Maps

This map of Shropshire was engraved to accompany Gibson’s edition of Camden’s Britannia, first published in 1695. Condition & Materials Copper ...

This map of Lincolnshire was engraved to accompany Gibson’s edition of Camden’s Britannia, first published in 1695. Condition & Materials Coppe...

This map of Northamptonshire was engraved by Emanuel Bowen for John Owen’s Britannia Depicta, a pocket road book derived from Ogilby’s innovative a...

 This map of Norfolk was engraved by Emanuel Bowen for John Owen’s Britannia Depicta, a pocket road book derived from Ogilby’s innovative atlas of ...

This map of Herefordshire was engraved by Emanuel Bowen for John Owen’s Britannia Depicta, a pocket road book derived from Ogilby’s innovative atla...

Blome published the first new series of county maps since Speed. In the straightened financial environment of post-Restoration London he had to rep...

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

This map of Radnorshire was engraved by Emanuel Bowen for John Owen’s “Britannia Depicta”, a pocket road book derived from Ogilby’s innovative atla...

Mappae Imperii Muscovitici pars Septentrionalis This detailed early 18th century map of Muscovy follows the cartography of De l’Isle, which include...

The first edition of this map was printed in 1932 but the introduction of Beck's diagram in 1933 did not obviate the need for geographically accura...

This is the southwestern sheet of Mercator’s five regional maps of England and Wales; Janssonius revised the decorative elements in the 1630s, but ...

Carte de la Mer d’Ecosse, Contenant les Isles et Costes Septentrionales et Occidentales d’Ecosse et les Costes Septentrionales d’Irlande This detai...

A Plan of the Town and Township of Liverpool, from an actual survey taken in the year 1785 by C. Eyes This map of Liverpool was surveyed and publis...

Blaeu and the rival Golden Age Dutch cartographic publishing house of Janssonius raced to bring out atlases of the British Isles in the 1630s and e...

An Accurate Map of the County Palatine of Chester […] Condition & Materials Copper engraving, 41.5 x 50.5 cm, map of Cheshire with original han...

This map of Merionethshire includes an inset town-plan of Harlech. John Speed (1552-1629) is unquestionably the most significant English map-maker ...

Cumbria & Westmoria. Vulgo Cumberland & Westmorland Joannes Janssonius II (1588-1664) married into the Hondius family and, with Henricus Ho...

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...

Lincolnia Comitatus Anglis Lyncolneshire Joannes Janssonius II (1588-1664) married into the Hondius family and, with Henricus Hondius, worked on a ...

Cestria Comitatus Palatinatus. The Countye Palatine of Chester Joannes Janssonius II (1588-1664) married into the Hondius family and, with Henricus...

The Countie of Westmorland and Kendale the cheif towne described John Speed (1552-1629) is unquestionably the most significant English map-maker of...

L’Espagne dressée sur la Description qui en a eté faite par Rodrigo Mendez Sylva… par G. de l’Isle/Nova Regni Hispaniae accurata descriptio… Thus ...

Alsatia Superior cum Suntgoia et Brisgoia The original Mercator Atlas (parts published from 1585 onwards) was not a commercial success; the copper ...

A map of the French Alps, the Dauphiné, incuding Grenoble. The borders are those defined by the Treaty of Utrecht (1713) and the cartouche (putti m...

Saxonia Inferior et Mecklenborg Duc The original Mercator Atlas (parts published from 1585 onwards) was not a commercial success; the copper printi...

Terra Sancta, sive Promissionis, olim Palestina recens delineata, et in lucem edita per Nicolaum Visscher… Visscher’s influential map of the Holy L...

Cartographically Speed follows Mercator, but his is one of the most distinctive and decorative early maps of Scotland. The portraits in the borders...

Jerusalem, cum suburbiis, prout tempore Christi floruit, accurate notatis omnibus insgnibus et praecipuè iis locis, in quibis Christus passus est e...

Robert Morden's map of Sussex was engraved to illustrate Gibson's edition of William Camden's Britannia, first published in 1695 and reprinted in 1...

Tabula Prima Asiae continet Pontum, Bithyniam, Asiae propriae dictam, in qua Phyrgia Lyciam Pamphiliam, in qua Pisidia, Galatiam, in qua Paphlagoni...

This map of Cairo is from Mallet’s Description de l’Univers. It derives, ultimately, from Matteo Pagano’s magnificent 21 sheet wall map, published ...

Le Pik de Teneriffe/De Piek-Bergh op het Eilant Tenerifto The Anaga mountain range meets the sea in the northeastern part of Tenerife, close to the...

Carte des Isles du Cap-Verd This chart of the Cape Verde islands was engraved by Guillaume de la Haye. D’Après de Mannevillette (1707-1780) was a p...

This map of Augsburg was published by Merian and his heirs in various works, including the Archontologia cosmica, Theatrum Europaeum and the Topogr...

This plan of Metz in northeastern France is from the Civitates Orbis Terrarum, one of the most significant cartographic works of the late sixteenth...

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...

[Title-page] Anglorum Indoles Studia et Actiones In attempting to define the character of the English there is a strong emphasis on trade and disco...

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...

Views of two towns on the Bay of Naples, Pozzuoli and Baia, are here presented on one sheet. The Civitates Orbis Terrarum was one of the most signi...

This map includes French town plans after Belleforest on one sheet: Autun in Burgundy and Nevers in Bourgogne. They are from the Civitates Orbis Te...

This map of Mons in Belgium is shown with Arras in northern France. It is from the Civitates Orbis Terrarum, one of the most significant cartograph...

Robert Morden's map of Northumberland was engraved to illustrate Gibson's edition of William Camden's Britannia, first published in 1695 and reprin...

This map of Bedforshire was engraved by Emanuel Bowen for John Owen’s Britannia Depicta, a pocket road book derived from Ogilby’s innovative atlas ...

This map of Huntingdonshire was prepared for Anglia Contracta, Seller's miniature county atlas. Seller's atlases are notoriously difficult to date ...

Das Irische und Kaledonische Meer mit Seinen Inseln This map focuses on the islands off the coast of Scotland and in the Irish Sea, and it's from f...

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