World map from the first modern atlas by Ortelius - Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, 1570

Africae tabula nova, 1570.

Europe at the death of Charlemagne in 814.

Worldmap from a portolan atlas showing the route that Magellan took around the world and the route from Cadiz, Spain, to Peru, 1544.

Nova totius terrarum orbis geographica ac hydrographica tabula, from Atlas Novus, 1635.

Carte d'Amérique, 1774.

Celestial map from the 17th century.

Map of Asia, 1892.

Map of the South China Sea, including inset maps of the Singapore Strait, Jokohama, Batavia and the Sunda Strait, 1906.

Map of the world from 1897. The British Empire (marked in pink) was the superpower of the 19th century.

Astronomical chart showing a bear forming the constellation Ursa Major, 1825.

Map of North America during the 17th century.