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Retro Maps of Regions

Antique maps representing various regions and countries, rich in details and historical geography, highlighting coastal and inland areas.

Massa, Isaac Abrahamsz. (1586-1643) Private Collection Graphic arts 42x54 History Map of Russia (From: Partes Septentrionalis et Orientalis)

A new generall map of the seat of war from Vpper Hungary to the Isle of Candia : with exact prospects of Napoli di Romania, Modon, &c. Navarin, in the Morèa, and the Bridge of Essecke , Balkan Peninsula, Maps, Early works to 1800, Balkan Peninsula, Administrative and political divisions, Maps, Early works to 1800, Hungary, Maps, Early works to 1800 Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

Map of Virginia and Maryland 1676.

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

1570 Ortelius Map of Asia (first edition)

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

Totius Americae descriptio nova , Western Hemisphere, Maps, Early works to 1800 Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

1570 map of Asia, from Abraham Ortelius' atlas, 'Theatrvm orbis terrarvm'(Epitome of the Theater of the Worlde).

A mapp of Virginia discovered to ye hills, and in it's latt. from 35 deg. & 1/2 neer Florida to 41 deg. bounds of New England | Library of Congress

Les Colonies des Européens en Amerique , Western Hemisphere, Maps, Early works to 1800 Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

Greece with part of Anatolia - La Graecia con parte della Natolia , Greece, Maps, Early works to 1800, Turkey, Maps, Early works to 1800 Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

Noua et accurata totius Americae tabula. Relief shown pictorially. Text in Latin, Dutch and French. Includes ill. Featured in the Faces & Places Exhibit, Kravis Center, Palm Beach, FL, since 2005. MB (BRL). Published by the noted mid-17th century Dutch cartographer, Frederick de Wit, this remarkably well preserved wall map of the Americas is previously unrecorded. With its large and masterful design, it is beautifully engraved and embellished, highlighted by the best Dutch coloring of the period. Early Dutch wall maps, perhaps the most decorative printed maps ever produced, are relatively uncommon today, primarily because their large size and public display lead to extensive damage and fading. According to the map's title, it presents a "new" and "accurate" geographic image of both Americas. However, its depiction of the North American west coast appears unfamiliar and inaccurate to modern eyes. This portrayal of California as an island was a long-held cartographic myth, based on incom

Cartography, 18th century. Map of Santo Domingo created by Nicolas de Fer, 1723.

Island of California 1666, Jenner, T. & Hollar, W.

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

A new & accurate map of the West Indies and the adjacent parts of North & South America. Relief shown pictorially. Prime meridian: Ferro. Appears in the Universal magazine, vol. 17, July-Dec. 1755, p. 241. Cataloging, conservation, and digitization made possible in part by The National Endowment for the Humanities: Exploring the human endeavor.... , West Indies Caribbean Sea

Coste occidentale d'Afrique, depuis le Détroit de Gibraltar jusqu' au XIe dégré de latitude septentrionale : tirée de la carte de l'Océan Occidental , Africa, West, Maps, Early works to 1800, Atlantic Coast Africa, Maps, Early works to 1800 Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

Extrema Americae versus Boream, ubi Terra Nova, Nova Francia, adjacentiaque , Atlantic Provinces, Maps, Early works to 1800 Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

Amerique septentrionale divisée en ses principales parties. Cartographic. Maps. 1694. Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division. North America

Map titled 'Nova Belgica et Anglia Nova,' created by Joan Blaeu in 1635. Published in Amsterdam by G. et I. Blaeu, the map features hand coloring and measures 37 x 49 cm. It depicts the Middle Atlantic States and New England, categorized as an early work to 1800

A map of the East Indies, derived from Mr. de Fer's Map of Asia, illustrating the primary divisions, cities, towns, ports, rivers, and mountains. Dated 1700, published in Oxford at the Sheldonian Theatre. Additional, East Indies. Related subjects include atlases, British geography, ancient maps, and their use in education

A new & accurate map of the West Indies and the adjacent parts of North & South America , Caribbean Area, Maps, Early works to 1800, West Indies, Maps, Early works to 1800 Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

A chart of the sea coast of ITALY, SICILY and part of BARBARY 1702 - 1707. Cartographic. Maps, Nautical charts. Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division. Mediterranean Sea, Sicily (Italy), Calabria (Italy)

A map of Barbary comprehending Morocco, Fez, Algiers, Tunis and Tripoli, Frontispiece Cartographic. Maps, Frontispieces. 1794-10-20. Rare Book Division. Algeria, Africa, North , Maps

Carte du theatre de la guerre dans l'Inde ou se trouve une partie de la Chine; les isles Sumatra, Java, Borneo, Moluques et Philippines : dressée d'après les meilleurs cartes tant Françoises qu'Angloises , South Asia, Maps, Early works to 1800, Southeast Asia, Maps, Early works to 1800 Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

1747 La Feuille Map of Provence, France

Coste d'Afrique et les Isles comprises entre le Cap Rouge et la riviere de Nunho: corrigée sur les manuscripts du depôt des cartes, plans, et journaux de la marine Cartographic. Maps. 1747. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division. Africa, West , Maps , Early works to 1800

Les isles Antilles &c. entre lesquelles sont les Lucayes, et les Caribes , West Indies, Maps, Early works to 1800, Antilles, Lesser, Maps, Early works to 1800, Antilles, Greater, Maps, Early works to 1800 Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

Americae nova tabula , America, Maps, Early works to 1800 Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

Map of the Kingdom of Naples, 1726; Le Royaum de Naples; Les Forces de l'Europe, Asie, Afrique et Amerique (...) Comme Aussi Les Cartes des Côtes de France et d'Espagne. Map of the Kingdom of Naples, with a commitment to a map of Sardinia. Plate No 394 in Part XVI of the Picture: Les Forces de l'Europe, Asia, Afrique et amic ... Comme Aussi Les Cartes des Côtes de France et d'Espagne from 1726, this second part with 271 by hand Numbered Plates of renowned strong cities and fortresses in the context of the Spanish Succession War 1701-1713. For most part, these plates have been copied to the anonymous French plates of renowned strong cities and fortresses: in Les Forces de l'Europe and in: Le Theater de la Guerre, Dans Les Pays-Bas, both originally published by Nicolas de Fer in Paris (1693-1697) In the context of the nine-year war. Title and inscriptions in French.

La Morea, la Livadia, e porzione della Tessaglia, e Dell' Epiro con la parte occidentale dell' arcipelago : V. Foglio della carta generale dell' Ungheria e della Turchia Europea , Peloponnesus Greece : Peninsula, Maps, Early works to 1800 Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

. Print at the top right labeled: p. 79. Tom. II.

The Atlas Maior is the final version of Joan Blaeu's atlas, published in Amsterdam between 1662 and 1672, in Latin (11 volumes), French (12 volumes), Dutch (9 volumes), German (10 volumes) and Spanish (10 volumes), containing 594 maps and around 3000 pages of text. It was the largest and most expensive book published in the seventeenth century. Earlier, much smaller versions, titled Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, sive, Atlas Novus, were published from 1634 onwards.

Vintage Map of the Golf of Mexico, by Jan Barend Elwe, 1792

Canal Fossa Eugeniana between Rhine and Maas, 1635 - 1672 print Map with the canal called Fossa Eugeniana between Rijnberg on the Rijn and Venlo aan de Maas. Up, in the middle, the title cartouche. At the bottom right a cartouche with Latin text. Below, in the middle, a frame with legend 1-6. Bottom left a cartouche with four scale sticks, decorated with personifications of the Rhine and the Maas that reach each other's hands. At the top left the weapon of the Duchy of Gelre, at the top right the coat of arms of the Duchy of Kleef. Below, to the right of the middle, the weapon of the principality of Meurs. Below, to the left of the middle, the weapon of the Archdiocese of Cologne. Amsterdam paper etching / engraving maps of separate countries or regions. construction of canal. coat of arms (as symbol of the state, etc.) (+ province; provincial). river personified, 'Fiumi' (Ripa) - HH - ideal landscapes Guilders. Kleef. Rijnberg. Venlo. Fossa Eugeniana

