Bizarre proposal from 1920 to create new single, peaceful European union with 24 artificially created states ( P.A. Maas, Vienna)
Modern copy of The Catalan Atlas (1375) by Abraham Cresques – the most accurate Medieval map of Europe
A map of Brazil by the Portuguese cartographer Fernão Vaz Dourado, 1571.
1778 Map of Paris
A world map from “Kitab-ı Bahriye”, written by Piri Reis in the 16th century as a gift to Ottoman Sultan Süleyman. This collection of maps and information about world geography was compiled from over twenty maps of Arab, Spanish, Portuguese, Chinese, Indian and Greek origin.
An 1853 relief map of Italy with statistical tables
Map of London from 1836
A 1535 map of Britain and Ireland featuring the mythical island Brasil (also known as Hy-Brasil)
Japanese pictorial map of North America from 1924.
A map of Ireland depicting men and women of different social classes (c. 1610)
A map depicting Europe as a queen, with Spain as her head, Portugal as her crown, and Italy as her arm (1804)
The Oronteus Finaeus map, published in 1531, shows Antarctica before it was “discovered” and how it looked ice-free. The map shows continent rivers, valleys, and coastlines, as well as the approximate location of the south pole. It also gives the correct longitudinal coordinates.
Topography of South America (1922)
Map of South America, made by Lucas de Quirós in 1618. Now on display at the Royal Palace of Madrid.
An Ottoman-era map of Cairo, Egypt, drawn by the great sailor and geographer Piri Reis in 1525.
