This site is an expanded and significantly upgraded version of the Flickr Commons based tool I wrote several years ago. As well as a major design/UX overhaul, it now includes data from further providers such as those available through Europeana, and also the Imperial War Museum. I'd welcome further suggestions as the harvesting tool and database are easily extendable.
For information, questions and bug reports please contact James Morley @jamesinealing | james@jamesmorley.net
The data has been harvested from providers using some custom php scripts to query respective APIs based on dates. Data is harmonised and stored in a local mySql database.
Additional jQuery plugins are used to enhance the display, including Masonry and Bootstrap Image Gallery (based on blueimp).
The code is openly licensed so please feel free to copy, modify, distribute as you please. It will be shared on Github shortly!
Africa. Bound sheet. Col. ms. Medium: Vellum. Scale: [ca. 1:50 000 000]. Cartographic Note: Latitude scales. Map. Contents Note: Iconography: named rulers, including Prester John; cities and trading posts; one ship. Bound in an atlas of twenty-four carto
1554
National Maritime Museum
Chius. Bound sheet. Col. ms. Medium: Vellum. Scale: [ca. 1:650 000]. Additional Places: Khios. Contents Note: Iconography: towns; one ship. Bound in an atlas of twenty-four cartographic items titled: 'Seekarten von Battista Agnese Anno MDLIV.d.IV.M
1554
National Maritime Museum
Creta. Bound sheet. Col. ms. Medium: Vellum. Scale: [ca. 1:3 000 000]. Cartographic Note: North at 180 degrees. Additional Places: Crete. Contents Note: Iconography: towns and cities; one ship (galley). Bound in an atlas of twenty-four cartographic items
1554
National Maritime Museum
Cypern. Bound sheet. Col. ms. Medium: Vellum. Scale: [ca. 1:1 200 000 (scale)]. Additional Places: Cyprus. Contents Note: Iconography: towns and castles; one ship.
1554
National Maritime Museum
Das Heilige Land. Bound sheet. Col. ms. Medium: Vellum. Scale: [ca. 1:1 400 000 (scale)]. Cartographic Note: North at 270 degrees. Additional Places: Syria, Lebanon, Israel. Contents Note: Iconography: winds; cities, towns and castles; one ship. Bound in
1554
National Maritime Museum
Die Schiffart aus Hispanien in die newe Welt. Bound sheet. Col. ms. Medium: Vellum. Scale: [ca. 1:75 000 000]. Cartographic Note: Latitude scale on Ptolemy's meridian. Additional Places: Atlantic Ocean, Americas, Africa. Contents Note: Iconography: o
1554
National Maritime Museum
Die Tartareioda. Bound sheet. Col. ms. Medium: Vellum. Scale: [ca. 1:8 500 000 (scale)]. Additional Places: Black Sea. Contents Note: Iconography: cities. Bound in an atlas of twenty-four cartographic items titled: 'Seekarten von Battista Agnese An
1554
National Maritime Museum
Egipten. Bound sheet. Col. ms. Medium: Vellum. Scale: [ca. 1:2 400 000]. Cartographic Note: Borders graduated for latitude and longitude. Additional Places: Egypt. Contents Note: Iconography: towns and cities.
1554
National Maritime Museum
Europa. Bound sheet. Col. ms. Medium: Vellum. Scale: [ca. 1:15 000 000 (scale)]. Contents Note: Iconography: enthroned rulers; cities. Bound in an atlas of twenty-four cartographic items titled: 'Seekarten von Battista Agnese Anno MDLIV.d.IV.May.
1554
National Maritime Museum
Grichenland. Bound sheet. Col. ms. Medium: Vellum. Scale: [ca. 1:8 500 000 (scale)]. Additional Places: East Mediterranean. Contents Note: Iconography: Levant towns, Hill of Golgotha. Bound in an atlas of twenty-four cartographic items titled: 'See
1554
National Maritime Museum
Hispanien. Bound sheet. Col. ms. Medium: Vellum. Scale: [ca. 1:10 000 000 (lat)]. Cartographic Note: Latitude scale. Additional Places: Iberia and NW Africa. Contents Note: Iconography: cities. Bound in an atlas of twenty-four cartographic items titled:
1554
National Maritime Museum
Italia. Bound sheet. Col. ms. Medium: Vellum. Scale: [ca. 1:8 500 000]. Cartographic Note: North at 270 degrees. Additional Places: Central Mediterranean. Bound in an atlas of twenty-four cartographic items titled: 'Seekarten von Battista Agnese An
1554
National Maritime Museum
La vera descritione di tutta la Francia e la Spagna e la Fiandra…. La vera descritione, di tutta la Francia, et la Spagna, et la Fiandra, MDLIIII. Map showing France, the Iberian peninsula, and the Low Countries.