A new & exact map of the coast, countries and islands within ye limits of ye South Sea Company: from ye river Aranoca to Terra del Fuego, and from thence through ye South Sea, to ye north part of California &c. with a view of the general and coasting trade-winds and perticular draughts of the most important bays, ports &c. : according to ye newest observations South Sea Company, from ye river Aranoca to Terra del Fuego Cartographic. Maps. 1711. Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division. South Sea Company, South America, Pacific Coast (South America), South America , Pacific Coast

Regni Siciliae et insulae Maltae et Gozae, cum circumjacentibus insulis. Relief shown pictorially. From an unidentified atlas. Verso blank. Cataloging, conservation, and digitization made possible in part by The National Endowment for the Humanities: Exploring the human endeavor. Part of composite portfolio atlas with title "Collection of old maps.".. Collection of old maps. Collection of old maps, Italy , Sicily ,region Malta , Gozo ,island

Cartography, America, 17th century. Plate depicting Southern America. From the Atlas by Willem Janszoon Blaeu, Amsterdam, 1658.

A new and exact map of France divided into all its provinces and acquisitions, according to the newest observations, and that accurate survey made by the King's command by Mr. Picar and de la Hire, with the post roads and the computed leagues from town to town, the passes of the Pirenean Mountains, and many other remarcks &c , France, Maps, Early works to 1800 Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

A new and exact map of France divided into all its provinces and acquisitions, according to the newest observations, and that accurate survey made by the King's command by Mr. Picar and de la Hire, with the post roads and the computed leagues from town to town, the passes of the Pirenean Mountains, and many other remarcks &c. Relief shown pictorially. Prime meridians: London and Ferro. Includes index to towns and list of "ports or passes of the Pyrenean Mountains." Appears in Moll's The world described, 1709-1736, plate 25.... , France

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

Virginia, Marylandia et Carolina in America septentrionali Britannorum industria excultae Cartographic. Maps. 1714 - 1730. Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division. Atlantic States

Map of the Street Magellaan, Willem Janszoon Blaeu, 1635 - 1664 print Map of the Zeestraat Magellaan. At the top right a coat of arms. paper. watercolor (paint) etching / brush / letterpress printing maps, atlases South America

Map of Greece, Nicolaes Visscher (I), 1650 - 1700 Map of Greece, yellow, areas colored. Compass rose in the middle, inscription L.O. Surrounded by 2 allegorical figures and attributes for practicing the seven arts. M.O. Scale in Italian and German miles. (1: 2.3 million). Inscription; L.O.: Exactissima totius. Archipelagi / NEC Non. Graciae / Tabula / in Omnes Subjacentes / Regions et insulae / Distincte Ostendutur per / ... signed; L.O.: per / nicolaum Visscher / Amstelo-Batm. Amsterdam paper engraving maps of separate countries or regions Greece

Map of Italy, 19th century engraving

Map of North America Page 3 of 4, 1763

Regni Siciliae et insulae Maltae et Gozae, cum circumjacentibus insulis , Sicily Italy, Maps, Early works to 1800, Malta, Maps, Early works to 1800, Gozo Island Malta, Maps, Early works to 1800 Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

This map of North America, according to ye newest and most exact observations is most humbly dedicated by your Lordship's most humble servant Herman Moll, geographer , North America, Maps, Early works to 1800 Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

Serra San Quirico (Italia, Marche - provincia di Ancona), Cartoteca Regionale. La Marca Anconitana (1669-1703), Silvestro Amanzio Moroncelli

Americae nova descriptio , America, Maps, Early works to 1800 Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

A new map of North America shewing its principal divisions, chief cities, townes, rivers, mountains &c. Relief shown pictorially.... , North America ,area

1771 Bonne Map of Tierra Firma or Northern South America

Afrika ,. Robert E. Diefenbach Map Collection

Map North America 1821

1780 Raynal and Bonne Map of Western Africa

Colton's new railroad & county map of the United States, the Canadas &c , Railroads, United States, Maps, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Maps Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

MAPA DE AMERICA 1772. Author: LOPEZ TOMAS. Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.

