This map shows Karafuto Prefecture in the early 1920s. Japan occupied the northern part of Sakhalin Island until 1925, as well as territories in the Russian Far East. My great-grandparents were expelled from Karafuto in 1949.8mo ⋅ tsurunen ⋅ r/oldmaps
Maps of 12 European countries illustrating various legends for a 1912 book titled Stories of Old3yr ⋅ emilylikesredditalot ⋅ r/oldmaps
Map showing foreign invasions of British soil, from 1066 to 1798 (produced in 1940) [3453 x 5000]1yr ⋅ AJgloe ⋅ r/oldmaps
Just found this sub today. Enjoy an ethnic map of austria-hungary from 1855.2yr ⋅ SectionProud ⋅ r/oldmaps
Anthropomorphic maps of various European countries published in an 1868 book titled Geographical Fun3yr ⋅ emilylikesredditalot ⋅ r/oldmaps
“Portugal Is Not a Small Country”: A 1951 postcard comparing the land area of Portugal and its colonies to that of the United States2yr ⋅ emilylikesredditalot ⋅ r/oldmaps
Population density map of the United States in 1790 (published 1903) [2829 x 3607]1yr ⋅ AJgloe ⋅ r/oldmaps
Americae sive qvartae orbis partis nova et exactissima descriptio, 15621yr ⋅ keeperofthecan ⋅ r/oldmaps
A 1785 Japanese world map featuring Terra Australis, the hypothetical southern continent. Terra Australis was not based on any survey or direct observation, but rather on the idea that the earth must be balanced: The northern mass would surely have a vast southern counterpart.3yr ⋅ emilylikesredditalot ⋅ r/oldmaps
1866 strip map showing 2600 miles of the Mississippi River from its delta to its source at Lake Itaska3yr ⋅ AJgloe ⋅ r/oldmaps
1878 ethnographic map of European Russia - by Aleksandr Fyodorovich Rittikh [5717 x 8588]1yr ⋅ AJgloe ⋅ r/oldmaps
A 1547 map of Europe and northern Africa from the Vallard Atlas, originally oriented with south at the top3yr ⋅ emilylikesredditalot ⋅ r/oldmaps
A 1535 map of Britain and Ireland featuring the mythical island Brasil (also known as Hy-Brasil)3yr ⋅ emilylikesredditalot ⋅ r/oldmaps
Carta Marina ( 1539) The first detailed map of the Nordic countries and surrounding waters.1yr ⋅ Fimbulvetrn ⋅ r/oldmaps
An 1853 Japanese world map presented on a cylindrical projection2yr ⋅ emilylikesredditalot ⋅ r/oldmaps
What 16th Century Ottomans thought Europe looked like on Top of an Actual Map of Europe2yr ⋅ visuraXD ⋅ r/oldmaps
Ethnographic Map of Great Britain and Ireland, according to Dr. Gustaf Kombst - by A.K. Johnston (1850) [7548 x 8970]1yr ⋅ AJgloe ⋅ r/oldmaps
In 1903, a Vermont doctor bet $50 that he could cross America by car. It took him 63 days, $8,000, and 600 gallons of gas.11mo ⋅ 1Davide ⋅ r/oldmaps
A world map created around 1490 featuring the Dragon's Tail, a phantom peninsula in southeast Asia3yr ⋅ emilylikesredditalot ⋅ r/oldmaps
Early Greek and Roman geographers believed that humans couldn't live further north than Ireland due to the inhospitable climate, which may explain why Scotland veers so abruptly in this 1545 map of Britain and Ireland3yr ⋅ emilylikesredditalot ⋅ r/oldmaps
1861 birds eye view of the eastern United States - by Thomas Packer [8289 x 6340]1yr ⋅ AJgloe ⋅ r/oldmaps
Persuasive cartogrpahy: 1941 Italiqn map of Great Britain promoting its vulnerability to invasion.1yr ⋅ burnetambiguous ⋅ r/oldmaps
1805 Cary map of Africa showing the (non-existent) Mountains of Kong and Mountains of the Moon1yr ⋅ Disastrous-Year571 ⋅ r/oldmaps
A 1581 woodcut map titled The actual and true form of the Earth and the Sea1yr ⋅ Due_Laugh_8317 ⋅ r/oldmaps
Map (1490-1495) of the Mediterranean by Leonardo da Vinci. More in comments.2yr ⋅ benemivikai4eezaet0 ⋅ r/oldmaps
A 10th-century world map created by Ibn Hawqal and reproduced around 1445, originally oriented with south at the top3yr ⋅ emilylikesredditalot ⋅ r/oldmaps
