List of historical maps

Frisland on a map by Gerardus Mercator (1623)

This is an incomplete, work in progress list of historical maps serving as a basis for further research and analysis of the maps in more detail. Some of the entries in this list may be regarded as "fake", others may be really from the year the mainstream says they are and others may be a mixture. The purpose of this list is not to jump to conclusions but to list observations and peculiarities with these maps.^{[AC 1]}^{[AC 2]}

Included in the list below are observations on 5 elements; Arctic land, Antarctica, Australia, "Frisland" and Tartaria.

Arctic land ("Hyperborea") appears in many of the maps, either as islands, as continuation of Canada, Scandinavia or Russia or as a continuous landmass
Antarctica in some of the maps is depicted as a continuous landmass, in others as connected to Australia and in others completely missing
Australia appears in different forms too, even predating the "official" years of discovery (Abel Tasman, 1642) or colonization (Cook, 1778)
"Frisland" is a phantom island shown on many of the maps. According to mainstream history, this island was "invented" by Venetian Nicolò Zeno in 1558, who claimed he had maps and logs by one of his ancestors, another Nicolò Zeno, who "discovered" the Americas around 1380. What is interesting though is that this phantom "Frisland" (written in various spellings) also is present on maps and globes before the year 1558. On the other hand, in some of the maps dated to the period in which this phantom island was commonly placed on maps (approximately 1560-1660), it is not shown.^{[ab 1]}^{[RE 1]}
Tartaria is a popular internet meme of 2018-19 and is named as such on many of the maps, with different placements from west of the Urals to what we now call Siberia. Also here it is interesting to see the differences between the maps.

List

Legend
Y	Shown on map
N	Not shown on map
-	Not observable/outside of map scope
1	First mention in official history
X	Mismatch with official history
A	Australia and Antarctica connected
	No Wikipedia article
	Long timespan between publication and (re)discovery/(re)publication
Arc = Arctic, Ant = Antarctica, Aus = Australia, Fri = "Frisland", Tar = Tartaria
Year disc. = Year of (re)discovery, Time = Time in years between year of publication and (re)discovery

Year	Author(s)	Nationality	Type	Year disc.	Time	Map name	Arc	Ant	Aus	Fri	Tar	Author link	Map link	Map image	Research	Remarks
1415	De Virga, Albertinus	Venetian	Map		lost	De Virga world map	Y	N	Y	-	-	^{[WP 1]}	^{[WP 2]}	File:DeVirgaDetail.jpg		Lost with Heidelberg family late 1930s?
1450	Mauro, Fra	Venetian	Map			Fra Mauro map	Y	-	-	-	-	^{[WP 3]}	^{[WP 4]}	File:FraMauroDetailedMap.jpg		Fra Mauro name used for Apollo 14 landing site.
1490~	Hammer, Heinrich	Nuremberg	Map	1960s	470~	"Map of the world of Christopher Columbus"	N	-	-	N	Y	^{[WP 5]}		File:Henricus Martellus - Map of the world - 1489 - Yale archive.jpg	^{[AC 2]}	Held by Yale "Voynich / Skull&Bones" University. Rediscovered in 1960s?
1492	Behaim, Martin	Nuremberg	Globe			Erdapfel	Y	N	N	-	-	^{[WP 6]}	^{[WP 7]}	File:Carte behaim.JPG		Creation-early 16th century in Nuremberg town hall. Afterwards held by Behaim family. In 1907, transferred to Germanic Museum, Nuremberg.

