Historical Maps

Here is a gallery of the historical maps that we are frequently referring to and display details of.

Interactive digitals Maps and Globes

• Chinese Suzhou Map (13th century with older data)
• 1395 Korean Map (Uni Jena)
• 1279 al-Urdi's Celestial Globe
• 1626 Nicolai&Greuter's Celestial Globe
• 1688 Coronelli's Celestial Globe
• 1792 Cassini's Celestial Globe

Table of Resources

author (year)	image
Dürer (1515)	celestial maps (north, south)
Mercator (1551)	globe gores (TROVE)
van der Keere & Plancius (1612)	globe gores
Habrecht (1621)	globe gores
Royer (1679)	Celestial south map by Augustin Royer (1679)
Lacaille (1763)	screenshot of zoomable map at library in Zurich
Young (1807)	Celestial Map in Young (1807): A Course of Lectures on Natural Philosophy and the Mechanical Arts (see Internet Archive).
Mobacher (1881)	Planisphere by Mobacher (1881), French-Arabic
Carlos Simon (1894)	Celestial Map by Carlos Simon (1894)