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.

Oronce Fine, 1531, Noua, et Integra Uniuersi Orbis Descriptio

A very interesting double hemisphere with polar projections. Terra Australis dominates the south pole, while the Americas are very undefined.

Fernando Bertelli, 1565, Universale Descrittione di Tutta la Terra Conosciuta Fin Qui

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.

Jodocus Hondius, 1595, Vera Totius Expeditionis Nauticæ, With Routes of Sir Francis Drake and Thomas Cavendish

Decorative details, insets, ships, windheads and other great images adorn the margins of this double hemisphere map.

Philipp Eckebrecht, 1630, Noua Orbis Terrarum: Delineatio Singulari Ratione Accommodata meridiano tabb

A large crowned double-headed eagle is the backdrop for this interesting map. The African/European Hemisphere sits in the middle, with the American/Pacific hemisphere split in two.

Frederick de Wit, 1660, Nova totius terrarum orbis tabula

Very colorful borders and decoration make this a beautiful map. Gods and charts of the heavens and zodiacal images line the top margin, while insets of the poles and nature scenes line the bottom. All over, grapes and vines hang in the spaces and margins. California is an island and Australia (New Holland) is not even a full outline.

Joan Blaeu, 1664, Nova et Accuratissima Totius Terrarum Orbis Tabula

People and beasts line the bottom while the heavens and gods stretch above this double-hemisphere. California is an island and Australia (New Holland) is not even a full outline.

Guillaume de L'Isle, 1690, Mappa Totius Mundi Adornata juxta Observationes Dnn. Academiæ Regalis Scientiarum et nonnullorum aliorum, secundum annotationes recentissimas

Insets of the poles and a decorative cartouche adorn the top of this double hemisphere. North America just sort of stops at a random meridian.

Nicolao Visscher, 1690 (circa), Orbis Terrarum Nova et Accuratissima Tabula

Beautiful dark images of gods and angels adorn the corners, with polar projections set between eh hemispheres. California is an island and Australia (New Holland) is very ill defined.

Alexis Hubert Jaillot, 1694, Nova Orbis Tabula, ad usum serenissimi Burgundiæ Ducis

Nicely colored with detailed scenes around the margins. California and Australia (New Holland) show the usual errors for the period.

George Willdey, 1702, A New and Correct Map of the World, Laid down according to the Newest Observations & Discoveries In several different Projections: Including ye Trade Winds Monsoons Variation of the Compass, and Illustrated with a Coelestial Planisphere, the various systems of Ptolomy, Copernicus, and Tycho Brahe. Together with ye Apearances of the Planets &c.

Lots of insets and details make this a useful periods map. Many maps and charts of the heavens and constellations also are along the margins.

Jean Baptiste Nolin, 1708, Le Globe Terrestre Représenté en Deux Plans-Hémisphères: dressé sur la projection de Mr. de la Hyre de l'Académie Royale des Sciences, et sur plusieurs routiers et mémoires des plus habiles pilotes et savans voyageurs le tout rectifié et calculé selon les dernières observations, et dédié à Mgr. l'Abbé Bignon, conseiller d'état ordinaire / par son très humble et très obéissant serviteur I. B. Nolin, géographe ordinaire du Roi ; le Sr. Bocquet, pientre, a inventé et gravé les subjets qui accompagne ce planisphère

Each hemisphere is supported by two struggling figures. This, along with the very nice backdrop of stars and celestial figures makes this a wonderful map. A lot of details and insets along the upper edge as well.

Johann Baptist Homann, 1716, Planiglobii terrestris cum utroq hemisphærio cælesti generalis repræsentatio

A very colorful map. Celestial maps are inset. Windheads, astronomical and terrestrial scenes, and other details form the backdrop. Some text in Latin.

Guillaume de L'Isle, 1720, Mappemonde a l'usage du roy

Nice, basic contrasting colors and a sparse background make this a pretty little map.

Carington Bowles, 1780, Bowles's New and Accurate Map of the World, or Terrestrial Globe: laid down from the best observations and newest discoveries particularly those lately made in the south seas by Anson, Byron, Wallis, Bouganville, Cook, and other celebrated circumnavigators, illustrated with a variety of useful projections and representations of the heavenly bodies the most approved astronomical and geographical definitions tables, and problems with an easy and familiar explanation of the most curious and interesting phoenomena in the universal system

Intricately designed and exhaustively detailed, this map packs as much contemporary information about the cosmos as the cartographer could manage. Celestial maps of the constellations, a map of the moon, paths of the comets, an explanation of the seasons, and much more.

William Faden, 1786, Western New World or Hemisphere. Eastern Old World or Hemisphere. With Captain Cook's Voyages

Published as two sheets, I have edited them to join them as one.

Thomas Kitchen, 1799, A New Map of the World

Nicely colored with good detail. Nice margin details of the solar system and planets.

Robert Laurie and James Whittle, 1808, A New Map of The World, with Captain Cook's Tracks, His Discoveries, and those of the Other Circumnavigators, from: A new and elegant imperial sheet atlas, comprehending general and particular maps of every part of the world : principally compiled from the great French atlas, and others of the most distinguished geographers in Europe, forming the completest collection of single sheet maps hitherto published and rendered particularly convenient by opening without folds.

A beautiful double-hemisphere map with elaborate border decorations and cartouches. Palm trees adorn the upper corners and laurel leaves are on the center bottom.

Sebastian Munster, 1560, Typus Orbis Universalis

Available in larger format than many others.

1914 Japanese World Map

Available in very large format.