Typus Orbis Terrarum | Antique 1570 World Map Canvas Wall Art Print
- Museum-quality giclée canvas prints
- Choose rolled, stretched, or framed
- Arrives ready to hang (framed options)
- Any questions? Please call us on 1300 90 21 53
Framing options
Choose your finish from the options above. Every print is produced on archival canvas and comes ready to go up.
Stretched, ready to hang
Your canvas is stretched on a timber frame with the hanging wire already attached. Clean, frameless gallery look.
Floating frame
The stretched canvas sits inside a slim timber frame in white, black, natural or silver, with a small shadow gap around the edge. Delivered framed and ready to hang.
Rolled canvas
Just the printed canvas, rolled in a tube, if you would rather have it framed locally.



How our prints are made
- Museum-quality giclée print on heavy-duty archival canvas, using pigment inks that will not fade.
- Stretched on a thick timber frame with the hanging wire attached, so it goes straight onto the wall.
- Made to order in Australia and delivered in about 10 to 14 days.
Delivery and guarantee
- Free tracked delivery Australia-wide. GST included, nothing more to pay at the door.
- 30-day money-back guarantee on every order.
- Australian owned, Melbourne-based since 2013, with a local contact you can reach on 1300 90 21 53.
About Typus Orbis Terrarum
The full world sits inside a wide oval projection, drawn as a dense network of fine engraved lines. A banner across the top carries the title TYPUS ORBIS TERRARVM in spaced Roman capitals, and a matching cartouche along the base holds a block of Latin text attributed to Cicero. Latitude and longitude grids cross the oval; coastlines are stippled and hatched, with named regions such as America Sive India Nova inked in tiny script. Curling cloud scrolls fill each corner, and a large southern landmass labelled Terra Australis Nondum Cognita runs along the bottom.
The character is scholarly and quiet: no colour at all, just charcoal line work on an aged ivory ground, with a slim ruled border keeping the whole composition contained. It reads as a historical document first and a decorative piece second.
Suits a home office above a desk or bookshelves, a study, hallway or dining room with dark timber furniture. It pairs with leather, brass lamps, globes and black metal shelving, and works in a boy's or teen's room alongside other black and white prints. Good beside framed photography in a monochrome gallery wall. Browse more silver and grey art, canvas prints wall art decor pictures, or read Art above the bed: what size and how high.