Pirî Reis 1525 map of Venice
Pirî Reis 1525 map of Venice
‘His map of the New World is excellent. He just drew it in 1513. It is a subject of lots of Conspiracy theories and alternative history’–midlleeastcelts
1556 Sebastian Münster map of Africa
1556 Sebastian Münster map of Africa
‘almost like mercator projection’–ryd333r
1574 map of Sri Lanka
1556 map of Great Britain and Ireland
Guillaume Le Testu’s 1556 Cosmographie Universe
Map of Scandinavia (1555)
1555 map of Egypt by Piri Reis
1555 Map of Brazil by Guillaume Le Testu
Map of France Antarctique in the Guanabara Bay, 1555
Kingdom of Sardinia 16th century map
Kingdom of Sardinia 16th century map
’“Diese Rammen seind vast unbekannt/ unnd werden allein in Sardinia gefunden: So aber jemand sie will wissen/ der besehe die Tafel Ptolemei” - These rams are nearly unknown and can only be found in Sardinia. If you want to know about them you should look at the boards (tabula) of Ptolemei. The Sardinian rams are descriped by Ptolemy, but I am not sure if this text is thinking about the rams used on ships or the animal’–Boron20
City of Constantinople in 1554, then by far the largest city in Europe, by Piri Reis
Map of Europe 1554
1554 Map of Africa - by Sebastain Munster
1554 map of South America - by Diego Gutiérrez
1554 World Map - by Lopo Homem
1570 map of Germany - by Abraham Ortelius
1570 map of Germany - by Abraham Ortelius
‘Das waere bestimmt ein interessantes 5000-Teile-Puzzle’–tufoop3
1590 map of the Black Sea region
1571 map of Wales - by Abraham Ortelius
1571 map of the Netherlands - by Abraham Ortelius
1571 map of the Netherlands - by Abraham Ortelius
‘Sjonnie! Hij leg op ze kant!!’–wkvdz
1571 map of Scotland - by Abraham Ortelius
1571 map of Scotland - by Abraham Ortelius
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‘My beautiful home country. I have seen this map before, but never this particular coloured one. The colouring on this is simply outstanding, really up there in the premier league quality wise. Thank you so much for this’–Cessdon
1571 map of Ireland - by Abraham Ortelius
1571 map of Ireland - by Abraham Ortelius
‘Oriented with west at the top? … No, oriented means east up. This is occidented’
From Nicholas Vallard's 1547 atlas, this may be the first map of Australia. Produced in Dieppe, France, it is thought to show possible Portuguese charting of the east coast
From Nicholas Vallard’s 1547 atlas, this may be the first map of Australia. Produced in Dieppe, France, it is thought to show possible Portuguese charting of the east coast
‘I remember back in high school having an old history teach go on a rant about Australian history books and how botched they are. The stories of the Chinese explorers trading rice and fabrics blew my mind’–pvtjace
1595 map of South America
1595 map of South America
[9334 × 6613]
‘You gotta turn it sideways to orient North to the top of the image.
It’s a beautiful map!‘–andresg6
Chart of Cook's passage through the Great Barrier Reef from 1770 (produced in 1774)
Chart of Cook’s passage through the Great Barrier Reef from 1770 (produced in 1774)
‘It’s incredible just how accurate that map was. The early cartographers really knew their stuff’–jono81
1591 map of the coast of Virginia and North Carolina
1591 map of the coast of Virginia and North Carolina
‘Does someone know what coat of arms that is (up left there)? My guess is something like the English Kingdom, due to the lions and the Anglis in the text’–Arturiki