Stanfords Stanford's Varty's Roman Empire Map (1879)

The Stanford's Varty's Roman Empire Map is from a fascinating series of reproductions from our Edward Stanford Cartographic Collection archive. This educational map of the Roman Empire was published by Edward Stanford in 1879. Featuring Latin place names, this is a beautifully simple historic map that will appeal to anyone with an interest in the history of the Roman Empire.

Stanfords Stanford's South Polar Chart (1901)

The Stanford's South Polar Chart is from a fascinating series of reproductions from our Edward Stanford Cartographic Collection archive. Published by E. Stanford. Ltd., London in 1901, this map displays beautiful aqua tones through the contours that show depth in fathoms from sea level. An interesting feature of this chart is that it shows routes of previous polar explorations. The tracks of the following three expeditions are given: The Challenger 1873-76 The German Expedition 'Valdivia' 1898-99 The Belgian Expedition 'Belgia' 1898-99 Other lines engraved on the chart are: The appropriate limit of the Pack Ice during the Austral Summer Months. Line of freezing point in the air. Northern limit of icebergs.

Stanfords Stanford's Route Map of the Earth Colour (1854)

The Stanford's New Map of the Earth of London is from a fascinating series of reproductions from our Edward Stanford Cartographic Collection archive.

Stanfords Stanford's Route Map of the Earth Black and White (1853)

The Stanford's Route Map of the Earth in Black and White is from a fascinating series of reproductions from our Edward Stanford Cartographic Collection archive.

Stanfords Stanford's Railway and Road Map of England and Wales (1856)

The Stanford's Railway and Road Map of England and Wales is from a fascinating series of reproductions from our Edward Stanford Cartographic Collection archive.

Stanfords Stanford's Pacific-centred World Map (1884)

The Stanford's Pacific-centred World Map is from a fascinating series of reproductions from our Edward Stanford Cartographic Collection archive. Originally published in 1884, this political wall map is drawn on a Mercator's projection presenting the world with the Pacific Ocean at its centre. Political boundaries are coloured in bold, gradually shading lighter as is typical in maps from this time. Latitude and longitude lines are at 10° intervals. Europe and Africa look very different from today, Asia with many changes mainly in the Middle East, but the Americas mostly unchanged. A particularly interesting feature of the map is the difference in the presentation of the two Polar Regions: the Arctic Ocean with most of its coastline already there, whilst the Antarctic is still in the early stages of exploration and only segments of its coast already mapped. Separate panels show lands contiguous to the North and South Poles, drawn to the equatorial scale of the map.

Stanfords Stanford's New Map of Kabul (1880)

The Stanford's New Map of Kabul is from a fascinating series of reproductions from our Edward Stanford Cartographic Collection archive. This map was published by Stanfords in January 1880 and says 'Stanford's New Map of Kabul and the country round as far as Kohistan, Tagao, and Lughman: Gandamak, Kurram, and Shutargardan; The Upper Logar; Maidan and Argandi; with the sites of all the recent conflicts.' The whole map is tonal except for a few red and blue lines. One of which indicates the route of Lieutenant Vincent Eyre and the other captives. Another shows General Roberts' advance. This is a beautiful historic map with lots of regions fascinatingly still marked as 'unexplored'.

Stanfords Stanford's Map of the Environs of Paris (1870)

The Stanford's Map of the environs of Paris is from a fascinating series of reproductions from our Edward Stanford Cartographic Collection archive. The text reads 'Stanford's map of the environs of Paris shewing the fortifications.' It is dated September 1st 1870 (nineteen years before the Eiffel Tower was erected). The map covers the centre of Paris (indicated in pink) and extends well outside the present day Boulevard Périphérique, the course of which is indicated on the map by the old city walls. Coverage of the north includes St Danis up to Montmorency. The East includes the Château de Vincennes, most of Champigny-sur-Marne to the north-eastern Bondy. Coverage of the south shows Villejuif down to Forêt Domaniale de Verrières. In the west the map takes us beyond the northward bend in the Seine to include all of the Bois de Boulogne, the Parc de St. Cloud all the way up to St-Germain-en-Laye. This reproduction has been taken from the original cartographic scale of [1:60,000] on an 18.5"x23" map. Various districts of the city, as well as surrounding villages are named. No street names are shown. The map has no legend but topographic artistry shows elevated areas and other details. This lovely map will appeal to anyone interested in this great city.

