The General Expansion Plan (Algemeen Uitbreidingsplan, or AUP) is an urban plan for the Dutch city of Amsterdam drawn up in 1934 by the architect Cornelis van Eesteren. Based on the previous plan, the Zuid Plan of 1915, by Hendrik Petrus Berlage, the AUP regulated the expansion of the city due to the strong population growth that had occurred since the end of the 19th century. Following a defined “survey before plan” strategy, Van Eesteren based the design process on empirical research founded on demographic and economic statistics, but also on the built heritage, industrial development, and on the city traffic. Minimal urban units were defined, and housing, the most important element, was articulated with public spaces, commercial facilities and a transport network, following the functionalist principle of dedicating each space to a specific function: living, working and leisure. These units were grouped together in districts that shared larger-scale services such as large parks and public facilities. Number of pieces: 540 Dimensions: 35 x 50 cm Box dimensions: 8 x 8 x 28cm

This map was drawn in 1896 by Julius Straube, a military cartographer who founded the Geographischen Instituts und Landkartenverlag that published, between 1858 and 1913, several thematic maps of the city of Berlin. Among these, is a map with bus lines (1864), postal districts (1873), taxi circulation areas (1884), in addition to a general plan of the city (1910), extremely detailed and divided into 44 sheets.

The Monumental Map of the Capital was published for the Industrial Exhibition of 1896, where the splendor of advances in the country, which at the time was at the height of technological progress, was evident.

On the map you can find the railway lines, tram lines, steam train lines, and horse-drawn wagon lines, in addition to the most relevant buildings in the capital. Some monuments are depicted in vignettes arranged around the map where, in the lower right corner, it is possible to observe the exhibition area identified as "Gewerbeausstellung 1896".

Number of pieces: 540 Dimensions: 35 x 50 cm Box dimensions: 8 x 8 x 28cm

This high quality puzzle reproduce a city map of Lisbon drawn in 1833 by the architect W. B. Clarke for the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (UK) and published on an atlas by Baldwin & Cradock. The SDUK was founded in 1826 by Lord Henry Brougham, a british statesman that believed in the promotion of self-education and the disclosure of the knowledge for the working classes as for the bourgeoisie that could not make use of experienced teachers. The SDUK publications were dealing with useful subjects as history, geography, zoology in an easy way to support those who had just learned to read to improve their reading skills and knowledge. Among several publications, the SDUK published some extraordinarily detailed atlas. At the time there was nothing like that anywhere in the world for its quality and price. Number of pieces: 540 Dimensions: 35 x 50 cm Box dimensions: 8 x 8 x 28 cm

Designed by the abbot Jean Delagrive (1689-1757) in 1728, this map of Paris shows the French capital still surrounded by fields and whose center is not yet entirely built. In the title block in the top right corner we can read the title and the author’s name. All around, we can see various figures such as the Pity and the Justice and, below, Minerva, Neptune, Mercure and Venus. On the left there is a portrait of the king Louis XV, then 18-year-old, and the author’s dedication. Around the map, Delagrive designed the façade of certain famous buildings such as the palais du Louvre, the Sorbonne, the Hôpital des Invalides and the church of Notre Dame. On the two sides one can find the alphabetical list of the streets, churches and buildings represented on the map. Delagrive’s was the first map to show the freshly built Champs-Élysées and the first map which could be bought by the public. Number of pieces: 540 Dimensions: 35 x 50 cm Box dimensions: 8 x 8 x 28cm

The Tachymetric Plan of Seville and its outskirts, dated 1890, was authored by the Spanish architects Juan Talavera y de la Veja and Ricardo María Vidal y de Soto. In addition to identifying the private buildings (in black) and the official civil or military buildings (in pink), the map also indicates churches (in grey), train lines (in blue) and tram lines (in red). Since it is a tachymetric map, meaning it was surveyed with a topographic instrument called a tachymeter, this document includes the elevations of the streets and other urban spaces. These elevations are indicated in the section drawing located in the lower part of the map that shows the levels reached by the water in the floods of 1856 and 1876. On the right-hand side of the map, there is an altimetric graph indicating the main points of the city's water supply, whose highest point was the Zacatin hill, an elevation located about 70 km northeast of Seville. Number of pieces: 540 Dimensions: 35 x 50 cm Box dimensions: 8 x 8 x 28cm

Lodovico Ughi’s Venice map, an original document of 128 x 177 cm from 1729, is an impressive piece of artistic, scientific and documentary significance. With high detail, the map is composed by eight sheets, arranged in two rows, featuring besides the city map, a set of special elements: a large wind rose, a poem from Jacopo Sannazaro in the hands of a putto, an allegory of Venice based on a drawing by Sebastiano Ricci, a composition with the insignia of the Morosini’s family, and a label with the dedication of the author to the doge Aloysio Mocenigo. On the sides, sixteen small views of the city by the painter Carlevarijs, and finally, on the bottom, the description of the city. Number of pieces: 540 Dimensions: 35 x 50 cm Box dimensions: 8 x 8 x 28cm