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Fool's Cap Map of the World | Hand-Coloured Engraved World Map PrintFool's Cap Map of the World

Collection · 44 prints

The World Imagined

Maps of places no surveyor ever reached

The World Imagined art prints: satirical, allegorical, pictorial and celestial maps, with esoteric and alchemical engravings. The collection includes Michelangelo Caetani's Cross Section of Hell (1855), Orlando Ferguson's Map of the Square and Stationary Earth (1893), the Fool's Cap Map of the World (1590), Augusto Grossi's La Piovra Russa: Carta Serio-Comica (1878) and E.B. & E.C. Kellogg's A Map of the Open Country of Woman's Heart (1846). It also includes celestial charts by Andreas Cellarius (1660), engravings by Robert Fludd (1617), Mark Twain's Map of Paris (1870) and 1920s pictorial maps such as MacDonald Gill's The Famous Wonderground Map of London Town.

The selection focuses on maps that show ideas rather than territory: war satire from 1870 to 1914, allegorical maps of love, marriage, temperance and human life, literary maps of books and poets, and diagrams of the heavens and of Hell.

The maps suit studies, libraries, offices and hallways, and the pictorial and fairytale maps also suit children's rooms. All prints are museum-quality reproductions, available unframed or framed with low-glare acrylic glazing, with free shipping and import duties covered.

