6,200 BC to 600 A.D.
26 Monographs (#100-#121)
180 Images/432 pages
600 A.D. to 1300
74 Monographs (#200-#226)
450 images/1,091 pages
1300 to 1500
49 Monographs (#227-#261)
370 Images/1,030 pages
1492-1800
189 Monographs (#300-#800.8)
700 Images/2,0539 pages
Last Updated: 22 September 2023 (31 pages)
The Depiction of Cities on Early Maps
Original: 14 December 2012 - Last updated: 22 December 2022 (138 pages)
When America was part of Asia for 270 years
Original: 20 April 2015 - Last updated: 22 February 2023 (119 pages)
Original: 9 August 2016 - Last updated: 2 June 2023 (104 pages)
Old Maps with the Great Wall of China
Original: 9 August 2016 - Last updated: 22 September 2023 (109 pages)
Original: 22 April 2016 - Last updated: 22 June 2022 (100 pages)
Original: 22 April 2016 - Last updated: 16 June 2022 (12 monographs)
A Survey of Anthropomorphic Maps
Original: 3 May 2016 - Last updated: 17 May 2023 (166 pages)
The Concept of the Antipodes in Maps
Original: 27 June 2018 - Last updated: 6 October 2022 (73 pages)
The Origin of the Continents & the Display of Countries
Original: 24 November 2014 - Last updated: 12 May 2023
Indigenous People on Early Maps
Original: 9 October 2018 - Last updated: 20 August 2023 (148 pages)
Original: 9 August 2016 - Last updated: 22 March 2023 (203 pages)
Opening & Closing the Indian Ocean
Original: 2 February 2017 - Last updated: 22 July 2022 (69 pages)
Taprobana: Sri Lanka, Sumatra or Borneo?
Original: 28 July 2022 - Last updated: 2 April 2023 (100 pages)
Original: 8 July 2015 - Last updated: 28 February 2023 (63 pages)
The Evolution of Africa in Early Maps
Original: 3 November 2017 - Last updated: 22 June 2023 (250 pages)
The Evolution of the Polar Regions in Early Maps
Original: 22 April 2021 - Last updated: 20 August 2023 (238 pages)
Original: 24 December 2017 - Last updated: 12 July 2023 (43 pages)
The Evolution of Florida in Early Maps
Original: 2 February 2018 - Last updated: 22 September 2023 (95 pages)
The Evolution of Japan in Early Maps
Original: 21 March 2018 - Laste updated: 2 June 2023 (203 pages)
The Evolution of South America on Early Maps
Original: 2 April 2018 - Last updated: 2 June 2023 (154 pages)
Creatures on Maps: Real and Imagined
Original: 17 May 2018 - Last updated: 22 September 2023 (188 pages)
The Evolution of Greenland on Early Maps
Original: 9 October 2018 - Last updated: 20 May 2023 (162 pages)
The Evolution of the British Isles on Early Maps
Original: 20 August 2018 - Last updated: 22 September 2023 (132 pages)
Mythical Islands of the Atlantic:
Frisland, Antillia, Saint Brendan, Hy-Brasil
Original: 14 October 2018 - Last updated: 12 September 2022 (297 pages)
the Depiction of Paradise & the Garden of Eden on Early Maps
Original: 30 October 2018 - Last updated: 2 June 2023 (131 pages)
Four Cartographic Myths Explored:
California as an Island, Fusang, the Great Sea of the West
Original: 15 November 2018 - Last updated: 12 July 2023 (145 pages)
Original: 15 November 2018 - Last updated: 12 July 2023 (72 pages)
The Evolution of the Great Lakes on Early Maps
Original: 22 January 2023 - Last updated: 22 May 2023 (142 pages)
Original: 20 September 2019 - Last Updated: 22 September 2023 (503 pages)
The Evolution of the Caspian Sea on Early Maps
Original: 22 August 2020 - Last Updated: 12 May 2023 (125 pages)
The Evolution of the River Nile on Early Maps
Original: 2 September 2020 - Last Updated: 12 July 2023 (164 pages)
The Evolution of Texas on Early Maps
Original: 20 September 2020 - Last Updated: 22 September 2023 (75 pages)
The Evoution of the the Amazon River on Early Maps
Original: 20 September 2020 - Last Updated: 22 June 2023 (53 pages)
Cartographic Silence, Censorship, Propaganda, Horror vacui and Lies on Old Maps
Original: 2 November 2020 - Last Updated: 8 September 2022 (55 pages)
Last Updated: 12 May 2023 (25 monographs)
If you have specific questions or comments about this site you can contact me at: jsiebold@me.com
Established 1994 (via Henry Davis Consulting)
Re-Established 2010 (Cartographic-images.net)
Current website version established 2015
From 2023 with support from the CartoPhilatelic Society
Site Last Updated: 22 September 2023
I obviously love maps. I do not collect “originals” anymore, unless you count the ones in the box under my desk, which I've saved as souvenirs from the cities they walked me through or cross-country trips they guided.
The maps I covet - early renderings of the known world before the New World came to light, mariner's portolans bearing wind roses, those with beautiful cartouches, land and sea creatures and indigenous people - are all beyond my means, anyway.
They belong where they are, in museums and libraries, for everyone to admire, not confined to the (limited) walls of my house.
Digital images of the “originals” and good facsimiles/reproductions are enough to excite me and allow me to pursue my research.
The CartoPhilatelic Society, collectors of maps on stamps, who use old maps in their philatelic research activities will be supporting this site to keep it operational well into the future.
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