16th century

Description: Another world map by the French physician and mathematician Laurent Fries published in his Ptolemy Atlas in 1541.  (Highest res...

Description: Heart-shaped world map projection from the French scientist Oronce Finé first published in 1536. (Highest res.: jpg, 1265 x 111...

Description: The Fool's Cap Map of the World dates from ca. 1580-1590 and is one of the big mysteries in the history of cartography. It ...

Description: World map published in 1544 by the German scientist and cartographer Sebastian Münster. His work "Cosmographia" of 15...

Description: "Cosmographical map or universal description of the world with the actual path of the winds" made by the French hydro...

Description: Gores for constructing a globe published after 1507 by the German cartographer Martin Waldseemüller. His world maps and globes ...

Description: Orbis Typus Universalis - world map created by the German cartographer Martin Waldseemüller in 1506, first published in 1513. (...

Description: World map from the French cartographer Nicholas Desliens, published in 1566, showing the world upside down. (Highest res.: jpg,...

Description: 1520 World Map from the German humanist, astronomer and cartographer Petrus Apianus, also known as Peter Apian. (Highest res.: ...

Description: World map published in 1589 by the Dutch cartographer and engraver Gerard de Jode. (Highest res.: jpg, 3080 x 2152 pixel, 96 d...

Description: World map of the Portuguese cartographer Domingo Teixeira drawn in 1573 with the sea routes of Vasco da Gama and Hernando de Ma...

Description: World map made by the French mapmaker Guillaume Brouscon in 1543. (Highest res.: jpg, 8497 x 7924 pixel, 300 dpi, file size: 23...

Description: "Theatrum Orbis Terrarum" (Theatre of the World) made by the Flemish cartographer and geographer Abraham Ortelius in ...

Description: World map made by Laurent Fries, woodcut 1522. (Highest res.: jpg, 3000 x 2190 pixel, 72 dpi, file size: 3,83 MB)

Description: The Caverio Map (also called Caveri Map or Canerio Map) is a world map drawn by the Genoese cartographer Nicolay de Caveri, cir...

Description: Orbis Terrarum published by the Dutch astronomer, cartographer and clergyman Petrus Plancius in 1594. (Highest res.: jpg, 2671 ...

Description: Map of the world 1552 by the Siebenbuerger Saxon humanist and Protestant Reformer Johannes Honterus. (Highest res.: jpg, 800 x ...

Description: "Orbis Terrarum" from the Dutch astronomer, cartographer and clergyman Petrus Plancius, published in 1590. (Highest r...

Description: The "Dieppe maps" are several maps produced in the school of cartographers in Dieppe, France during the 16th century ...

Description: "A Chart of the World on Mercator's Projection", also known as the Wright–Molyneux Map. This Map is the first wor...