1554
National Maritime Museum
Lesbus. Bound sheet. Col. ms. Medium: Vellum. Scale: [ca. 1:700 000]. Additional Places: Lesbos. Contents Note: Notes in Italian. Iconography: towns; churches; one ship (galley). Bound in an atlas of twenty-four cartographic items titled: 'Seekarte
1554
National Maritime Museum
Malta leit im Sicilischen Meer. Bound sheet. Col. ms. Medium: Vellum. Scale: [ca. 1:200 000]. Contents Note: Houses and fortifications depicted at Valetta. Ship at sea. Bound in an atlas of twenty-four cartographic items titled: 'Seekarten von Batt
1554
National Maritime Museum
Mitternachtliche Lander. Bound sheet. Col. ms. Medium: Vellum. Scale: [ca. 1:20 000 000 (lat)]. Cartographic Note: Latitude scale. Map. Additional Places: Denmark, Sweden, Norway. Contents Note: Iconography: north wind; towns; rulers, whale and fish. Bou
1554
National Maritime Museum
Moscaw oder Reuss. Bound sheet. Col. ms. Medium: Vellum. Scale: [ca. 1:15 000 000 (lat)]. Cartographic Note: Latitude scale. Additional Places: Russia. Contents Note: Iconography: cities; rulers; tents. Bound in an atlas of twenty-four cartographic items
1554
National Maritime Museum
Natolia oder die Turctei. Bound sheet. Col. ms. Medium: Vellum. Scale: [ca. 1:4 500 000 (scale)]. Cartographic Note: North at 270 degrees. Additional Places: Aegean. Bound in an atlas of twenty-four cartographic items titled: 'Seekarten von Battist
1554
National Maritime Museum
Negroponte. Bound sheet. Col. ms. Medium: Vellum. Scale: [ca. 1:1 200 000 (scale)]. Cartographic Note: North at 315 degrees. Contents Note: Iconography: cities; Acropolis at Athens; one ship. Bound in an atlas of twenty-four cartographic items titled: &
1554
National Maritime Museum
Persia. Bound sheet. Col. ms. Medium: Vellum. Scale: [ca. 1:75 000 000 (lat)]. Cartographic Note: Latitude scale. Equator divided but not numbered. Additional Places: Indian Ocean. Contents Note: Iconography: winds depicted and labelled in Italian and Ger
1554
National Maritime Museum
Peru. Bound sheet. Col. ms. Medium: Vellum. Scale: [ca. 1:75 000 000 (lat)]. Cartographic Note: Latitude scale. Longitude (with repeating figures) marked along the Equator. Additional Places: Pacific Ocean, Americas, China. Contents Note: Iconography: two
1554
National Maritime Museum
Rhodis. Bound sheet. Col. ms. Medium: Vellum. Scale: [ca. 1:800 000 (scale)]. Additional Places: Rhodes, Turkey. Contents Note: Notes in Italian. Iconography: towns and fortifications; one ship. Bound in an atlas of twenty-four cartographic items titled
1554
National Maritime Museum
Sardinia und Corsica. Bound sheet. Col. ms. Medium: Vellum. Scale: [ca. 1:8 500 000 (scale)]. Additional Places: W Mediterranean. Bound in an atlas of twenty-four cartographic items titled: 'Seekarten von Battista Agnese Anno MDLIV.d.IV.May.'
1554
National Maritime Museum
Sicilia. Bound sheet. Col. ms. Medium: Vellum. Scale: [ca. 1:1 700 000 (scale)]. Contents Note: Iconography: churches; one ship. Bound in an atlas of twenty-four cartographic items titled: 'Seekarten von Battista Agnese Anno MDLIV.d.IV.May.' T
1554
National Maritime Museum
[World according to Ptolemy]. Bound sheet. Col. ms. Medium: Vellum. Scale: [ca. 1:110 000 000 (lat)]. Cartographic Note: Planisphere. Bound in an atlas of twenty-four cartographic items titled: 'Seekarten von Battista Agnese Anno MDLIV.d.IV.May.
1554
National Maritime Museum
[World map in two hemispheres:1]. [World in two hemispheres, on two sheets. Homolographic projection] Michaelis Tramezini formis. MDLIIII. Iulius de Musis Venet. In aes incidit MDLIIII.
1554
National Maritime Museum
[World map in two hemispheres:2]. [World in two hemispheres, on two sheets. Homolographic projection.] Michaelis Tramezini formis. MDLIIII. Iulius de Musis Venet. In aes incidit MDLIIII.
1554
National Maritime Museum