Europe

Map of the Occupied Areas / Carte des Zones d’Occupation / Karte der Besatzungs-Zonen mit Neuen Postleitgebieten / [in Cyrillic:] Karta Okkupacionn...

Sketch illustrative of the operations in the vicinity of Bayonne during the winter of 1813. Against the Light Division at the village of Arcangues ...

Sketch of the action near the Vigia de la Barrosa fought 5th March, 1811 between the allied armies under Sir Thomas Graham, and the French […] Plan...

Movements of the two armies after the repulse of Marshall Massena’s attack upon the position of Bussaco This map was lithographed by AR Grive and p...

European Dominions of the Ottomans, or Turkey in Europe Greece had become an independent nation after the war of 1821-30, but most other Balkan sta...

Le XVII Provinces des Pays Bas divisées en Provinces Unies connues sous le nom de Hollande, et en Pays Bas Catholiques connues sous le nom de Fland...

Hollandiae Comitatus una cum Ultrajectino Dominio nec non maximis partibus Geldriae Ducatus, per C. Specht This example of Caspar Specht’s map has ...

This map of Vienna was published by the SDUK. The Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge was founded in 1826 with the high-minded aim of mak...

Carta ilustrada del Muy Noble y Muy Leal Señorio de Vizcaya This map was published to mark the centenary of the Banco de Bilbao, one of the big fou...

This map of Scandinavia is from Wyld's New General Atlas. James Wyld senior established a highly successful firm of map publishers, which passed to...

Prospect und Grun-Riss der Keyserl. Rezidenz-Stadt Wien […] This map of Vienna, with a black and white prospect of the city beneath, is from the gr...

Nassovia Comitatus The original Mercator Atlas (parts published from 1585 onwards) was not a commercial success; the copper printing plates were bo...

This map of Milan shows towns heightened in gold. Condition & Materials Copper engraving, 41.5 x 54 cm, original hand-colour, closed tears, min...

Morea olim Peloponnesus Condition & Materials  Copper engraving, 34 x 41.5 cm, original hand colour, trivial spotting, French text on verso. Re...

Bulgaria et Romania: divisa in singulares sangiacatus Silistriam, Nicopolin, Bodinum, Sardiam, Bysantium, Kirkeliam et Gallipolin, una cum finitimi...

This map of the Baltic, with an inset of St Petersburg, is from the Royal Atlas of Modern Geography. Condition & Materials Lithographed map, 45...

James Playfair (1738-1819) was Historiographer to the Prince of Wales and Rector of St Andrews. A comprehensively revised edition of his atlas, "el...

Blaeu's 'carte à figure' map of Europe features ten costume vignettes and nine city views around the edges with galleys, galleons, sea monsters, be...

L’Espagne dressée sur la Description qui en a eté faite par Rodrigo Mendez Sylva… par G. de l’Isle/Nova Regni Hispaniae accurata descriptio… Thus ...

Alsatia Superior cum Suntgoia et Brisgoia The original Mercator Atlas (parts published from 1585 onwards) was not a commercial success; the copper ...

A map of the French Alps, the Dauphiné, incuding Grenoble. The borders are those defined by the Treaty of Utrecht (1713) and the cartouche (putti m...

Saxonia Inferior et Mecklenborg Duc The original Mercator Atlas (parts published from 1585 onwards) was not a commercial success; the copper printi...

This plan of Metz in northeastern France is from the Civitates Orbis Terrarum, one of the most significant cartographic works of the late sixteenth...

Views of two towns on the Bay of Naples, Pozzuoli and Baia, are here presented on one sheet. The Civitates Orbis Terrarum was one of the most signi...

This map includes French town plans after Belleforest on one sheet: Autun in Burgundy and Nevers in Bourgogne. They are from the Civitates Orbis Te...

This map of Mons in Belgium is shown with Arras in northern France. It is from the Civitates Orbis Terrarum, one of the most significant cartograph...

This map of Dresden engraved by William Henshall after William Barnard Clarke. Condition & Materials Steel engraving, 33 x 37 cm, original han...

Condition & Materials Copper engraving, 28.5 x 35 cm, original hand-colour map of the Duchy of Lorraine, blank verso.

This map of Toulon was engraved by BR Davies after WB Clarke. Condition & Materials Steel engraving, 33 x 40 cm, original hand colour, blank ve...

This map of France was engraved by J & C Walker after T Hewett Key. Condition & Materials Steel engraving, approx 33 x 35 cm, original hand...

France divided into Metropolitan Circles and Departments This map was engraved by Samuel John Neele for the atlas volume to Cruttwell’s Gazeteer, p...

This map of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands is from 'A Modern and Ancient General Atlas, comprehending all the Empires, Kingdoms, States in t...

A Plain Map of the Central Part of Europe. According to the Method of the Abbé Gaultier by Mr Wauthier his Pupil This map of Central Europe is from...

This map of Germany was engraved by John Rapkin for the Illustrated Atlas. John Rogers engraved a number of vignettes: the Palace at Saxe Gotha, bi...

This  map of the Principality of Lüneburg incorporates the former County of Dannenberg. The cartouche illustrates a stag hunting scene, perhaps on ...

Condition & Materials Copper engraving, 10.5 x 12.6 cm, original hand-colour, lightly browned, blank verso; leaf from the same work, with the ...

This map of Belgium was engraved by John Rapkin for the Illustrated Atlas. Vignettes including Antwerp cathedral and monuments on the plains of Wat...

This map of the Baltic Sea was engraved by John Rapkin for the Illustrated Atlas. Vignettes including Kronstadt and St Petersburg were engraved by ...

This map includes a panoramic view of Parma at its foot, blank. The Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge was founded in 1826 with the high...

This significant and original regional map of Padua is from Magini's great work, the first detailed national atlas of Italy, published posthumously...

This significant and original regional map of Sardinia is from Magini's great work, the first detailed national atlas of Italy, published posthumou...

This map of the Balearics, Corsica, Sardinia and Valetta was published by the SDUK The Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge was founded in...

This map of Turin was published by the SDUK. The Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge was founded in 1826 with the high-minded aim of maki...

Condition & Materials Copper engraving, 21 x 25.5 cm, original hand-colour, on a folio leaf 37 x 29 cm, blank verso.

Scandinavia complectens Sveciae, Daniae et Norvegiae Regna ex novissimis subsidiis delineata et ad Leges Projectionis Stereographicae legitimae red...

Graeciae Pars Meridionalis / Graciae Antiquae Tabula Nova in qua locorum situs tum ad distantias itinerarias tum ad Observationes Astronomicas exac...

At the foot of this map are architectural elevations of some of Rome’s most famous post-classical buildings, dominated by St Peter’s. Rome was then...

Lord Nelson explaining to the Officers the Plan of Attack previous to the Battle of Trafalgar… Position of the Combined Forces of France & Spai...