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
(Highest res.: jpg, max. 1000 x 1000 pixel, 72-300 dpi, file sizes: 150-300 KB)

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.


(Highest res.: jpg, 5274 x 3742 pixel, 475 dpi, file size: 3,38 MB)

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.


(Highest res.: jpg, 2592 x 1645 pixel, 96 dpi, file size: 865 KB)

World Map 16th Century

Description: The "Dieppe maps" are several maps produced in the school of cartographers in Dieppe, France during the 16th century as this world map made by the Scottish cartographer Johne Rotz, published 1542 in the Boke of Idrography.


(Highest res.: jpg, 500 x 356 pixel, 72 dpi, file size: 70,5 KB)

World Map 13th Century

Description: The "Psalter World Map" is a detailed medieval world map drawn by an that has been found in a psalter drawn around 1260 by an unknown author.


(Highest res.: jpg, 3791 x 5496 pixel, 72 dpi, file size: 19,4 MB)

World Map 16th Century

Description: "A Chart of the World on Mercator's Projection", also known as the Wright–Molyneux Map. This Map is the first world map produced in England and based on the projection of the English mathematician and cartographer Edward Wright.


(Highest res.: jpg, 2800 x 1880 pixel, 2212 dpi, file size: 1 MB)