Louisiana Heron from Birds of America (1827) by John James Audubon, etched by William Home Lizars.
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Louisiana Heron from Birds of America (1827) by John James Audubon, etched by William Home Lizars.
Autumnal view of Rocky Mountain peaks called the Maroon Bells, between Pitkin County and Gunnison County, Colorado. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel.
Johnson's Western Hemisphere [and] Johnson's Eastern Hemisphere (1866) by Johnson and Ward. Original from The Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel.
A Moral and Political Sketch of the United States of North America with a note on Negro Slavery, Junius Redivivus (1833) by Charles Louis Napoleon Achille Murat. Original from British Library. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel.
Mappa totius mundi: adornata juxta observationes (1682) by Guilielmum de l'Isle. Original from The Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel.
Mappa mondo o vero carta generale del globo terrestre (1674) by N. Sanson de Abbeville. Original from The Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel.
Planiglobii terrestris mappa vniversalis (1746) by George Moritz, Johann Matthias Hase, and Homann Erben. Original from The Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel.
Map sampler made at Pleasent Valley Quaker Boarding School (1809) by Polly Platt. Original from The MET Museum. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel.
Mappa totius mundi : adornata juxta observationes dnn. academiae regalis scientiarum et nonnullorum aliorum secundum annotationes recentissimas (1775) by Guillaume de L'Isle. Original from Library of Congress. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel.
New world or western hemisphere: old world or eastern hemisphere (1786) by William Faden. Original from The Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel.
Nova et accuratissima totius terrarum orbis tabula (ca. 1648–1664) by Joan Blaeu. Original From The New York Public Library. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel.
Die Erde. Eine allgemeine Erd- und Länderkunde, etc (1896) by Franz Heiderich. Original from British Library. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel.
Nova totius terrarum orbis geographica ac hydrographica (ca. 1635–1650) by Guiljelmo Blaeuw. Original from The Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel.
Philips' war map of the Pacific (1945) by George Philip and Son Limited. Original from The Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel.
Map of the New York world's fair and approaches (ca. 1939–1940) from The Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division. Original From The New York Public Library. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel.
America with those known parts in that unknowne worlde both people and manner of buildings/discribed and inlarged (ca. 1626–1627) by John Speed. Original from The Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel.
Description generale du globe terrestre et aquatique en deux-plans-hemispheres (1691) by Alexis-Hubert Jaillot and Nicolas Sanson. Original from The Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel.
Orbis terrae compendiosa descriptio : quam ex magna universali Gerardi Mercatoris Domino Richardo Gartho, geographie ac ceterarum bonarum artium amatori ac fautori summo (1637) by Gerhard Mercator. Original From The New York Public Library. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel.
Planiglobii Terrestris Mappa Universalis (1746) by Johann Baptist Homann. Original from The MET Museum. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel.
Up-to-date map of the world war (1942) by Manila Shinbun-sha. Original from The Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel.