Maps of 12 European countries illustrating various legends for a 1912 book titled Stories of Old2yr ⋅ emilylikesredditalot ⋅ r/oldmaps
Map showing foreign invasions of British soil, from 1066 to 1798 (produced in 1940) [3453 x 5000]6mo ⋅ AJgloe ⋅ r/oldmaps
Anthropomorphic maps of various European countries published in an 1868 book titled Geographical Fun1yr ⋅ emilylikesredditalot ⋅ r/oldmaps
Just found this sub today. Enjoy an ethnic map of austria-hungary from 1855.1yr ⋅ SectionProud ⋅ r/oldmaps
Americae sive qvartae orbis partis nova et exactissima descriptio, 15627mo ⋅ keeperofthecan ⋅ r/oldmaps
Population density map of the United States in 1790 (published 1903) [2829 x 3607]4mo ⋅ AJgloe ⋅ 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 States1yr ⋅ emilylikesredditalot ⋅ 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.2yr ⋅ emilylikesredditalot ⋅ r/oldmaps
1866 strip map showing 2600 miles of the Mississippi River from its delta to its source at Lake Itaska2yr ⋅ AJgloe ⋅ r/oldmaps
1878 ethnographic map of European Russia - by Aleksandr Fyodorovich Rittikh [5717 x 8588]5mo ⋅ AJgloe ⋅ r/oldmaps
An 1853 Japanese world map presented on a cylindrical projection1yr ⋅ emilylikesredditalot ⋅ r/oldmaps
A 1547 map of Europe and northern Africa from the Vallard Atlas, originally oriented with south at the top1yr ⋅ emilylikesredditalot ⋅ r/oldmaps
Carta Marina ( 1539) The first detailed map of the Nordic countries and surrounding waters.3mo ⋅ Fimbulvetrn ⋅ r/oldmaps
What 16th Century Ottomans thought Europe looked like on Top of an Actual Map of Europe1yr ⋅ visuraXD ⋅ r/oldmaps
A 1535 map of Britain and Ireland featuring the mythical island Brasil (also known as Hy-Brasil)2yr ⋅ emilylikesredditalot ⋅ r/oldmaps
Ethnographic Map of Great Britain and Ireland, according to Dr. Gustaf Kombst - by A.K. Johnston (1850) [7548 x 8970]5mo ⋅ AJgloe ⋅ r/oldmaps
A world map created around 1490 featuring the Dragon's Tail, a phantom peninsula in southeast Asia2yr ⋅ emilylikesredditalot ⋅ r/oldmaps
1861 birds eye view of the eastern United States - by Thomas Packer [8289 x 6340]2mo ⋅ AJgloe ⋅ 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 Ireland2yr ⋅ emilylikesredditalot ⋅ r/oldmaps
A 10th-century world map created by Ibn Hawqal and reproduced around 1445, originally oriented with south at the top1yr ⋅ emilylikesredditalot ⋅ r/oldmaps
Map (1490-1495) of the Mediterranean by Leonardo da Vinci. More in comments.1yr ⋅ benemivikai4eezaet0 ⋅ r/oldmaps
1805 Cary map of Africa showing the (non-existent) Mountains of Kong and Mountains of the Moon2mo ⋅ Disastrous-Year571 ⋅ r/oldmaps
A 17th-century map of California when it was thought to be an island by Europeans.11mo ⋅ Chief1117 ⋅ r/oldmaps
A postcard celebrating the opening of the Panama Canal as the kiss of the oceans3yr ⋅ emilylikesredditalot ⋅ r/oldmaps
A 1581 woodcut map titled The actual and true form of the Earth and the Sea1yr ⋅ 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, 1916.2yr ⋅ emilylikesredditalot ⋅ r/oldmaps
Saw this map at the Vatican Museums and dying to know what it’s actually of, anyone know?4mo ⋅ Some-Walrus4711 ⋅ r/oldmaps
(1925) My favorite map, despite the rough condition. I like the Unexplored region3yr ⋅ placeholder-here ⋅ 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 Settlements1yr ⋅ YanniRotten ⋅ 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)2yr ⋅ emilylikesredditalot ⋅ r/oldmaps
Not really that old but I found this in my history class map of Europe 19927mo ⋅ MTKkingller ⋅ r/oldmaps
A map of Ireland depicting men and women of different social classes (c. 1610)2yr ⋅ emilylikesredditalot ⋅ 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.2yr ⋅ some-oaf ⋅ r/oldmaps
1828 world map showing temperature regions, and the optimal temperature zones of various vegetables [5835 x 4296]1yr ⋅ AJgloe ⋅ 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.3yr ⋅ chinablu3 ⋅ r/oldmaps
A French Map from 1838 Showing the Historical Migration Routes of Different People Groups in Africa and Eurasia2yr ⋅ JuirL ⋅ 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)10mo ⋅ Additional_Mail_7902 ⋅ 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.2yr ⋅ emilylikesredditalot ⋅ r/oldmaps
