Nigritie, et de la Guinée 1718 Map of Barbary, Nigritia, and Guinea

Map of Catalonia, Luggert van Anse, 1690 - 1709 print Amsterdam paper engraving maps of separate countries or regions Catalonia

CODICE TRUJILLO DEL PERU - TOMO I - CARTA TOPOGRAFICA DE LA PROVINCIA DE TRUJILLO DEL PERU - MAR DEL SUR - ACUARELA - SIGLO XVIII. Author: MARTINEZ COMPAÑON BALTASAR. Location: PALACIO REAL-BIBLIOTECA. MADRID. SPAIN.

Atlas, map from 1623, Iceland, digitally restored reproduction from an engraving by Gerhard Mercator, born as Gheert Cremer, March 5, 1512 - December 2, 1594, geographer and cartographer.

Atlas, map from 1623, Bohemia, Bohemia, Czech Republic, digitally restored reproduction from an engraving by Gerhard Mercator, born as Gheert Cremer, 5 March 1512, 2 December 1594, geographer and cartographer, Europe

Atlas, map from 1623, Switzerland with Lake Geneva, digitally restored reproduction from an engraving by Gerhard Mercator, born as Gheert Cremer, 5 March 1512, 2 December 1594, geographer and cartographer

Neuvième partie, de la carte du cours du Nil, depuis Sallaem, jusqu'à Ell Motmar, created in 1780 by Frederik Ludvig Norden. The piece measures 27 x 45 cm and was published in London by Lockyer Davis. The map focuses on Egypt, showcasing its description and travel, antiquities, archaeological sites, and features engravings

1655 map of South China coast by Martino Martini.

Spain: map. Coloured engraving J. van Lugtenburg, ca. 1720, after G. de L'Isle.

Map of the French South Coast at Toulon, ca. 1702; Les Forces de l'Europe, Asie, Afrique et Amerique, Ou Description des Principales Villes Avec Leurs Fortifications. Dessignées PAR LES MEILLEURS Engineers, private party Celles Qui Sont Sous La Domination de la France (...) Et Ornées the plusieurs Superbes Edifes. Map of the French South Coast at Toulon. Signature at the bottom right: LL. Part of the second of two parts of the picture: Les Costes de France et d'Espagne (or part 14 of: Les Forces de l'Europe, Asie, Afrique et Amerique), issued approx. 1702. It In the context, consists of a total of 43 labeled plates of the coast of France and Spain, in the context of the Spanish Succession War. These plates have been copied to anonymous French plates originally published by Nicolas de Fer in Paris. Title and inscriptions in the plate in French.

Parte of Carnaruan Shyre

John Pinkerton. Map of Persia. 1818.B

BELGIUM. Sint-Niklaas. Mercatormuseum. 'Leo Belgicus', map with the Seventeen Provinces of the Low Countries depicted in the form of a lion. Drawing by Franz Hogenberg for Michael Aitsinger, Cologne (1583-1585). Engraving.

MPF1/68 Ireland, by John Goghe 1567 Our document of the month for August is this Map of Ireland from 1567. (MPF 1/68) Ireland is shown as 'Hibernia' in this map by John Goghe with additions by Sir William Cecil. Showing place-names, hills in relief, ships, fish, and a sea monster. Scale: about 1 inch to 16 miles. The map was extracted from the State Papers (SP 64/1) to be preserved as a flat map. education, documentofthemonth, ireland, tudor, williamcecil, document, map, 1567

Sexta Asiae tabula , Arabian Peninsula, Maps, Early works to 1800 Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

CARTOGRAFIA. MAPA DE ESPAÑA. GUILLERMO BLAEU. AMSTERDAM , AÑO 1630.

A map of Pennsylvania, issued in 1795, printed by F. and R. Bailey in Philadelphia. The map measures 15 x 18 cm and represents early works related to Pennsylvania's roads and geography prior to 1800

Poland. Cartographic. Maps, Atlases. 1701. Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division. Geography

A new map of the Island of Barbadoes wherein every parish, plantation, watermill, windmill & cattlemill, is described with the name of the present possessor, and all things els remarkable according to a late exact survey thereof , Barbados, Maps, Early works to 1800 Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

17th century map of Ancient Spain. From the book ""Description de L'Univers"" pubished 1683.

