Maps

Robert Morden's maps were engraved to illustrate Gibson's edition of William Camden's Britannia, first published in 1695 and reprinted in various 1...

Vorstellung des Alten und Neven Athens, von dem Venetiani – schen Geographo Herrn Pat. Coronelli verzeichnet Coronelli’s plan retains features of t...

The United Nations was established in October 1945, and Bullock’s map is a joyful celebration of what promised to be a more effective successor to ...

Partie Méridionale de la Russie Européenne This is a late state of Robert de Vaugondy’s map of southern Russia, Ukraine and parts of Poland. The or...

Two English printers dipped a toe in the vernacular atlas market at approximately the same time with pocket editions of the Ortelius atlas: ‘These ...

District within ¼ mile radius [of] Uxbridge Stanford’s was a firm of map publishers as well as map retailers until after the Second World War, with...

The guide seems to have been aimed at an American audience, with several pages devoted to converting prices in pounds, shillings and pence into dol...

This Central London Railway map is similar in style to the UERL common design which had been in circulation since 1908, although with a chocolate r...

Benjamin Getzel Lewis' map of the London underground shows the Victoria Line under construction in the originally proposed colour Lewis (1900-1966)...

The Evening News was responsible for coining the name ‘Bakerloo Line’ for the Baker Street and Waterloo Railway, and here the newspaper makes a rel...

Tower Street Ward with their [sic] divisions into Parishes according to a new survey This plan of Tower Street was published in the greatly expande...

Cheap Ward with its divisions into Parishes according to a new survey This ward plan of Cheap was published in the greatly expanded second edition ...

Baynard’s Castle Ward [and] Faringdon Ward with their divisions into Parishes according to a new survey This was plan of Baynard’s Castle and Farin...

Carte de l’Italie, dans laquelle sont tracées les Routes des Postes This is a later state of Robert de Vaugondy’s road map of Italy, showing the Ve...

Le Royaume de Boheme, le Duche de Silesie, et les Marquisats de Moravie et Lusace, dressés d’apres les cartes de Muller The second state of Robert ...

Le Royaume de Hongrie, Principaute de Transilvanie, Sclavonie, Croatie, et partie de la Principaute de Valaquie, de la Bosnie, de la Servie et de l...

Archipel des Indes Orientales, qui comprend les Isles de la Sonde, Moluques et Philippines, tirées des Cartes du Neptune Oriental This map of Indon...

L’Empire de la Chine dressé d’apres les Cartes de l’Atlas Chinois This detailed and relatively accurate map of China, Korea and Taiwan was derived ...

La Bataille de Lens en Flandre gaignee par l’Armee du tres Chres[tien] Louys XIIII Roy de France ed de Navarre, Comandee par Monseigneur le Prince ...

Plan of Lambeth Palace 1750… from the original in the possession of Mr Singleton of Lambeth This plan of Lambeth Palace published in Ducarels’s ‘Th...

Sheet C4 from Horwood’s ‘Plan of the Cities of London and Westminster…’ Horwood’s plan is a landmark in London mapping on a number of counts. It wa...

Sheet C1 from Horwood’s ‘Plan of the Cities of London and Westminster…’ Horwood’s plan is a landmark in London mapping on a number of counts. It wa...

Environs of Wembley from Rocque’s ‘An Exact Survey of the City’s of London, Westminster, ye Borough of Southwark and the Country Near Ten Miles Rou...

This is a view showing London before the Great Fire, from the South Bank of the Thames, including London Bridge and old St Paul’s. Principal buildi...

This map of South Africa, including an inset of Cape Town, was engraved by John & Charles Walker. It was published by the SDUK. The Society for...

These maps of Staffordshire and Shropshire are presented on one sheet. Unlike Kip and Hole, Speed and Blaeu – who all devoted an entire map-sheet t...

German Dominions of the King of Great Britain; Comprized under the name of Electorate of Brunswick-Luneburg and including the Dutchies of Bremen, V...

Blatt 29. Warmbad This map covers the Karas region in modern Namibia (then German South West Africa), which was the scene of one of the earliest at...

Sheet III – West Coast of India – from Arnol I. to Kundari I This chart shows the approaches to Bombay harbour, modern Mumbai, with significant det...

South America – Magellan Strait – Western part from Punta Arenas to Cape Pillar This US naval chart of the Magellan Strait shows soundings, anchora...

This map (two sheets from Horwood's magnificent 32 sheet survey) includes St James’s Square, the western part of Piccadilly, Green Park, Buckingham...

West Indien – Haïti bis Martinique This Imperial German Naval Office chart shows sands, soundings and interior detail of relief. Condition & Ma...

Indischer Ocea – Afrika, Ost Küst – Lindi-Bucht This Imperial German Naval Office chart shows sands, soundings etc, with interior detail of relief,...

A chart of part of the coast of Cochin-China including Turon Harbour and the island Callao from an actual survey in June 1793. By HW Parish of the ...

Published in March 1935, this is a commercially available map showing the operating area of the recently formed London Passenger Transport Board, a...

This map of Sri Lanka was published in the first trade edition of Stanford’s ‘London Atlas’. Edward Stanford (senior) acquired Arrowmsith's stock i...

This map of Denbighshire was published in the second edition of Philemon Holland’s translation of Camden’s Britannia into English, the third printi...

This map of Cardiganshire was published in the second edition of Philemon Holland’s translation of Camden’s Britannia into English, the third print...

Beck’s diagram is possibly one of the most innovative and influential designs of the twentieth century. First published in 1933, Beck remained dire...

District within ¼ mile radius [of] Paddington Praed Street Stanford’s was a firm of map publishers as well as map retailers until after the Second ...

Garbutt believed he had ‘rescued’ the London Underground map from the clutches of Harold Hutchison and his ‘ham-fisted parody’ of Beck’s designs. H...

The introduction of Beck's diagram did not obviate the need for geographically accurate maps, which pinpointed the location of Underground stations...

De Maginot – En Siegfried Line. Met alle steden, germeenten, spoorwegen, verstingen en versterkingen, bosschen, heuvels, enz. This map was publishe...

Port Louis is the capital and principal port of Mauritius, which remained a British colony until 1968. Condition & Materials Engraved British c...

Japan – Honshu – South Coast – Kii Suido – Yurano Uchi and Hii Wan This sea chart covers a stretch of coastline to the south of Osaka and Wakayama ...

Japón – Cote Est de Yesso – Baie Akishi This is a French chart of Akkeshi Bay, located in Kushiro Subprefecture on the east coast of Hokkaido, the ...

Océan Pacifique – Ile Juan Fernandez – Mouillage de San Juan Bautista This French naval chart shows the anchorage at San Juan Bautista located on C...

West Indies – St Croix Island – Christiansted Harbour This is a US naval chart of Christiansted, the largest town on St Croix in the United States ...