Asia

John Thomson's map of Korea and Japan was engraved by John and George Menzies in 1814 and published in his ‘New General Atlas’ in 1815. Walter sugg...

Moll's map of Asia is dedicated to William Cowper (1665-1723), the first to hold the office of Lord Chancellor (and from 1718 the first Earl Cowper...

Presqu’Isle des Indes Orientales, comprenant l’Indostan ou Empire du Mogol, differens Royaumes ou Etats, les vastes possessions des Anglais, et les...

Thibet, Mongolia, and Mandchouria This map was engraved by John Rapkin for the ‘Illustrated Atlas’; with vignettes including Leh in Ladakh, a stret...

Les Indes Orientales This is Santini’s edition of Robert de Vaugondy’s map of the Indian subcontinent and mainland southeast Asia. Venetian map-mak...

This map of the Bay of Bengal is from the first edition of Tabularum geographicarum contractarum libri, a geographical work which is normally catal...

This map of Southern India and Sri Lanka on an east-west alignment is from the French text edition of Tabularum geographicarum contractarum libri, ...

Burma – Gulf of Mataban – Rangoon River and Approaches This chart covers the mouth of the river between Rangoon (Yangon) and the sea. It shows vill...

This map of the continent of Asia was prepared for the Homann firm by Johann Matthias Hase, professor of mathematics in Wittemberg, on his stereogr...

[Map of] Afghanistan, political, phisical [sic], roads and distances, important historical sites According to the online resource Encyclopaedia Ira...

This map of the Mughal Empire is dedicated by the Blaeu brothers to Joan Huydecoper van Maarsseveen (1599–1661), a prosperous dealer in pelts and a...

This map of Persia, Afghanistan and Balochistan is part of the Authentic Imperial Maps series published by the London Geographical Institute. Condi...

This map of Tasmania was engraved by John Rapkin for the ‘Illustrated Atlas'. John Rogers engraved the black and white vignettes including Hobart T...

This map shows the continent of Asia. The incomplete coastline of ‘Terre de Iesso’ (Hokkaido) extends to the edge of the map; some map-makers belie...

This map of China was published in ‘Oddy’s New General Atlas of the World’. James Wallis (fl. 1810-1825) was born in Southampton in 1784, the son o...

This map of Asia was published in ‘Oddy’s New General Atlas of the World’. New South Wales appears here on the west coast of ‘New Holland’. James W...

This is a map of India contemporary with the events of the Great Rebellion of 1857-58,pPublished under a joint imprint with Edward Stanford in Lond...

Asia veteribus nota. L’Asie ancienne, dirigée par M. Philippe This is a map of Asia as it was understood in the Greco-Roman world in classical anti...

Sinus Gangeticus; vulgo Golfo de Bengale nova descriptio This is a map of the Bay of Bengal with north oriented to the right. Petrus Schenk and Ger...

This map covers the southern part of the subcontinent (Mumbai is near the upper border), and includes the northern part of Sri Lanka. Pink denotes ...

The focus of this map is Toyama, a significant sea-port in what was once Etchu province on Honshu. On stylistic grounds the map appears to date fro...

South Pacific Ocean – Society Islands – Tahiti and Moorea (Otaheite and Eimeo) This chart was derived from French surveys of 1869 and 1885. The fir...

This, the sixth volume of Blaeu’s great ‘Theatrum Orbis Terrarum’or ‘Novus Atlas’ is also the first atlas of China published in Europe. More proper...

Carte de Golphe de Bengale This map of the Bay of Bengal was engraved by Schley after Bellin,  Jacques Nicolas Bellin the elder (1703-1772) was fir...

Carte Reduite du Golfe de Bangale D’Après de Mannevillette (1707-1780) was a practical seaman as well as a mapmaker; his sea atlas was published in...

This map of Australia has a table in the bottom left, showing the European population (supposedly revised to 1846 but with the original figure give...

This is a map of the Maluku Islands, part of the mountainous, volcanic archipelago known to Europeans as the spice islands. The islands were the fo...

Archipel des Indes Orientales, qui comprend les Isles de la Sonde, Moluques et Philippines, tirées des Cartes du Neptune Oriental This map of Indon...

L’Empire de la Chine dressé d’apres les Cartes de l’Atlas Chinois This detailed and relatively accurate map of China, Korea and Taiwan was derived ...

China – East Coast – Province of Shan Tung – Kyau Chau Bay This is a British chart of Jiaozhou Bay on the southern coast of the Shandong Peninsula....

Mae Nam Wen and Entrance, Surveyed by the Hydrographic Department, Royal Thai Navy, March-May 1944 This is a Thai chart of the Mae Nam Welu estuary...

China Sea – Banka Strait This chart of the Bangka Strait was first published in 1858, but revised from British and Dutch surveys. Bangka and Sumatr...

Sheet III – West Coast of India – from Arnol I. to Kundari I This chart shows the approaches to Bombay harbour, modern Mumbai, with significant det...

Bismark Archipel – Neu Hannover This is a German chart of New Hanover Island or Lavongai in the Bismarck Archipelago of Papua New Guinea. German Ne...

South Pacific Ocean – Santa Cruz Islands – Vanikoro Islands (La Pérouse) This British chart of Vanikoro was first published in 1873, with correctio...

Stiller Ozean – Hermit Inseln This is a German chart of the Hermit Islands in the Bismarck Archipelago of Papua New Guinea. German New Guinea, a Ge...

A chart of part of the coast of Cochin-China including Turon Harbour and the island Callao from an actual survey in June 1793. By HW Parish of the ...

This map of Sri Lanka was published in the first trade edition of Stanford’s ‘London Atlas’. Edward Stanford (senior) acquired Arrowmsith's stock i...

This map of Asia is from ‘A Modern and Ancient General Atlas, comprehending all the Empires, Kingdoms, States in the World’. William Home Lizars tr...

Port Louis is the capital and principal port of Mauritius, which remained a British colony until 1968. Condition & Materials Engraved British c...

Japan – Honshu – South Coast – Kii Suido – Yurano Uchi and Hii Wan This sea chart covers a stretch of coastline to the south of Osaka and Wakayama ...

Japón – Cote Est de Yesso – Baie Akishi This is a French chart of Akkeshi Bay, located in Kushiro Subprefecture on the east coast of Hokkaido, the ...

This chart of the Pacific Ocean features two regions named New South Wales. Cook’s New South Wales in Australia remains familiar, but the other, on...

Carte du Grand Thibet. Pour Servir à l’Histoire Generale des Voyages. Tirée des Auteurs Anglois… Bellin notes that his map of Tibet was compiled fr...

Phillimore, Colonel Reginald Henry: Historical Records of the Survey of India. Volumes 1 to 4... alas not including the suppressed fifth volume Col...

This map of New Zealand was published in the second trade edition of Stanford’s London Atlas. Edward Stanford (senior) acquired Arrowmsith's stock ...

Rangoon to Bangkok – specially printed for released Far East Prisoners of War and internees This map was sent by ex prisoner of war mail from Lance...

This map of Burma was published in the second trade edition of Stanford’s London Atlas. Edward Stanford (senior) acquired Arrowmsith's stock in 187...