Italy Maps

Antique maps of Italy. See Italy Scenes & Views for landscape prints and genre scenes.

Italy,showing the Divisions 1873 Maps KittyPrint 1800s Italy

Antique Map, Italy,showing the Divisions, 1873

£42.00

Antique Map, The Roman Empire, 1760

£68.00

Italie Ancienne 1863 Maps KittyPrint 1800s Civilizations & Empires Italy

Antique Map, Italie Ancienne, 1863

£75.00

ItaIy with Rome Latium 1740 Maps KittyPrint 1700s Civilizations & Empires Italy

Antique Map, ItaIy with Rome, Latium, 1740

£48.00

Hannibal's Route over the Alps 1760 Maps KittyPrint Historical Journeys Italy

Antique Map, Hannibal's Route over the Alps, 1760

£58.00

Gulf of Neapoli 1688 Maps KittyPrint 1600s Italy

Antique Map, Gulf of Neapoli, 1688

£160.00

Antique Map, General Map of the Alps, 1895

£35.00

Plan of the City of Syracuse 1806 Maps KittyPrint 1800s Italy Town Plans

Antique Map, Plan of the City of Syracuse, 1806

£32.00

Florence 1906 Maps KittyPrint 1900s Italy Town Plans

Antique Map, Florence, 1906

£30.00

Antique Map, Naples, Neapel, 1906

£25.00

Antique Map, Plan of Ancient Rome, 1830

£58.00

Antique Map, Plan of Modern Rome, 1830

£58.00 Sold out

Basin of the Mediterranean 1877 Maps KittyPrint 1800s Arabia & Egypt Greece Islands Italy Sea Charts Spain & Portugal World Maps

Antique Map, Basin of the Mediterranean, 1877

£68.00 Sold out

Travels of the Apostle Paul 1840 Maps KittyPrint 1800s Biblical Maps Greece Historical Journeys Holy Land Italy Ottoman Turkey & Persia

Antique Map, Travels of the Apostle Paul, 1840

£58.00 Sold out

About antique maps of Italy

The very first maps were manuscript maps. Italy was the centre of map making at a very early date.

The Far East was charted by Marco Polo, the East Coast of America by Columbus, Vespucci and Cabot, helped by the bankers and merchants of Genoa, Florence and Venice. The World map of 1306 by Marino Sanudo. 1457-9 Fra Mauro at the convent of Murano near Venice made a map of the world which was 6 ft in diameter. They also made Portolan Charts (sea charts).

This all had to do with Exploration, as without maps and charts they would be unable to find new lands, and trade with other countries. Ptolemy wrote a treatise on geography in circa 3 A.D.The first map after Ptolemy was printed in Bologna in 1477. This period of great Italian map making came to an end in 1570 with the advent of Ortelius and Mercator etc.

However I have very interesting maps such as The Gulf of Neapoli 1688, Hannibal's route over the Alps in 1760, and more.