Collected from my own atlases and maps, others that have been shared with me, and from various online collections, these are available together in one album for ease of browsing and comparison, both here and at Alamy.  Most original scans are in TIFF or other archival format, and I have cleaned them up extensively and converted them for easy use into JPEG format. The images here on OBA are free and sufficient for most web purposes.  To license much larger images of these and/or similar world maps for editorial or other purposes go to:  www.alamy.com/lbx.asp?1087656 Each map image below leads to the OBA gallery page for that map.  The main OBA album is HERE. [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="200"] Oronce Fine, 1531, Noua, et Integra Uniuersi Orbis Descriptio[/caption] A very interesting double hemisphere with polar projections. Terra Australis dominates the south pole, while the Americas are very undefined. [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="200"] Fernando Bertelli, 1565, Universale Descrittione di Tutta la Terra Conosciuta Fin Qui[/caption] Two wind heads adorn the upper corners. The continental edges are jagged and undefined, and North America is shown as almost wholly contiguous with Asia. Sea monsters and ships roam the oceans. [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="200"] Jodocus Hondius, 1595, Vera Totius Expeditionis Nauticæ, With ...