Maps

A c. 1750 map of Portuguese Goa in India, capital of the Estado da India or Portuguese empire in the East.

This map illustrates the rise and rapid expansion of Islam from the time of the Prophet Muhammad...

A 1635 map of Portuguese Cochin on the southwest coast of India. Cochin (modern Kochi) was a major hub of the spice trade and was...

This gallery of 30 maps traces the history of cartography, with examples of maps made by cultures from the Paleolithic...

The Turin Papyrus Map is an ancient Egyptian map of gold mines in the Eastern Desert. It is considered to be one of the oldest...

A Babylonian cuneiform tablet with a map of the fields, towns and palaces around Nippur. Kassite Period, 1550-1450...