Pre-1500 Maps

Pirro Ligorio - Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae: Plan of Ancient Rome

The Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae is a collection of engravings of Rome and Roman antiquities, the core of which consists of prints published by Antonio Lafreri and gathered under a title page he printed in t... More

Monastery of Vatopedi 655. Ptolemy, Geography. 13th cent. 296 f

Maps of Europe, f. 33v-42; Maps of Africa, f. 43-44; Maps of Asia, f. 45-54. First page of Strabo's Geography, f. 70r. Copied on vellum. Microfilmed in part.

Konrad von Grünenberg - Beschreibung der Reise von Konstanz nach Jerus...

Collection of early maps from various sources by BibliOdyssey.

Ninth map of Europe (the Balkans, northern Greece, the Dardanelles and...

Public domain scan of an old vintage map, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

View of Jerusalem - Public domain vintage map

Map of the world with the phases of the moon, the planets, and the sun

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Napoli de Romania - Public domain vintage map

Collection of early maps from various sources by BibliOdyssey.

Universalis cosmographia secundum Ptholomæi traditionem et Americi Ves...

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Text with red and blue initials. Map with small drawings of cities.

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Map from BL Arundel 93, f. 148 - Public domain old map

Detail of a miniature of a map of Icaria and mandria, illustrating sections 51-52. Image taken from f. 148 of Liber insularum archipelagi. Written in Latin.

Map of Europe, Africa, the Mediterranean, and Asia. Personifications ...

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Hua yi tu. Historic map, Library of Congress

Stone rubbing dated 1903? Original stone was engraved in Fuchang 7 nian, i.e. 1136 A.D. The stone is now in the Forest of Stone Steles Museum in Xi'an, China. Covers China in Nan Song Dynasty, from east to the ... More

Andros from BL Arundel 93, f. 141 - Public domain map

Detail of a miniature of a map of the island of Andros, from section 28. Image taken from f. 141 of Liber insularum archipelagi. Written in Latin.

Map of the world with the phases of the moon, the planets and the sun

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Mappa Mundi - Public domain medieval manuscript

Collection of early maps from various sources by BibliOdyssey. Public domain reproduction of illuminated medieval manuscript page, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Pingjiang tu. Historic map, Library of Congress

Stone rubbing dated between 1858 and 1869. One of the earliest and biggest stone rubbing maps in China. Original stone was engraved in 1229 under Li Shoupeng. The map is now in the Museum of Engraved Stone Tabl... More

Miniature of a map: 'Crete hodie candia'. from BL Arundel 93, f. 134v

Miniature of a map: 'Crete hodie candia'. Image taken from f. 134v of Liber insularum archipelagi. Written in Latin.

Chios from BL Arundel 93, f. 150 - Public domain old map

Detail of a map of the island of Chios, illustrating section 58. Image taken from f. 150 of Liber insularum archipelagi. Written in Latin.

Ptolemy Cosmographia 1467 - world map

Collection of early maps from various sources by BibliOdyssey. Public domain reproduction of Greek Byzantine medieval illuminated manuscript page, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Portolan chart of the Pacific coast from Mexico to northern Chile].

Public domain image of a nautical map, chart, navigation pilot guide, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Unsigned and untitled T-O world map

Simple map-like diagrams, known as T-O world maps, reflect a medieval European world view. These simple drawings portray the Earth's land masses as a circle surrounded by water. The land is separated into three... More

Konrad von Grünenberg - Beschreibung der Reise von Konstanz nach Jerus...

Collection of early maps from various sources by BibliOdyssey.

Plan of Jerusalem - miniature, medieval manuscript

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Podia from BL Arundel 93, f. 144v - Public domain map

Miniatures of maps, including of the islands of Podia. Image taken from f. 144v of Liber insularum archipelagi. Written in Latin.

Maps from BL Arundel 93, ff. 148v-149

Miniatures of maps of the islands of Phormachi and Agathousa, Samos, and the Fourni, illustrating sections 53-55. Image taken from ff. 148v-149 of Liber insularum archipelagi. Written in Latin.

Maps from BL Arundel 93, ff. 147v-148

Miniatures of maps of the islands of Patmos, Dipsa, Crousia, and Icaria and Mandria, illustrating sections 48-52. Image taken from ff. 147v-148 of Liber insularum archipelagi. Written in Latin.

