Historical Maps

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

Interactive digitals Maps and Globes

Table of Resources

author (year) image

Mainz Globe
Drawing of the Mainz Globe, Roman celestial globe in the Römisch-Germanisches Museum Mainz, Germany, published by E. Künzl (1998).[1]

Kugel Globe
high resolution drawing of the Kugel Globe, published in Hoffmann (2025)[2]
see separate page for more information

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)
  1. ↑ E. Künzl (1998). Der Globus Im Römisch-Germanischen Zentralmuseum Mainz: Der Bisher Einzige Komplette Himmelsglobus Aus Dem Griechisch-Römischen Altertum, Der Globusfreund, FEBRUAR 1998 (für 1997/98), Nr. 45/46 (FEBRUAR 1998 (für 1997/98)), pp. 7-153 Stable URL: https://www.jstor.org/stable/41628587
  2. ↑ Hoffmann, Susanne M (2025), Some Results on the Ancient Globes, Globe Studies – The Journal of the International Coronelli Society, 69, 4169
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