Card from the Caribbean; Chair of war in America that shows all DESSELF main Eynde / Insulae Americanania Nempe Cuba, Hispanolia, Iamaica, PTO. Rico, Lucania, Antilease Vulgo Caribae .... Map of Central America and the islands in the Caribbean. At the top right a cartouche with the Latin title, also a Dutch title in the middle, flanked by legend and scale in German, French and Spanish miles. Three compass roses (1: 6.5 mill scale.). On the map, the sailing routes of the Spanish silver fleet between Cartagena and Havana are indicated.

Accuratissima Brasiliae tabula. Oriented with north to the right. Relief shown pictorially. In Latin on verso, with caption title "Brasilia" and signature "Bbbbb." 2 insets: "Baya de todos os Sanctos" ; "Villa d'Olinda de Pernambuco." Cataloging, conservation, and digitization made possible in part by The National Endowment for the Humanities: Exploring the human endeavor.... , Brazil

La Riviere de la Garomne et La Dordogne et La Ways Aux Envions de Bourdeavx; Schenck, Pieter (1660-1711), Valck, Gerard (1651 cars 1652-1726); 1711 (1711-00-00-1711-00-00);

Maps of Peninsulas, Theatro D'el Orbe La Tierra - Ortelius

cartography maps America copper engraving ""Atlas Novus"" by Georg Matthaeus Seutter printed by Peter von Bhelen Vienna 1728 private collection,

A new map of Latium, Etruria, and ancient Italy, illustrating the regions situated between Gallia Cisalpina and Græcia Magna. The map displays principal divisions, cities, towns, rivers, and mountains. Issued in 1700 by the Sheldonian Theatre in Oxford, the map includes an additional, 'Latium and Etruria.' It is categorized under British atlases, ancient geography, and maps in education

Accuratissima et maxima totius Turcici Imperii tabula cum omnibus suis regionibus novissima delineatio. Map of the Middle East. Relief shown pictorially. Cataloging, conservation, and digitization made possible in part by The National Endowment for the Humanities: Exploring the human endeavor. Part of composite portfolio atlas with title "Collection of old maps.".. Collection of old maps. Collection of old maps, Turkey Middle East ,area

Imperium Japonicum Atlas Novus Homann, Johann Baptista(1664-1724 German) Christie's Images, London, England

Partie occidentale de l'ancien continent depuis Lisbonne jusqua la Riviere de Sierra Leona : avec l'Isle Madere, les Isles Canaires, et celles du C. Verd. Relief shown pictorially. Imprint derived from atlas in which map appears. Appears in Guillaume Raynal's Atlas de toutes les parties connues du Globe Terrestre. Neuchatel & Geneve: Chez les Libraries Associes, 1783-1784. "Liv. XI" upper left corner. "No. 43" upper right corner.... , West Africa ,area

1758 Bellin Map of Saint Lucia (Sainte Lucie), West Indies

1747 La Feuille Map of Andalusia, Spain (Sevilla)

1730 Homann Map of Denmark

1747 map showing Alaska as a Russian territory. Russian 18th century eastward expansion extended beyond Siberia to North America.

Saxonia, Thuringia, Misnia. Saxony. Cartographic. Maps, Atlases. 1603. Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division. Geography, Saxony (Germany), Thuringia (Germany), Meissen (Saxony, Germany)

Insula Iamaica : in suas parochias divisa et secundum exemplar primitivum Londinense excusa , Jamaica, Maps, Early works to 1800 Norman B. Leventhal Map Center 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

This map of North America, dedicated in 1720, is attributed to Lens, Bernard (1659-1725), Bowles, John (1701-1779), and Bowles, Thomas (1694-1773). Issued in London and published by H. Moll over against Deverux Court in the Strand, the hand-colored map measures 57 x 96 cm. It features representations of cod fisheries along with early mappings of North America

The antiqvities of Athens, 1762-1816

L'Amerique septentrionale: dressée sur les observations de Mrs. de l'Academie royale des sciences & quelques autres, & sur les memoires les plus recens L'Isle, Guillaume de, 1675-1726. Cartographic. Maps. 1760. Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division. North America

Map of The Middle East, Theatro D'el Orbe La Tierra - Ortelius

1801 Cary Map of Denmark

GRABADO - MAPA DE BRASIL - S XVII. Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.