Konrad von Grünenberg - Beschreibung der Reise von Konstanz nach Jerus...

Collection of early maps from various sources by BibliOdyssey.

Text with red and blue initials. Map stretching across both pages, wi...

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View of Jerusalem - Public domain vintage map

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Map from BL Arundel 93, ff. 151v-152

Miniatures of a map of Metelin, illustrating section 59. Image taken from ff. 151v-152 of Liber insularum archipelagi. Written in Latin.

Seventh map of Europe (Sardinia and Sicily), in full gold border.

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First map of Asia (Asia minor), in full gold border.

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View of Jerusalem - Public domain vintage map

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Monastery of Vatopedi 655. Ptolemy, Geography. 13th cent. 296 f

Maps of Europe, f. 33v-42; Maps of Africa, f. 43-44; Maps of Asia, f. 45-54. First page of Strabo's Geography, f. 70r. Copied on vellum. Microfilmed in part.

City map of Venice - Liber Chronicarum (p. 272)

Collection of early maps from various sources by BibliOdyssey.

Konrad von Grünenberg - Beschreibung der Reise von Konstanz nach Jerus...

Collection of early maps from various sources by BibliOdyssey.

Magical Calendar a - An old manuscript with many different types of co...

Collection of early maps from various sources by BibliOdyssey.

Text with red and blue initials. Map with small drawing of city.

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Map of Europe, Africa, the Mediterranean, and Asia. Personifications ...

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Destruccio Herosolime (Destruction of Jerusalem) - Hartmann Schedel's ...

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Magical Calendar - Public domain medieval manuscript

Collection of early maps from various sources by BibliOdyssey.

Explicit of La Sfera, with initials, map and town of Tana

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First map of Europe (Britain and Ireland). Full gold border.

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Sixth map of Europe (Italy, Corsica), in full gold border.

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Page of text with initials and map showing Troy and Rhodes? Note hand...

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Yu ji tu. Historic map, Library of Congress

Stone rubbing dated 1903? One of the earliest stone maps, it consists of 5,110 grids, each grid is approximately 100 li. Original stone was engraved in Fuchang 7 nian, i.e. 1136 A.D. The stone is now in the For... More

Map of the world from BL Royal 15 E III, f. 67v

Miniature of a map of the world divided on three parts, Europe, Asia, and Africa, with a full border and an illuminated initial 'A'(layde), at the beginning of book 15. Image taken from f. 67v of De proprietati... More

Typus orbis terrarum, illuminated manuscript, Abraham Ortelius 1527-15...

Ortelius' book of maps, first published in 1570, is considered the first modern world atlas. It was the first time that a set of maps, contemporary to the date of publication, was designed, drawn, and engraved ... More

Von den newen Inseln : der Statt Themistitan in den newen Inseln geleg...

Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. LC copy annotated in ink: "From an unidentified German edition of Sebastian Münster's Cosmographia Universalis, 1597 or later. Bought f... More

First map of Asia (Asia minor), in full gold border.

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Nuremberg Chronicle world map - Public domain old map

Collection of natural science, astronomy and ancient technology images from various sources selected by BibliOdyssey.

Universalis cosmographia secundum Ptholomaei traditionem et Americi Ve...

Relief shown pictorially. First document known to name America. Red ink grid on 2 sheets. Text applied over blank areas on 2 sheets. Manuscript annotations in the margin of 1 sheet. All sheets bear a watermark ... More

[Portolan chart of the Mediterranean Sea ca. 1320-1350 : manuscript ch...

Anonymous nautical chart in portolan style probably drawn in Genoa. Covers Mediterranean Sea from the Balearic Islands to the Levantine coast; also covers western part of Black Sea. Oldest original cartographic... More

Map of the world from BL Royal 15 E III, f. 67v

Detail of a miniature of a map of the world divided on three parts, Europe, Asia, and Africa, at the beginning of book 15. Image taken from f. 67v of De proprietatibus rerum in French (Livre des proprietez des ... More

Scheme of the map of the world with moon, sun and five planets

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First map of Asia (Asia minor), in full gold border.

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La sfera. nautical chart - Rare book, public domain, Library of Congre...

In verse. Sometimes incorrectly ascribed to Gregorio's nephew, Leonardo Dati, according to Goff, citing GW. No signatures. LC copy has marginal color wash pen-and-ink illustrations, including astronomical, mete... More

Tenth map of Asia (India), with full gold border.

