Wonderful Free Printable Vintage Maps To Download

Are you ready to add a touch of historic charm to your crafts and décor? Dive into a treasure trove of free printable vintage maps. Scanned from 1890s originals, entirely copyright-free and perfect for up-cycling, framing or making unique gifts.

As so many of the crafts on Pillarboxblue involve maps, I have decided to share my collection of free printable vintage maps with you. So you can use them for your own crafts and DIYs.

It’s incredible how a decoupaged vintage map can transform the mundane into something awesome, as in my map table IKEA hack. Vintage maps can also be printed on wood and other surfaces, too. Maps can be used to make some cool map-themed gifts.

Free Printable Vintage Maps For All Your Craft Needs

The maps I have scanned in from my collection are over 100 years old, as these are copyright-free. They include several country maps, a couple of world maps and a city map.

I will be adding more maps at a later date, so watch this space. Just click the highlighted title of the map you want, and you will be given a free PDF to print or save. I have scanned the maps in at a relatively high resolution, so you should be able to get a good downloadable print.

(If you can’t find a particular map you are looking for the checkout my other site Pictureboxblue.com which is full of free maps and gorgeous vintage images).

Not sure what to do with a free printable vintage map? Then check out my maps craft page for lots of cool ideas and inspiration.

Whether you want to transform a piece of furniture with maps or simply make some fun paper decorations, you should find something you like. The gorgeous map roses I made are one of my most popular posts and have been featured in several magazines.

The Free Printable Vintage Maps for Crafts

1. Europe map 1898

I love looking at old maps of Europe as so many borders have changed over the last Century. Many countries have disappeared, and new ones have been reborn. Even in the last 50 years, with the break-up of the Soviet Empire.

2. North America 1898

 

3. World Map 1898

4. England and Wales

I currently live in the centre of England, just slightly to the East. In a county town called Bedford. It’s probably as far as you can get to the coast from anywhere in the UK.

5. Berlin City Map

I visited Berlin just after the wall came down. I’d love to return one day. This is a perfect map to use when making map table mats.

6. Eastern United States

If you are a fan of the Eastern States and especially New York, there are some fabulous vintage New York City maps free to download here.

7. Italy

It really does look like a boot!

8. Indian Sub-Continent

9. United States of America

This is an excellent map of the USA with coloured states. You can find more maps of the United States here.

10. World Maps German

I love to craft with world maps and have used them to hack an IKEA Rismon lamp and to make an IKEA map clock.

11. Map Of Europe 1923

This free printable vintage map of Europe is a very popular one for crafting and decoupage. I used this same map for making a map magnetic pinboard.

12. Map of The World

This particular vintage world map print I used for my world map desk DIY.

What I liked about this world map was the unusual aspect with Australia on the left and the Americas in the middle.

13. London Underground Maps

You don’t have to use conventional vintage maps to craft with; I used a vintage London tube map for one of my personalised map chair upcycles.

14.1891 Stielers Handatlas South Pole Map

This old map of the Antarctic is from the 1891 edition of Stielers Handatlas and is titled South Polar Map.

Map 15: 1855 Colton Map of the North Pole or the Arctic

This is a rarely seen version of Colton’s map of the North Pole or Arctic. It covers Lake Baikal, Hudson Bay, the British Isles, and Kamchatka from north to the Pole. This map provides an excellent overview of Arctic exploration and discovery up to about 1855.

You can also find more old maps of Europe here.

 Another fun thing to use these printable vintage maps for is map art, such as this map pet portrait, personalised DIY map art and these map paper moths.