Aquarium — Saint-Saëns · Seattle Youth Symphony
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Fool's Cap Map of the World — A jester's cap and ruff framing a heart-shaped map of the world
Fool's Cap Map of the World | Hand-Coloured Engraved World Map Print Sale priceFrom $165.00
La Piovra Russa: Carta Serio-Comica 1878 by Augusto Grossi — Europe in 1878 as comic figures under a vast green octopus
Augusto Grossi — La Piovra Russa: Carta Serio-Comica 1878 | Satirical Map Print Sale priceFrom $165.00
Cross Section of Hell by Michelangelo Caetani — A cutaway diagram of Dante's descending circles of Hell
Michelangelo Caetani — Cross Section of Hell | Chromolithograph Print Sale priceFrom $165.00
A Map of the Open Country of Woman's Heart by E.B. & E.C. Kellogg — A hand-coloured heart mapped as a country of feelings
E.B. & E.C. Kellogg — A Map of the Open Country of Woman's Heart | Hand-Coloured Allegorical Map Print Sale priceFrom $165.00
Map of the Square and Stationary Earth by Orlando Ferguson — A flat disc of earth with an angel at each corner
Orlando Ferguson — Map of the Square and Stationary Earth | Antique Flat Earth Map Print Sale priceFrom $165.00
Andreas Cellarius — The Christian Starry Heaven, First Hemisphere (Plate 22) | Celestial Map Print - 9ArtPrints
Andreas Cellarius — The Christian Starry Heaven, First Hemisphere (Plate 22) | Celestial Map Print Sale priceFrom $165.00
The Famous Wonderground Map of London Town by MacDonald Gill — Central London as a crowded, comic jigsaw of streets
MacDonald Gill — The Famous Wonderground Map of London Town | Vintage Pictorial Map Print Sale priceFrom $165.00
Geography Bewitched! A Droll Caricature Map of England and Wales by Robert Dighton — A bearded man with a tankard riding a tusked sea monster
Robert Dighton — Geography Bewitched! A Droll Caricature Map of England and Wales | Satirical Map Print Sale priceFrom $165.00
Vintage Illustration — Fairytale Map | Fine Art Print - 9ArtPrints
Vintage Illustration — Fairytale Map | Fine Art Print Sale priceFrom $175.00
Temperance Map by John Christian Wiltberger Jr. — A moral map from Self-Denial to Ruin, with lakes of drink
John Christian Wiltberger Jr. — Temperance Map | Hand-Coloured Engraved Map Print Sale priceFrom $165.00
Heavenly Layers by Robert Fludd — Concentric rings of pattern spiral toward a dark centre
Robert Fludd — Heavenly Layers | Engraving Print Sale priceFrom $165.00
Map of Great Adventures by Paul Mayo Paine — The world's voyages and story-book places on one map
Paul Mayo Paine — Map of Great Adventures | Vintage Pictorial Map Print Sale priceFrom $165.00
New Map of France, After the Latest Discoveries of the Scientists and Explorers by Albert Robida — France as a comic map of wine, cauldrons and city views
Albert Robida — New Map of France, After the Latest Discoveries of the Scientists and Explorers | Satirical Map Print Sale priceFrom $165.00
Gleason's New Standard Map of the World by Alexander Gleason — The world spread out from the North Pole
Alexander Gleason — Gleason's New Standard Map of the World | Antique World Map Print Sale priceFrom $165.00
Systema Ideale quo exprimitur Aquarum per Canales Hydragogos Subterraneos by Athanasius Kircher — The Earth cut open: a fiery core and veins of water
Athanasius Kircher — Systema Ideale quo exprimitur Aquarum per Canales Hydragogos Subterraneos | Hand-Coloured Engraved Scientific Chart Print Sale priceFrom $165.00
A Map of the Wondrous Isle of Manhattan by C. V. Farrow — Manhattan in bird's-eye view, edged by a border of cars
C. V. Farrow — A Map of the Wondrous Isle of Manhattan | Vintage Pictorial Map Print Sale priceFrom $165.00
Map of a Woman's Heart by E.P. Beadles — A heart divided into lands of virtue, vanity and hate
E.P. Beadles — Map of a Woman's Heart | Antique Allegorical Map Print Sale priceFrom $165.00
A Pictorial Map of Loveland by Ernest Dudley Chase — A heart-shaped land where little couples roam in coral red
Ernest Dudley Chase — A Pictorial Map of Loveland | Vintage Pictorial Map Print Sale priceFrom $165.00
Serio-Comic War Map for the Year 1877 by Frederick W. Rose — A Russian octopus reaching across a costumed Europe
Frederick W. Rose — Serio-Comic War Map for the Year 1877 | Satirical Map Print Sale priceFrom $165.00
The Avenger: An Allegorical War Map for 1877 by George Washington Bacon — Europe as a cast of figures beneath a striding Russia
George Washington Bacon — The Avenger: An Allegorical War Map for 1877 | Satirical Map Print Sale priceFrom $165.00
A Map of the World of Books by Ginn and Company — Storybook scenes across an ochre and blue Atlantic
Ginn and Company — A Map of the World of Books | Vintage Pictorial Map Print Sale priceFrom $165.00
Allegorical Map of England and Wales by J.B. Thornhill — England and Wales as an old woman riding a great fish
