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an old map with lots of writing and symbols on the bottom corner, in different colors
Mappae Mundi
an old map with ships in the water
Map of Egypt by Ottoman Admiral and Cartographer, Piri Reis (16th Century) [500x734]
Map of Egypt by Ottoman Admiral and Cartographer, Piri Reis (16th Century) [500x734]
an old map with many buildings on it
Ilustración de la Crónica de las Cruzadas, de Roberto el Monje, Mapa de Jerusalén. Siglo XIII
an old map with red, white and blue lines in it's center area
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Poverty map of Old Nichol slum, East End of London, showing Bethnal Green Road, from Charles Booth’s Labour and Life of the People. Volume 1: East London (London: Macmillan, 1889). The streets are colored to represent the economic class of the residents. #map #london #poverty
an old map with lots of different things on the top and bottom half of it
Earliest undisputed map of the New World by Juan de la Cosa.
an illustration of a ship in the middle of a page from a medieval illuminated manuscript
Atlas & Maps
11th - 14th century T O Map of the Earth
Magnificent Maps: Cartography as Power, Propaganda, and Art | Brain Pickings  Psalter World Map (mappa mundi), 1265  Despite its small size, this is one of the ‘great’ medieval world maps. It is probably a copy of the lost map which adorned King Henry III's bedchamber in Westminster Palace from the mid-1230s. The original colors are intact. Showing east at the top, it is a visual encyclopedia, embracing ancient history, politics, scripture and ethnography as well as geography.
Magnificent Maps: Cartography as Power, Propaganda, and Art
Magnificent Maps: Cartography as Power, Propaganda, and Art | Brain Pickings Psalter World Map (mappa mundi), 1265 Despite its small size, this is one of the ‘great’ medieval world maps. It is probably a copy of the lost map which adorned King Henry III's bedchamber in Westminster Palace from the mid-1230s. The original colors are intact. Showing east at the top, it is a visual encyclopedia, embracing ancient history, politics, scripture and ethnography as well as geography.
an old book with ornate designs and numbers on the pages, all in different colors
Book of Kells, Folio 130r, Incipit of MarkSuch awesum artwork..! #Scotland #EverythingScottish
an old book with writing on it and gold trimming around the edges, containing two symbols
Document sans titre
Petrus Lombardus (1095?-1160?). Auteur du texte Date d'édition : 1175-1200 Type : manuscrit Langue : Latin Droits : domaine public Identifiant : ark:/12148/btv1b85410066 Source : Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des manuscrits, Latin 14266 Provenance : bnf.fr
an illustration of a pirate ship with two masts
Konrad von Grünenberg - Beschreibung der Reise von Konstanz nach Jerusalem 1487 b
Jean Fouquet or Jehan Fouquet (1420 - 1481) The Coronation of the Virgin 1461 From The Heures d'Étienne Chevalier Musée Condé, Chantilly, Oise
an open book with paintings on it and stars in the sky overlaiding them
Caderno das estrelas 21/ Star book serie nº2
Caderno das estrelas 21/ Star book serie nº2 There´s Heavens inside buidings, there´s Heavens inside the pages of books. There´s Heavens above us. We can see the constellations, the winds,the cosmos if we search well. Tribute to Fernado Gallego Heavens of Salamanca ( Fresco in Vault in Old Library, circa 1473 )
an old book with a map on it
Liber Floridus
Map from from the fabled manuscript "Liber Floridus." From the 12th century/circa 1121 CE, the Book of Flowers is a Medieval encyclopædia produced by Lambert, Canon of St. Omer, in the northeastern France/Flanders/Belgium region.
an old fashioned christmas ornament hanging from a string on top of a piece of paper
Leonardo da Vinci Sculpture Project
Leonardo da Vinci drew the illustrations for Luca Pacioli's 1509 book De Divina Proportione (The Divine Proportion). Drawing of the Duodecedron Abscisus Elevatus Vacuus, consisting of 120 equilateral triangles, from the manuscript of the book.
an old book with many designs on it
EL LIBRO DE KELLS El Libro de Kells debe su nombre a la abadía de Kells, situada en Kells en el condado de Meath, en Irlanda. La abadía, donde se conservó el manuscrito por un largo periodo de la Edad Media, fue fundada a principios del siglo IX, en la época de las invasiones vikingas. Los monjes procedían del monasterio de Iona, una isla de las Hébridas situada frente a la costa oeste de Escocia. Iona albergaba una de las comunidades monásticas más importantes de la región desde que san Col...
an old book with writing on it and a drawing of a man sitting on top of a
Liber Floridus - dragon