Europe

This miniature map of Normandy was engraved by brothers Ambrose and Ferdinand Arsenius circa 1601 for a third ‘epitome’ (or pocket version) of Orte...

This map shows Lisbon on the banks of the River Tagus, still at the height of her prosperity as the hub of a Portuguese empire and trade network wh...

This miniature map of Austria was engraved by brothers Ambrose and Ferdinand Arsenius circa 1601 for a third ‘epitome’ (or pocket version) of Ortel...

This '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...

The Argonautica illustrates the mythical voyage of Jason and the Argonauts in their quest for the Golden Fleece. The map shows Black Sea and easter...

Pas-Caart van de Oost Zee Verthoonende alle de Ghelegentheydt tusschen t'Eylandt Rugen ende Wyborg From one of the finest Dutch marine atlases of t...

Pomerania, running along the Baltic coast between Rostock and Gdansk, is now divided between Germany and Poland. The 'Atlas Minor’ was a pocket atl...

This is a map of the Italian island of Sardinia, oriented with north to the left of the map. Condition & Materials Copper engraving, sheet size...

Brunopolis [with] Luneburgum [and] Brema [and] Aldenburgum Holsatiae Four north German towns are shown here on one sheet: Braunschweig, Lüneburg an...

Magdeburgum, a Venere quae hic quondam colebatur Parthenopolis dicta, metropolitica Saxoniae urbs The cartouche on this plan of Magdeburg refers to...

Fribergum Misinae The Civitates Orbis Terrarum was one of the most significant cartographic works of the late sixteenth-century, printed over 45 ye...

Wesalia in Ducatu Clivensi Urbs Clara Opibus The Civitates Orbis Terrarum was one of the most significant cartographic works of the late sixteenth...

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 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...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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

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...

This plan of Valenciennes in northern France is from the Civitates Orbis Terrarum, one of the most significant cartographic works of the late sixte...

Aquisgranum A plan of Aachen, or Aix-la-Chapelle, Germany. The Civitates Orbis Terrarum was one of the most significant cartographic works of the l...

Emuda vulgo Embden A plan of Emden in northern Germany. The Civitates Orbis Terrarum was one of the most significant cartographic works of the lat...

This plan of Gouda in the Netherlands is from the Civitates Orbis Terrarum, one of the most significant cartographic works of the late sixteenth-ce...

This miniature map of Hesse is from the first edition of Tabularum geographicarum contractarum libri, a geographical work which is normally catalog...

This miniature map of Nassau is from the first edition of Tabularum geographicarum contractarum libri, a geographical work which is normally catalo...

This miniature map of Brandenburg is from the first edition of Tabularum geographicarum contractarum libri, a geographical work which is normally c...

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

This map of Germany is from the first edition of Tabularum geographicarum contractarum libri, a geographical work which is normally catalogued unde...

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

This map of Southwestern Germany is from the first edition of Tabularum geographicarum contractarum libri, a geographical work which is normally ca...

This map of Northen Bavaria is from the first edition of Tabularum geographicarum contractarum libri, a geographical work which is normally catalog...

This miniature map of the Electoral Palatinate is from the first edition of Tabularum geographicarum contractarum libri, a geographical work which ...

This map of Franconia, including Frankfurt and Nuremberg in modern Bavaria, is from the first edition of Tabularum geographicarum contractarum libr...

This miniature map of Saxony is from the first edition of Tabularum geographicarum contractarum libri, a geographical work which is normally catalo...

Thus miniature map of Dithmarschen in Holstein, flanked by the Eider and the Elbe isfrom the first edition of Tabularum geographicarum contractarum...

This map of Île-de-France, the Paris region north of the Seine, is from the Atlas Minor. The original plates were engraved by Jodocus Hondius, but ...

Plan of the Battle of Malplaquet gained by the Allies Sep. 11 1709 Marlborough’s bloodiest victory was often regarded as pyrrhic even by contempora...

Plan 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...

Mechelin, or Malines, the Capital of one of the ten Provinces of the Netherlands in Brabant This map of Mechelen was engraved by James Basire and p...

This map of Scandinavia is from Sebastian Münster's Cosmographia. A compendium of topographical information, folklore and travels, it was first pub...

This view of the Latvian capital Riga is fromfrom Sebastian Münster's Cosmographia. A compendium of topographical information, folklore and travels...

This regional map of France is from Mallet’s Description de l’Univers. Condition & Materials Copper engraving, 15 x 10.5 cm, recent hand-colo...

This map of France is from Mallet’s Description de l’Univers. Condition & Materials Copper engraving, 15 x 10.5 cm, recent hand-colour, French...

This map of Moldavia and Transylvania is from Mallet’s Description de l’Univers. Condition & Materials  Copper engraving, 15 x 11.5 cm, recent ...

Allemagne en General This map of Northern Germany is from Mallet’s Description de l’Univers. Condition & Materials Copper engraving, 15.5 x 11....