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Map from BL Royal 12 F IV, f. 135v

Detail of a circular diagram representing a map of the world (a so-called 'T-O' map). Image taken from f. 135v of Commentary on Phocas's Ars de nomine et verbo; Etymologiae and De nominibus legis et evangelii s... More

Maps from BL Arundel 93, ff. 152v-153

Miniatures of maps, including of Tenedos and Gallipoli, illustrating sections 60 and 61. Image taken from ff. 152v-153 of Liber insularum archipelagi. Written in Latin.

Map from BL Arundel 93, f. 133 - Public domain medieval manuscript

Miniature of a map. Image taken from f. 133 of Liber insularum archipelagi. Written in Latin.

Monastery of Vatopedi 655. Ptolemy, Geography. 13th cent. 296 f

Maps of Europe, f. 33v-42; Maps of Africa, f. 43-44; Maps of Asia, f. 45-54. First page of Strabo's Geography, f. 70r. Copied on vellum. Microfilmed in part.

Monastery of Vatopedi 655. Ptolemy, Geography. 13th cent. 296 f

Maps of Europe, f. 33v-42; Maps of Africa, f. 43-44; Maps of Asia, f. 45-54. First page of Strabo's Geography, f. 70r. Copied on vellum. Microfilmed in part.

Map of Europe, Africa, the Mediterranean, and Asia. Personifications ...

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La sfera. nautical chart - Rare book, public domain, Library of Congre...

In verse. Sometimes incorrectly ascribed to Gregorio's nephew, Leonardo Dati, according to Goff, citing GW. No signatures. LC copy has marginal color wash pen-and-ink illustrations, including astronomical, mete... More

La sfera. nautical chart - Rare book, public domain, Library of Congre...

In verse. Sometimes incorrectly ascribed to Gregorio's nephew, Leonardo Dati, according to Goff, citing GW. No signatures. LC copy has marginal color wash pen-and-ink illustrations, including astronomical, mete... More

La sfera. nautical chart - Rare book, public domain, Library of Congre...

In verse. Sometimes incorrectly ascribed to Gregorio's nephew, Leonardo Dati, according to Goff, citing GW. No signatures. LC copy has marginal color wash pen-and-ink illustrations, including astronomical, mete... More

Eighth vision: as John watches, God in heaven sends a flowing river th...

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Second map of Africa (Libya), in full gold border.

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Text with map filling blank spaces, small drawings of cities, includin...

Cosmographiae introductio : cum quibusdam geometriae ac astronomiae pr...

Designed to accompany Waldseemüller's globe and wall map of the world, on which the New World is called America. "America" is suggested as name for the New World on sig. C1 recto and C3 verso. Originally publi... More

Cosmographia., 15th century

Incunabula are books printed in the earliest years of the printing press, from the mid-15th century to the early 16th century. The term "incunabulum" is Latin for "cradle" and refers to the fact that these work... More

Cosmographia., 15th century

Incunabula are books printed in the earliest years of the printing press, from the mid-15th century to the early 16th century. The term "incunabulum" is Latin for "cradle" and refers to the fact that these work... More

Cosmographia., 15th century

Incunabula are books printed in the earliest years of the printing press, from the mid-15th century to the early 16th century. The term "incunabulum" is Latin for "cradle" and refers to the fact that these work... More

Cosmographia., 15th century

Incunabula are books printed in the earliest years of the printing press, from the mid-15th century to the early 16th century. The term "incunabulum" is Latin for "cradle" and refers to the fact that these work... More

Cosmographia., 15th century

Incunabula are books printed in the earliest years of the printing press, from the mid-15th century to the early 16th century. The term "incunabulum" is Latin for "cradle" and refers to the fact that these work... More

Cosmographia., 15th century

Incunabula are books printed in the earliest years of the printing press, from the mid-15th century to the early 16th century. The term "incunabulum" is Latin for "cradle" and refers to the fact that these work... More

Cosmographia., 15th century

Incunabula are books printed in the earliest years of the printing press, from the mid-15th century to the early 16th century. The term "incunabulum" is Latin for "cradle" and refers to the fact that these work... More

Volvelle from BL Harley 941, f. 29v

Volvelle for calculating Easter, other movable feasts, Sunday letters, the Golden Number and the leap year, with a figure (a woman?) in the centre. Image taken from f. 29v of A literary and scientific miscellan... More

Maps from BL Arundel 93, ff. 158v-159

Miniatures of maps. Image taken from ff. 158v-159 of Liber insularum archipelagi. Written in Latin.

