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RMH9HRKP–Martellus Henricus 15th century , map of the world
RMD2T8C7–MAP OF THE DISCOVERIES OF EUROPEAN SEAFARERS IN THE 15TH AND 16TH CENTURIES
RMD990AM–Ptolemy's 150 CE World Map (redrawn in the 15th century).
RMG16AHD–The Ptolemy world map is a map of the known world to Hellenistic society in the 2nd century AD. It was based on the description contained in Ptolemy's book Geographia, written 150 AD. Although authentic maps have never been found, the Geographia contains
RMJJ0NTA–Europe. Map. 15th century. Conde Museum. Chantilly. France.
RM2M9CPKD–15th century Map of Arabia
RM2MA7G4B–15th Century, Map of Jerusalem, illustration made in 1472 by Pietro del Massaio
RMHHW3HF–Bodensee - 15th century map, copper engraving showing the landscapes surrounding Lake Constance (Bodensee)
RMAKFGA6–Ptolemy world map circa 150 AD from the edition of 1472. Color halftone
RMEBWYRD–The oldest map of Germany, 1451, by Nicholas of Kues or Nicolaus Cusanus, Nicholas of Cusa, 1401 - 1464, a German philosopher,
RMBNK4Y4–Martin Behaim´s Globe, 1492. From the book Life of Christopher Columbus by Clements R. Markham published 1892.
RMRCBKPB–Islington, London, UK. 15th Jan 2019. Europe 2019, by Yanko Tihov in Tag Fine Arts - London Art Fair, at the Business Design Centre N1, from 16 - 20 January provides an opportunity to discover modern and contemporary art from the 20th century to the present day. Credit: Guy Bell/Alamy Live News
RM2B27JWP–Map of Ireland,in the reign of Henry VII, showing the English Pale, Degenerate English, and independent native tribes
RM2BET6E7–ANDREA BIANCO WORLD MAP A clear bw version of the coloured map created by the 15th century Venetian sailor and cartographer.
RM2G9K2TF–15th century map of the earth by the Italian mathematician and astronomer Paolo dal Pozzo Toscanelli historical world map, illustration from 1881
RMD9K8YD–Man being eaten by a sea serpent. From a 15th century map by Olaus Magnus.
RMHR8TPA–Unknown, Egypt, 15th Century - Map of World - Google Art Project
RMMNY23F–Map of World (1400 - 1500). 1215 Unknown, Egypt, 15th Century - Map of World - Google Art Project
RM2B01T3X–Iran/Persia: A map of the Persian/Arab Gulf and Arabian Sea based on a 10th century map by Abu Ishaq Ibrahim al-Istakhri (850-957), c. 14th-15th century. Abu Ishaq Ibrahim ibn Muhammad al-Farisi al Istakhri (aka Estakhri, i.e. from the city of Estakhr) was a medieval Persian geographer in the 10th century. Al-Istakhri's Arabic language works include Al-masaalik al-mamaalik ('Traditions of Countries') and Suwar al-Aqaaleem ('Shapes of the Climes').
RFGB538G–BORGIA MAP OF THE WORLD: 15th century. Britannica 9th edition, 1898
RM2DCAAG3–German 15th Century, (artist), Map of the World, c. 1480, woodcut, image: 41.3 x 29.2 cm (16 1/4 x 11 1/2 in.), sheet: 38.4 x 28.8 cm (15 1/8 x 11 5/16 in.), overall (external frame dimensions): 59.7 x 44.5 cm (23 1/2 x 17 1/2 in
RMD96XG2–Map of Florence - anonymous 15th century Italian map.
RM2BDYMA8–Medieval World Map
RMKMAMN7–15th century manuscript copy of Ptolemy world map, reconstituted from Ptolemy's Geography, c 150 AD. Indicating countries of Serica and Sinae (China) and Island of Taprobane (Sri Lanca). Vatican Apostolic Library.
RM2M9CRFF–15th century Map of the Old World
RFCP8JXP–map of Canterbury in the 15th Century, Kent, England, Historische Zeichnung aus dem 19. Jahrhundert, Stadtplan von Canterbury im
RMG92WW0–Alex Moseley from Leicester University, Wednesday December 21 2005, with one of many 15th century books that inspired the typeface design for the Daily Prophet newspaper which is featured in the Harry Potter movie. Mr Moseley, principal computer officer at Leicester University and a keen medieval researcher, used his dual expertise to conjure up writing styles for the Book of Monsters, ancient text in Moste Potente Potions and parts of the Marauder's Map. See PA story SHOWBIZ Potter. PRESS ASSOCIATION PHOTO. Picture credit should read: Rui Vieira/PA
RMDEJ412–Map of the Iberian Peninsula in the 1400s. Color lithograph
RM2T4484D–Fra Mauro. The Fra Mauro Map by the Venetian cartographer, Fra Mauro (c.1400–1464), c, 1460. It was the most accurate world map to be produced up until that date.
