Compass Antique Maps

Specialist dealers in authentic cartographic material spanning more than 500 years

We invite you to appreciate and enjoy geography, history, and art through the beauty and power of antique maps!

Our carefully curated selection of antique maps, charts, plans, and views offers you items that are different –
uncommon or scarce, rare or unique, unusual or peculiar, or simply common but of exceptional beauty.

Join us on a journey through time and space, discovering printed gems that mirror our past!

Le globe terrestre representé en deux plans-hemispheres, et en diverses. Vincenzo Maria...

Le globe terrestre representé en deux plans-hemispheres, et en diverses...
[The terrestrial globe represented in two hemispheres and in various other figures]

CORONELLI, Vincenzo Maria & DU...

Attractive example of Coronelli’s rare world map, published by Nolin

Carte de L'Amerique Corrigeé, et augmenteé, dessus toutes les aultres. Nicolas BEREY I

Carte de L'Amerique Corrigeé, et augmenteé, dessus toutes les aultres...
[Map of America corrected and enlarged, above all the others]

BEREY I, Nicolas

Very rare Berey map of the Americas

Air France

BOUCHER, Lucien

Striking iconic celestial Air France promotional chart

Bergen.

BRAUN, Georg & HOGENBERG, Franz

First known representation of a Norwegian city

General Charte von dem Mitternächt America und sonderlich denen darin. Gabriel BODENEHR I

General Charte von dem Mitternächt America und sonderlich denen darin...
[General map of North America and especially the French colonies therein, with the coat of arms and symbol of the Oriental and Occidental French Trading Company]

BODENEHR I, Gabriel

Rare and fascinating map from the time of the Mississippi Bubble

Mappe monde Divisée en ses quatre Parties 1792
[World map divided into its four parts 1792]

Anonymous

Handsome double-hemisphere map of the world, reflecting Cook’s discoveries

Carte Nouvelle du Royaume de France divise en toutes ses. Pierre HUSSON, Jan Barend ELWE

Carte Nouvelle du Royaume de France divise en toutes ses...
[New map of the Kingdom of France, divided into all its provinces and acquisitions]

HUSSON, Pierre; ELWE, Jan Barend

Attractive map of the French provinces by Elwe

Aegyptus Antiqua, divisa in Nomos. Nicolas SANSON

Aegyptus Antiqua, divisa in Nomos
[Ancient Egypt, divided into nomes]

SANSON, Nicolas

Exceptionally rare Sanson map of ancient Egypt, published by Covens & Mortier

Carte Generale du Monde, ou Description du Monde Terrestre &. Pierre MORTIER

Carte Generale du Monde, ou Description du Monde Terrestre &...
[General map of the world, or description of the terrestrial and aquatic world]

MORTIER, Pierre

Superb example of the first state of Mortier’s unique map of the world

Duijnkerken
[Dunkirk]

GUICCIARDINI, Lodovico

Beautiful town view of Dunkirk by Guicciardini

L'Asie Divisée en ses Empires, Royaumes, et Etats. Alexis-Hubert JAILLOT

L'Asie Divisée en ses Empires, Royaumes, et Etats.
[Asia divided into its empires, kingdoms, and states]

JAILLOT, Alexis-Hubert; OTTENS, Reiner and...

Decorative Elwe reissue of Jaillot's map of Asia

Deutsche Lufthansa : Deutsche Demokratische Republik : Die wichtigsten Flugstrecken. G. BORMANN

Deutsche Lufthansa : Deutsche Demokratische Republik : Die wichtigsten Flugstrecken...
[Deutsche Lufthansa : German Democratic Republic : The most important flight routes of Deutsche Lufthansa and its contractual partners]

BORMANN, G.