Atlas, map from 1623, Sclavonia, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia, Dalmatia, digitally restored reproduction from an engraving by Gerhard Mercator, born as Gheert Cremer, 5 March 1512, 2 December 1594, geographer and cartographer, Europe

Map of Sicily, 1726, 1726 print Map of Sicily. Plate no. 397 in Part XVI of the print work: Les Forces de l'Europe, Asie, Afrique et Amerique ... Comme Aussi Les Cartes des Côtes de France et d'Espagne from 1726, this second part with 271 by hand numbered Plates of renowned strong cities and fortresses in the context of the Spanish War of Succession 1701-1713. For the most part, these records have been copied to the anonymous French records of renowned strong cities and forces: in Les Forces de l'Europe and in: Le Theater de la Guerre, Dans Les Pays-Bas, both originally published by Nicolas de Fer in Paris (1693-1697) in the context of the Nine Years' War. Title and inscriptions in French. print maker: Northern Netherlandspublisher: Leiden paper engraving / etching maps of separate countries or regions Sicily

A map of the East-Indies and the adjacent countries, dated 1736. The map illustrates the settlements, factories, and territories, indicating what belongs to England, Spain, France, Holland, Denmark, Portugal, and others. It is hand-colored and measures 64 x 102 cm when unfolded, folded to 64 x 28 cm for distribution. The map was published in London by Tho. Bowles, a print and map-seller based in St. Paul's Churchyard

Ta. mo. Galliae. Map of France. Relief shown pictorially. Includes names of places and natural features. Descriptive text within ornamental borders on verso. 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 Galliae. Tabula moderna Galliae, France

America Septentrionalis novissima : America Meridionalis accuratissima , America, Maps, Early works to 1800, Western Hemisphere, Maps, Early works to 1800 Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

Map of the Caribbean island of Guadeloupe, c1764. Artist: Unknown

Tab. mo. secundae partis Aphricae , Africa, Maps, Early works to 1800 Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

Ta. no. Italiae , Italy, Maps, Early works to 1800 Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

Tabula moderna Italie , Corsica France, Maps, Early works to 1800, Sardinia Italy, Maps, Early works to 1800, Sicily Italy, Maps, Early works to 1800 Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

'Map of the Kingdom of the Franks Under Charlemagne', 1890. Creator: Unknown.

Americae nova tabula , America, Maps, Early works to 1800 Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

1775 Bonne Map of the Great Lakes and Upper Mississippi

An Accurate map of the present seat of war between Great-Britain and her colonies in North America, 1776. Created by John Hinton, this map, published in London by J. Hinton, features hand coloring and measures 26 x 34 cm. It illustrates the geographical context of the conflict occurring in North America during this period

North America : according to the latest observations. Gordon, Patrick, active 1700. Palmer, S.. Cartographic. Maps, Atlases. 1722. Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division. Geography, North America , Maps , Early works to 1800

Vintage Pictorial map. "A Description of the Empire of Prester John, that is to say, of the Abysinians", showing North Part of Africa. by Abraham Ortelius 1564

Getekende kaart van de Franse linies in Brabant, ca. 1705. Carte des lignes depuis Anvers jusqu'a la Mehaigne (title on object). Draughtsman: anonymous. Dating: 1705. Place: Northern Netherlands. Measurements: h 199 mm × w 468 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Map of Israel. After a work by Jan Luyken.

Map of the Great Lakes 1744.

Partie occidentale de l'ancien continent depuis Lisbonne jusquà la Riviere de Sierra Leona : avec l'Isle Madere, les Isles Canaires, et celles du C. Verd , Africa, West, Maps Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

Map Of Asia 1700 Copper Engraving Museumsstiftung Post und Telekommunikation, Berlin, Germany

Ta. no. Italiae , Italy, Maps, Early works to 1800 Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

Guillaume Thomas Francois Raynal.

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