A 17th-century map of California when it was thought to be an island by Europeans.2yr ⋅ Chief1117 ⋅ r/oldmaps
A postcard celebrating the opening of the Panama Canal as the kiss of the oceans4yr ⋅ emilylikesredditalot ⋅ r/oldmaps
A 1581 woodcut map titled The actual and true form of the Earth and the Sea3yr ⋅ emilylikesredditalot ⋅ r/oldmaps
A WWI propaganda map depicting the United States as a colonial outpost of Germany and the Central Powers. The map appeared on the cover of Life Magazine on February 10, 1916.3yr ⋅ emilylikesredditalot ⋅ r/oldmaps
(1925) My favorite map, despite the rough condition. I like the Unexplored region4yr ⋅ placeholder-here ⋅ r/oldmaps
Saw this map at the Vatican Museums and dying to know what it’s actually of, anyone know?1yr ⋅ Some-Walrus4711 ⋅ r/oldmaps
1755 map of North America by Dr. John Mitchell: A Map of the British and French Dominions in North America. With the Roads, Distances, limits, and Extent of the Settlements2yr ⋅ YanniRotten ⋅ r/oldmaps
I visited the Vatican yesterday and it was a nice surprise for a map nerd like me to find this incredible hallway of old maps. They’re all gorgeous.4yr ⋅ chinablu3 ⋅ r/oldmaps
This is a map of the English countryside, drawn in 1580. What are these circles?1yr ⋅ Garbettron ⋅ r/oldmaps
Ethnographical Map of Asia in the Earliest Times, Illustrative of Dr. Prichard's Natural History of Man and His Researches into the Physical History of Mankind (1861)3yr ⋅ emilylikesredditalot ⋅ r/oldmaps
Not really that old but I found this in my history class map of Europe 19921yr ⋅ MTKkingller ⋅ r/oldmaps
A French Map from 1838 Showing the Historical Migration Routes of Different People Groups in Africa and Eurasia3yr ⋅ JuirL ⋅ r/oldmaps
Map of the New World, 70 years after it's discovery (1562, Diego Gutierrez). First map to print the words California and Appalachia.3yr ⋅ some-oaf ⋅ r/oldmaps
A map of Ireland depicting men and women of different social classes (c. 1610)3yr ⋅ emilylikesredditalot ⋅ r/oldmaps
1828 world map showing temperature regions, and the optimal temperature zones of various vegetables [5835 x 4296]2yr ⋅ AJgloe ⋅ r/oldmaps
Does anyone knows about old maps of ECUADOR (southern american country. pd sorry for my english). Im looking for old maps of guayaquil, a city from ecuador, for my degree thesis, and I need maps before the 1740 (the first map known for guayaquil is the one below from 1740)2yr ⋅ Additional_Mail_7902 ⋅ r/oldmaps
Spanish Map Early 1600's from Captain Alatriste: The Spanish Musketeer1yr ⋅ OpenYourMindFools ⋅ r/oldmaps
A 1626 map of China, Japan, and The Ile Corea (The Island Korea) with depictions of Chinian (Chinese) and Japanese men and women3yr ⋅ emilylikesredditalot ⋅ r/oldmaps
1572 Munster Europe. One of the continents in the Cosmographia. One of the earliest obtainable and first modern (non-ptolemaic, per 1544 prototype) map of the region.2yr ⋅ spcrngr ⋅ r/oldmaps
The Ruysch Map, created between 1507 and 1508, was one of the first maps of the New World. In accordance with Columbus’s theories, the explored regions of North America are shown attached to the Asian continent.3yr ⋅ emilylikesredditalot ⋅ r/oldmaps
A Japanese nanban map featuring a disproportionately large Japan (c. 1690)3yr ⋅ emilylikesredditalot ⋅ r/oldmaps
南瞻部洲萬國掌菓之圖 / Nansenbushu bankoku shoka no zu / Map of All the Countries of the Terrestial World [1710]2yr ⋅ epidemiks ⋅ r/oldmaps
Sebastian Munster's map of the New World, known for popularizing the name America after Martin Waldseemuller and Matthias Ringmann first named it3yr ⋅ emilylikesredditalot ⋅ r/oldmaps
