Boundaries
of the United States and the Several States
An animated representation of the changing boundaries of the United
States and of each individual state, 1650-1907, created from composite
maps in the U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1212.
Coastal Surveys:NOAA's
Office of Coast Survey Historical Map and Chart Collection
The Office of Coast Survey's Historical Map & Chart Collection contains
over 20,000 maps and charts from the late 1700s to present day, including
nautical charts, hydrographic and topographic surveys, city plans, and
Civil War battlefield maps. Images can be viewed and downloaded.
Illinois:Chicago
Area Maps from the University of Chicago Map Collection (includes
products of the "Chicago School of Sociology")
New England: Historic
USGS Maps of New England (University of New Hampshire Library)
This online collection contains high resolution scanned images of over
1500 7.5, 15,and 30 minute U.S. Geological Survey topographic maps of
New England from 1880-1960. Harvard
Map Collection Digital Collections
Includes a digital exhibition of the Mercator
Globes, and information on finding digital images in the catalog.
Scanned images include 48 maps of Boston, 60 maps of Massachusetts cities
and towns, 11 maps of New Hampshire, and 18 maps of Maine among others.
(Or, go straight to Harvard's web catalog, HOLLIS.
Find maps with linked digital images using the following Title search:
"Harvard Map Collection digital maps".)
Pennsylvania:Historic
Pittsburgh Project Maps Collection
This digital collection, a joint project of the University of Pittsburgh
and the Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania, contains 1,122 plat
maps of the greater Pittsburgh area from 1872 through 1939 that were
published in bound volumes by the G. M. Hopkins Company.
Southwest Region:Maps
of the Pimería: Early Cartography of the Southwest
These maps portray a region of New Spain once called Pimería
and chronicle four centuries of mapping, from the earliest map of the
region in the collection, a 1556 view of North and South America, up
to the Gadsden Purchase of 1854 when the United States acquired Pimería
Alta--or southern Arizona--from Mexico. From the University of Arizona
Library Map Collection.
World
World, General
Ancient
World Atlas Projects Links
Infobits' collection of descriptions and links to several ancient world
atlas projects including an Interactive Ancient Mediterranean atlas,
the Apollo Project, the Perseus Project and more.
David Rumsey Collection
Collection ocuses on 18th and 19th century North and South American
cartographic materials including atlases, globes, school geographies,
maritime charts,and more.
Exposition Virtuelle
- Le Ciel et la Terre
An online exhibit of the history of representations of earth and sky.
Considers the influence of religion, science, and imagination on human
conceptions of our world and universe. Includes maps, paintings, celestial
charts, illuminated manuscripts, etc. (In French).
Gettysburg
College Digital Map Collection
From the John H. W. Stuckenberg Map Collection. Emphasis is on European
countries. The majority of the collection consists of three 17th century
atlases and over 500 separate maps from the 16th through the 19th century.
Historic Cities
From a joint project of the Historic Cities Center of the Department
of Geography, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the Jewish National
and University Library.
Historic Maps and
Atlases
List of links to historic maps and atlases, compiled by Associate Professor
of Political Science Paul Hensel of Florida State University.
Library
of Congress Map Collections: 1500-2004
More than 10,000 of the 4.5 million items in the Geography and Map Division
of the Library of Congress's collection have been scanned at high resolution
and are viewable at this site. MrSID, software that allows users to
zoom in and out of maps stored in .sid format, is available to download
for free.
Map History / History
of Cartography - THE Gateway to the Subject
This site, compiled by Tony Campbell, the Map Librarian of the British
Library in London, is part of the Institute of Historical Research in
London's server, "History". Includes extensive lists of links to online
map sites, organized by region and theme.
Oddens's
Bookmarks: Historic Maps & Atlases
THE BEST, most comprehensive collection of links to online maps of all
types. Created by Roelof P. Oddens, a geography professor at Utrecht
University in the Netherlands.