1500	De la Cosa, Juan	Castilian	Map			Map of Juan de la Cosa	-	N	N	N	-	^{[WP 8]}	^{[WP 9]}	File:1500 map by Juan de la Cosa rotated.jpg	^{[ab 2]}	Juan de la Cosa = "John of the Thing"
1502~	Cantino, Alberto	Portuguese	Map	1859	357	Cantino planisphere	-	N	N	X	-	^{[WP 10]}	^{[WP 11]}	File:Cantino planisphere (1502).jpg	^{[ab 2]} ^{[AC 2]}	Found in a butcher's store (1859). Frisland appears 56 years before invention.
1504	anonymous	?	Map			King-Hamy Planisphere	N	N	N	N	N		^{[WP 12]}	File:King-Hamy map.jpg		Scotland is an island.
1504~	Maggiolo, Vesconte	Genovese	Map			Vesconte Maggiolo map (1504/1516)	-	N	-	N	-	^{[WP 13]}		File:Vesconte Maggiolo. World chart, from eastern coasts of America to India. PORTOLAN CHART. Naples, 1516.jpg	^{[RE 2]}	Wikipedia dates it to 1516.
1506	Contarini, Giovanni	Venetian	Map			Contarini-Rosselli map	N	-	N	N	-	^{[WP 14]}	^{[WP 15]}	File:Contarini map.jpg	^{[ab 2]} ^{[AC 2]}	Only 1 surviving copy.
1506	Rosselli, Francesco	Firenzan	Map			Contarini-Rosselli map	N	-	N	N	-	^{[WP 16]}	^{[WP 15]}	File:Contarini map.jpg	^{[ab 2]} ^{[AC 2]}	Only 1 surviving copy.
1506~	De Caveri, Nicolò	Genovese	Map			Caverio map	-	N	N	N	Y	^{[WP 17]}	^{[WP 18]}	File:Caverio Map circa 1506.jpg	^{[RE 2]} ^{[AC 2]}	N-American east coast drawn with surprising accuracy, before Ponce de León (1512/1513). Looks authentic though.
1507	Waldseemüller, Martin	Lovingian	Map			Universalis Cosmographia	N	N	N	N	Y	^{[WP 19]}	^{[WP 20]}	File:Waldseemuller map 2.jpg	^{[AC 2]}	First map with "America". South America = "invented province". Tartaria W of Urals.
1507	Ruysch, Johannes	Dutch	Map			Ruysch planisphere	Y	-	-	N	Y	^{[WP 21]}	^{[WP 22]}	File:Ruysch map.jpg	^{[AC 2]}	North America as part of Asia. Tartaria far north.
1508	Rosselli, Francisco	Firenzan	Map			'	Y	Y	N	N	N	^{[WP 16]}		File:Rosselli-1508.jpg	^{[AC 2]}	Antarctica and Arctic land shown. Tartaria not shown.
1510	anonymous	?	Globe	1855	345	Hunt-Lenox Globe	N	N	N	N	N		^{[WP 23]}	File:Lenox Globe (2) Britannica.png		Origins unknown pre-2013. Purchased 1855 by Richard Hunt. Earliest article from 1879.
1510	anonymous	?	Globe	1870s	360~	Globus Jagellonicus	N	N	N	X	Y		^{[WP 24]}	File:JAGIELLONIAN GLOBE.jpg	^{[AC 2]}	Ridiculous map; fantasy islands. "America" in Indian Ocean. Frisland appears. "Rediscovered" in 1870s.
1511	Sylvanus, Bernardo	Venetian	Map			Sylvanus planisphere	N	N	N	N	N		^{[WP 25]}	File:Sylvanus map 1511.jpg	^{[RE 3]}	Showing none of the speculative lands, nor naming Tartaria.
1513	Reis, Piri	Ottoman	Map	1929	416	Piri Reis map	-	Y	-	-	-	^{[WP 26]}	^{[WP 27]}	File:Piri reis world map 01.jpg	^{[ab 2]} ^{[AC 1]} ^{[AC 2]}	Famous map showing Antarctica. "Lost" for 416 years??
1520	Coppo, Pietro	Venetian	Map			De toto orbe	N	-	-	N	Y	^{[WP 28]}		File:PietroCoppo.jpg		Map is a joke (Scandinavia, India, fantasy isles).
1522	Fries, Lorenz	Alsatian	Map			Tabu. Nova Orbis	N	-	-	N	Y	^{[WP 29]}		File:Fries worldmap 1522.jpg		No speculative lands, Tartaria E of Urals.
1525~	García de Toreno, Nuno	Andalusian?	Map			Salviati Planisphere	N	N	N	N	-		^{[WP 30]}	File:Salviati Planisphere.jpg		No speculative lands.
1527/29	Ribeiro, Diogo	Portuguese	Map	1887	360	Padrón Real	N	N	N	-	N	^{[WP 31]}	^{[WP 32]}	File:Map Diego Ribero 1529.jpg		First scientific map, constantly updated. Frisland appears? Tartaria not named. Version of ~1887??
