This map, created by Victoriano Pimentel in 1890, is part of the wall map series Cartas Histórico-Geográficas Mexicanas .....
Historical Maps
The Kingdom of Urartu (8th century B.C.)
This map was originally published as part of the Atlas of the Socialist Republic of Armenia in 1961. This map in...
Contagion: A Brief History of Malaria, Leprosy and Smallpox (2009)
This map, produced by Hasaim Hussein in 2009 for Lapham's Quarterly magazine, shows the origin and spread of smallpox, the...
US interventionism in Latin America (1950 - 2010)
This map, created by Daniel Aparicio Pindado for The World Order in 2016, shows the main US interventions in Latin America since 1950...
Spanish exploration and conquest of North America (2022)
This map, published by Simeon Netchev for World History Encyclopedia, shows the expeditions and conquests of the Spanish Empire in North America from...
The commercial hub of the Old World in the 1st century (2019)
This map, published by Christian Grataloup as part of L'atlas historique mondial in 2019, shows the geopolitical situation of the ancient world...
Political division of Gran Colombia (1824)
This map, drawn by Manuel María Paz, adapting the cartographic work of Agustín Codazzi, was published in 1889 as part of...
The division of China and East Asia (1910)
This map, created by Zachery Ammerman, shows the distribution of China and the rest of East Asia in the year...
Map of the Sassanid Empire (620)
This map, published by Simeon Netchev for World History Encyclopedia, depicts the extent of the Sassanid Empire in the year 620, under...
Road network of the Roman Empire (2020)
This map was published by Joe Davies in 2020 as part of the #30DayMapChallenge initiative. The Empire's road network...
History of the European Union (2024)
This map, created by Lucas Destrem for the Robert Schuman Foundation, shows the history and current membership of the European Union.
The Hellenistic world (281 BC)
This historical map, created by Cattette in 2021, shows the political entities that made up the Hellenistic world. After Alexander's death...
Spanish Empire expeditions to America (1492–1550)
This map appears in the Historical Atlas of Spain, published in 2023 by Larousse. The infographic represents the...
Political map of Europe (1848)
This detailed map, created in 2024 by Gustav Ståhlberg, shows the political situation in Europe in 1848. In the middle...
China throughout history (2022)
This map, created by Zhaoxu Sui in 2022, shows all the territories controlled by China at some point in the...
Map of the Islamic State (2015)
This map, created by the Institute for the Study of War in 2015, shows the Islamic State, also known as...
Trinity Test Site (1985)
This map was published in 1985 by Vincent C. Jones in his book Manhattan: The Army and the Atomic...
The chiefdoms of the island of Quisqueya (1980)
This map, hand-painted in the 1980s, was recovered and restored by the National History Museum...
Extension of the Omani Empire (2021)
This map, created by Wikimedia Commons user AbdurRahman AbdulMoneim in 2021, shows the maximum extent of the Omani Empire.
The disaster of the Spanish Armada (1588)
This map, designed by Maps & Kings in 2025, shows the journey of the Grande y Felicísima Armada or Great Armada, known...
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