Europe

This is the Tuscan island of Elba, a map newly added to the ‘Atlas Novus’ in 1640. Koeman records that it was first published in the French text ed...

This map of Italy is coloured to show the Papal States, Kingdom of Naples, the Venetian and Genoese Republics etc, and is flanked by a chronologica...

This map shows the Swedish Empire, including Finland and Swedish Livonia. It waspublished in Chiquet’s ‘Le nouveau et curieux atlas géographique et...

Norway was restored as a kingdom in 1661, albeit in union with Denmark. The table at the top left of the map lists ancient kings of Norway, next to...

Les estats de la Couronne de Pologne This map of the Crown of the Kingdom of Poland was published in Chiquet’s ‘Le nouveau et curieux atlas géograp...

Les Royaumes de Portugal et d’Algarve This map of Portugal was published in Chiquet’s ‘Le nouveau et curieux atlas géographique et historique ...’....

This map of Lisbon was engraved by Josiah Henshall after William Barnard Clarke. It was published by the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowle...

Castellum Gibraltar in Andalusia situm, cum celebri Freto inter Europam et Africam […] This map of Gibraltar shows the Straits, and the prospect at...

A correct sketch of the northern seat of war, exhibiting the whole of the country, wherein the British troops under the command of His Royal Highne...

Plan du Siege de Namur avec les nouveaux travaux que sa Majesté y a fait adjouter qui sont marquees à la lettre A. Cette place fut reduitte à l’obb...

Map of the Occupied Areas / Carte des Zones d’Occupation / Karte der Besatzungs-Zonen mit Neuen Postleitgebieten / [in Cyrillic:] Karta Okkupacionn...

Sketch illustrative of the operations in the vicinity of Bayonne during the winter of 1813. Against the Light Division at the village of Arcangues ...

Sketch of the action near the Vigia de la Barrosa fought 5th March, 1811 between the allied armies under Sir Thomas Graham, and the French […] Plan...

Movements of the two armies after the repulse of Marshall Massena’s attack upon the position of Bussaco This map was lithographed by AR Grive and p...

European Dominions of the Ottomans, or Turkey in Europe Greece had become an independent nation after the war of 1821-30, but most other Balkan sta...

L’Isle de France, Parisiensis Ager The historic Île-de-France region is to the north of Paris (the modern province has Paris at its centre). The 'A...

Le XVII Provinces des Pays Bas divisées en Provinces Unies connues sous le nom de Hollande, et en Pays Bas Catholiques connues sous le nom de Fland...

Pomeraniae Wandalicae Regionis Typ. [on sheet with] Livoniae Nova descriptio [and] Ducatus Oswieczensis et Zatoriensis Descriptio An early example ...

Hollandiae Comitatus una cum Ultrajectino Dominio nec non maximis partibus Geldriae Ducatus, per C. Specht This example of Caspar Specht’s map has ...

This map of Vienna was published by the SDUK. The Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge was founded in 1826 with the high-minded aim of mak...

Faden, William: Le Petit Neptune Français; or, French Coasting Pilot, for the Coast of Flanders, Channel, Bay of Biscay, and Mediterranean. To whic...

This map of the French island of Corsica, ruled by the Genoese in the 17th century and included in the Italian volume of Blaeu’s atlas, is oriented...

Carta ilustrada del Muy Noble y Muy Leal Señorio de Vizcaya This map was published to mark the centenary of the Banco de Bilbao, one of the big fou...

Van den Broecke stresses the significance of this map of Gaul: “in contrast to plate Ort 194 [Gallia vetus, based on Caesar’s commentaries], this m...

This map of Scandinavia is from Wyld's New General Atlas. James Wyld senior established a highly successful firm of map publishers, which passed to...

Prospect und Grun-Riss der Keyserl. Rezidenz-Stadt Wien […] This map of Vienna, with a black and white prospect of the city beneath, is from the gr...

Schlavoniae, Croatiae, Carniae, Istriae, Bosniae, Finitimarumque Regionum Nova Descriptio Ortelius’ map of the western Balkans drew on the cartogra...

Nassovia Comitatus The original Mercator Atlas (parts published from 1585 onwards) was not a commercial success; the copper printing plates were bo...

Braunsvicensis, et Luneburgensis dvcatvvm vera delineat… Norimberg. Agri, Fidissima descrip… Here we see two maps on one sheet, the Duchy of Brunsw...

This map of Milan shows towns heightened in gold. Condition & Materials Copper engraving, 41.5 x 54 cm, original hand-colour, closed tears, min...

Transilvania Copper engraving, 33 x 45 cm, modern hand-colour, Latin text on verso. This is the second version of Ortelius’ map of Transylvania, n...

Morea olim Peloponnesus Condition & Materials  Copper engraving, 34 x 41.5 cm, original hand colour, trivial spotting, French text on verso. Re...

Hispaniae veteris typus Our example of this map of Ancient Spain was published by Balthasar Moretus at the Plantin Press, in the final edition of t...

Romaniae, (quae olim Thracia dicta) Vicinarumque Regionum, uti Bulgariae, Walachiae, Syrfiae, etc. Descriptio This map shows the Lower Danube regio...

Bulgaria et Romania: divisa in singulares sangiacatus Silistriam, Nicopolin, Bodinum, Sardiam, Bysantium, Kirkeliam et Gallipolin, una cum finitimi...

This map of the Baltic, with an inset of St Petersburg, is from the Royal Atlas of Modern Geography. Condition & Materials Lithographed map, 45...

James Playfair (1738-1819) was Historiographer to the Prince of Wales and Rector of St Andrews. A comprehensively revised edition of his atlas, "el...

Parte Occidentale/Orientale del Governo Generale d’Orleans This map of the Duchy of Orleans is from Mercurio Geografico, an unusual and finely engr...

Governo Generale dell’Isola Di Francia (Île-de-France) This map of Île-de-France is from Mercurio Geografico, an unusual and finely engraved work. ...

Il Ducato di Bar diviso ne suoi tre Baliaggi de Barleduc, di S. Michel, e Bassigny […] e li Territorii della Citta e Vescovati di Metz, Tul e Verdu...

Il Ducato di Lorena (Lorraine) This map of Lorraine is from Mercurio Geografico, an unusual and finely engraved work. Condition & Materials Cop...

La Savoia divisa nelle sue Principali Provincie da Giacomo Cantelli da Vignola [….] This is a map of Savoy from Mercurio Geografico, an unusual and...

Aeneae Troiani Navigatio, as Virgilii sex priores Aeneidos This of the eastern Mediterranean depicts the wanderings of the legendary Trojan prince ...

Blaeu's 'carte à figure' map of Europe features ten costume vignettes and nine city views around the edges with galleys, galleons, sea monsters, be...

This map of Ancient Gaul was engraved on the basis of Caesar’s commentaries on the Gallic Wars, his first hand account of the campaign. The text on...

L’Espagne dressée sur la Description qui en a eté faite par Rodrigo Mendez Sylva… par G. de l’Isle/Nova Regni Hispaniae accurata descriptio… Thus ...

Alsatia Superior cum Suntgoia et Brisgoia The original Mercator Atlas (parts published from 1585 onwards) was not a commercial success; the copper ...

A map of the French Alps, the Dauphiné, incuding Grenoble. The borders are those defined by the Treaty of Utrecht (1713) and the cartouche (putti m...