David Rumsey CollectionThousands 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. http://www.davidrumsey.com |
United States Digital Map LibraryOnline archive of state, county, and treaty maps. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/maps |
Henry Davis Cartographic Images300 high-resolution images of period maps divided into Ancient, Medieval, and Renaissance periods. Emphasis on world maps. http://www.henry-davis.com/maps |
GenmapsGreat Britain maps, 16th through 19th century, divided into counties and regions. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~genmaps |
OSSHE Historic Atlas Resource LibrarySocio- and political maps of 18th and 19th century United States; classical age Mediterranean. Some maps require Shockwave plug-in. http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~atlas |
United States 1895 AtlasLarge images grouped by state from an 1895 US Atlas. http://www.livgenmi.com/1895 |
United States Library of Congress MapSearchable collection of digitized maps in the public domain from North America, 1544-1996. Grouped into categories: cities, environment, exploration, immigration, military, and transportation. http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/gmdhtml/gmdhome.html |
Perry-CastaƱeda Library Map CollectionUniversity of Texas-Austin Perry-CastaƱeda Library Map Collection. 200+ links to other map collections; emphasis on 19th century America maps. http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/map_sites/hist_sites.html |
JerusalemTwenty maps of the city of Jerusalem from 6th to 19th century with commentary from the Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs. http://www.israel-mfa.gov.il/mfa/facts+about+israel/israel+in+maps |
US Historical Topographic MapsHistorical topographic maps of US East Coast states from 19th and early 20th century, scanned from original US Geological Survey maps http://historical.maptech.com |
Periodical historical Atlas of EuropeMaps 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. http://www.euratlas.com/summary.htm |
FEEFHS Map Room50 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. http://www.feefhs.org/maps/indexmap.html |
Exploring FloridaIncludes hundreds of Florida maps and detail views from 1584 to the present. http://fcit.usf.edu/florida/maps/maps.htm |
Chorographia BritanniaeImages 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. http://web.ukonline.co.uk/badeslade |
Boundaries of the Contiguous UnitedAnimation showing the evolution of state boundaries in the United States from the original 13 colonies to its present state. http://www.ac.wwu.edu/~stephan/48states.html |
Trenches on the Web - WWI Map RoomWorld War I Western Front maps, including trench locations for major battles. http://www.worldwar1.com/maproom.htm |
Yale University Map Collection200 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. http://www.library.yale.edu/mapcoll/online.html |
Ryhiner Map Collection16th to 18th c. maps of Germany, Switzerland, and France from the University and Canton archives from the University of Bern in Switzerland. http://www.stub.unibe.ch/stub/ryhiner |
GeoHistoryComprehensive package of interactive historical maps http://www.geohistory.com |
John Snow`s London, 1859A historical map with sites of Victorian London during the time of Dr. John Snow (1813-58), the prominent epidemiologist and anesthesiologist. http://www.ph.ucla.edu/epi/snow/1859map/map1859.html |
Dutch City maps from the Blaeu Atlas50 Holland city maps from 1650 atlas Toonneel der Steden. Site is in English; some maps include city histories in Dutch. http://grid.let.rug.nl/~welling/maps/blaeu.html |