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Antique Cartography AI image prompts

The ornate maps of the great age of exploration, where geography shares the sheet with elaborate cartouches, compass roses, and sea monsters. Information and decoration intertwine, turning each map into a printed argument about the world. Use the prompts below in Midjourney, DALL·E, or Stable Diffusion — or build your own from the Antique Cartography vocabulary.

Abraham Ortelius — Maris Pacifici (1589)

Copy-ready prompts

Midjourney
a poster in the Antique Cartography style, antique map, decorative cartography, strapwork cartouche, compass rose, sea monster, rhumb lines, Blaeu atlas, engraved coastline, engraved, ornamental, hand-colored, illustrated, highly detailed --ar 3:2 --no text, watermark
DALL·E / ChatGPT
A poster in the Antique Cartography style. Emphasize antique map, decorative cartography, strapwork cartouche, compass rose, sea monster, rhumb lines, Blaeu atlas, engraved coastline. The mood is engraved, ornamental, hand-colored, illustrated. Highly detailed, no text or watermark, 3:2 landscape composition.
Stable Diffusion
a poster in the Antique Cartography style, antique map, decorative cartography, strapwork cartouche, compass rose, sea monster, rhumb lines, Blaeu atlas, engraved coastline, engraved, ornamental, hand-colored, illustrated, highly detailed, sharp focus
Negative prompt: text, watermark, signature, blurry, low quality, deformed

Antique Cartography keyword vocabulary

Tap a keyword to collect it in the Designdeas prompt builder, then mix in your own subject.

Prompts for related styles

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