A Cold War treasure featuring a "fake" Lufthansa

Plan du Port de Lisbonne et des Costes voisines. Jacques-Nicolas BELLIN

Plan du Port de Lisbonne et des Costes voisines
[Map of the port of Lisbon and the neighboring coasts]

BELLIN, Jacques-Nicolas

Scarce and attractive triple depiction of Lisbon by Bellin

Mappe Monde Carte Universelle de la Terre, Dressée Sur les. Pierre BOURGOIN

Mappe Monde Carte Universelle de la Terre, Dressée Sur les...
[World Map : Universal map of the Earth, drawn up on the new observations by gentlemen of the Royal Academy of Sciences]

BOURGOIN, Pierre

Scarce and splendid French double-hemisphere map of the world

La Scandie. ou les trois Royaumes du Nord [–] Suede. Nicolaes VISSCHER II

La Scandie. ou les trois Royaumes du Nord [–] Suede...
[Scandinavia, or the three northern kingdoms Sweden, Denmark, and Norway]

VISSCHER II, Nicolaes

Large and beautiful, uncommon Visscher map of Scandinavia and Finland

Galliae Amplissimi Regni tabula. Cornelis DE JODE

Galliae Amplissimi Regni tabula.
[Map of the Kingdom of Gaul at its greatest extent]

DE JODE, Cornelis

A scarce map of France from one of the rarest atlases ever published

Mappe-Monde ou Description du Globe Terrestre, Assujettie aux Observations Astronomiques
[World map or description of the terrestrial globe, subject to astronomical observations]

JANVIER, Jean/Robert

First edition of Janvier’s decorative map of the world

Worcester Shire Described

SPEED, John

Beautiful, first-edition John Speed map of Worcestershire

Specialist dealers in authentic cartographic material spanning more than 500 years

We invite you to appreciate and enjoy geography, history, and art through the beauty and power of antique maps!

Our carefully curated selection of antique maps, charts, plans, and views offers you items that are different –uncommon or scarce, rare or unique, unusual or peculiar, or simply common but of exceptional beauty.

Join us on a journey through time and space, discovering printed gems that mirror our past!

Le globe terrestre representé en deux plans-hemispheres, et en diverses... [The terrestrial globe represented in two hemispheres and in various other figures]

Carte de L'Amerique Corrigeé, et augmenteé, dessus toutes les aultres... [Map of America corrected and enlarged, above all the others]

Air France

Bergen.

General Charte von dem Mitternächt America und sonderlich denen darin... [General map of North America and especially the French colonies therein, with the coat of arms and symbol of the Oriental and Occidental French Trading Company]

Mappe monde Divisée en ses quatre Parties 1792 [World map divided into its four parts 1792]

Carte Nouvelle du Royaume de France divise en toutes ses... [New map of the Kingdom of France, divided into all its provinces and acquisitions]

Aegyptus Antiqua, divisa in Nomos [Ancient Egypt, divided into nomes]

Carte Generale du Monde, ou Description du Monde Terrestre &... [General map of the world, or description of the terrestrial and aquatic world]

Duijnkerken [Dunkirk]

L'Asie Divisée en ses Empires, Royaumes, et Etats. [Asia divided into its empires, kingdoms, and states]

Deutsche Lufthansa : Deutsche Demokratische Republik : Die wichtigsten Flugstrecken... [Deutsche Lufthansa : German Democratic Republic : The most important flight routes of Deutsche Lufthansa and its contractual partners]

Plan du Port de Lisbonne et des Costes voisines [Map of the port of Lisbon and the neighboring coasts]

Mappe Monde Carte Universelle de la Terre, Dressée Sur les... [World Map : Universal map of the Earth, drawn up on the new observations by gentlemen of the Royal Academy of Sciences]

La Scandie. ou les trois Royaumes du Nord [–] Suede... [Scandinavia, or the three northern kingdoms Sweden, Denmark, and Norway]

Galliae Amplissimi Regni tabula. [Map of the Kingdom of Gaul at its greatest extent]

Mappe-Monde ou Description du Globe Terrestre, Assujettie aux Observations Astronomiques [World map or description of the terrestrial globe, subject to astronomical observations]