Stanfords Stanford's Map of the County of London (1888)

This map is from a fascinating series of reproductions from our Edward Stanford Cartographic Collection archive. The Stanford's Map of the County of London, According to the Local Government Act 1888, to give it its full title, presenting the administrative division of the capital and indicating the boundaries of both the Electoral Divisions returning two members to the County Council and of the Urban Sanitary Districts with control of main roads under the Highways and Locomotives (Amendment) Act of 1878. The colouring and the boundaries are overlaid on a street plan with names of main and selected smaller streets, graphics indicating parks and other common land, railway lines, etc. Hachures show the topography with the hills of north and south London clearly marked. This is London which, administratively, extends north of the Thames between Hammersmith, Hampstead, Stamford Hill and Poplar, and south of the river between Putney, Streatham, Lower Sydenham and Eltham (although the map itself extends a bit further out, particularly in the north-east). An interesting feature is the inclusion within the County of London of a small area outside its overall boundary - the site of the present day Leg of Mutton Nature Reserve in Barnes.

Stanfords Stanford's Map of the British Metropolis (1877)

The Stanford's Map of the British Metropolis is from a fascinating series of reproductions from our Edward Stanford Cartographic Collection archive.

Stanfords Stanford's Map of Italy (1859)

The Stanford's Map of Italy is from a fascinating series of reproductions from our Edward Stanford Cartographic Collection archive. This is a reproduction of a map originally published on 2nd May 1859 by Edward Stanford, the founder of our company. The map catches the country in an interesting stage of its history, just before the unification, and still shows the individual states: the Kingdom of Piedmont - Sardinia, the Grand Duchy of Tuscany, the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, the Papal States, etc, all in different colours. Hachures are used to show the spine of the Apennines and other mountainous regions. Interesting insets show enlargements of the environs of Venice, Genoa and Naples with Vesuvius, and another panel presents the whole of the Austro-Hungarian Empire which then still included Lombardy and north-eastern Italy. This reproduction was taken from what used to be called a "cloth-dissected" map, made when the map itself was cut into sections and each section then individually pasted onto an overall cloth backing for the whole map. In this version the whole map is backed onto cloth in one piece but the gaps between the sections have been reproduced in the printing to preserve the style and the feeling of the original. This lovely map will appeal to anyone interested in this great country.

Stanfords Stanford's Map of British South Africa (1894)

The Stanford's Map of British South Africa is from a fascinating series of reproductions from our Edward Stanford Cartographic Collection archive.

Stanfords Stanford's Library Map of South America (1864)

The Stanford's Map of South America is from a fascinating series of reproductions from our Edward Stanford Cartographic Collection archive. This reproduction of a map published in 1879 by the founder of our company, Edward Stanford. It was constructed in 1864 by Alexander Keith Johnston who was a geographer in Edinburgh for the Queen. The continent is shown already in its port-colonial stage but with many international borders not yet fixed and different from today's. An interesting feature of the map is the presentation of several disputed regions, between Bolivia and Paraguay, Peru and Ecuador, or Brazil and the "Granadian Confederation" (present day Colombia). When this map was made, Guyana was British Guiana and Suriname was Dutch Guiana. Central America is also shown in slightly less detail up to the Southern part of Guatemala and some of the Caribbean islands are included up to the southern tip of Dominica. Topography is indicated by hachures and many tributaries of the Amazon, the Orinoco and the Parana are named. Latitude and longitude lines are drawn at 5° intervals. This reproduction has been taken from an original cartographic scale of 1:5,275,000 on a 31x28" map that was made out of four sheets.

Stanfords Stanford's Library Map of London Sheet 9 Black and White (1862)

The Stanford's Library Map of London (Sheet 9) is from a fascinating series of reproductions from our Edward Stanford Cartographic Collection archive.

Stanfords Stanford's Library Map of London Sheet 8 Black and White (1862)

The Stanford's Library Map of London (Sheet 8) is from a fascinating series of reproductions from our Edward Stanford Cartographic Collection archive.

