Old maps

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"Old maps" means maps made over
seventy (70) years ago.

Old maps are included in the Wikimedia Atlas . The maps below should be included in the atlas.

For old maps of cities, see Old maps of cities.

[edit] World maps

Map of the world by Fra Mauro, 1459	Kangnido map of the world, 1402	Ebstorfer world map	World map from the Middle Ages
Part of Tabula Peutingeriana	from Hartmann Schedels Worldchronic (1493)	World map by Johannes Kepler	Hereford Mappa Mundi, c.1300
Al-Idrisi's world map	Pedro de Medina & G.B. Pedrazano, 1554	by Jacques de Vaux (1583)	Ortelius world map (1570)
(1536)	by Samuel de Champlain (1567?-1635)	by Jean Guérard (1627)	Capt Dampier's new voyage to New Holland (1699)
by Philippe Buache (1737)	by Pîrî Reîs	by Pîrî Reîs	Historical map of the international dateline
Antique World Map with magnetic declination by Leonhard Euler (1753)	(1902-1924)	Map of Asia with Finnish text from "Pieni Tietosanakirja" (1925)

[edit] See also

[edit] The Americas

Map of America by Sebastian Munster. 1561	Map of South America by Girolamo Ruscelli 1562	Map of America by Giovanni Battista Ramusio. 1565	Historical map of South America (1750)
Historical map of America. Ca. 1770	Historical map of the USA, Mexico and Central-America	Map of North and South America, French (18th century)	Mapa geographica completens Indiae Occidentalis

[edit] Central America

Barbados (1817)	Historical map of Central America (1860)	Historical map of Central America (1888)	Antilles. Map from the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, 1890-1907
Historical map of the proposed Panama and Nicaragua canals

[edit] North America

Western part of the USA	Estern part of the USA	Captain Marcy's route though Texas (1854)	Oregon Trail (1907)
Historical map of the Hawaii-archipelago	Map of New Netherland and New England (around 1685)	New Holland map by William Dampier (1699)	Milton County, Georgia (1883)
Cherokee lands (1822)	Cherokee counties (1834)	Elizabeth City County (1895)	Norfolk County, Virginia (1895)
Princess Anne County, Virginia (1895)	North America (1797)	Map of "Greater America" (1899)	by Claude Bernou (16..-17..?)
Nova Belgica et Anglia Nova (1635)

[edit] South America

Map of Peru by Abraham Ortelius, 1608.	Historical map of Peru (1635)	Map of Peru. (1647). By Ioannem Ianssonium. (1558-1664).	Map of Peru by Nicolas Sanson d'Abbeville (1600-1667)
Map of Peru and the Amazonas River by Nicolas Sanson d'Abbeville (1600-1667)	Map of Peru by Nicolas Sanson d'Abbeville (1600-1667)	Map of Peru. 1683. French version	Map of Peru. 1683. Das Königreich Perou
Historical map of Peru by Herman Moll. Ca. 1720	Historical map of Peru by Emanuel Bowen. Ca. 1750	Historical map of Peru by Benard. Ca. 1750	Historical map of Peru by Rigobert Bonne. Ca. 1780
Historical map of South America by Diogo Homem. Ca 1558

[edit] Europe

Leo Belgicus - map of the Low Countries (1611)	Historical map of the bay of Bajä (1888)	Historical map of the Street of Messina (1888)	Historical map of Cyprus (1888)
Historical map of Madeira (1888)	Historical map of the Balcan peninsula (1888)	Historical map of the Balkans War Theatre during the First Balkan War (1912-13)	Historical map of the Kingdom Hungaria (1888)
Historical map of the Isle Corsica (1888)	Historical map of Iceland (1888)	Historical map of the surrounding area of Toulon (1888)	Ac athensmap2.jpg Athens
Europe at the death of Charlemagne in 814 (around 1900)	Eastern Europe (1836)	Historical map of Switzerland 1291-1515 (1912)	Historical map of Switzerland 1291-1515 (1912) [technical revised version]
Ottoman Empire, 1481-1683 (1923)	Carniola before 1900	Route of the leaders of the first crusade (1911)	The Zeno Map (1558)
Carte ancienne de la Nouvelle-Zemble	Map of Europe with Finnish text from "Pieni Tietosanakirja" (1925)	Canary Islands map by William Dampier (1699)

[edit] Austria

Historical map of the surrounding area of Bad Ischl (1888)

Historical map of the surrounding area of Innsbruck (1888)

Historical map of the surrounding area of Vienna (1888)

Historical map of Tirol

[edit] Czech Republic

Historical map of the Kingdom of Bohemia during the Hussite Wars (1419-34)