Partition of the Conquests of Alexander the Great (1855). Getting this framed today.3yr ⋅ Rourensu ⋅ r/oldmaps
Map of the world originally drawn in the 11th century, taken from an Arabian manuscript of Al Edrisi in the Bodleian Library - published 1800 [3060 × 3206]4yr ⋅ AJgloe ⋅ r/oldmaps
Very nice map of the legendary isles and sunken lands of Ireland, 1912, by Thomas J. Westropp3yr ⋅ YanniRotten ⋅ r/oldmaps
[Request] What does the Do (with the dot under abbreviation mean in the Reference block?1yr ⋅ eMCee64 ⋅ r/oldmaps
The 1777 edition of Bowen & Gibson's A New and Correct Map of North America... by Thomas Pownall.3yr ⋅ curtiswrightmaps ⋅ r/oldmaps
Manhattan, Staten Island, Long Island, New Jersey etc. in 1777 (reprinted 1864)4yr ⋅ EepOppOopOpp ⋅ r/oldmaps
Map of western Europe and north western Africa - from the Catalan Atlas, created in 1375 [6988 x 8880]9mo ⋅ AJgloe ⋅ r/oldmaps
I recently found this copper map. All I know about it is that it's made by Johann Baptist Homann. Can anyone help me find more information about this?1yr ⋅ Playful_Development5 ⋅ r/oldmaps
Map of Americas - Looking for more information and direction. This was given to me and I know nothing about it. Where can I find more information about what year this was made and it's value.2yr ⋅ Coreykelsey ⋅ r/oldmaps
The spread of the Ukrainians (Vienna, 1920) (in Ukrainian, German, & French)4yr ⋅ Adunaiii ⋅ r/oldmaps
Look at this $15.000 dollar beauty. 1627 John Speed - A New and Accurat Map of the World3yr ⋅ rolacl ⋅ r/oldmaps
Map of Finland before WW2. As a result of the Winter War and Continuation War, Finland had to cede the Karelian Isthmus, Petsamo, then the only access to the Arctic Ocean, as well as some territories in the Salla and Kuusamo regions. This map is of historical interest only, so no politics please! 😊7mo ⋅ olkapaa ⋅ r/oldmaps
Map of the Babylonian city of Nippur (ca 1500 BCE). This is the earliest known city map drawn to scale.4yr ⋅ Generic__Eric ⋅ r/oldmaps
Victorian-style map of the Crusader states I made in 2020s is an example of a combination of old map aesthetics and modern scholarly and satellite accuracy. Since Professor Tyerman was so supportive, I'm sharing his thoughts with you. Your thoughts? Link to larger/physical versions in the comments3mo ⋅ mapklimantas ⋅ r/oldmaps
Great Britain War Office General Staff 1926: Map showing areas in which main Imperial Airship Routes will probably develop4yr ⋅ EepOppOopOpp ⋅ r/oldmaps
I'm in a house from the 1840s and there is this old map of Norway from 1867 i think. Can’t find it anywhere online. Made by James Imray and son apparently. (Also sorry for bad lighting)4yr ⋅ Teliassen ⋅ r/oldmaps
The incredibly detailed Fra Mauro map, featuring hundreds of illustrations (c. 1450)4yr ⋅ emilylikesredditalot ⋅ r/oldmaps
A map depicting Europe as a queen, with Spain as her head, Portugal as her crown, and Italy as her arm (1804)4yr ⋅ emilylikesredditalot ⋅ r/oldmaps
Weltkarte in Nordpolar-Sternprojektion, by Augustus Petermann & Gustav Jager, 1865. Featuring Greenland extending across the Arctic to Siberia.2yr ⋅ YanniRotten ⋅ r/oldmaps
March Mapness 2023 kicks off today with a showdown between Porcacchi's take on the pioneering Paolo Forlani map and the second printed map of the continent by Cornelis de Jode. Voting is simple - just let us know your favorite in the comments!1yr ⋅ OldWorldEliane ⋅ r/oldmaps
A rare map of the Banda Islands created around 1666 for the Dutch East India Company. Due to the region's nutmeg and cloves, it became the site of colonial clashes between the Portuguese, British, and Dutch.3yr ⋅ emilylikesredditalot ⋅ r/oldmaps
'Florida et Regiones Vicinae' by Dutch geographer Johannes De Laet, c.1640.2yr ⋅ Beeninya ⋅ r/oldmaps
