Thanks for the suggestion. I definitely will do that sometime in the near future.

That is an awesome poster! Here is another poster created for the same company 23 years earlier. Art Deco was in!

Awesome pictures! Enjoy this map of Taiwan (Formosa) By: Francois Valentijn, 1727. It is the earliest European made map to focus on the island, which the Dutch attempted to turn into a major trading post

The map is Dutch made and I could not find any queens of the era that looks like this one. This leads me to believe the queen depicted is a fictitious figure.

I have never been, but this map is very inviting!

The Spanish conquered the Mexican mainland by the early 1500s and Cortez actually reached La Paz by 1535. He was looking for a fabled gold city, but only discovered black pearls. Bummer... A later expedition

I do not, but I got into my field of work while taking classes in GIS. I also exhibit at the AAG Conference. I will be in New Orleans this april with a booth full of old maps.

Gladly! If there is ever an area that you would like to see an old map of, just let me know. I have owned thousands of maps from the late 1400s to the 1980s covering every part of the world. I have researched

And he based the map off of the work of Ptolemy.

Awsome expedition you went on. Here is the lower half of a two sheet map of South America by Homan Heirs, 1733. Maybe there are some places you recognize?...

Arabian Peninsula by: Gerard Mercator 1584

Extent of geographic knowledge by Europeans of the Korean Peninsula (depicted in this map as an island) over 600 years post Shilla Dynasty. Portion of map by Adbraham Ortelius (published in 1603)

Feliz de compartir. Avíseme si hay áreas del mundo de las que le gustaría ver un mapa antiguo.

Great Post! Take this 1630 map of Colombia with you on your journey. For more information on the map and a link to a high resolution image, visit

Old maps is literally my life, as in how I make a living. Let me know if there are any areas that you would like to see an old map of and I will be happy to post one.

Here is another map for your journey. It's a little out-dated being that it was made in 1795.

A some point, I will post a map showing the earliest account of Europeans (the Dutch) mapping a portion of Australia, which they thought was Guinea. To your earlier point, I exhibit at the American Association

Enjoy this map of the Nile region within Egypt from 1745 by Jean Covens & Corneille Mortier. The map shows the delineation of the Nile River from just south of Aswan to the Mediterranean. Loads of

Ha! I always make a point to recognize the historical accomplishments of indigenous people. One of my biggest pet peeves is hearing that "America was discovered in 1492."

One of my favorite aspects of geography is the variety of people across the world, which is a direct result of thousands of years of evolution, dictated by their immediate surroundings. This map provides