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United States Library of Congress Map Collections - http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/gmdhtml/gmdhome.html
Searchable collection of digitized maps in the public domain from North America, 1544-1996. Grouped into categories: cities, environment, exploration, immigration, military, and transportation. |
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David Rumsey Collection - http://www.davidrumsey.com/
Thousands of high-resolution digital images of maps from the David Rumsey Collection, one of the largest private collections of historic maps in the US. Focus is 18th and 19th c. North and South America cartographic materials. |
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Perry-Castaņeda Library Map Collection - http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/map_sites/hist_sites.html
University of Texas-Austin Perry-Castaņeda Library Map Collection. 200+ links to other map collections; emphasis on 19th century America maps. |
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Japanese Historical Maps from UC Berkeley - http://www.davidrumsey.com/japan/
Online gallery of 2,300 early maps of Japan and the World. Collection was acquired by the University of California from the Mitsui family in 1949. |
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Images of Early Maps on the Web - http://www.maphistory.info/webimages.html
A list of sites with historical maps. |
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Mapping History Project - http://mappinghistory.uoregon.edu/
Socio- and political maps of 18th and 19th century United States; classical age Mediterranean. Some maps require Shockwave plug-in. |
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John Snow's London, 1859 - http://www.ph.ucla.edu/epi/snow/1859map/map1859.html
A historical map with sites of Victorian London during the time of Dr. John Snow (1813-58), the prominent epidemiologist and anesthesiologist. |
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Ryhiner Map Collection - http://www.stub.unibe.ch/stub/ryhiner/
16th to 18th c. maps of Germany, Switzerland, and France from the University and Canton archives from the University of Bern in Switzerland. |
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Boundaries of the Contiguous United States - http://www.ac.wwu.edu/~stephan/48states.html
Animation showing the evolution of state boundaries in the United States from the original 13 colonies to its present state. |
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Periodical Historical Atlas of Europe - http://www.euratlas.com/summary.htm
Maps showing political status of Europe and Mediterranean basin at the end of each century from AD 1 to AD 2000, plus maps of historical battle sites. Site in English and French. |
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James Ford Bell Library - http://www.bell.lib.umn.edu/historical/Hist.html
30 explorer and mariner maps of 15th to 19th century, concentrating on world maps and the Americas. Most maps can be zoomed in to see details. University of Minnesota. |
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http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~genmaps/ - http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~genmaps/
Great Britain maps, 16th through 19th century, divided into counties and regions. |
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FEEFHS Map Library - http://www.feefhs.org/maplibrary.html
50 detailed maps of Germany, Austria-Hungary, Russia, the Balkans, and the Baltics from the 1882 Blackie and Sons atlas. Federation of East European Family History Societies. |
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Atlas Coelestis - http://www.bo.astro.it/~biblio/atlas/atlas-in.htm
Celestial cartography maps. |
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F.Y.R. Macedonia from Antiquity to Present Day - http://www.unet.com.mk/oldmacedonianmaps/
Macedonia from 1477 to 1928. Downloadable. |
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Trenches on the Web - WWI Map Room - http://www.worldwar1.com/maproom.htm
World War I Western Front maps, including trench locations for major battles. |
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Historical Atlas of the 20th Century - http://users.erols.com/mwhite28/20centry.htm
Large collection of color-coded atlas maps showing world population, governments, wars, and other historical trends. Many include brief historical commentaries. |
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Yale University Map Collection - http://www.library.yale.edu/MapColl/print_online.html
200 period maps and globes from 16th to 19th c., including world, continent, and city maps. Majority of maps are New World. Includes Lada-Mocarski, Cross, and Lanman map collections. |
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University of Virginia: Maps from Columbus to Lewis and Clark - http://www2.lib.virginia.edu/exhibits/lewis_clark/
Period maps and atlases from 1507 to 1805 focusing on the exploration of the central and western US. |
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Le Grand Atlas by Johan Blaeu - http://www.blaeuatlas.com/
Images of the French Edition (1667, 12 Volumes) of Le Grand Atlas by Johan Blaeu. |
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Gleadless.net - http://www.gleadless.net/
Old maps of Gleadless, Norton and surrounding areas of southern Sheffield, England. |
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Turkey in Maps - http://www.turkeyinmaps.com/
On-line exhibitions of antique maps of Turkish Empire and Asia Minor (present day Turkey). |
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San Jose State University Art of Cartography - http://gallery.sjsu.edu/cartography/maps/index.html
20 maps of the New World, India, Africa, and Asia from 16th and 17th century. Includes 2 11th century Arabic maps. |
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Chorographia Britanniae - http://web.ukonline.co.uk/badeslade/
Images and commentary on the Chorographia Britanniae, an atlas of the counties of England and Wales, first published in 1742 by Thomas Badeslade and William Henry Toms. |
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Antique Maps of the Pacific Ocean - http://www.prigsbee.com/maps/
Antique maps (pre-1800) for the Pacific Ocean and its islands. |
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History Link 101 Map Page - http://www.historylink101.com/historical_maps.htm
Collection of historical and educational maps of ancient Africa, China, Egypt, Greece, Mesopotamia, Rome, Middle Ages and Prehistoric Man. |
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King County: Comparative Aerial Photos - http://www.kingcounty.gov/environment/data-and-trends/natural-resource-maps/aerials.aspx
Aerial photographs from the 1930s, 1970s, and 1990s illustrating the growth of several areas in King County, Washington. |
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United States Digital Map Library - http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~usgenweb/maps/
Online archive of state, county, and treaty maps. |
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Prehistoric Globalization - http://globalizacion.no.sapo.pt/ingles/index_ing.htm
Maps that change history. Paper on maps predating Columbus including a section on fraudulent maps. |
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Germany at the End of the 18th Century - http://www.hoeckmann.de/deutschland/index.htm
Maps of different parts of Germany at the end of the 18th century drawn by the author and links to maps of the same period show the political division of Germany |