1531	Maggiolo, Vesconte	Genovese	Map			Vesconte Maggiolo map (1531)	-	N	N	N	-	^{[WP 13]}	^{[MS 1]}	map image		1st map with New York.
1531	Finé, Oronce	French	Map			Nova et Integra Universi Orbis Descriptio	Y	Y	N	N	Y	^{[WP 33]}		File:Doppelherzförmige Weltkarte 1531.jpg		Arctic land; 4 islands. Antarctica huge.
1536	Finé, Oronce	French	Map			Nova Universi Orbis Descriptio	Y	Y	N	N	-	^{[WP 33]}		File:Map-heart-054.jpg		Arctic land; 4 islands. Antarctica huge.
1542	Rotz, Jean	French	Map			Mappemonde	N	A	A	N	-	^{[WP 34]}		File:Jean rotz.jpg		Mediterranean well done. Scandinavia & South America a joke. Phantom island in Indian Ocean. Australia & Antarctica already there.
1551	Mercator, Gerardus	Flemish	Map			'	Y	Y	N	X	N	^{[WP 35]}		File:World Map on Double Cordiform Projection WDL6766.png	^{[AC 2]}	No Australia. Antarctica. Frisland 7 years before Zeno.
1558	Zeno, Nicolò	Venetian	Map	1793	235	Zeno map	-	-	-	1	-	^{[WP 36]}	^{[WP 37]}	File:Map by nicolo zeno 1558.jpg	^{[ab 1]} ^{[AC 1]} ^{[AC 2]}	Alleged invention of "Frisland". Admitted fakery of 1380s "original". Map "reproduction" in 1793.
1562	Gutiérrez, Diego	Spanish	Map			Americae Sive Quartae Orbis Partis Nova Et Exactissima Descriptio	-	Y	-	-	-	^{[WP 38]}	^{[WP 39]}	File:1562 Americæ Gutiérrez.JPG		First map naming "California".
1569	Mercator, Gerardus	Flemish	Map			Nova et Aucta Orbis Terrae Descriptio ad Usum Navigantium Emendate Accommodata	Y	A	A	Y	Y	^{[WP 35]}	^{[WP 40]}	File:Mercator 1569 world map composite.jpg		Australia and Antarctica connect, 18 years before no Australia.
1570	Ortelius, Abraham	Flemish	Map			Theatrum Orbis Terrarium	Y	A	A	Y	Y	^{[WP 41]}	^{[WP 42]}	File:OrteliusWorldMap1570.jpg		Japan is a joke. Tartaria around Urals.
1602	Ricci, Matteo	Urbinese	Map			Kunyu Wanguo Quantu	Y	A	A	Y	-	^{[WP 43]}	^{[WP 44]}	File:Kunyu Wanguo Quantu (坤輿萬國全圖).jpg	^{[ab 2]}	Italy is a joke. Jesuit cartographer.
1612	Gherrijtsz. van Assum, Hessel	Dutch	Map			'	N	A	A	Y	Y	^{[WP 45]}		File:Hessel Gerritsz - Worldmap of 1612 including the discovery of La Austrialia del Espiritu Santo by Pedro Fernandes de Queirós.png		Australia connected with Antarctica. Frisland. Tartaria spans Urals.
1622	Gherrijtsz. van Assum, Hessel	Dutch	Map			'	Y	A	A	-	-	^{[WP 45]}		File:Hessel Gerritsz Pacific 1622.jpg		Australia connected with Antarctica only in inset, no Antarctica on main map. Arctic now land, 10 yrs later.
1674	Verbiest, Ferdinand	Flemish	Map			Kunyu Quantu	Y	Y	Y	Y	-	^{[WP 46]}	^{[WP 47]}	File:Kunyu Quantu of Ferdinand Verbiest 1674.jpg	^{[ab 2]}	Animals in Antarctica.
1695	Valck, Gerard	Dutch	Map			Novus Planiglobii Terrestris per Utrumque Polum Conspectus	N	N	Y	N	Y	^{[WP 48]}	^{[MS 2]}	File:1672 95 Novus Planiglobii Valck'.jpg	^{[ab 2]}	No Artic land. Antarctica. Australia partly. Tartaria E of Urals.
1744	Crophius, Martin Gottfried	Augsburg	Map			Planisphaerium coeleste	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	^{[MS 3]}		File:Planisphaerium coeleste. A.C. Seutter delin. Andr. Silbereisen Sculps (world map 1744).jpg		Geocentric (Ptolemean) worldview.
	Lotter, Tobias Conrad	Augsburg										^{[WP 49]}
	Silbereisen, Andreas	Bavarian										^{[MS 4]} ^{[MS 5]}
	Seutter, Albrecht Carl	Augsburg										^{[MS 6]}
	Seutter, Mattäus	Augsburg										^{[WP 50]}
	Weyerman, Jacob Campo	Dutch										^{[WP 51]}

