Old Sea Charts & Historic Nautical Maps
Explore our collection of old sea charts and historic nautical maps, recording British coastal waters and some of the world’s most important maritime routes.
The selection ranges from Greenville Collins’s seventeenth-century surveys of the British coast to charts by Jan Jansson, Pieter Goos and Frederik de Wit. It also includes Jacques-Nicolas Bellin’s maps of the Pacific, charts of the Strait of Magellan and richly detailed views of the English Channel, North Sea, African coast and Mediterranean.
These historic charts preserve coastlines, islands, straits, harbours and the geographical knowledge available to sailors and mapmakers of their time. Their engraved detail, decorative cartouches, sailing ships and finely drawn coastlines also give them considerable appeal as nautical wall art.
Each is a fine art reproduction of a genuine historical chart rather than a modern design simply made to look old. They are intended for display and historical interest, not for modern navigation.
