Maps

Cassell's 'immense map' of London was prepared for the Weekly Dispatch and published in nine parts between January 1861 and April 1862. It reappear...

This map of Natal was engraved by John Rapkin for John Tallis' popular ‘Illustrated Atlas’; it includes vignettes of Port Natal engraved by William...

Circular folding map of the environs of Paris, 79 x 79 cm, engraved by Barrière (Pére) after Bariolle, black and white, dissected into 24 sheets an...

Folding map showing the post roads of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Condition & Materials  4 folding engraved map sheets, which can be joined, e...

This map of Central America was engraved by John Rapkin for John Tallis' popular ‘Illustrated Atlas’; it includes black and white vignettes of Beli...

This map of Nova Scotia was engraved by John Rapkin for John Tallis' popular ‘Illustrated Atlas’; it includes black and white vignettes of Halifax,...

Mexico achieved independence in 1821, and became a republic in 1823. Between 1823 and 1825 Stephen Austin successfully renegotiated with the new go...

Condition & Materials  Copper engraving, 30 x 38 cm, engraved by Edward Jones, original hand colour, blank verso. Published in ‘Smith’s new gen...

Extensive areas of this map of Africa are left entirely blank, but there is also a considerable amount of speculative material. The legendary Mount...

This world map tracks for all three of Cook’s voyages, and was published in ‘Smith’s new general atlas’, which was issued in various editions from ...

Cutting A Fine Figure Speed’s 'carte à figure' of Italy features eight costume vignettes and six city views around the edges, with the coats of arm...

The map of the Eastern Hemisphere tracks the overland route to India (subject of a separate map in the series) and on to Australia. The mapmaker Jo...

The Railway Clearing House allocated revenue on occasions where one company’s train ran over another’s track, and promoted standardisation (of ever...

The Railway Clearing House allocated revenue on occasions where one company’s train ran over another’s track, and promoted standardisation (of ever...

The warlike putti on the cartouche of this map of what is now Latvia and Estonia, with parts of Lithuania, emphasise the contested nature of the re...

This map of the Heptarchy, or seven Anglo-Saxon kingdoms, was engraved by William Hole for the first illustrated edition of William Camden's Britan...