If an atlas was your favorite ‘book’ as a child and spending time on Google Maps is now a favored pastime, welcome to the best post you’ll see all day. While it is a bold statement to make, any fan of maps ought to love today’s list, as it’s dedicated to all sorts of old and ancient maps.

So, without further ado, scroll down to find some of the most unique examples of cartography that we managed to find on the internet, and enjoy the trip they take you on. While you’re at it, make sure to upvote your favorite maps, too!

#1 Babylonian Map Of The World, Probably From Sippar, Mesopotamia, Iraq, 700-500 BCE

Image credits: Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin FRCP(Glasg)

#2 Map Of Ancient Palaestina, 1859

Image credits: Petermann, August ; Stieler, Adolf (Herausgeber/-in) ; Perthes, Justus (Herausgeber/-in)

#3 Map Of The Ancient Continents, 1719

Image credits: Alain Manesson Mallet (1630–1706)

#4 Map Of Europe In The Form Of A Queen, Engraving And Letterpress, 1587

Image credits: Matthias Quad after Johannes Putsch

#5 Nautical Atlas Of The World, Circular World Map Of The Portuguese Hemisphere, 1519

Image credits: Library of Congress

#6 The Largest Medieval Map (Hereford Mappa Mundi), 13th Century

Image credits: wikipedia

#7 Al-Idrisi's World Map In Arabic, 1456 Copy, The Original Text Dates To 1154

Image credits: wikimedia commons

#8 A Map Of The Celestial Globe With Comet, 1618

Image credits: British Museum

#9 Ptolemy's World Map, 1482

Ptolemy's world map designed in 150 AD. For the first time in history, longitudinal and latitudinal lines were added to a world map.

Image credits: Nicholas Germanus

#10 Bunting Clover Leaf Map, 1581

The Bunting Clover Leaf Map, created by Heinrich Bunting in Germany in 1581, is a later Christian map. This map represents the world as an extension of the Christian trinity, with Jerusalem serving as the hub that binds it all together, rather than how it actually is.

Image credits: Heinrich Bunting

#11 The Psalter World Map, 1260 AD

The Psalter World Map, drawn by an unknown medieval monk in 1260 AD. Maps from this time period usually place the east at the top of the globe, where the sun rises and Jesus watches over the world.

Image credits: British Library

#12 Map Of The Americas, 1553

Image credits: franpritchett.com

#13 World Map, 1700

Image credits: Heinrich Scherer

#14 Map And Views Illustrating Sir Francis Drake's West Indian Voyage, Santiago, 1586

Image credits: Library of Congress

#15 Description Of The Holy Land, 1585

Image credits: Library of Congress

#16 World Map By Cosmas Indicopleustes, 6th Century

World map by Cosmas Indicopleustes from the sixth century, which shows the globe as a rectangular-shaped surface.

Image credits: Cosmas Indicopleustes

#17 Map Of Old Prussia, And The Ancient Prussian Lands, 1584

Image credits: Caspar Hennenberger

#18 Map Of Ancient Geography, Circa 1608

Image credits: Abraham Ortelius

#19 The Countie Pallantine Of Lancaster Described And Divided Into Hundreds, 1610

Image credits: Jodocus Hondius, engraved by John Speed, and restored by Adam Cuerden

#20 Map Of Jerusalem, 1770

Image credits: Library of Congress Geography and Map Division

#21 Cosmographical Map Or Universal Description Of The World With The Actual Path Of The Winds, 1570

Image credits: Library of Congress

#22 Cadastral Map Showing Landownership In Fushimi, Kyoto, Japan, 1595

Image credits: Library of Congress

#23 Map Of The Ancient Roman World From Their Perspective

Roman Empire became the most dominant country globally by AD 98–117 through a mixture of military power, political adaptability, and economic enlargement. This enlargement drastically transformed the Mediterranean world.

Image credits: Roman Empire

#24 Nicolaes Visscher Map, 1658

Nicolaes Visscher produced Orbis Terrarum Nova et Accuratissima Tabula, an etched double hemisphere map, in Amsterdam in 1658. Additionally, it includes scaled-down projections of the north and south poles. The painter Nicolaes Berchem drew four mythical images, one in each corner, to decorate the border, depicting Zeus, Neptune, Persephone, and Demeter. It is a vintage illustration of elaborate Dutch globe maps.