r/oldmaps 12h ago

"An Accurate Map of the Caribby Islands" by Thomas Kitchin, depicting various Caribbean islands and their colonial owners. (1759)

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r/oldmaps 13h ago

1582 – G. Braun & F. Hogenberg – Vilna Lituaniae Metropolis [Vilnius, Lithuania]

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10 Upvotes

r/oldmaps 12h ago

Tobago map surveyed by Thomas Bowen (1779)

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r/oldmaps 12h ago

Sketch map of Trinidad showing administrative counties (1919)

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r/oldmaps 1d ago

Thoughts on these?

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This will be short… I’ve retyped this post for the third time as the app continues to crash 😡

Bought these for $100 15 years ago. I realize it’s just a print, but can’t find any other versions of it. Was from an old bank that had them for an unknown amount of time. Figured I’d finally ask the interwebs. Can’t find anything myself other than the actual original seems to be rare and valuable.


r/oldmaps 3d ago

Martha’s Vineyard 1981 Map

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My husband and I found this at a thrift store recently. Most info online seems to be conflicting, but it’s a gorgeous print that we plan on professionally framing.


r/oldmaps 5d ago

Manhattan, New York, (c. 1900), detail of a map of New York City from the 10th edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica.

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78 Upvotes

r/oldmaps 5d ago

Google Maps before Google? The Sanborn Map Time Machine!

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r/oldmaps 8d ago

special library edition OS one-inch map

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i bought a collection of maps and within them came 5 book like maps, with a laminated map on the inside. i cant find any information about it online, i was hoping somebody here could help?


r/oldmaps 9d ago

The "Eagle Map of the United States" (1833), from the Rumsey Maps Collection

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34 Upvotes

r/oldmaps 10d ago

Mapa histórico de Portugal, datado de 1763

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r/oldmaps 10d ago

Late 1920s German map of "Argentina, Chile, southern Brazil"

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r/oldmaps 11d ago

Map of Nuevo Reino de Granada (1625) - Peter Schenk the Elder

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33 Upvotes

r/oldmaps 11d ago

Bird's-eye map of Buffalo, New York, 1880

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Published by E. H. Hutchinson in Buffalo. Source: Library of Congress Geography and Map Division.


r/oldmaps 12d ago

An unknow map of Burgundy

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Hi everyone! i found this picture of a pretty map of the Duchy of Burgundy online, i'm trying to find out where its from (and if i could buy a copy somewhere). Could you please help me?

AI told me its likely from a mid century French history textbook


r/oldmaps 12d ago

Can anybody tell which period is this map related to?

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Father of a friend of mine has it at home… I always was intrigued by that as I saw it for many years. He said he purchased in some southern France shop in late 70s.
The island on the left is a close up of the Ven island between modern day Sweden and Denmark


r/oldmaps 12d ago

Map of an alpine glacier (Goldberggletscher), 1909

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r/oldmaps 12d ago

1677 Printing of Map from “History of the World” by Sir Walter Raleigh— Arabia Felix, Mesopotamia, and Judaea (Journey of Abraham)

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r/oldmaps 16d ago

Antique map of Scotland by Robert Morten, ca. 1695.

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21 Upvotes

I picked it up at a trash-to-treasures sale for $10 framed :)


r/oldmaps 16d ago

1838 map showing the proposed new administrative division of Australia

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86 Upvotes

r/oldmaps 17d ago

Jeju Island in the Korea Strait (1894)

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r/oldmaps 17d ago

The scene of the Battle of Jutland, May 31-June 1, 1916 (1920)

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r/oldmaps 19d ago

Map of the Abbazia Area (1896)

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r/oldmaps 22d ago

Some old maps from my library

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Here are some of my old maps. They are mostly pulled from various books in my library.

First is a map of Hannibal's march through Spain, Gaul, the Alps, and on into Italy during the Second Punic War. Printed 1739.

Second is a map of the Environs of Rome during the Kingdom and Republic. Printed circa 1800.

The third is a map of Sicily in what I assume to be the third century BC, as it was taken from a volume of Rollin's Histoire Romaine which recounts the First Punic War. Printed 1740.

Fourth is a map of Greece about the 3rd century BC(?). Printed circa 1800.

Fifth is a map of Asia Minor in Hellenic times. Printed circa 1780s(?).

Sixth is a map of Egypt, Libya and other neighboring regions in Hellenic times. Printed circa 1800.

Seventh is a map of Numidia in the second century BC roughly. Printed circa 1800.

Eighth is a map (unframed) of the Parthian Empire during the first couple centuries AD. Printed 1749.

Particular credit to Christopher Boyd of Clayton's in Whittier, California for the elegant frames. May God rest his soul. The frames for Numidia and Sicily are my personal favorites.


r/oldmaps 22d ago

san diego county map cut out from a 1987 san diego union tribune

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