Seven Years War (1756-1763). Map of the Battle of Reichenberg (April 21, 1757). The Prussian army, under the command of August Wilhelm, Duke of Brunswick-Bevern (1715-1781), defeated the Austrian army led by Christian Moritz Graf Königsegg und Rothenfels (1705-1778). Published in 1765 by the cartographer Jean de Beaurain (1696-1771) as an illustration of his Great Map of Germany, with the events that took place during the Seven Years War. Etching and engraving. French edition, 1765. Military Historical Library of Barcelona (Biblioteca Histórico Militar de Barcelona). Catalonia. Spain. Author: Jean de Beaurain (1696-1771). French geographer.

Shield of East Anglia, from the Heptarchy; a collective name applied to the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of south, east, and central England during late antiquity and the early Middle Ages, Detail from an antique map of Britain, by the Dutch cartographer Willem Blaeu in Atlas Novus (Amsterdam 1635)

1658 map of the Dutch Republic. The Dutch Republic was known as the Republic of the Seven United Netherlands (Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) existed 1581 to 1795

PLANO DE LA CIUDAD Y HUERTA DE MURCIA - SIGLO XIX. Author: ALVAREZ DE TOLEDO JOAQUIN. Location: SERVICIO GEOGRAFICO DEL EJERCITO. MADRID. SPAIN.

Antique Map of Germany by Abraham Ortelius, circa 1570

Map with the wanderings of the Patriarchen, 1653 - 1654 print. text sheet Map in two parts about the wanderings of the Patriarchs. With five bets: the expulsion of Adam and Eva from Paradise (Gen. 3: 24); Noah and De Ark (Gen. 7:13, 8:16), Abraham and Lot leave for Canaan (Gen. 12: 4); the tower of Babel (Gen. 11: 8), Abraham's encounter with Melchizedek (Gen. 14:18), The sacrifice of Isaac (Gen. 22:10); Jakob's dream (Gen. 28:12), Joseph Reception of Jakob in Egypt (Gen. 46:30). The accompanying text starts with a decorated initial H. The magazine is part of an album. paper engraving / etching / letterpress printing Old Testament. expulsion of Adam and Eve from paradise (Genesis 3:22-24). the ark ~ story of Noah. the Tower of Babel. the sacrifice of Isaac (Genesis 22). the meeting of Abraham and Melchizedek, the high priest and king of Salem, who brings bread and wine (Genesis 14:18-20). the dream of Jacob: while sleeping on the ground with a stone for pillow Jacob sees a ladder reac

China. Cartographic. Maps, Atlases. 1701. Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division. Geography

A new map of Ipresent Spain & Portugal, shewing their principal divisions. cheif cities, townes, ports, rivers, mountains &c. Spain and Portugal. Cartographic. Maps, Atlases. 1700. Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division. Atlases, British, Geography, Ancient, Maps in education , England, Maps

Cartography, Italy 16th century. Piedmont, Monferrato and Liguria Region. From Descrittione della Regione Piemontese (Description of Piedmont Region) by Giovanni Antonio Magini. Copper engraving.

CARTOGRAFIA. PLANO DEL ARZOBISPADO DE MEXICO Y SU LAGUNA , AÑO 1767. REALIZADO POR JOSE ANTONIO DE ALZATE. BIBLIOTECA LORENZANA - BORBON. TOLEDO.

Gulf of Mexico by Sebastiano Lopes from Portolan Atlas, 1546, USA, Chicago, Newberry Library

A publication titled 'Poictov.' by James Shawe, issued in 1603 in London. Published for Ieames Shawe, with sales occurring at his shop near Ludgate. The work focuses on atlases and geography, particularly pertaining to Norway and Poitou-Charentes in France

Second map of Europe (Spain). Full gold border 1460. Ptolemy, 2nd cent.. Cartographic. Religious books, Manuscripts, Maps. Manuscripts and Archives Division. Spain

A title page from 1603, published by James Shawe in London. The document features the title 'Barbaria, et Biledulgerid.' It is categorized under Atlases and Geography, with a focus on Norway, Africa, and North. The publisher's information notes that it was printed for Ieames Shawe and sold at his shop near Ludgate

Franche County, 1681., 1681., London. Publisher, Printed by A. Godbid and J. Playford, for R. Scott, bookseller. Astronomy, Geography, Mathematics

Vintage Pictorial Map: plan of the harbour of Chebucto and town of Halifax, by Moses Harris, 1750

Detail from the 'Dauphin' map by Desceliers, 1546, for Henri II, by order of Francis I

Girolamo Ruscelli (1500s-1566) was an Italian cartographer, editor, humanist and polymath who primarily worked and lived in Venice during the early 16th century. Ruscelli founded an 'Academy of Secrets' in Naples in the 1540s, composed of humanists and noblemen; the academy was the first recorded example of an experimental scientific society. His best known work is a significant and important revision to Ptolemy's Geographia, published posthumously in 1574.

