Western Hemisphere, World Atlas by Rand, McNally and Co. (1908) Digitally enhanced from our own original chromolithograph.Free Image from public domain license
Amerique du Nord from Atlas Universel by Arthème Fayard, pseudonyme F. de la Brugere (1836-1895), published in 1878…Free Image from public domain license
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Definitions (1851), an antique celestial astronomical chart of planet earth with a concept of definition of a planet.…Free Image from public domain license
The Monster Balloon (Le Géant) from Nadar. Ascension 11 September 1865 by Morriën & Amand (1865). Original from…Free Image from public domain license
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The northern stellar hemisphere of antiquity from The Harmonia Macrocosmica of Andreas Cellarius (1660). Digitally enhanced…Free Image from public domain license
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Universal Atlas of the World, A cartographic map of the British Isles. published in 1900. Digitally enhanced from our own…Free Image from public domain license
Constellations of the Two Hemispheres (1877) from the book by Guillemin, Amédée, (1826-1893), a celestial chart of the two…Free Image from public domain license
Papagallo no.15 la Piovra Russa Anno VI by Augusto Grossi (1835-1919), a cartoon depiction of Europe in 1878, using…Free Image from public domain license
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A map of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands with the adjacent parts from The Natural History of Carolina, Florida, and…Free Image from public domain license
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Still Life with Violin by William Harnett (1848-1892). Original from Library of Congress. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel.Free Image from public domain license
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Grand voyages, Part VIII title page from Grand voyages (1596) by Theodor de Bry (1528-1598). Original from The New York…Free Image from public domain license
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Aneroid barometer published by Robinson, Son & Pike (1872). Original from the British Library. Digitally enhanced by…Free Image from public domain license
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Violin from Gerard Mastyn, the son of a genius (1877) published by Edwin Harcourt Burrage. Original from the British Library.…Free Image from public domain license
Special Northampton bicycle from Northampton Past and Present, a Handy Guide Book to the Town and Neighbourhood published by…Free Image from public domain license
World map from A System of Geography, for the use of Schools (1860) published by Sidney Edwards Morse. Original from the…Free Image from public domain license
Mariner's compass from Coloured Handbook To Kindergarten Geography, Etc published by Sisson & Parkers (1897). Original from…Free Image from public domain license
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Antique time piece from An Illustrated and Descriptive Guide to the Great Railways of England, and Their Connections with the…Free Image from public domain license
Vintage European style steam train engraving from Columbus, Ohio by Jacob Henry Studer (1873). Original from the British…Free Image from public domain license
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Plattegrond van Parijs (ca. 1721–1774) by Guillaume Delisle. Original from The Rijksmuseum. Digitally enhanced by…Free Image from public domain license
Nova totius terrarum orbis geographica ac hydrographica tabula (1635–1649) by Jan Aertse van den Ende. Original from…Free Image from public domain license
Bacon's standard map of Europe by George Washington Bacon (1830–1922). Original from Library of Congress. Digitally…Free Image from public domain license
Whitbread's new plan of London: drawn from authentic survey (1853) by J. Whitbread. Original from Library of Congress.…Free Image from public domain license
Mappe Monde ou Carte générale de l'Univers (1782) by Mathieu Albert Lotter. Original from The Beinecke Rare Book &…Free Image from public domain license
Geographical-Statistical World Lexicon (1888) by Emil Metzger. Original from British Library. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel.Free Image from public domain license
Paskaert van't in comen van't Canaal (1672) by Pieter Goos. Original From The New York Public Library. Digitally enhanced by…Free Image from public domain license
A mapp of the world (1682) by John Playford. Original From The New York Public Library. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel.Free Image from public domain license
Bowles's new pocket map of the world: laid down from the latest observations and comprehending the new discoveries to the…Free Image from public domain license
World map (1900) by Diogo Ribeiro. Original from The Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel.Free Image from public domain license
The Story of Atlantis: a geographical, historical, and ethnological sketch. Illustrated by four maps of the world's…Free Image from public domain license
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Colton's Map of the World on Mercator's Projection (1858) by J.H. Colton & Co. Original from The Beinecke Rare Book &…Free Image from public domain license
A new map of the world [cartographic material]: from the latest observations (1720) by John Senex. Original from The Beinecke…Free Image from public domain license
Geographische Naturkunde oder Grundzüge einer Allgemeinen Naturgeschichte der drei Reiche, mit physiognomischer Schilderung…Free Image from public domain license
Noua, et integra uniuersi orbis descriptio (1531) by Oronce Finé. Original from Library of Congress. Digitally…Free Image from public domain license
Sea Pictures, drawn with pen and pencil (1882) by James Macaulay. Original from British Library. Digitally enhanced by…Free Image from public domain license
Schematismus geographiae mathematicae, id est repraesentatio (1753) by Johann Baptista Homann. Original from The Rijksmuseum.…Free Image from public domain license
A Map of the World from the best Authorities (1795) from Carey's American Edition of Guthrie's Geography Improved. Original…Free Image from public domain license
Map of France, Spain, and Portugal; Switzerland in cantons [inset]; Island of Corsica (1863) by Samuel Augustus Mitchell.…Free Image from public domain license
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Orbis terrae compendiosa descriptio : quam ex magna universali Gerardi Mercatoris Domino Richardo Gartho, geographie ac…Free Image from public domain license
Portolan atlas of the Mediterranean Sea, western Europe, and the northwest coast of Africa: Central Mediterranean (ca. 1590)…Free Image from public domain license
Pride and Madness (Orgeuille et Follie) (ca. 1588) by Theodor de Bry. Original from The Art Institute of Chicago. Digitally…Free Image from public domain license
Sterrenkaart van de zuidelijke sterrenhemel (ca. 1722–1750) by Carel Allard. Original from The Rijksmuseum. Digitally…Free Image from public domain license
Map of Asia. Identical to the maps of Guillaume D'Isle (ca.1723). Original from British Library. Digitally enhanced by…Free Image from public domain license
Poster "A Map of Australia" (1930) by MacDonald Gil. Original from Museum of New Zealand. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel.Free Image from public domain license
The Voyages of Captain James Cook (1852) by James Cook. Original from British Library. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel.Free Image from public domain license
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Nova Totius Terrarum orbis tabula (1660) by Justus Danckerts. Original from The Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library.…Free Image from public domain license
Kaart van Nederland met de marsroutes van het Franse leger (1792) by Cornelis van Baarsel. Original from The Rijksmuseum.…Free Image from public domain license
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Map of China by Katsushika Hokusai (1760–1849). Original from Yale University Art Gallery. Digitally enhanced by…Free Image from public domain license
Route and Surveys of the Southern Journey Party, 1908–1909 (1909) by England: Royal Geographic Society. Original from…Free Image from public domain license
Up-to-date map of the world war (1942) by Manila Shinbun-sha. Original from The Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library.…Free Image from public domain license
America with those known parts in that unknowne worlde both people and manner of buildings/discribed and inlarged (ca.…Free Image from public domain license
Die Erde. Eine allgemeine Erd- und Länderkunde, etc (1896) by Franz Heiderich. Original from British Library. Digitally…Free Image from public domain license
New World, or, Western Hemisphere; Old World, or Eastern Hemisphere (1790) by William Faden. Original From The New York…Free Image from public domain license
Four diagrams of Solar eclipses (1711) by Johannes Buno. Original from Library of Congress. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel.Free Image from public domain license