Old world maps
Maps of the whole world from the 1500s to the early 1900s: the Waldseemüller map that first named America, Ortelius's and Blaeu's atlas maps, double-hemisphere maps of the 17th century, and the world maps of the age of empire.
Why they are free to use: Most were published more than a century ago, so their copyright has expired. Each map's page shows its own licence basis and a credit line.
The age of exploration
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Map of the world (1600) southwest
1600 · Wikimedia Commons
Map of the world
1600 · Wikimedia Commons
Map of the world (1600) southeast
1600 · Wikimedia Commons
Map of the world from 1565.
1565 · Wikimedia Commons
Worldmap From "Calecut Nuova Tavola" (the Deccan and the South), a map by Girolamo Ruscelli, published by Girodano Ziletti, Venice, 1561 and later editions
1561 · Wikimedia Commons
THE WORLD MAP, 1524 (and 1564) by Petrus Apianus
1524 · Wikimedia Commons
Map of the Entire World
1513 · Wikimedia Commons
World map RMG C4568 1
1508 · Wikimedia Commons
Double-hemisphere maps
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The map of two hemispheres, created by the son of Jodocus Hondius, Henricus Hondius in 1630.
1630 · Wikimedia Commons
Martines 1587 Atlas 01 World in two hemispheres service-gdc-gdcwdl-wd-l -10-09-1-wdl 10091-VITR 000004 020 MAPA 001
1587 · Wikimedia Commons
Geography of the world, Samuel Dunn, 1774
1774 · Wikimedia Commons
A map of the world in two hemispheres, provided latitude and longitude coordinates. It shows the diverse ways in which geography can be applied.
1686 · Wikimedia Commons
Monachus 1527 globe map 01
c. 1527 · Wikimedia Commons
NOVISSIMA TOTIUS TERRARUM ORBIS TABULA Wereldkaart in 2 hemisferen
1683 · Wikimedia Commons
Map of the World
1820 · Wikimedia Commons
Mappe-monde, ou carte generale du globe terrestre - representée en deux plan-hemispheres - reveiie et changée en plusieurs endroits suivant les relations les plus recentes
1678 · Library of Congress
The 19th-century world
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(1857) Map of THE WORLD
1857 · Wikimedia Commons
(1811) MAP OF THE WORLD
1811 · Wikimedia Commons
1868 map - Übersichtskarte der ethnologischen Culturkreise nach ihrer ungefähren Begrenzung im 15ten Jahrhundert
1868 · Wikimedia Commons
A Map of the World
1850–1900 · Wikimedia Commons
19th-century map of the five races of mankind (after Blumenbach 1779):I Caucasian or White race:II. Mongolian or Yellow breed:III. Ethiopian or Black Race:IV. American or Copper colored breed:V Malaya
1851 · Wikimedia Commons
The political balance of the Globe
1829–1830 · Wikimedia Commons
(Shi jie) quan tu.
1900 · Library of Congress
1846 map - The Protestant missionary map of the world
1846 · Wikimedia Commons
The world in the early 1900s
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The World in 1914 at the eve of the Great War
1914 · Wikimedia Commons
The blood-red world - map showing territory of the Earth directly affected by the Great War.
1914 · Library of Congress
The Daily Telegraph map of the world on Mercator's projection
1918 · Library of Congress
Historic map of the World
c. 1905 · Wikimedia Commons
Here are the Kaiser's war plans - National Security League's warning to thoughtful Americans - how Germany wanted the world to look - a graphic explanation of why there is a war.
1917 · Library of Congress
C. 1911 Europe and Russia
c. 1911 · Wikimedia Commons
NIE 1905 Frontispiece - The World
1905 · Wikimedia Commons
The world as known to Christian Europe in 1492, compiled with special reference to Behaim's Globe
1908 · Wikimedia Commons
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