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A street map of Paris dated 1870

Exploring Haussmannian Paris

Posted by: Cynthia Smith

Printed map of Africa north of the Equator, showing toponyms, landforms, and explorers' routes

Improvements in Geography: An 18th-Century Map of North Africa

Posted by: Amelia Raines

Detail of manuscript map of the Bamum kingdom showing mountains, rivers, and roads labeled with Bamum text

Competing Cartographies in Cameroon

Posted by: Amelia Raines

Map of mainland Southeast Asia

Little Atlas, Big World

Posted by: Amelia Raines

This 1714 map still shows the northern region of Roussillon as part of Catalonia. Despite territorial cessations having been made in the wake of the Franco-Spanish War

Indeterminately Independent: The Volatile Autonomy of the Spanish Region of Catalonia

Posted by: Sonia Kahn

A landsat image of part of Iceland.

Mapping the Land of Fire and Ice

Posted by: Cynthia Smith

An image of the title page.

The Fascinating Town Atlas of the Netherlands

Posted by: Cynthia Smith

Detail of map of Rome showing Mussolini's obelisk

Out and About in a Provincial Empire of Fascism

Posted by: Mike Klein

Hand-drawn and beautifully colored map of Sicily with South towards the top.

Al-Idrisi’s Masterpiece of Medieval Geography

Posted by: Carissa Pastuch