Clover Leaf World Map by Heinrich Bünting (1581.)
Heinrich Bünting’s Clover Leaf world map is usually titled Die gantze Welt in einem Kleberblat, meaning roughly “The…
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Europa Regina by Sebastian Münster (1581.)
Europa Regina means “Queen Europe.” It is one of the most unusual map images of the 16th century…
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Leo Belgicus (1684): The Lion Map of the Low Countries
The Leo Belgicus is one of the most recognizable symbolic maps of the Low Countries. Instead of drawing…
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Asia in Forma Pegasi by Heinrich Bunting (1581.)
Heinrich Bünting’s Asia Secunda Pars Terrae in Forma Pegasi is one of the strangest maps from the 16th…
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A New Mappe of the Romane Empire by John Speed (1626.)
John Speed’s A New Mappe of the Romane Empire is a 17th-century English map of the ancient Roman…
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Nova Totius Terrarum Orbis by Nicolaes Visscher (1652.)
Novo Totius Terrarum Orbis Geographica ac Hydrographica Tabula is one of the most decorated world maps of the…
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A New and Accurat Map of the World by John Speed (1651.)
John Speed’s A New and Accurat Map of the World is one of the best-known English world maps…
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Fool’s Cap World Map (1590.)
The Fool’s Cap World Map, also called the Fool’s Head World Map, is one of the strangest map…
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Romani Imperii Imago by Abraham Ortelius (1584.)
Romani Imperii Imago is Abraham Ortelius’s map of the Roman Empire. The version often dated to 1584. comes…
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Ptolemaic World Map by Sebastian Münster (1544.)
Sebastian Münster’s Ptolemaic world map shows the world through an older geographic tradition. It does not show the…
