Old maps

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Dog Map of the World, 1967
Climatic chart of the world showing the distribution of the human race and the animal & vegetable kingdoms (1893)
A comparative view of the lengths of the principal rivers of Scotland

Nature and environment

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Marvelous antique Arctic Regions map

Arctic

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The New Greater Greece

Greece

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Leonardo Da Vinci's maps - Vivid Maps
Italy in 1799
Historical Maps of Europe. Italy about 1494 (774K) Insets: The Milanese under the Visconti, 1339-1402. The Republic of Florence, 1300-1494. From The Historical Atlas by William R. Shepherd, 1923.

Italy

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Isochrone Map from Paris (1882)
The Origin of Prostitutes in France, 1836

France

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Map of a not yet fully discovered Australia (1659)
Australia's First Map (1547)
Population Map of Australia (1921)

Australia

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Map of Greenland (1791)
Iceland: Land Utilization & Economic Activity (1973)

Denmark

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London and environs (1773)
Geological map of Great Britain from Stanford’s Geological Atlas, via BuzzFeed's “21 Maps That Will Change How You Think About Britain”
Travel times from London in 1914

United Kingdom

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1529 Map of the Americas by Diego Ribero
“Americae Nova Descriptio…” (1663)
Map of the Unexplored World (1881)

Americas

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French Map of Colonial Africa (1911)
Germany’s plans for Africa (1917)
Map of Africa (1839)

Africa

6 Pins
Map of Marie Tharp and Bruce Heezen (1977)
Chart of part of the South Sea, 1770
South Polar Chart

Ocean

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“Japan and Russia Will Divide China” (1940 Propaganda Map) - Vivid Maps
The World According to Ancient China - Vivid Maps
Five Japans (1936) - Vivid Maps

Asia

8 Pins
Distribution of Germans in Europe (1938)
Berlin and Cölln in 1780
Germany in 1950

Germany

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Constantinople in 16th century Istanbul
Oldest 3D Map in Europe
1915 German propaganda map of Europe if Entente won

Europe

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An anti-Russia satirical map produced by a Japanese student in 1877 during the Russo-Japanese War
Population Density map of the Soviet Union (1929)
Major targets for nuclear bombs in Soviet Union, part of planning a nuclear attack on the USSR (September, 1945)

Russia

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The 1957 Times Atlas Map: A Strategic View of Cold War Alliances - Vivid Maps
The Google Earth of the 1450s - Vivid Maps
Historical infographic maps comparing the world’s rivers and lakes - Vivid Maps

World

43 Pins
Mapping America's Past: The Fascinating Story of the First U.S. Board Game - Vivid Maps
Big game fish map - Vivid Maps
The Republic of Texas and the United States (1841), Paris

United States

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