RMBT9N2M–The Four Voyages of Christopher Columbus, 1492 to 1503. From the book Life of Christopher Columbus, 1892.
RMCWA5AC–World Map by Paolo dal Pozzo Toscanelli shows lands of the Eastern Hemisphere is based on the conception of the Earth as a
RMHTMH9F–world map is believed by some to have been compiled by Zheng He.Zheng He (1371-1435), or Cheng Ho, China's most famous navigator. Starting from the beginning of the 15th Century, he travelled to the West seven times. For 28 years, he travelled more than 5
RMTA2BDB–Recorded: 01.01.1400 - 12.31.1499. The world map of Paolo dal Pozzo Toscanelli. Zippangu stands for Japan, Mangi for India, the dark areas in the middle are not part of the original map, but show the position of the later discovered continent of America.
RM2AECMW7–Map of the World; c. 1480 German 15th Century, Map of the World, c 1480
RM2PK21F7–Map of Europe at the time of the Fall of Constantinople, 15th century. From the book Outline of History by H.G. Wells, published 1920.
RF2H3TARA–Toscanelli’s Map (Restored). Toscanelli (1397 –1482) was an Italian mathematician, astronomer, and cosmographer. From his studies of ancient writers, including Ptolemy, and his conversations with travelers and explorers, Toscanelli created a map of the world that was sent to the king of Portugal in 1474, and explained the possibility of sailing west, rather than around Africa and through the Indian Ocean, to reach the East Indies.
RM2BFCN3B–HENRICUS GERMANUS German cartographer's map of the world in 1489
RM2RFKGAY–The Discovery of America by Christopher Columbus, 1492. A map plotting Christopher Columbus' voyage to the Americas.
RMR5C5P2–(Whole folio) Map of the British Isles, or 'Ivernia insula Britannica', a 15th century map based on one by Ptolemy, in brown ink, tinted with blue and yellow. The map is an insertion in a volume of slightly earlier date. Geographia. E. Mediterranean [Greece?]; late 14th-15th century. . Source: Burney 111, f.15. Language: Greek.
RM2A2RN0B–Oldest map print of the occident 2, Illustration of the oldest map print from the 15th century, Fig. 5, p. 182, 1472, Isidorus Hispalensis: [Ethymologiae]. [Augsburg]: [per Gintherum Zainer ex Reutlingen progenitum, litteris impressi ahenis], [1472
RMKHW6N8–16th Century map depicting Africa and the Mediterranean Basin by Juan de la Cosa. Juan de la Cosa (1450-1510) a Spanish navigator and cartographer, known for designing the earliest European world map that incorporated the territories of the Americas that were discovered during the 15th Century. Dated 15th Century
RM2BDYMA7–Europe, 15th Century
RMW7EGFN–Colombus when Cortes arrived in Cuba, (15th century), 1920s. Artist: Unknown
RM2M9CXX2–15th century Map of Americas at the time of the first voyage of Christopher Columbus
RMPE2XJW–Juan de la Cosa (ca.1460-1509). Spanish marine and cartographer. Map of Juan de la Cosa. Facsimile, engraving.
RM2JJXA3D–A map of London as it would have been in Geoffrey Chaucer (English poet) time (circa 1400)
RFFD1PP5–ITALY 12TH-15TH CENTURIES: Ecclesiastical divisions. Roman Bishoprics, 1902 map
RM2R47YFD–Unknown, Egypt, 15th Century - Map of World
RM2M653RG–Map of England illustrating the Wars of the Roses, 15th century. From History of England, published 1907
RM2B00TYR–Italy: Detail from an illustration of Venice showing lateen- (triangular-) and square--rigged ships. Illustration by Frans Hogenberg (1535-1590), 16th century. For centuries Venice was Europe’s prime trading partner with the Middle East and the Byzantine Empire in particular. Venetian naval and commercial power was unrivalled in Europe until it lost a series of wars to the Ottoman armies in the 15th century. The city lost some 50,000 people to the Black Death in 1575-77, but remained a major manufacturing center and port well into the 18th century.
RMGG2FW0–First World War. Situation since the 15th November 1914. B, Belgian Army and French Army of Belgium (Urbal).
RMCEG1BA–1855 Spruner Map of Africa since the beginning of the 15th century
RM2AE62NC–Map of the World; c. 1480 German 15th Century, Map of the World, c 1480
RM2DDR7EK–Map showing the routes of the four voyages of Christopher Columbus between 1492 and 1504. After an early 19th century work by Jean-Baptiste-Paul Touquet.
RMRRHH0B–Map of Ukraine 1600.
RMHT27BF–Sketch map of London in the 15th century, 1906. Artist: Unknown.
