World Map 16th Century

Description: The Caverio Map (also called Caveri Map or Canerio Map) is a world map drawn by the Genoese cartographer Nicolay de Caveri, circa 1505.

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World Map 16th Century

Description: Orbis Terrarum published by the Dutch astronomer, cartographer and clergyman Petrus Plancius in 1594.

(Highest res.: jpg, 2671 x 1891 pixel, 300 dpi, file size: 2,12 MB)

World Map 16th Century

Description: Map of the world 1552 by the Siebenbuerger Saxon humanist and Protestant Reformer Johannes Honterus.

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World Map 16th Century

Description: "Orbis Terrarum" from the Dutch astronomer, cartographer and clergyman Petrus Plancius, published in 1590.

(Highest res.: jpg, 1747 x 994 pixel, 72 dpi, file size: 2,27 MB)

World Map 15th Century

Description: T-O world map based on the medieval world view of the Spanish Archbishop Isidore of Seville (c. 560-636), published between 1459-1463 in La Fleur des Histoires by Jean Mansel.

(Highest res.: jpg, 600 x 819 pixel, 75 dpi, file size: 121 KB)

World Map 18th Century

Description: World map from the French cartographer Nicolas de Fer, published in 1722.

(Highest res.: jpg, 2048 x 1365 pixel, 96 dpi, file size: 1 MB)

World Map 15th Century

Description: World map of the German cartographer Andreas Walsperger made in 1448.

(Highest res.: jpg, 1013 x 1024 pixel, 200 dpi, file size: 1,05 MB)

World Map 14th Century

Description: The Catalan Atlas produced in 1375 by the Majorcan cartographers Abraham and Jehuda Cresques is the most important Catalan world map of the Middle Ages. The world map originally consisted of various leaves.

Europe
Middle East

East Asia
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World Map 18th Century

Description: The so-called "Zheng He map" is a Chinese world map, probably produced in 1763 at the base of Zheng He's voyages.


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World Map 18th Century

Description: Engraved world map by the German cartographer Leonhard Euler first published 1753 in his school atlas "Geographischer Atlas".


(Highest res.: jpg, 2615 x 2252 pixel, 72 dpi, file size: 2,78 MB)

World Map 15th Century

Description: The "Genoese map" is a world map from an unkown Italian cartographer made in 1457.


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