Map of the Sevennes Mountains in the Languedoc; The Mountains of the Sevennes, although the Malcontents of Languedoc remember (...) / Les Montagnes des Sevennes Ou se Retirent Les Malcontents (& C) the Languedoc (...). Map of the Sevennes Mountains in The Languedoc Where The Malcontents Stopped, with the Large Royal Roads Laid Out On The Order Of The French King Louis XIV, CA. 1680-1699. With a Place Register in Dutch and French Under the album.

Thomas Fuller (1608-1661) was an English churchman, historian and writer. Born in Aldwinker St Peter's, Northamptonshire, his father was rector of the community. He was admitted to Queens' College in Cambridge and did well academically. Fuller was a prolific author, one of the first English writers to live by his pen. He is particularly remembered for his Worthies of England, published in 1662 after his death.

Cartography, Italy, 17th century. Map of Western Liguria Region, by Ludovico Della Spina de Mailly, 1697. Copper engraving.

Map of Lancashire, England 1611.

Franconia. Cartographic. Maps, Atlases. 1603. Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division. Geography, Franconia (Germany)

Prussia. Cartographic. Maps, Atlases. 1603. Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division. Geography, Baltic Coast, Baltic Sea

States of Holland and West Friesland, Amsterdam, Allard, Carel, Noordelijke Nederlanden, 't Gebergte der Sevennes, al waar de Malcontenten van Languedoc zich houden, Les Montagnes des Sevennes Ou se retirent Les Malcontents (&c) De Languedoc, Map of the Sevennes Mountains in the Languedoc, Northern Netherlands, Map of the Sevennes Mountains in the Languedoc where the Malcontents reside, with the major royal roads constructed by order of the French king Louis XIV, ca. 1680-1699. With a place index in Dutch and French below the plate., print, prent, map, prints, Frederik Muller Historieplaten, height 541 mm, width 320 mm, print maker, printmaker, 1680 - 1699, fourth quarter 17th century, paper, papier, etching, etchings, hand coloring, Publication (Event), Publication, Dutch, 1648-01-19 - 1709-02-01, publisher, uitgever van privilege

Fifth map of Europe (the Balkans), with gold border, commentary text in pink border with 4-line gold inital on pink and blue field 1460. Ptolemy, 2nd cent.. Cartographic. Religious books, Manuscripts, Maps. Manuscripts and Archives Division. Balkan Peninsula

Shields of Wessex and Sussex from the Heptarchy; a collective name applied to the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of south, east, and central England during late antiquity and the early Middle Ages, Detail from an antique map of Britain, by the Dutch cartographer Willem Blaeu in Atlas Novus (Amsterdam 1635)

Pedemontivm ,. Ralph Finos Map Collection

Polonia. Cartographic. Maps, Atlases. 1603. Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division. Geography, Poland, Lithuania

Heinrich Bunting, map of Europe, Europe in the Shape of a Queen,1581.

Description du pais de Valois , Picardy France, Maps, Early works to 1800 Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

Oswiecz, et Zator. The Dukedomes of Oswitz and Zator. Cartographic. Maps, Atlases. 1603. Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division. Geography, Poland, Vistula river (Poland)

Cremae Ager. Crema. Cartographic. Maps, Atlases. 1603. Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division. Geography, Crema (Italy)

Savoy and Piedmont. Cartographic. Maps, Atlases. 1701. Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division. Geography

Iaponia Insula, 1603, by James Shawe. Additional, The Ile of Iapan., 1603., London. Publisher, Printed for Ieames Shawe, and sold at his shop near Ludgate. Atlases, Geography, Norway, Japan, Maps

LIBRO DE LAS DECADAS - 1601 - DETALLE DE FERNANDO DE MAGALLANES (1480-1521). Author: HERRERA Y TORDESILLAS ANTONIO. Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN. FERNANDO DE MAGALLANES. MAGALLANES HERNANDO.

Sardiania. Sardegna. Cartographic. Maps, Atlases. 1603. Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division. Geography, Sardinia (Italy)

Aniov., 1603, Shawe, James. Additional, The Dukedome of Angiou., 1603., London. Publisher, Printed for Ieames Shawe, and are to be solde at his shoppe nigh Ludgate. Atlases, Geography, Norway, Anjou (France), Maine-et-Loire (France)

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