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The fascinating history of maps unfolds from the earliest mammoth tusk carvings to the precision of modern satellite imagery, expanding our understanding of

A section of a map from the 1584 edition of author Abraham Ortelius' "Theatrum Orbis Terrarum (Theater of the World), Additamentum III" shows the name "C. de Cañareal" at the location of Cape Canaveral, Fla.

Antique Maps of Italy & Rome. Gallery of authentic historic and rare maps of Italy, Rome, Florence, Sicily, Naples and Venice from the 16th to the 19th centuries.

Antique Maps of the Americas. Gallery of authentic historic and rare maps of North America, South America, the Western Hemisphere and Central America.

  1570 (undated)         1 : 20000000 Description A richly-colored example of Ortelius' seminal map of Tartary, this is one of the first maps to focus on the North Pacific. While the map is primarily intended to detail Asia as dominated by the Great Khan, it is also notable for what it shows of America. The map includes what is now the west coast of the United States, northwestern Canada and Alaska, bit was then almost entirely unknown lands. It is the earliest obtainable map to name California. It also displays a strait separating Asia and America - the Strait of Asian - appearing ...