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.  Most of the maps not from my own books are from the Library of Congress, where they area available free in TIFF or other archival format.  I have converted them for easy use into JPEG, and have cleaned a lot of them up extensively. This Gallery will continue to grow, but it is at a point now that it is well worth browsing if you are looking for a good sized image. Each map image below leads to the page for that map.  The album is HERE. [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="200" caption="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" caption="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" caption="Jodocus Hondius, 1595, ...