Historical map of the Czech Lands (1892)

[edit] Germany

Grafschaft Mark (1681)	Upper Silesia (1746)	Grafschaft Mark (1791)	Oberamt Ravensburg (1834)
Historical geological map of Thuringia (1888)	Historical map of the surrounding area of Wiesbaden (1888)	Historical map of the surrounding area of Stuttgart (1888)	Historical map of the Kiel Canal (1888)
Historical map of Württemberg and Hohenzollern (1888)	Historical map of Brandenburg (1903)	Historical map of Westphalia (1888)	Historical map of Heligoland (1888)
Historical map of the surrounding area of Kiel	Historical map of the surrounding area of Potsdam	Historical map of the German Empire: General industry, mines and smelting industry	Historical map, Population density 1881
Historical map of the German Empire: Population density	Historical map of the German Empire: Historical maps 1	Historical map of the German Empire: Historical maps 2	Historical map, Religions 1881
Historical map of the German Empire: Religious denomination	Ancient Germania (1849)	Historical map of the German Empire: Agriculture	Historical map of the German Empire: Political map
Historical map of Prussia, before 1905	Baden before 1900	Rheinisch-Westfälischs Kohlen- und Industriegebiet (1886)	Province Saxony before 1918
Map of a part of Northrhine Westfalia, (early 19th century) showing Ratingen, Wuppertal, Mülheim, Essen and Bochum	Map of the lower middle Ruhr Region, (early 19th century) showing South of Essen and Bochum in Germany.	Map of a part of Hamburg (Altona)	Historical map of territorial losses (the areas in black) of Germany after the 1919 Treaty of Versailles

[edit] Italy

Historical map of surrounding area of Bozen (1888)	Historical map of surrounding area of Meran (1888)	Historical map of the Isle Capri (1888)	Historical map of the Isle Sardinia (1888)
Historical map of La Spezia (1888)	Historical map of Trieste (1888)

[edit] See also

Old maps of Italy

[edit] Poland

Upper Silesia (1746)

Western Governorships (of Russian Empire) and Polish Kingdom in 1902

[edit] Russia

Historical map of Russia (1725)	Historical map of the european part of Russia (1888)	Historical map of the grand duchy of Moscow (1888)	Historical map of the surrounding area of St. Petersburg (1888)
Historical map of the history of Russia	Historical map of Vladivostok when seized by the Czechoslovak Legions (29 June 1918)

[edit] Scandinavia

Historical map of Sweden and Norway (1888)

Historical map of the surrounding area of Copenhagen (1888)

Historical map of the surrounding area of Stockholm (1888)

[edit] Iberian Peninsula (Spain and Portugal)

Historical map of Spain and Portugal (1757)

Historical map of Spain (1850)

Historical map of Spain and Portugal (1888)

[edit] Turkey

History map of european Turkey

Historical map of the bosporus

[edit] Gibraltar

Historical map of the promontory of Gibraltar (1888)

[edit] UK

Map of empire of Alexander the Great

Historical map of the surrounding area of Jerusalem (1888)

Hartmann Schedel: DESTRVCCIO IHEROSOLIME (from the Liber cronicarum, Nuremberg 1493)

The oldest printed prospect of Jerusalem - By Hartmann Schedel, Nürnberg 1493 (from the Liber cronicarum)

[edit] Asia

Historical map of Centralasia	Historical map of the Krim peninsula (1888)	Historical map of Ceylon (1888)	map of "Hindoostan" by Arrowsmith and Lewis (1812)
Tonking, Östl. Hinterindien, Hue, Ha-Noi

[edit] China

China Proper, S.E. ASIA & FAR EAST China Milner (Thomas) (1875)

map of China by Arrowsmith and Lewis (1812)

[edit] Korea

Old maps of Korea

[edit] Taiwan

The first "correct" map of Taiwan in the world, which was drawn by Dutch sailor (1625)

The Island Formosa and the Pescadores by Johannes Vingboons (ca. 1640)

Historical map of Taiwan (1896)

[edit] Oceania

[edit] Melanesia

Historical map of New Caledonia and the Loyalty Islands

Spanish/Portuguese map ca.1600 of New Guinea and the Malay Archipelago

[edit] Africa

Map of Africa (1508)	Africae tabula nova (1570)	Map of Africa (1910s)	Afryka srodkowa 1895.jpg Map of Central Africa (1895)
Map of Africa (1890)	Map of Africa (1812)	Map of Eastern Africa (1829)	Historical map of Zanzibar (1888)
Historical map of Cameroun	Historical map of Madagascar (1888)	Historical map of the gulf of Aden (1888)	The Gold Coast and Ashanti Confederacy (1896)