Exploration
Journey alongside great explorers through maps, charts, and illustrations documenting humanity's quest to discover the unknown.
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A New Generall Chart for the West Indies by H. Moll
Herman Moll
A New Map of the World - Two Hemispheres
French Cartographer
A New and Accurat Map of the World
English Cartographer
A New and Accurat Map of the World
John Speed
Africae Nova Descriptio
Willem Janszoon Blaeu
America Noviter Delineata
Jodocus Hondius
Antelope from Buffon's Histoire Naturelle
After Jacques de Sève, engraved by various artists
Asia noviter delineata
Willem Janszoon Blaeu
Asiae Nova Descriptio
Abraham Ortelius
Asiae Nova Descriptio I
Abraham Ortelius
Asiae Nova Descriptio II
Abraham Ortelius
Badger from Buffon's Histoire Naturelle
After Jacques de Sève, engraved by various artists
Bear from Buffon's Histoire Naturelle
After Jacques de Sève, engraved by various artists
Buffalo from Buffon's Histoire Naturelle
After Jacques de Sève, engraved by various artists
Buffon Natural History - Plate 107
Robert Bénard (after Buffon)
Buffon Natural History - Plate 108
Robert Bénard (after Buffon)
Buffon Natural History - Plate 49
Robert Bénard (after Buffon)
Buffon Natural History - Plate 50: Goats and Antelopes
Robert Bénard (after Buffon)
Buffon Natural History - Plate 51
Robert Bénard (after Buffon)
Buffon Natural History - Plate 52
Robert Bénard (after Buffon)
Buffon Natural History - Plate 53: Antelopes
Robert Bénard (after Buffon)
Buffon Natural History - Plate 54: Four Antelope Species
Robert Bénard (after Buffon)
Buffon Natural History - Plate 77: Flying Squirrels and Rodents
Robert Bénard (after Buffon)
Buffon Natural History - Plate 95
Robert Bénard (after Buffon)
Buffon Natural History - Plate 96
Robert Bénard (after Buffon)
Buffon Natural History - Plate 98: Lynx Species and Domestic Dog
Robert Bénard (after Buffon)
Camel from Buffon's Histoire Naturelle
After Jacques de Sève, engraved by various artists
Carte de la Nouvelle-France
Nicolas Sanson
China
Jodocus Hondius
China
Jan Jansson
Deer from Buffon's Histoire Naturelle
After Jacques de Sève, engraved by various artists
Descriptio Totius Orbis Terrae
Levinus Hulsius
Descrittione di Tutto'l Mondo
Giovanni Antonio Magini
Descrittione di Tutto'l Mondo, Secondo
Giovanni Antonio Magini
Designatio Orbis Christiani, page 115
Samuel Purchas & Jodocus Hondius
Designatio Orbis Christiani, page 65
Samuel Purchas & Jodocus Hondius
Die newen Jnseln (The New Islands near India)
Anonymous German Cartographer
Discorso Intorno alla Carta da Navigare
Tomasso Porcacchi
Elephant from Buffon's Histoire Naturelle
After Jacques de Sève, engraved by various artists
Europe, Africa
Domenico Zenoi
Evropae
Abraham Ortelius
Fox from Buffon's Histoire Naturelle
After Jacques de Sève, engraved by various artists
Giraffe from Buffon's Histoire Naturelle
After Jacques de Sève, engraved by various artists
Harmonia Macrocosmica - Planisphaerium Coeleste
Andreas Cellarius
Hispaniae Nova - Map of New Spain
Jan Jansson
Horse from Buffon's Histoire Naturelle
After Jacques de Sève, engraved by various artists
Iconographia della Inclita Città di Venezia
Lodovico Ughi
L'Europe
Nicolas Sanson
