Niebuhr’s Map of Yemen
Terrae Yemen maxima Pars seu Imperii Imami, Principatus Kaukebân, nec non ditionum Haschid u Bekîl, Nehhm, Chaulân, Abu Arîsch Et Aden, Tabula ex o...
View full detailsTerrae Yemen maxima Pars seu Imperii Imami, Principatus Kaukebân, nec non ditionum Haschid u Bekîl, Nehhm, Chaulân, Abu Arîsch Et Aden, Tabula ex o...
View full detailsCondition & Materials Copper engraving, 19 x 25 cm, recent hand-colour, blank verso; a plan of Tower Ward published in Noorthouck’s History of ...
View full detailsLimestreet Ward divided into Parishes according to a late Survey Possibly engraved by Thomas Bowen and first published in the London Magazine, this...
View full detailsOur journey to Aberystwyth begins in London and follows the road northwest, past Tiburn and Hyde Park, through Camden and Acton, and via Beaconsfie...
View full detailsOur journey to Dover begins in London and follows the road through Deptford, Blackheath, Shooter’s Hill, and Dartford, reaching Dover via Rochester...
View full detailsThis road map includes London, Islington, and Highgate, and extends as far as Towcester. It was published as sheet 21 in the 1698 folio edition of ...
View full detailsOur journey to Hythe begins in London and follows the road through East Peckham and Eltham, reaching Hythe via Maidstone. Thousands of miles of roa...
View full detailsOur journey begins in London and follows the road west through Knightsbridge and Kensington (with Hyde Park to one side), Hammersmith and Turnham G...
View full detailsOur journey takes us along the road between the university towns of Oxford and Cambridge, via Bedford. Thousands of miles of roads were surveyed fo...
View full detailsAeneae Troiani Navigatio, as Virgilii sex priores Aeneidos This of the eastern Mediterranean depicts the wanderings of the legendary Trojan prince ...
View full detailsThis 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...
View full detailsThis map of the British Isles is aligned with west at the top of the map and north on the right, which makes better use of the available space on t...
View full detailsThe Argonautica illustrates the mythical voyage of Jason and the Argonauts in their quest for the Golden Fleece. The map shows Black Sea and easter...
View full detailsHispaniae 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...
View full detailsBraunsvicensis, et Luneburgensis dvcatvvm vera delineat… Norimberg. Agri, Fidissima descrip… Here we see two maps on one sheet, the Duchy of Brunsw...
View full detailsTransilvania Copper engraving, 33 x 45 cm, modern hand-colour, Latin text on verso. This is the second version of Ortelius’ map of Transylvania, n...
View full detailsSchlavoniae, Croatiae, Carniae, Istriae, Bosniae, Finitimarumque Regionum Nova Descriptio Ortelius’ map of the western Balkans drew on the cartogra...
View full detailsVan 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...
View full detailsDaciarum, Moesiarumque, vetus descriptio This map of Ancient Dacia and Moesia, modern Romania and Bulgaria on the Black Sea was published by Baltha...
View full detailsRomaniae, (quae olim Thracia dicta) Vicinarumque Regionum, uti Bulgariae, Walachiae, Syrfiae, etc. Descriptio This map shows the Lower Danube regio...
View full detailsNatoliae quae olim Asia Minor nova descriptio / Aegypti recentior descriptio / Carthaginis celeberrimi sinus typus Here on one sheet we have three ...
View full detailsZara et Sebenic This map of Zara and Sebinico on the Croatian coast is from the second series of maps engraved for the Epitome by Philip Galle. Con...
View full detailsA Map of Great Greece and of the Islands of Sardinia and Corsica This map of the Greek colonies in southern Italy was published in An Universal His...
View full detailsThis map of Middlesex was published in Geographia Magnae Britanniae, or, Correct Maps of all the Counties in England, Scotland and Wales. It was pr...
View full detailsPlan of the Battle of Malplaquet gained by the Allies Sep. 11 1709 Marlborough’s bloodiest victory was often regarded as pyrrhic even by contempora...
View full detailsA Plan of the Town and Citadel of Plymouth in the County of Devon This map of Plymouth was published in the London Magazine and incorporates Smeat...
View full detailsNegroponte (Euboea) This map of Negropoonte was engraved by Girolamo Porro and is set in descriptive Italian text with a woodcut headpiece and hist...
View full detailsScarpanto (Karpathos) This map of Karpathos was engraved by Girolamo Porro and is set in descriptive Italian text with a woodcut headpiece and hist...
View full detailsCerigo (Kythera) This map of Kythera was engraved by Girolamo Porro and is set in descriptive Italian text with a woodcut headpiece and historiated...
View full detailsMetellino (Mytilene, Lesbos) This map of Mitilini was engraved by Girolamo Porro and is set in descriptive Italian text with a woodcut headpiece an...
View full detailsMilo (Milos) This map of Milos was engraved by Girolamo Porro and is set in descriptive Italian text with a woodcut headpiece and historiated initi...
View full detailsNicsia (Naxos) This map of Naxos was engraved by Girolamo Porro and is set in descriptive Italian text with a woodcut headpiece and historiated ini...
View full detailsIl Sito de Curzolari (and Gulf of Lepanto) This map of the gulf of Lepanto was engraved by Girolamo Porro and is set in descriptive Italian text wi...
View full detailsPlan of Cardona, a strong City and Castle of Catalonia, upon the River Cardoner as besieged by the French and defended by the Allies This plan of t...
View full detailsThis map of Middlesex was first published in 1746 to accompany Thomas Read’s English Traveller. The the plates were acquired by John Rocque and re-...
View full detailsThis map of Cardiganshire was published in the second edition of Philemon Holland’s translation of Camden’s Britannia into English, the third print...
View full detailsThis map of County Durham was engraved by Kip after Saxton. It is from the second edition of Philemon Holland’s translation of Camden’s Britannia i...
View full detailsThis map of Denbighshire was published in the second edition of Philemon Holland’s translation of Camden’s Britannia into English, the third printi...
View full detailsHertfordiae Comitatus This map of Hertfordshire is from the second edition of Philemon Holland’s translation of Camden’s Britannia into English, th...
View full detailsLincolniae Comitatus ubi olim insederunt Coritani This map of Lincolnshire is from the second edition of Philemon Holland’s translation of Camden’s...
View full detailsThis map of Merionethshire is from the second edition of Philemon Holland’s English translation of Camden’s Britannia, the third printing from the ...
View full detailsWilliam Camden was an Elizabethan historian who wrote a county by county description of England. He continued to revise and expand his work, which ...
View full detailsEboracensis Comitatus […] pars Orientalis, vulgo East Riding. This map of the East Riding is from the second edition of Philemon Holland’s translat...
View full detailsWesmorlandia e comitatis. This map of Westmorland is from the second edition of Philemon Holland’s translation of Camden’s Britannia into English, ...
View full detailsThis 'carte à figure' map of Italy includes eight costume vignettes and six city views around the edges, with the coats of arms of Corsica and Sard...
View full detailsThis 'carte à figure' map of Poland includes eight costume vignettes and six city views around the edges, and also feature the coats of arms of Pol...
View full detailsCardigan Shyre described with the due forme of the Shiretown as it was surveyed by JS. Anno 1610 John Speed (1552-1629) is unquestionably the most ...
View full detailsThe Province of Connaugh with the Citie of Galwaye described […] The inset plan of Galway is the earliest printed map of the city, and Speed was al...
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