Open Directory - Reference: Maps: Historical
See also: This category in other languages: - 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. - Antique maps (pre-1800) for the Pacific Ocean and its islands. - Celestial cartography maps. - Sample of images from Oxford's collection, focusing on Great Britain. - National Archives of Canada online exhibition with large collection of digital maps and historical explanation. 16th to 19th century maps of Canada and North America. - Western Hemisphere map; historical information with scrolling and zooming map viewer. - Includes hundreds of Florida maps and detail views from 1584 to the present. - Macedonia from 1477 to 1928. Downloadable. - 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. - Great Britain maps, 16th through 19th century, divided into counties and regions. - 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 - Large collection of color-coded atlas maps showing world population, governments, wars, and other historical trends. Many include brief historical commentaries. - Collection of historical and educational maps of ancient Africa, China, Egypt, Greece, Mesopotamia, Rome, Middle Ages and Prehistoric Man. - A list of sites with historical maps. - 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. - A historical map with sites of Victorian London during the time of Dr. John Snow (1813-58), the prominent epidemiologist and anesthesiologist. - Aerial photographs from the 1930s, 1970s, and 1990s illustrating the growth of several areas in King County, Washington. - A Web bibliography of non-printed reference material on the history of maps and cartography. - On-line magazine about antique maps with articles about mapmaking, exhibits, and classified ads. - Socio- and political maps of 18th and 19th century United States; classical age Mediterranean. Some maps require Shockwave plug-in. - 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. - University of Texas-Austin Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection. 200+ links to other map collections; emphasis on 19th century America maps. - Maps that change history. Paper on maps predating Columbus including a section on fraudulent maps. - Maps of areas referred to by Cornelius Tacitus in "The Histories", A.D. 1. - 16th to 18th c. maps of Germany, Switzerland, and France from the University and Canton archives from the University of Bern in Switzerland. - 20 maps of the New World, India, Africa, and Asia from 16th and 17th century. Includes 2 11th century Arabic maps. - World War I Western Front maps, including trench locations for major battles. - On-line exhibitions of antique maps of Turkish Empire and Asia Minor (present day Turkey). - Historical topographic maps of US East Coast states from 19th and early 20th century, scanned from original US Geological Survey maps - Large images grouped by state from an 1895 US Atlas. - Online archive of state, county, and treaty maps. - Searchable collection of digitized maps in the public domain from North America, 1544-1996. Grouped into categories: cities, environment, exploration, immigration, military, and transportation. - Period maps and atlases from 1507 to 1805 focusing on the exploration of the central and western US. - Wyoming state maps depicting the emigrant trails of the late 1800s. Eleven maps prepared by L. C. Bishop available in small to large resolutions. - 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.