J.B. Thornhill — Allegorical Map of England and Wales | Vintage Allegorical Map Print Sale priceFrom $165.00
Jan Brandes — Labyrinth | Abstract Fine Art Print - 9ArtPrints
Jan Brandes — Labyrinth | Abstract Fine Art Print Sale priceFrom $165.00
Map of Matrimony by John de Peyster Douw — Courtship and marriage charted as a country of coloured regions
John de Peyster Douw — Map of Matrimony | Allegorical Map Print Sale priceFrom $165.00
A Map of New York by Joseph B. Platt — Manhattan drawn as a slanting dream of piers and clouds
Joseph B. Platt — A Map of New York | Vintage Pictorial Map Print Sale priceFrom $165.00
Latest War Map of Europe, as Seen Through French Eyes by Louis Prang & Co. — Europe at war in 1870 as a cast of caricatures
Louis Prang & Co. — Latest War Map of Europe, as Seen Through French Eyes | Satirical Map Print Sale priceFrom $165.00
Map of the Islamic World — An oval world ringed by ocean and four sailing ships
Map of the Islamic World | Manuscript World Map Print Sale priceFrom $165.00
Mark Twain's Map of Paris by Mark Twain — A crude plan of Paris in thick black outlines and mirrored letters
Mark Twain — Mark Twain's Map of Paris | Satirical Map Print Sale priceFrom $165.00
Mons Philosophorum: the Mountain of the Philosophers by Unknown artist — Seekers approach a crowned mountain guarded by a green lion
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Nova et Integra Universi Orbis Descriptio by Oronce Finé — The world drawn as a double heart in ochre and grey woodcut
Oronce Finé — Nova et Integra Universi Orbis Descriptio | Antique World Map Print Sale priceFrom $165.00
Andreas Cellarius — A Spherical View of the Northern Heaven and Earth (Plate 25) | Celestial Map Print - 9ArtPrints
Andreas Cellarius — A Spherical View of the Northern Heaven and Earth (Plate 25) | Celestial Map Print Sale priceFrom $165.00
The Macrocosm: Concentric Spheres in Clouds (Utriusque Cosmi, Tractatus Primus) by Robert Fludd — The universe in rings of fire and stars wrapped in a wreath
Robert Fludd — The Macrocosm: Concentric Spheres in Clouds (Utriusque Cosmi, Tractatus Primus) | Alchemical Engraving Print Sale priceFrom $165.00
An Illustrative Map of Human Life Deduced from Passages in Sacred Writ by E.B. & E.C. Kellogg — A Christian life charted as roads, mountains and a sea
E.B. & E.C. Kellogg — An Illustrative Map of Human Life Deduced from Passages in Sacred Writ | Hand-Coloured Allegorical Map Print Sale priceFrom $165.00
Map of Hell by Michelangelo Caetani — Concentric coloured rings chart Dante's descent
Michelangelo Caetani — Map of Hell | Engraving Print Sale priceFrom $165.00
The Booklovers' Map of the British Isles by Paul Mayo Paine — The British Isles dotted with literary landmarks
Paul Mayo Paine — The Booklovers' Map of the British Isles | Vintage Pictorial Map Print Sale priceFrom $165.00
Andreas Cellarius — The Magnitudes of the Celestial Bodies (Plate 10, Gold Colouring) | Celestial Map Print - 9ArtPrints
Andreas Cellarius — The Magnitudes of the Celestial Bodies (Plate 10, Gold Colouring) | Celestial Map Print Sale priceFrom $165.00
Planetarium: opus de fabrica jorarii magistralis by Unknown artist — A golden sun rides a red pointer across rings of zodiac names
Planetarium: opus de fabrica jorarii magistralis | Esoteric Art Print Sale priceFrom $165.00
Carte des Poètes Français by R. Gattaz — France mapped by its poets, edged in heraldic blocks
R. Gattaz — Carte des Poètes Français | Vintage Pictorial Map Print Sale priceFrom $165.00
Geography Bewitched! Or, a Droll Caricature Map of Scotland by Robert Dighton — Scotland drawn as a grinning Highlander in a plaid
Robert Dighton — Geography Bewitched! Or, a Droll Caricature Map of Scotland | Hand-Coloured Caricature Map Print Sale priceFrom $165.00
Utriusque Cosmi, the Primordial Plate on Page 43 by Robert Fludd — Rings of flame, water and cloud circle a sun with a face
Robert Fludd — Utriusque Cosmi, the Primordial Plate on Page 43 | Alchemical Engraving Print Sale priceFrom $165.00
Andreas Cellarius — The Orbits of the Planets Encircling the Earth (Plate 3, Azure Colouring) | Celestial Map Print - 9ArtPrints
Andreas Cellarius — The Orbits of the Planets Encircling the Earth (Plate 3, Azure Colouring) | Celestial Map Print Sale priceFrom $165.00
Momentaufnahme von Europa und Halbasien 1914 by W. Kaspar — Europe in 1914 drawn as a bear, a lion, a bulldog and soldiers
W. Kaspar — Momentaufnahme von Europa und Halbasien 1914 | Satirical Map Print Sale priceFrom $165.00
Star Map by Elizabeth Shurtleff — Two star maps of red, yellow and green constellation figures
Elizabeth Shurtleff — Star Map | Vintage Star Map Print Sale priceFrom $165.00
Andreas Cellarius — The Spiral Revolution of the Sun about the Earth (Plate 17) | Celestial Map Print - 9ArtPrints
Andreas Cellarius — The Spiral Revolution of the Sun about the Earth (Plate 17) | Celestial Map Print Sale priceFrom $165.00