RM2BT2YRK–The Wars of the Roses: a map of Britain during the Wars of the Roses. The Wars of the Roses were a series of English civil wars for control of the throne of England fought between supporters of two rival cadet branches of the House of Plantagenet and the House of Lancaster between 1455 and 1487.
RF2A47FH4–This image shows Africa as it was known after DaGama’s Expeditions. It is from Juan de la Cosa’s map of 1500. de la Cosa was a Castilian navigator and cartographer, known for designing the earliest European world map that incorporated the territories of the Americas that were discovered in the 15th century. Da Gama was a Portuguese explorer and the first European to reach India by sea. His initial voyage to India was the first to link Europe and Asia by an ocean route, connecting the Atlantic and the Indian oceans and therefore, the West and the Orient.
RM2A2RN0A–Oldest map print of the Occident 1, Illustration of the oldest map print from the 15th century, Fig. 5, p. 182, Isidorus Hispalensis, 1472, Isidorus Hispalensis: [Ethymologiae]. [Augsburg]: [per Gintherum Zainer ex Reutlingen progenitum, litteris impressi ahenis], [1472
RM2K0AFF5–A 16th century map of Kyeong-sang-do province from the book Shin-jeung-Dong-guk-yeo-ji-seung-ram ('New Revised Edition of Dong-guk-Yeo-Ji-Seung-Ram')which is a Korean geography book that was published by the Joseon dynasty in 1530. The original wooden print is currently in Kyu-jang-gak, the royal library of the Joseon Dynasty, founded in 1776 by order of King Jeong-jo of Joseon.
RMG16AHF–Ptolemy world map taken from the first printed edition of 1472 (the first book to have printed maps) and the famous Rome edition of 1508. The Ptolemy world map is a map of the known world to Hellenistic society in the 2nd century AD. It was based on the d
RMW7F7X4–'Map of India in 1757', (c1912). Artist: Unknown.
RM2M9CXX5–15th century map of North America showing the first voyage of Christopher Columbus
RMFH1AN0–Manuscript copy of the Ptolemy (100-170 AD) world map, reconstituted from Ptolemy's Geography (c.150), indicating the countries of 'Serica' and 'Sinae' (China) at the extreme east, beyond the island of 'Taprobane' (Sri Lanka, oversized) and the 'Aurea Chersonesus' (Malay Peninsula). 15th-century.
RM2RMKT22–Canary Island, after facsimile by Bethencourt early 15th century, native woman, men, poles, axe, trees, houses, symbols, sketch, sailing ship
RM2CKGY6H–Map of the Battle of Carberry Hill, 15th June 1567, with the Surrender of Mary Queen of Scots (1542-1587) to the Confederate Lords of Scotland, and the escape of James Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell (1535-1578), engraving by George Vertue, 1742
RM2FMJ6JH–A late 19th Century view of the River Wye as it flows through Hereford, a cathedral city and the county town of Herefordshire, England. In the foreground is the Wye Bridge, contructed in the late 15th century with Hereford Cathedral dating from 1079 behind. The cathedral contains the Mappa Mundi, a medieval map of the world dating from the 13th century.
RMBNK51R–Map of Fra Mauro, 1457 - 1459. From the book Life of Christopher Columbus by Clements R. Markham published 1892.
RM2B00W0G–Italy: An early 16th-century illustration of Venice by Ottoman admiral and cartographer Piri Reis (1470-1554), published in his navigational ‘Kitab-i-Bahriye’ (Book of Sea Lore). For centuries Venice was Europe’s prime trading partner with the Middle East and the Byzantine Empire in particular. Venetian naval and commercial power was unrivalled in Europe until it lost a series of wars to the Ottoman armies in the 15th century. The city lost some 50,000 people to the Black Death in 1575-77, but remained a major manufacturing center and port well into the 18th century.
RMMFNPDN–Chinese map of the world dated 1763, claiming to be a reproduction of a 1418 map of Zheng He's (1371-1433) voyages and to prove that Zheng He sailed both to Australia and the Americas. Many think the map is more likely to be based on 18th century European maps. Discovered by Lui Gang in 2005.
RMCW85HW–1855 Spruner Map of Africa since the beginning of the 15th century
RM2HA90MW–The tower of London at the time of King Henry VIII (1491 – 1547) with Donjon marked A. Known officially as Her Majesty's Royal Palace and Fortress of the Tower of London in modern times, the historic castle stands on the north bank of the River Thames in central London. It holds the English Crown Jewells and has been used as a prison. The outer wall is mentioned in the The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle stating that in 1097 King William II ordered a wall to be built around the Tower of London;
RMBR0NHP–Map showing the voyages of Christopher Columbus and John Cabot.
RMRRHH2X–Medieval Map of Europe 1480.
