Here, unedited but for the straightening and cropping of the margins, are 14 map and chart images from the Library of Congress.   As with other LOC images, these are free and Public Domain.  I have converted them to JPEG format for easier access, as otherwise you would need to download them via special viewing software.

These are from a 16 century book: “Portolan atlas of 9 charts and a world map, etc. Dedicated to Hieronymus Ruffault, Abbot of St. Vaast. (Agnese, Battista).  The notes state: Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor, on vellum.

I have no plans to edit or enhance these for posting here.  They could not be much improved by casual editing, so I will leave them as be.  They are available at full scale in the GALLERY.

Atlantic Ocean

Eastern Mediterranean, Greece, Turkey

Compass Rose

Armillary Sphere

Black Sea

Central Mediterranean with Italy, Sicily

Frontis

Indian Ocean

Northern Europe

Pacific Ocean

Straits of Gibraltar with Northwest Africa and Spain

Western Mediterranean

World, with Wind Heads

Zodiac Wheel