Maps

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

A voyage round the world, in the years MDCCXL, I II, III, IV by George Anson, esq; now Lord Anson... compiled from his his letters and papers by Ri...

An historical disquisition concerning the knowledge which the ancients had of India; and the progress of trade with that country prior to the disco...

Reuben Ramble's Travels in the Counties of England This is a county atlas designed for children or ‘the little geographer’, with simple text by Sam...

Nouveau voyage en Espagne, ou tableau de l'état actuel de cette monarchie  Jean-François, baron de Bourgoing (1748-1811), was a French diplomat, wr...

The Road from Oxford to Coventry continued to Darby... This map was published as sheet 82 in the 1698 folio edition of Ogilby’s pioneering road atl...

The Extended Road from Oakham to Richmond... commencing at Oakham aforesaid & extending to Barnsley in Yorkshire  This map was published as she...

The Continuation of the Road from London to Holy-Head... Plate 3d., commencing at the City of Lichfield & extending to the City of Chester This...

Robert Morden's county maps, like this one of Northumberland, were engraved to illustrate Gibson's edition of William Camden's Britannia, first pub...

This map of British India was engraved by John Rapkin for John Tallis’ Illustrated Atlas, and includes vignettes engraved by George Greatbach after...

This map of Calcutta includes inset views of the Writers’ Buildings, Government House and Esplanade Row.  Calcutta expanded rapidly under the Gover...

Motus in Coelo Spirales This chart shows the irregular orbits of Mercury and Venus on Tycho Brahe’s model, as observed from Earth, for the years 17...

Sketch Map of Northern and Central East Africa / [Cover title:] Road Map of East Africa This map was ‘compiled with the help of the Public Works an...

The Daily Telegraph was one of a number of newspapers to sponsor London underground maps, like our example from 1919 which also includes the tramwa...

Bowen’s New General Map of America appeared in a number of publications, and features widely held cartographic misconceptions of the time, such as ...

This map of Jamaica includes vignettes of Kingston, Port Royal, Port Antonio, and a sugar mill. The map was engraved by John Rapkin for John Tallis...

Cantebrigia, opulentissimi Anglie Regni, urbs celeberrimi nominis, ab Academie conditore Cantabro, cognominata: a Granta, fluvio vicino, Cairgrant;...

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 plan of the town and harbour of Mahon, St. Philip’s Castle, and its fortifications was engraved by Isaac Basire and published in Nicholas Tind...

America Septentrionalis a Domino d'Anville in Galliis edita nunc in Anglia Coloniis in Interiorem Virginiam deductis nec non Fluvii Ohio... This ma...

This map of Dublin was engraved by Edmund Turrell after William Barnard Clarke for The Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge. The SDUK was ...

Wyld’s map of the Theatre of War in the Baltic and Black Seas including the whole of Russia & Turkey and the Mediterranean Sea    This map was ...

A Mapp of the Parish of St Giles’s in the Fields John Stow's A Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster was originally published in 1598 and ...

This map of Dorset was published in Philip Lea’s edition of Christopher Saxton’s county atlas, commonly known as the Lea-Saxton or Saxton-Lea.  Chr...

This map of Malaya has an inset regional map locating Malaya  in the context of ‘adjacent terrritories’. A previous owner of this, map Lieutenant D...

Bacon’s Map of the World on Mercator’s Projection Condition & MaterialsLithographed folding map, sheet size 48 x 66 cm. Original hand colour, a...

Celeberrima urbs Venetiae This bird's eye plan of the city of Venice and the larger islands is a revised and anonymous version of the Merian plan. ...

Beck’s 1938 passenger map features on its reverse an enlargement of the central London area with interchange stations named inside large diamonds. ...

Underground map of London with some motor bus connections, September 1916 issue. The London General Omnibus Company was by this point owned by the ...

A New and Accurate Map of the City of Westminster, the Dutchy of Lancaster and Places Adjacent This ward plan of Westminster was engraved by Benjam...

The May 1925 issue of Stingemore’s passenger map shows Wembley Exhibition Grounds, and its covers advertise the number of escalators and other amen...

Cassell's 'immense map' of London, of which this is the central sheet, was prepared for the Weekly Dispatch and published in nine parts between Jan...

Cassell's 'immense map' of London, of which this is the south sheet, was prepared for the Weekly Dispatch and published in nine parts between Janua...

Victoria or Port Phillip Engraved by John Rapkin for the Illustrated Atlas, this map includes vignettes of Melbourne, the River Glenelg, a kangaroo...

This miniature map of Gujarat and northern India was published in one of the earlier editions of Bertius’ Tabularum Geographicarum Contractum issue...

Fessae et Marocci Regna – a miniature map of Morocco. Condition & MaterialsCopper engraving, printed area measurement 7.8 x 10.6 cm. Modern ha...

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

This is the Summer 1928 issue of this portrait format map of the London underground, issued 1928-29.  The style of the lines, stations and intercha...

Smith's New Map of England and Wales, with part of Scotland including the turnpike and principal cross roads, the course of the rivers and navigabl...

Hill's Los Angeles City Map and Tourist Guide This detailed city plan of Los Angeles is bordered by an extensive street index. A legend identifies ...

London, the Bastion of Liberty On returning to Blandford Studio in 1946 after his war service with the Air Ministry, Kerry Lee spent six months wor...

De Custen van Engelandt tusschen de droochten van Weembrugh en Poortlandt This chart of part of the Dorset coast features woodcut coastal profiles ...

This tourist plan of Jakarta and Bali was published in Japan Airlines’ Orient Times in September 1975. The map is unsigned, but part of a series in...

This tourist plan of Singapore was published in Japan Airlines’ Orient Times in May 1975.  American commercial artist Raymond Ameijide (1924-2000) ...

This tourist plan of Bangkok was published in Japan Airlines’ Orient Times in August 1975.  American commercial artist Raymond Ameijide (1924-2000)...

This is the North Eastern sheet of Stanford’s Library Map, extending as far east as Straford and West Ham; further sheets were available to extend ...

Wallis's Guide for Strangers, through London, and its Evirons, 1821 The stranger will here find an alphabetical list of streets corresponding to a ...