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Sea Chart of Europe
1621
Sea chart of Europe, Willem Blaeu, ca. 1621 Paskaarte Vertonende alle de Zekusten van Europa. Nieulvez aldus uytgegeven… Separate publication. Copperplate engraving.Oriented with west at the top, this chart covers the area from the northern c...
The New World
1545
The New World, Pedro de Medina, 1545 Nuevo Mundo, from Arte de Navigar, Valladolid, 1545. Woodcut.Pedro de Medina’s map is one of the few early printed works composed by someone who had actually been to America, having sailed there with He...
Earliest Obtainable Map to Name America
1520
World Map on a Cordiform Projection, Petrus Apianus, 1520 Tipus Orbis Universalis IVXTA Ptolomei Cosmographi Traditionem et Americi Vespucci Aliorque Lustrationes a Petro Apiano Leysnico Elubrat. An. Do. 1520. From: Ionnis Camertis minoritani… e...
China, olim Sinarum
1584
China, Luis Jorgé de Barbuda /Abraham Ortelius, 1584 (West is at the top) Chinae, olim Sinarum regionis, nova descriptio. auctore Ludovico Georgio… In: Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, ...
Chesapeake and Delaware Bays
1733
Chesapeake and Delaware Bays, Benjamin Franklin, 1733 In: Articles of Agreement made and concluded upon between the Right Honourable the Lord proprietary of Maryland, and the Honourable the proprietarys of Pensilvania, &c. touching the limits ...
World Island. A FORTUNE Map. Series III
1943
This is a 1943 Richard Edes Harrison and Fortune Magazine orthographic map of the Eastern Hemisphere, including Asia, Africa, and Europe, which they refer to as the 'World Island'. The map depicts the continents of Asia, Africa, and Europe as wel...
SABENA Africa Route Map
1950
This is a striking mid-century travel poster / map of showing the routes of Sabena Airlines throughout Africa, the Middle East, and Europe. This vintage lithograph map was created by Claude Dohet in 1950 and printed by Linsino [Brussels, Belgium.] &...
The Earliest Obtainable Sea Chart of Europe
1586
Sea Chart of Europe and Northwest Africa. Lucas Waghenaer, 1586 Universe Europe maritime eiusq Navigationis description…, from Spieghel der zeevaerdt, ca. 1586. Copperplate engraving.Lucas Janszoon Waghenaer sailed as a Dutch chief officer between ...
British Isles
1511
British Isles, Bernard Sylvanus, 1511 Prima Europae Tabula. In: Claudii Ptholemaei Alexdrini liber geographiae… Venice, 1511. Published by Jacobus Pentius de Leucho.Bernard Sylvanus’ atlas is unusual both for its printing, and its map.From...
Italy (map opened to)
1676
Italy, John Speed, 1626 (1676) In The Theatre of the Empire of Great Britaine... A Prospect of the most Famous Part of the World... With Many Additions never before Extant. London, Thomas Bassett and Richard Chiswell, London, 1676.Th...
