Old World Maps

World maps through history. Al-Idrisi’s world map in an 1154 atlas with Arabia on top: Pietro Vesconte's world map, oriented to the east at the top, 14th century: A map based on Ptolemy's Geographia, 1482: Johann Ruysch's map, 1507: Clavdii Ptolemaei Geographicae enarrationis libri octo Bilibaldo Pirckeym hero interprete Annotationes Ioannes de Regio Monte

Old French Atlas of America

Maps of America by Nicolas Sanson d'Abbeville, 1657.    North America   New Mexico, (island of) California   Guatemala   Carabean Islands   Florida   Mexico   South America   Terre Ferme, Nouveau Royaume de Grenade   Guyana   Peru and the river Amazon   Chile   Brazil   Paraguay   Strait of Magellan and the Magellanics Islands   Cover

The Muslim World, old map

An 1900's map and infographic of the Muslim world with population data of "countries having 2,000,000 or more Mohammedan population". Click to enlarge Source: S.M. Zwemer, The Moslem World, Student Volunteer Movement For Foreign Missions, Publishing House of the M.E. Church, South, 1908