Perry-Castañeda
Library Map Collection, University of Texas at Austin
2400 scanned maps from the library's collection, plus links to many
other maps on the Web. Covers all parts of the world and includes a
large, diverse Texas collection.
Armenia: Armenica.org:
History of Armenia
Includes a nice page of historical maps
of Armenia.
Asia Minor & the Middle East:The
Walker Collection: Maps of Asia Minor and the Middle East, 1511-1774.
From the University of Melbourne.
Canada:
Canada at Scale
Exhibit from the The National Archives of Canada. Reflecting the evolution
of cartography in Canada, this exhibit has two sections: "exploration,
colonization and development" and "government cartography", that contain
several historic maps and short descriptions of each map. Cartes géographiques
From the Bibliotheque et Archives nationales, Quebec. Maps of the Quebec
region (some including other areas of Canada and North America) from
the 16th through the 20th centuries. Indexed by title, author, date,
or geographic place. (In French) Map Archives
from the Atlas of Canada
Maps from all five past editions of the Atlas of Canada, 1906 to 1995,
the Canadian sector of the International Map of the World, 1956 to 1987,
and the first Glacier Atlas of Canada, 1969 to 1972. Maps
from the Atlas of Alberta Railways
Includes climate, settlement, and early planning maps, as well as infrastructure
and railway maps. Mostly Western Canada, with some national railway
maps.
Europe: Tacitus Historical Atlas
Maps and more to illustrate the history of certain countries in Europe.
Germany:Berliner
Stadtplanarchiv
Historical maps of Berlin, 1738 to 1989 Ireland: Ireland's
Historical Mapping Archive
From Ordnance Survey Ireland. REQUIRES PAYMENT. 6-inch series (1837-1842)
in color and greyscale. 25-inch series (1888-1913) in greyscale. Also
includes the Lewis Topographical Dictionary of Ireland, 1837.
Israel/Palestine: Holy Land Maps
From the Eran Laor Cartographic Collection
Japan:Japanese
Maps of the Tokugawa Era
Digitized historical maps from the University of British Columbia Library's
Rare Books and Special Collections
Middle East:Mid-East
Web Maps
Current and historical maps of the Middle East and individual countries.
Netherlands:
Historic Maps of the Netherlands
17th century maps of the Netherlands and Dutch cities. 100 Thematic Maps of the Netherlands
Includes other map collections as well. The 100 Thematic Maps were selected
by members of the Faculty of Geosciences at the University of Utrecht.
In Dutch. Click on the image or use the links on the left to enter the
digital collections. City of Leiden (Netherlands)
A digitized atlas, the Toonneel des Aerdrycks, ofte Nieuwe Atlas of 1659 by Blaeu (6 volumes, includes texts). In Dutch. From the Regionaal Archief Leiden.
Paris: Maps
of Paris
Art History Professor Barry Bergoll of Columbia University's list of
links to 100 maps of Paris, France (1716-1887).
Rome: Interactive
Nolli Map Web site
1748 Map of Rome, by Giambattista Nolli. From the University of Oregon. The Map Library also has a print reproduction of this map. Rome Reborn
A digital model of ancient Rome (320 A.D.), from the Institute for Advanced Technology in the Humanities at the University of Virginia. Includes a number of useful links under "Resources" (left side menu bar).
United Kingdom: A Vision
of Britain through Time: Historical Mapping
Detailed maps of Britain from the 19th and 20th centuries. Maps of Victorian
London
From the Victorian Dictionary Old Maps of the UK
Contains over 85,000 historical images of regions of the UK from 1846-1899.
Type in a place name or coordinate and view/zoom/pan the 1:10,560 scale
map. Ordnance Survey Scottish town plans,
1847-1895
From the National Library of Scotland. "62 towns were surveyed
by Ordnance Survey, at the largest scales in their entire history (1:1,056,
and 1:500), collectively forming a comprehensive snapshot of urban Scotland
in the late 19th century. From the 1870s, fourteen towns were revised
again, allowing useful chronological comparisons to be made."