A 1626 map of China, Japan, and The Ile Corea (The Island Korea) with depictions of Chinian (Chinese) and Japanese men and women2yr ⋅ 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.1yr ⋅ spcrngr ⋅ r/oldmaps
A Japanese nanban map featuring a disproportionately large Japan (c. 1690)2yr ⋅ 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]1yr ⋅ epidemiks ⋅ r/oldmaps
Partition of the Conquests of Alexander the Great (1855). Getting this framed today.2yr ⋅ Rourensu ⋅ r/oldmaps
Sebastian Munster's map of the New World, known for popularizing the name America after Martin Waldseemuller and Matthias Ringmann first named it2yr ⋅ emilylikesredditalot ⋅ 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]3yr ⋅ AJgloe ⋅ r/oldmaps
Very nice map of the legendary isles and sunken lands of Ireland, 1912, by Thomas J. Westropp1yr ⋅ YanniRotten ⋅ r/oldmaps
[Request] What does the Do (with the dot under abbreviation mean in the Reference block?5mo ⋅ eMCee64 ⋅ r/oldmaps
The 1777 edition of Bowen & Gibson's A New and Correct Map of North America... by Thomas Pownall.2yr ⋅ curtiswrightmaps ⋅ r/oldmaps
Manhattan, Staten Island, Long Island, New Jersey etc. in 1777 (reprinted 1864)2yr ⋅ EepOppOopOpp ⋅ 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?3mo ⋅ 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.11mo ⋅ Coreykelsey ⋅ r/oldmaps
Look at this $15.000 dollar beauty. 1627 John Speed - A New and Accurat Map of the World2yr ⋅ rolacl ⋅ r/oldmaps
The spread of the Ukrainians (Vienna, 1920) (in Ukrainian, German, & French)2yr ⋅ Adunaiii ⋅ r/oldmaps
Map of the Babylonian city of Nippur (ca 1500 BCE). This is the earliest known city map drawn to scale.3yr ⋅ Generic__Eric ⋅ r/oldmaps
Great Britain War Office General Staff 1926: Map showing areas in which main Imperial Airship Routes will probably develop2yr ⋅ 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)2yr ⋅ Teliassen ⋅ r/oldmaps
A map depicting Europe as a queen, with Spain as her head, Portugal as her crown, and Italy as her arm (1804)3yr ⋅ emilylikesredditalot ⋅ r/oldmaps
Weltkarte in Nordpolar-Sternprojektion, by Augustus Petermann & Gustav Jager, 1865. Featuring Greenland extending across the Arctic to Siberia.1yr ⋅ YanniRotten ⋅ r/oldmaps
The incredibly detailed Fra Mauro map, featuring hundreds of illustrations (c. 1450)3yr ⋅ emilylikesredditalot ⋅ 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.2yr ⋅ emilylikesredditalot ⋅ r/oldmaps
'Florida et Regiones Vicinae' by Dutch geographer Johannes De Laet, c.1640.1yr ⋅ Beeninya ⋅ r/oldmaps
A 1575 map of the Americas and part of Antarctica. The speculative depiction of Antarctica features imaginary native inhabitants chopping wood, rowing boats, and stoking fires.2yr ⋅ emilylikesredditalot ⋅ r/oldmaps
A 17th-century map of London drawn by the Prague draftsman and engraver Wencesclaus Hollar2yr ⋅ emilylikesredditalot ⋅ r/oldmaps
Trying to find info on this map. Dad said he was told it’s from the 1700’s but can’t find a date on it anywhere3mo ⋅ thetrombonist ⋅ r/oldmaps
A whimsical map of the Americas depicting the King of Spain riding across the Atlantic in a sea chariot, supposedly on his way to the New World colonies (published in 1673 or later)2yr ⋅ emilylikesredditalot ⋅ r/oldmaps
Spanish WWI map of Europe showing heads of state, coat of arms, and flags. From my personal collection.2yr ⋅ Polymes ⋅ r/oldmaps
So this happened today......My holy grail of maps.....1874 Danbury, Ohio......2yr ⋅ OldTexasMom ⋅ r/oldmaps
A serio-comic map of Europe as seen by an Italian nationalist (c. 1871)2yr ⋅ emilylikesredditalot ⋅ 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!2wk ⋅ OldWorldEliane ⋅ r/oldmaps
A 17th-century map of America with those known parts in that unknown worlde depicting California as an island and featuring several illustrations of indigenous peoples2yr ⋅ emilylikesredditalot ⋅ r/oldmaps
Hantshire (Hampshire), Described and Divided. Performed by John Speed. 1611. Inset plan of Winchester - Question in comments3mo ⋅ sprinkrules ⋅ r/oldmaps
Map of the European Theater showing the route taken by the 1340th Engineer Combat Battalion during WWII. Signed by dozens of members of the unit.3yr ⋅ curtiswrightmaps ⋅ r/oldmaps
