World & Celestial

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...

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...

The southern sky (Hemisphaerium Coeli Australe) as shown on our celestial map is flanked by stellar tables and views of some of the most renowned o...

Engraved by John Rapkin for John Tallis' ‘Illustrated Atlas’, this map of the world shows tracks for all three of Cook’s voyages and includes a vig...

This double hemisphere world map was published in the second trade edition of Stanford’s London Atlas. Edward Stanford (senior) acquired Arrowmsith...

The framing device used by this children’s atlas is a little dark: Filip and his sister Cora are orphans, living with their aunt and uncle and cous...

Founded in 1894, on the cusp of the Anglo-German naval arms race, the Navy League was a pressure group seeking to influence politicians and popular...

Chart of the World on Mercator’s Projection, shewing the principal Ocean Steam Routes, the Submarine Telegraph &c This world map was published ...

A Map of the Principal Rivers shewing their courses, countries and comparative lengths The Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge was founde...

British Empire Throughout the World Exhibited in One View This is a highly decorative map of the British Empire by John Bartholemew, with British p...

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 ...

This map of the world is coloured by continent, with the exception of Russian America which is coloured as an extension of Asia. It was published i...

The Stars in Six Maps, on the the Gnomonic Projection, revised by the Rev. WR Dawes These star charts show allegorical images of the various conste...

Theoria Planetarum Primariorum This celestial chart depicts the orbits of the major planets according to Copernicus and Kepler, who shared heliocen...

Phaenomena Motuum Irregularium quos Planetae inferiores Venus et Mercurius ad annum Salutis 1720 This celestial chart shows the orbits of Earth, Me...

Mappa Totius Mundi adornata juxta Observationes dnn. Academiae Regalis Scientiarum et nonnullorum aliorum secundum annotationes recentissimas edita...