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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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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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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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Images of Early Maps on the Web - http://www.maphistory.info/webimages.html
A list of sites with historical maps. |
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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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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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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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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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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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US Historical Topographic Maps - http://historical.mytopo.com/
Historical topographic maps of US East Coast states from 19th and early 20th century, scanned from original US Geological Survey maps |
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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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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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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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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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Michican Historical Museum : What's Cool About Maps? - http://www.sos.state.mi.us/history/museum/explore/museums/hismus/special/coolmaps/index.html
The "What's Cool About Maps" exhibit at the Michigan Historical Museum, Lansing, features 29 historic maps of the Great Lakes region from 1669 to 1882. |
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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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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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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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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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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 |
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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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Gleadless.net - http://www.gleadless.net/
Old maps of Gleadless, Norton and surrounding areas of southern Sheffield, England. |
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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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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. |