Stanfords Stanford's Library Map of London Sheet 7 Black and White (1862)

The Stanford's Library Map of London (Sheet 7) is from a fascinating series of reproductions from our Edward Stanford Cartographic Collection archive.

Stanfords Stanford's Library Map of London Sheet 6 Black and White (1862)

The Stanford's Library Map of London (Sheet 6) is from a fascinating series of reproductions from our Edward Stanford Cartographic Collection archive.

Stanfords Stanford's Library Map of London Sheet 5 Black and White (1862)

The Stanford's Library Map of London (Sheet 5) is from a fascinating series of reproductions from our Edward Stanford Cartographic Collection archive.

Stanfords Stanford's Library Map of London Sheet 4 Black and White (1862)

The Stanford's Library Map of London (Sheet 4) is from a fascinating series of reproductions from our Edward Stanford Cartographic Collection archive.

Stanfords Stanford's Library Map of London Sheet 3 Black and White (1862)

The Stanford's Library Map of London (Sheet 3) is from a fascinating series of reproductions from our Edward Stanford Cartographic Collection archive.

Stanfords Stanford's Library Map of London Sheet 24 Black and White (1862)

The Stanford's Library Map of London (Sheet 24) is from a fascinating series of reproductions from our Edward Stanford Cartographic Collection archive.

Stanfords Stanford's Library Map of London Sheet 23 Black and White (1862)

The Stanford's Library Map of London (Sheet 23) is from a fascinating series of reproductions from our Edward Stanford Cartographic Collection archive.

Stanfords Stanford's Library Map of London Sheet 22 Black and White (1862)

The Stanford's Library Map of London (Sheet 22) is from a fascinating series of reproductions from our Edward Stanford Cartographic Collection archive.

Stanfords Stanford's Library Map of London Sheet 21 Colour (1862)

The Stanford's Library Map of London (Sheet 21) is from a fascinating series of reproductions from our Edward Stanford Cartographic Collection archive.

Stanfords Stanford's Library Map of London Sheet 21 Black and White (1862)

The Stanford's Library Map of London (Sheet 21) is from a fascinating series of reproductions from our Edward Stanford Cartographic Collection archive.

Stanfords Stanford's Library Map of London Sheet 20 Black and White (1862)

The Stanford's Library Map of London (Sheet 20) is from a fascinating series of reproductions from our Edward Stanford Cartographic Collection archive.

Stanfords Stanford's Library Map of London Sheet 2 Black and White (1862)

The Stanford's Library Map of London (Sheet 2) is from a fascinating series of reproductions from our Edward Stanford Cartographic Collection archive.

Stanfords Stanford's Library Map of London Sheet 19 Black and White (1862)

The Stanford's Library Map of London (Sheet 19) is from a fascinating series of reproductions from our Edward Stanford Cartographic Collection archive.

Stanfords Stanford's Library Map of London Sheet 18 Black and White (1862)

The Stanford's Library Map of London (Sheet 18) is from a fascinating series of reproductions from our Edward Stanford Cartographic Collection archive.

Stanfords Stanford's Library Map of London Sheet 17 Black and White (1862)

The Stanford's Library Map of London (Sheet 17) is from a fascinating series of reproductions from our Edward Stanford Cartographic Collection archive.

Stanfords Stanford's Library Map of London Sheet 16 Black and White (1862)

The Stanford's Library Map of London (Sheet 16) is from a fascinating series of reproductions from our Edward Stanford Cartographic Collection archive.

Stanfords Stanford's Library Map of London Sheet 15 Black and White (1862)

The Stanford's Library Map of London (Sheet 15) is from a fascinating series of reproductions from our Edward Stanford Cartographic Collection archive.

Stanfords Stanford's Library Map of London Sheet 14 Black and White (1862)

The Stanford's Library Map of London (Sheet 14) is from a fascinating series of reproductions from our Edward Stanford Cartographic Collection archive.

Stanfords Stanford's Library Map of London Sheet 13 Black and White (1862)

The Stanford's Library Map of London (Sheet 13) is from a fascinating series of reproductions from our Edward Stanford Cartographic Collection archive.

Stanfords Stanford's Library Map of London Sheet 12 Black and White (1862)

The Stanford's Library Map of London (Sheet 12) is from a fascinating series of reproductions from our Edward Stanford Cartographic Collection archive.

