World Map 16th Century
Description: World map published in 1589 by the Dutch cartographer and engraver Gerard de Jode.
(Highest res.: jpg, 3080 x 2152 pixel, 96 dpi, file size: 1,46 MB)
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 11, 2011
World Map 17th Century
Description: Foldable map of the world, contained in "The world encompassed by Sir Francis Drake...", London 1628.
(Highest res.: jpg, 2967 x 2043 pixel, 300 dpi, file size: 1,81 MB)
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 2011
World Map 17th Century
Description: Decorative maps of the world from the French cartographers Nicholas Sanson and Alexis Hubert Jaillot published in 1691.
(Highest res.: jpg, 6000 x 3673 pixel, 96 dpi, file size: 6,15 MB)
(Highest res.: jpg, 6000 x 3675 pixel, 96 dpi, file size: 5,66 MB)
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 2011
World Map 19th Century
Description: Japanese world map from a unknown author dated to 1875, the 8th year of the Emperor's Meiji's reign.
(Highest res.: jpg, 6000 x 4589 pixel, 96 dpi, file size: 8,97 MB)
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 26, 2011
World Map 19th Century
Description: Charles Desilver's world map, published in his New Universal Atlas 1856/USA.
(Highest res.: jpg, 3500 x 2374 pixel, 96 dpi, file size: 2,34 MB)
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 2011
World Map 6th Century BCE
Description: The Babylonian world map, known as Imago Mundi, dated to the 6th century BCE is the oldest known world map, which shows Babylon on the Euphrates, surrounded by a circular landmass with Assyria, Armenia, Ocean and islands arranged around, forming a seven-pointed star.
(Highest res.: jpg, 368 x 500 pixel, 72 dpi, file size: 187 KB)
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 2011
World Map 17th Century
Description: Exceptional map of the world made in 1650 by the Dutch publisher Jan Jansson (Johannes Janssonius). Such maps, showing comtemporary geopraphy with ancient place names, were popular in the post-renaissance period.
(Highest res.: jpg, 3500 x 2762 pixel, 96 dpi, file size: 2,87 MB)
TUESDAY, AUGUST 9, 2011
World Map 19th Century
Description: World map made by the English cartographer, engraver and publisher Aaron Arrowsmith in 1812.
(Highest res.: jpg, 6410 x 3530 pixel, 96 dpi, file size: 10,5 MB)
SATURDAY, JULY 16, 2011
World Map 19th Century
Description: Map of the world centered on America prepared by the American altlas publisher Joseph Hutchins Colton in 1852.
(Highest res.: jpg, 6000 x 4322 pixel, 96 dpi, file size: 9,49 MB)
SATURDAY, JUNE 18, 2011
World Map 17th Century
Description: World map by the Dutch-German cartographer Andreas Cellarius published in 1661.
(Highest res.: jpg, 2900 x 2470 pixel, 120 dpi, file size: 1,87 MB)
SUNDAY, MAY 1, 2011
World Map 19th Century
Description: Japanese world map in two hemispheres dating to 1848 by Shincho Kurihara and Heibe Chojiya.
(Highest res.: jpg, 5000 x 2925 pixel, 96 dpi, file size: 4,59 MB)
Saturday, March 10, 2012
Ancient MapsBabylonian world map, known as Imago Mundi, dated to the 6th century BCE is the oldest known world ma
