Maps

Moluccae Insulae This map shows the Maluku Islands (or Moluccas), part of the volcanic Indonesian archipelago known to contemporary Europeans as th...

Also published in Stanford’s London Atlas, our example of this map of Africa was separately issued and illustrates the speed and scale of the Scram...

Plan Routiere de la Ville et Fauxbourgs de Paris divisé en douze Maries, revu et corrigé par Hérisson, géographe Our map shows the Paris of Charles...

Théâtre de la Guerre: Carte de l’Empire Ottoman en Europe et en Asie With an inset of Sevastopol, our map covers the region at the outbreak of the ...

Cary’s new map of England and Wales, with part of Scotland. On which are carefully laid down All the Direct and Principal Cross Roads the Course of...

This steamship route map of the western Mediterranean and Northwest Africa shows the routes from Marseille and Bordeaux to Tunisia, Algeria and Mor...

This anthropomorphic map of Ireland was published in “Geographical Fun: Being Humorous Outlines of Various Countries”. Though credited on the title...

Though credited on the title-page under his pen-name ‘Aleph’, William Harvey himself gives all the credit for this series of comic maps to a “young...

Though credited on the title-page under his pen-name ‘Aleph’, William Harvey himself gives all the credit for this series of comic maps to a “young...

Thus anthropomorphic map of Holland and Belgium was published in “Geographical Fun: Being Humorous Outlines of Various Countries.”. Though credited...

The British Empire Exhibition originally ran between April and November 1924, but it was not a financial success, and the decision was taken to reo...

The British Empire Exhibition was, at the time, the largest exhibition staged anywhere in the world; a high profile, postwar statement of confidenc...

This route map advertises passenger, postal and cargo steamship services between Marseille and West Africa. The SS Canada was built for the Fabre L...

Our journey to Hythe begins in London and follows the road through East Peckham and Eltham, reaching Hythe via Maidstone. Thousands of miles of roa...

Our journey to Dover begins in London and follows the road through Deptford, Blackheath, Shooter’s Hill, and Dartford, reaching Dover via Rochester...

Our journey takes us along the road between the university towns of Oxford and Cambridge, via Bedford. Thousands of miles of roads were surveyed fo...

Our journey begins in London and follows the road west through Knightsbridge and Kensington (with Hyde Park to one side), Hammersmith and Turnham G...

This map of the British Isles is aligned with west at the top of the map and north on the right, which makes better use of the available space on t...

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...

This is one of the earliest obtainable views of Venice, derived from a larger woodcut by Dutch artist Erhard Reuwich, which was published in the fi...

This is one of the earliest obtainable views of Florence, derived from a lost engraving by Francesco Rosselli. The woodcuts were created in the wor...

This anthropomorphic map depicting Wales as "Owen Glendowr, in Bardic grandeur" is from 'Geographical Fun: Being Humorous Outlines of Various Count...

Cymru am byth! This map features happy holidaymakers, figures from Welsh history stretching from Owain Glydnwr to David Lloyd George, and from a Ro...

Humoristiche satyrische Karte von Kriegsschauplatze This Austrian pictorial map satirising the Crimean War was published in July 1854 in No. 55 the...

The cartouche on this map of the British isles is surmounted by the old Stuart coat of arms and the borders are made up of sixteen regional armoria...

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

Condition & Materials Circular folding map of the environs of Paris, 79 x 79 cm, engraved by Barrière (Pére) after Bariolle, black and white, d...

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,...

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

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

This is one of the most detailed mid-19th Century American atlas maps of Cuba and the region, set within Colton’s distinctive style of border, by o...

This map of London was published in the Report of the Royal Commission on London Traffic, a detailed eight volume investigation of the nature, admi...

The 'Revoltas da Armada', the Brazilian naval mutinies of 1893-1894, were linked with the Federalist Rebellion against the recently-formed First Br...

The Empire of Morocco, since 1912, had been divided between the Spanish and French. Our map dates to the period of the Rif War, 1921-26, in which a...

This map of South Africa was published by The Times during the Second Anglo-Boer War, for the benefit of members of the British public following th...

This plan of the Manchester Shipping Canal was published as a supplement to ‘The Illustrated London News’, February 3rd 1883. Construction began in...

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

This route map was published in a report to Congress as ‘Letter from the postmaster general transmitting a report of General Bernard, of surveys of...

New Road Map of England & Wales... shewing all the lines of railway, canals &c., describing the picturesque scenery and forming a complete ...

This pictorial plan of central Oxford was printed for the recently nationalised British Railways (Western Region). The arms of the University and t...

Please note: this is not an 11th century manuscript map, it is the first printed edition (centuries after the map was drawn) following its rediscov...

This pictorial map of London is generally dated 1931 in institutional catalogues, but here Geographia’s date-code for November 1934 is worked into ...

This pictorial map depicts various London ‘types’ in the borders, and shows the Royal Festival Hall (built for the 1951 Festival of Britain) and th...

Our map of the Americas was prepared for the Homann firm by Johann Matthias Hase, professor of mathematics in Wittenberg, on his stereographic hori...

This map of Suffolk is from a series of maps engraved between 1787-1791 by Edward Sudlow after John Haywood. It was subsequently published in atlas...

Robert Morden's maps were engraved to illustrate Gibson's edition of William Camden's Britannia, first published in 1695 and reprinted in 1722 and ...