Stanfords Stanford's Library Map of London Sheet 11 Black and White (1862)

The Stanford's Library Map of London (Sheet 11) is from a fascinating series of reproductions from our Edward Stanford Cartographic Collection archive.

Stanfords Stanford's Library Map of London Sheet 10 Colour (1862)

This map covering Victorian London during a period of rapid expansion and improvement is from a fascinating series of reproductions from our Edward Stanford Cartographic Collection archive. Stanford's Library Map is one of the great maps of London. It shows the city at a key time of the development of the metropolis and the impact of the railway. Our founder, Edward Stanford took the Ordnance Survey 12 inch to a mile sheets of their Skeleton Survey (showing outline and elevation only) for the Metropolitan Commissioners of Sewers, and despatched his own surveyors to complete immense quantity of detail for which this map is notable. Originally at a scale of 1:10560 a 14x16"map in a series of 24 which included surrounding areas. This map is extremely detailed, naming streets and marking major buildings. It has been subtly coloured so that green areas, water and main roads and water are distinguished. The map coverage is of central London and extends out to Marylebone and Knightsbridge to the west showing some of Hyde Park. The northern point includes Bloomsbury and the British Museum. It extends down to Victoria Station and Lambeth Bridge and shows a small portion of Lambeth and Waterloo south of the river.

Stanfords Stanford's Library Map of London Sheet 10 Black and White (1862)

This map covering Victorian London during a period of rapid expansion and improvement is from a fascinating series of reproductions from our Edward Stanford Cartographic Collection archive. Stanford's Library Map is one of the great maps of London. It shows the city at a key time of the development of the metropolis and the impact of the railway. Our founder, Edward Stanford took the Ordnance Survey 12 inch to a mile sheets of their Skeleton Survey (showing outline and elevation only) for the Metropolitan Commissioners of Sewers, and despatched his own surveyors to complete immense quantity of detail for which this map is notable. Originally at a scale of 1:10560 a 14x16"map in a series of 24 which included surrounding areas. This map is in black and white and is extremely detailed, naming streets and marking major buildings. The map coverage is of central London and extends out to Marylebone and Knightsbridge to the west showing some of Hyde Park. The northern point includes Bloomsbury and the British Museum. It extends down to Victoria Station and Lambeth Bridge and shows a small portion of Lambeth and Waterloo south of the river. This lovely map will appeal to anyone interested in this great city.

Stanfords Stanford's Library Map of London Sheet 1 Black and White (1862)

The Stanford's Library Map of London (Sheet 1) is from a fascinating series of reproductions from our Edward Stanford Cartographic Collection archive.

Stanfords Stanford's Library Map of Africa (1890)

The Stanford's Library Map of Africa is from a fascinating series of reproductions from our Edward Stanford Cartographic Collection archive.

Stanfords Stanford's Indexed Atlas of the County of London, Sheet 58, Putney & Southfields (1911)

The Stanford's Indexed Atlas of the County of London Sheet 58 is from a fascinating series of reproductions from our Edward Stanford Cartographic Collection archive.

Stanfords Stanford's Folio Smaller Railway Map of the United States (1876)

The Stanford's Folio Smaller Railway Map of the United States is from a fascinating series of reproductions from our Edward Stanford Cartographic Collection archive.

Stanfords Stanford's Folio North America Map (1884)

The Stanford's Map of North America is from a fascinating series of reproductions from our Edward Stanford Cartographic Collection archive. Originally published in 1884, this map features bright colours highlighting international borders, with corresponding colouring indicating state/provincial borders within USA, Canada and Mexico. Plain background with hachure for mountain ranges makes the place names marked on the map easy to read. Several mountain peaks, mainly in USA, are shown with heights (in feet). In common with other map published by Stanfords around that time, numerous smaller rivers are named. Latitude and longitude lines are drawn at 5° intervals. Whilst at the first glance there have been few significant changes in the international boundaries. Panama is still shown as part of Colombia plus Greenland and Iceland are in Danish colours, internal administrative border provide much interesting detail. In the US all the states which acceded to the Union after the map's publication date are already there, but with the Dakotas as one state and Oklahoma shown as the Indian Territory and its panhandle as separate Public Lands. In Canada, the northern borders of most of the provinces are much further south than today, southern Saskatchewan called Assiniboia and northern Alberta as Athabasca, etc. Coverage of Canada extends north to the Parry Islands (now Queen Elizabeth Islands), with only the south-eastern coast of the Ellesmere Island. In the Caribbean individual islands are in the colours of their colonial powers (their names are not marked on the map). Another interesting feature are the markings for the submarine telegraph cables.

