Old World Maps

World maps through history.

Al-Idrisi’s world map in an 1154 atlas with Arabia on top:

The Netherlands in the 16th Century

An old german map of the Netherlands, 1559-1600.

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Putzgers, F.W., Historischer Schul-Atlas, Bielefeld, 1929, via The Thirty Years’ War

Europe in the 16th century

An old map of Europe in the 16th century.

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Territorial changes of Iran

Territorial changes of Persia and Iran in th 19th and 20th centuries.

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