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Unusual Old Maps & Historic Curiosities

This collection brings together some of the most unusual old maps ever created, from mythical sea monsters and celestial charts to imaginative world maps, curious geographical theories and beautifully engraved works of art. Many reflect how explorers, cartographers and scholars once understood a world that was still being discovered.

Whether you're looking for an unusual gift, a striking statement piece for your home or simply enjoy the fascinating stories behind historic cartography, these maps offer something rather different from the ordinary. They have become favourites with collectors, interior designers and anyone who appreciates the unexpected.

Every print is produced individually in our Cornwall workshop using archival pigment inks on textured fine art paper. We are a small business, not a poster warehouse, and take personal care with every order. We would never send out a map that we wouldn't be proud to hang in our own home.

Together, these maps and charts reveal how earlier cartographers, navigators and scholars attempted to understand the world, the oceans, the heavens and even the human body. Some record genuine discoveries; others preserve speculation, myth and ideas that now appear wonderfully strange.

From monsters inhabiting uncharted seas to incomplete coastlines, forgotten islands and elaborate scientific diagrams, these cartographic curiosities make absorbing works of art and natural conversation pieces.

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  • very early map detail close upvery-early-mapAdd to Basket This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page

    A Very Old Map

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  • Ancient Star Map EditorialAdd to Basket This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page

    Ancient Star Map — Celestial Chart Print

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  • Detail from Old Map of AntarcticaUnusual Old MapAdd to Basket This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page

    Antarctica 1645

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  • Asia early map detailOld Map AsiaAdd to Basket This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page

    Asia by Levasseur

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  • BataviaBataviaAdd to Basket This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page

    Batavia

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  • old wind map detailOld Maps the WindsAdd to Basket This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page

    Compass of the Winds

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  • New ZealandCaptain Cook DiscoveriesAdd to Basket This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page

    Cook’s Voyages of Discovery Map c.1767

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  • Medical Chart DetailMedical Chart Graduation GiftAdd to Basket This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page

    Medical Student Gift

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  • Old Map North Pole in detailThe North Pole Old MapAdd to Basket This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page

    Old Maps: The North Pole

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  • Old Star MapAdd to Basket This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page

    Old Star Map (1)

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  • Robinson Crusoe IslandRobinson Crusoe IslandAdd to Basket This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page

    Robinson Crusoe Island

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  • Lifeboat on Old MapSailing Ships on an old mapAdd to Basket This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page

    Sailing Ships on an Old Map

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  • Sea Monsters MapLarge Carta Marina Map Framed representationAdd to Basket This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page

    Sea Monsters Map

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  • alps mapThe Alps 3d MapAdd to Basket This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page

    Old Map of the Alps

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  • old map of moon detailold map of moonAdd to Basket This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page

    The Moon

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  • Spice Islands Map Detail 1Spice Islands MapAdd to Basket This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page

    Old Map of the Spice Islands

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