Stanfords Stanford's Folio Japan Map (1884)

The Stanford's Folio Japan Map is from a fascinating series of reproductions from our Edward Stanford Cartographic Collection archive.

Stanfords Stanford's Folio Europe Map, by J. Arrowsmith (1884)

The Stanford's Europe Map is from a fascinating series of reproductions from our Edward Stanford Cartographic Collection archive. This map was made by the famous cartographer John Arrowsmith and published by Stanfords in 1884. The map presents the continent at the height of its great empires: imperial Russia with Finland and much of Poland, united Germany including Alsace and part of Lorraine, the Austro-Hungarian Empire (although already post the Compromise, still shown here as one country) with north-western Balkans, and the Ottomans still with Albania and much of the present-day Greece. Country boundaries are outlined in bright colours while the pale background with subtle hachuring indicating the mountain ranges are in most places printed very faintly so names of towns and numerous geographical region marked on the map are easy to read. The map also has an unusually large number of names of smaller rivers. Latitude and longitude lines are drawn at 5° intervals.

Stanfords Stanford's Folio British Isles Map (1884)

The Stanford's British Isles Map is from a fascinating series of reproductions from our Edward Stanford Cartographic Collection archive. Published in 1884, this map shows the British Isles with their old historic counties. Bright colours highlight the boundaries of the old counties as they were. The pale background makes all the place names easy to read. In common with other maps published by Stanfords at that time, an unusually large number of small rivers are named, even the lovely Cuckmere is there. Ironically perhaps, the map provides an interesting contrast between the significant administrative changes within Great Britain and the retention of the county borders within Ireland. This map includes lots more interesting historical finds, for example; London looks significantly smaller than it does on maps today mostly falling within the county of Middlesex. This is a great map that beautifully tells this history of counties.

Stanfords Stanford's Folio Asia Map, by J. Arrowsmith (1884)

The Stanford's Asia Map is from a fascinating series of reproductions from our Edward Stanford Cartographic Collection archive. This map was made by the famous cartographer John Arrowsmith and published by Stanfords in 1884. Country boundaries are outlined in bright colours while the pale background with subtle hachure to show the mountain ranges makes the numerous place names easy to read. Many smaller tributaries of the continent's great rivers are named, from the Ob, the Yenisei and the Lena in the north to the Ganges or the Irrawaddy in the south and the Yangtze in the east. Coverage extends to the Equator, so the southern part of Indonesia is not included. While the north of the continent looks as it was 100 years later except for the changes in the European part of Russia, Central Asia and the Middle East are much different from now, Mongolia is still part of China, etc. Names of Chinese ports open to foreign commerce after the Second Opium War are underlined; "Hong-kong I. & Victoria" are duly annotated with Cy for colony. Latitude and longitude lines are drawn at 5° intervals.

Stanfords Stanford's Africa Map (1879)

Reproduction of a very interesting map of Africa published by our founder Edward Stanford in 1879 and showing the continent in the relatively early stages of its colonization. The information marked on the map forms a fascinating mixture of names of towns, countries or colonial possessions, geographical regions or features such as deserts, and of many African tribes. Although the map has no physical colouring, it instantly conveys much information about the continent's geography through the distribution of the already explored regions with established administrative entities. The bulk of the coastline is already in colour and various political units are shown in the more accessible Sahel belt, from the Atlantic along the Niger and around Lake Chad to Darfur and northern Ethiopia. However, the Sahara and the great expanse of the continent around the Congo (called here Livingstone River) and further south and east are yet to be colonized. Although, in many places, particularly in East Africa, various geographical features are already marked on the map. Latitude and longitude lines are drawn at 10° intervals. Of all the continents, Africa has undergone most changes from the mid 19th century to the present day and this map provides an early step towards understanding its history.