Leopard from Buffon's Histoire Naturelle
After Jacques de Sève, engraved by various artists
Lion from Buffon's Histoire Naturelle
After Jacques de Sève, engraved by various artists
Magni Turcarum Imperatoris - Ottoman Empire
Matthäus Seutter
Maris Pacifici
Abraham Ortelius
Mercator Projection World Map by Edward Wright
Edward Wright
Monkey from Buffon's Histoire Naturelle
After Jacques de Sève, engraved by various artists
Moose from Buffon's Histoire Naturelle
After Jacques de Sève, engraved by various artists
Nosce te Ipsum
Orontius Fineus
Nova Totius Orbis Terrarum Descriptio
Dutch Cartographer
Nova Totius Terrarum Orbis Geographica ac Hydrographica Tabula
Willem Janszoon Blaeu
Nova Totius Terrarum Orbis Geographica ac Hydrographica Tabula
Pet Kaerio
Nova Totius Terrarum Orbis Geographica ac Hydrographica Tabula
Jodocus Hondius & Michel Van Lochem
Orbis Terrae Compendiosa Descriptio
Rumold Mercator
Orbis Terrae Novissima Descriptio
Jean Le Clerc
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Orbis Terrarum Descriptio Duobis Planis Hemisphaeriis Comprehesa
Nicholas Van Geelkercken
Orbis Terrarum Tupus de Integro Multis in Locis Emendatus
Petro Plancio
Orbis Terrarum by Petrus Bertius
Petrus Bertius
Otter from Buffon's Histoire Naturelle
After Jacques de Sève, engraved by various artists
Persia
Giovanni Battista Vrients & Abraham Ortelius
Persicisive Sophorum Regni Typus
Abraham Ortelius
Persicum Regnum
Samuel Purchas & Jodocus Hondius
Plan de Paris
Louis Bretez / Michel-Étienne Turgot
Planisphère - French World Map
French Cartographer
Planisphère by Nicolas Desliens, Dieppe 1566
Nicolas Desliens
Polus Arcticus
Jan Jansson
Porcupine from Buffon's Histoire Naturelle
After Jacques de Sève, engraved by various artists
Rabbit from Buffon's Histoire Naturelle
After Jacques de Sève, engraved by various artists
Raccoon from Buffon's Histoire Naturelle
After Jacques de Sève, engraved by various artists
Rhinoceros from Buffon's Histoire Naturelle
After Jacques de Sève, engraved by various artists
Russiae Moscoviae Tartariae Descriptio
Abraham Ortelius
Septentrionalium Terrarum Descriptio
Jodocus Hondius / Gerardus Mercator
Squirrel from Buffon's Histoire Naturelle
After Jacques de Sève, engraved by various artists
Tabula Russiae
Willem Janszoon Blaeu
Tartaria
Jan Jansson
The Heptarchy - Saxon Kingdoms of England
John Speed
The Turkish Empire
John Speed
Tiger from Buffon's Histoire Naturelle
After Jacques de Sève, engraved by various artists
Tupus Orbis Terrarum
Samuel Purchas & Jodocus Hondius
Tupus Orbis Terrarum
Abraham Ortelius
Tupus Orbis Terrarum
Abraham Ortelius
Tupus Orbis Terrarum
Francois De Belleforest
Tupus Orbis Terrarum
Abraham Ortelius
Tupus Orbis Terrarum I
Abraham Ortelius
Tupus Orbis Terrarum II
Abraham Ortelius
Tupus orbis Terrarum
Abraham Ortelius & Philippe Galle
Turcici Imperii Imago
Jodocus Hondius
Turcicum Imperium
Willem Janszoon Blaeu
Typus Orbis Terrarum
Petrus Bertius
Typus Orbis Terrarum
Abraham Ortelius
Universi Orbis seu Terreniglo
Gerard De Jode
West Indies Chart from Spanish Sources
Spanish Cartographer
Wolf from Buffon's Histoire Naturelle
After Jacques de Sève, engraved by various artists
Zebra from Buffon's Histoire Naturelle
After Jacques de Sève, engraved by various artists