References

Fakeologist

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 How to fake an island for 100years+ - Fakeologist forum - Gaia
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 ^2.4 ^2.5 ^2.6 History of World Exploration 1 - Fakeologist forum - Gaia

Afternoon Commute Institute

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 2019-01-28 ACI Map chat 1
↑ ^2.00 ^2.01 ^2.02 ^2.03 ^2.04 ^2.05 ^2.06 ^2.07 ^2.08 ^2.09 ^2.10 ^2.11 2019-02-07 ACI Map chat 2

Other research

Wikipedia

Other mainstream

↑ Oldest map of New York may become most expensive map ever sold at $10M - 6sqft
↑ Novus Planiglobii Terrestris on sale for $6500
↑ Martin Gottfried Crophius - MET
↑ Andreas Silbereisen - WorldCat
↑ Andreas Silbereisen - Geni
↑ Albrecht Carl Seutter - Rare Maps

External links

Fake History of Australia: Cities Ready to Be Occupied For The Settlers (pt 1) - YouTube video - 50:58
What Happened to History & Where Are We Going? - Max Igan on Tartaria - YouTube video - 55:16
9 Ancient Maps That Should Not Exist - Mysterious Earth
List of historical world maps (de) - Wikipedia

[MapsZeno-3] 1.0 ^1.1 How to fake an island for 100years+ - Fakeologist forum - Gaia

[Maps1-14] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 ^2.4 ^2.5 ^2.6 History of World Exploration 1 - Fakeologist forum - Gaia

[ACI280119-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 2019-01-28 ACI Map chat 1

[ACI070219-2] 2.00 ^2.01 ^2.02 ^2.03 ^2.04 ^2.05 ^2.06 ^2.07 ^2.08 ^2.09 ^2.10 ^2.11 2019-02-07 ACI Map chat 2

[4] How to put a fake island on the map?

[MaggioloMap-19] 2.0 ^2.1 2015 - McIntosh - The Vesconte Maggiolo World Map of 1504 in Fano, Italy

[32] McGuirk - The Sylvanus 1511 World Map: The New World Locked in an Old Cage

[5] Albertinus de Virga

[6] De Virga world map

[7] Fra Mauro

[8] Fra Mauro map

[9] Henricus Martellus Germanus

[10] Martin Behaim

[11] Erdapfel

[12] Juan de la Cosa

[13] Map of Juan de la Cosa

[15] Alberto Cantino (de)

[16] Cantino planisphere

[17] King-Hamy planisphere (es)

[MaggioloWiki-18] 13.0 ^13.1 Visconte Maggiolo

[20] Giovanni Contarini

[21] Contarini-Rosselli map

[WikiRosselli-22] 16.0 ^16.1 Francesco Rosselli

[23] Nicolò de Caveri

[24] Caverio map

[25] Martin Waldseemüller

[26] Waldseemüller map

[27] Johannes Ruysch

[28] Ruysch planisphere (es)

[29] Hunt-Lenox Globe

[30] Globus Jagellonicus

[31] Sylvanus planisphere (es)

[33] Piri Reis

[34] Piri Reis map

[35] Pietro Coppo

[36] Lorenz Fries (de)

[37] Salviati Planisphere

[38] Diogo Ribeiro

[39] Padrón Real

[Oronce-41] 33.0 ^33.1 Oronce Finé

[42] Jean Rotz

[Mercator-43] 35.0 ^35.1 Gerardus Mercator

[44] Zeno brothers

[45] Zeno map

[46] Diego Gutiérrez

[47] Americae Sive Quartae Orbis Partis Nova Et Exactissima Descriptio

[48] Mercator 1569 world map

[Ortelius-49] Abraham Ortelius

[50] Theatrum Orbis Terrarium

[51] Matteo Ricci

[52] Kunyu Wanguo Quantu

[GerritszWiki-53] 45.0 ^45.1 Hessel Gerritsz

[54] Ferdinand Verbiest

[55] Kunyu Quantu

[56] Gerard Valck

[59] Tobias Conrad Lotter (de)

[63] Mattäus Seutter

[64] Jacob Campo Weyerman

[40] Oldest map of New York may become most expensive map ever sold at $10M - 6sqft

[57] Novus Planiglobii Terrestris on sale for $6500

[58] Martin Gottfried Crophius - MET

[60] Andreas Silbereisen - WorldCat

[61] Andreas Silbereisen - Geni

[62] Albrecht Carl Seutter - Rare Maps

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