Monastery of Vatopedi 655. Ptolemy, Geography. 13th cent. 296 f

Maps of Europe, f. 33v-42; Maps of Africa, f. 43-44; Maps of Asia, f. 45-54. First page of Strabo's Geography, f. 70r. Copied on vellum. Microfilmed in part.

Monastery of Vatopedi 655. Ptolemy, Geography. 13th cent. 296 f

Maps of Europe, f. 33v-42; Maps of Africa, f. 43-44; Maps of Asia, f. 45-54. First page of Strabo's Geography, f. 70r. Copied on vellum. Microfilmed in part.

[Map of the Far East and adjacent Pacific].

The map, in its ornamental frame, occupies the right side of the sheet. Drawing of a ship and an eight-line explanation of Roman numerals on left side of the sheet. Place names in Arabic. Chinese in two columns... More

La sfera. nautical chart - Rare book, public domain, Library of Congre...

In verse. Sometimes incorrectly ascribed to Gregorio's nephew, Leonardo Dati, according to Goff, citing GW. No signatures. LC copy has marginal color wash pen-and-ink illustrations, including astronomical, mete... More

La sfera. nautical chart - Rare book, public domain, Library of Congre...

In verse. Sometimes incorrectly ascribed to Gregorio's nephew, Leonardo Dati, according to Goff, citing GW. No signatures. LC copy has marginal color wash pen-and-ink illustrations, including astronomical, mete... More

La sfera. nautical chart - Rare book, public domain, Library of Congre...

In verse. Sometimes incorrectly ascribed to Gregorio's nephew, Leonardo Dati, according to Goff, citing GW. No signatures. LC copy has marginal color wash pen-and-ink illustrations, including astronomical, mete... More

La sfera. nautical chart - Rare book, public domain, Library of Congre...

In verse. Sometimes incorrectly ascribed to Gregorio's nephew, Leonardo Dati, according to Goff, citing GW. No signatures. LC copy has marginal color wash pen-and-ink illustrations, including astronomical, mete... More

Motvs . noue . spere . et . trepvdacionis . octave . spere . 1514

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Eleventh map of Asia (southeast Asia), in full gold border.

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Twelfth map of Asia, in full gold border.

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Text with red and blue initials, rubrics, one chart showing map of the...

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Page of text with maps, including T-map. Rubric and initials.

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Cosmographia., 15th century

Incunabula are books printed in the earliest years of the printing press, from the mid-15th century to the early 16th century. The term "incunabulum" is Latin for "cradle" and refers to the fact that these work... More

Cosmographia., 15th century

Incunabula are books printed in the earliest years of the printing press, from the mid-15th century to the early 16th century. The term "incunabulum" is Latin for "cradle" and refers to the fact that these work... More

Cosmographia., 15th century

Incunabula are books printed in the earliest years of the printing press, from the mid-15th century to the early 16th century. The term "incunabulum" is Latin for "cradle" and refers to the fact that these work... More

Cosmographia., 15th century

Incunabula are books printed in the earliest years of the printing press, from the mid-15th century to the early 16th century. The term "incunabulum" is Latin for "cradle" and refers to the fact that these work... More

Cosmographia., 15th century

Incunabula are books printed in the earliest years of the printing press, from the mid-15th century to the early 16th century. The term "incunabulum" is Latin for "cradle" and refers to the fact that these work... More

Cosmographia., 15th century

Incunabula are books printed in the earliest years of the printing press, from the mid-15th century to the early 16th century. The term "incunabulum" is Latin for "cradle" and refers to the fact that these work... More

Diagrams from BL Harley 2799, ff. 241v-242

Diagrams and a map. Image taken from ff. 241v-242 of Bible ('The Arnstein Bible') (Job to Revelation), including the Psalms in three versions in three columns, and diagrams, including of the monstrous races (f.... More

Map from BL Arundel 93, ff. 159v-160

Miniatures of a map. Image taken from ff. 159v-160 of Liber insularum archipelagi. Written in Latin.