20 Free Vintage Map Printable Images
A vintage map (or two or three!) looks pretty cool in any room and makes a great gift, too! Here’s a collection of printable maps available to download for free.
What to do with a vintage map? See our collection of DIY wall décor ideas using vintage maps, or check out these projects: Map Wall, Map Wallpaper, Pieced Map Wall Art, or simply print and frame one.
20 Free Vintage Map Printable Images
by Brynne from The Gathered Home
Some of these vintage maps are available in sizes big enough to be printed out clearly in large formats. Do a little searching online for great deals on poster prints or learn how to get them printed as black and white engineer prints (it’s super cheap!). Also see my tutorial on how to prepare a vintage image for large format printing (using Photoshop Elements).
See ideas for decorating with engineering prints
Printing these vintage images at home with a high-quality color printer also works well. Or have them printed at a local printing place or an online printing shop – the price will be very affordable for smaller standard sizes like 8 x 10″, 5 x 7″ or 8.5 x 11″.
See 20 MORE vintage map printable images
To download, click on the link to visit the original source for each image and/or follow the instructions below the title of each map.
(1) French Air Network Map via David Rumsey
(in “Search The Collection” box type in “French Air”. Find the image, click on it, then choose “Export” to get a drop down menu of sizes available to download.)
(2) Nolin’s World Map 1767 via Bibliodyssey
(3) Double Hemisphere World Map 1690 via Bibliodyssey
(4) “Via Eastern” Telegraph Map via David Rumsey
(in “Search The Collection” box type in “eastern associated telegraph companies”. Find the image, click on it, then choose “Export” to get a drop down menu of sizes available to download.)
(5) Map of the World via The Graphics Fairy (Part I Western Hemisphere, Part II Eastern Hemisphere)
(6) Humboldt’s Kosmos via Bibliodyssey
(7) Eastern & Western Hemispheres via Bibliodyssey
(8) 1675 Vintage World Map via Vintage Printable
(Click the image to download)
(9) Nouvelle Geographie Universelle via Vintage Printable
(10) Norris’s Cyclopedic Map via Bibliodyssey
(11) America via David Rumsey
(in “Search The Collection” box type in “Weiland America”. Find the image, click on it, then choose “Export” to get a drop down menu of sizes available to download.)
(12) De Fer’s Map of the Americas 1713 via Bibliodyssey
(13) Map of Early America via Public Domain Pictures
(14) Bird’s Eye View of Brooklyn via Bibliodyssey
(15) Bird’s Eye View of New York via Bibliodyssey
(16) Schenk’s Map of Erzgebirge 1758 via Bibliodyssey
(17) The British Isles via The British Library
(18) 17th Century Map of Egypt via Nationaal Archief
(19) 1937 Map of Paris via Old Maps of Paris
(20) 1920 Map of Paris via Vintage Printable
(Click the image to download)
Check out 20 MORE printable vintage maps
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- Vintage Christmas Images
- Vintage US Travel Images
- Vintage Halloween Images
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Originally published 01-09-2015 // Updated 01-06-2021
The David Rumsey links say I have to log in? Also, without going to all 20 links, do you know which ones can be printed large scale and where is the best place to do that?
Hi Janice – I updated the post for the David Rumsey links! The ones on the David Rumsey site tend to be large images (and there are thousands more to browse through!), but most of the others in the post are a decently large pixel size too. Printing a large scale image is a project I haven’t tackled myself yet, but if you visit the map headboard link towards the bottom of the post it actually includes some tips.
Thanks so much! That’s really helpful. And thank you for this post. It totally made my day. I’ve been unsuccessfully trying to find some cute maps for awhile and this is a great solution!!
They are all so so cool Brynne!
Thanks Julia!
I think I know which one I want to play with. But I have nothing more creative in mind than simply printing and framing it so far.
RE: 3
Those are small scale maps.
https://basementgeographer.com/large-scale-maps-vs-small-scale-maps/
Thank you for the info, Terry!
It’s a Map Dork thing.
Thanks for sharing Terry! In the post I meant to convey that the file sizes for many of the maps allow them to be printed out in a large format – I guess they can be “large-format small-scale” maps 🙂
Thank you so much! I’m planning a travel themed wedding reception, and these will be put to good use!
What a fun theme! We’d love to see pictures, and congratulations!