RMP1B13B–Christopher Columbus, showing his plans to Isabella and Ferdinand
RM2R6ECK9–Prince Henry the Navigator (1394-1460). By Donn Philip Crane (1878-1944). Dom Henrique of Portugal, Duke of Viseu (1394-1460), better known as Prince Henry the Navigator, was a central figure in the early days of the Portuguese Empire and in 15th-century European maritime discoveries and maritime expansion.
RF2BABK3D–Shown here is how Africa was believed to be shaped after Vasco Da Gama’s expeditions. This map is a section of Juan de la Cosa’s map in 1500. Juan de la Cosa was a Castilian navigator and cartographer, known for designing the earliest European world map that incorporated the territories of the Americas that were discovered in the 15th century. Vasco da Gama was a Portuguese explorer and the first European to reach India by sea. His initial voyage to India was the first to link Europe and Asia by an ocean route, connecting the Atlantic and the Indian oceans and therefore, the West and the Orie
RM2A2TK12–Map of Louis Quinze Square, Illustration of the plan of the place of Louis the 15th from the 18th century, signed: Patte del, Pl. III, to p. 124, Patte, Pierre, 1765, Pierre Patte: Monumens érigés en France à la gloire de Louis XV. Paris: chez l'auteur: chez Desaint: chez Saillant, 1765
RMKHW6EC–Map created by John Cabot, a Venetian navigator and explorer, who discovered the coast of North America. Dated 15th Century
RMT96489–In Europe, the 15th century is seen as the bridge between the Late Middle Ages, the Early Renaissance, and the Early modern period. In the Age of Exploration, from the 15th century to the 17th century, European cartographers both copied earlier maps (some of which had been passed down for centuries) and drew their own based on explorers' observations and new surveying techniques. The invention of the magnetic compass, telescope and sextant enabled increasing accuracy. Image taken from page 52 of 'Cassell's Illustrated Universal History', 1893. This image has been color enhanced.
RMW7F7X5–'Map of India in 1857', c1912. Artist: Unknown.
RMG36K7J–15th century World Map
RM2HM12RK–1960s, historical, primary school, dolls from different countries displayed on tables, with world map on wall, Scotland, UK. Typically a dressed model of a human character, dolls were often used as a plaything or toy, particularly for girls, and have a history dating back to the ancient civilisations. The modern type of manufactured doll dates back to 15th century Germany.
RMCP5KYJ–map of Canterbury in the 15th Century, Kent, England,
RFG0NWPW–ITALY: Pisa, 1913 antique map
RM2XDEYYN–Rosenbaekken, cultural-historical site, course of the moat in the Middle Ages, today the old town centre of Nyborg, plaque with town map, town
RM2WRF418–Lemites de Portugal (Portugal Map 15th Century)
RM2B01GFP–Italy/Venice: A map of Venice published by J. Stockdale, London, 1800. For centuries Venice was Europe’s prime trading partner with the Middle East and the Byzantine Empire in particular. Venetian naval and commercial power was unrivalled in Europe until it lost a series of wars to the Ottoman armies in the 15th century. The city lost some 50,000 people to the Black Death in 1575-1577, but remained a major manufacturing centre and port well into the 18th century.
RM2A600X8–Fra Mauro map, a map of the world made around 1450 by the Italian cartographer Fra Mauro, an Italian cartographer who lived in the Republic of Venice. Dated 15th Century
RMAKFG5C–Christopher Columbus studying a map in his studio in Spain 1400s. Hand-colored woodcut
RMHFAC43–Claudius Ptolemy (90-168AD) world map in spherical projection circa 150AD by Nicolaus Germanus (c. 1420 – c. 1490) edition of Ptolemy's Cosmographia published in 1482. See description for more information.
RM2PK21E7–Map of the Ottoman Empire before 1453. From the book Outline of History by H.G. Wells, published 1920.
RMP7RJ91–Europe. Map. 15th century. Conde Museum. Chantilly. France.
RMMW1A0X–. English: The 8th European Map (Octava Europae Tabula), featuring European Sarmatia, from a medieval edition of Ptolemy's Geography. 15th century. Ptolemy 505 Ptolemy Cosmographia Sarmatia+Taurika
RMW5X7TC–Sandro Botticelli, Map of Hell, painting, 1480-1490
RMMPWRD3–Map of Russia in the 14th and 15th century, 1914.
RMRYA5PW–Map of the 15th Arrondissement De Vaugirard Paris France
RMKHW7KA–Map painted on calfskin believed to have been drawn by Christopher Columbus. Christopher Columbus (1451-1506) an Italian explorer, navigator, and colonizer. Dated 15th Century
RMG16DTP–A map of Europe, showing territorial borders existing in the 15th century, specifically 1453. The Fall of Constantinople, capital of the Byzantine Empire, to the invading army of the Ottoman Empire occurred on 29 May, 1453. Map published in 1831.