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  • Age of Discovery 1340-1600
    World map illustrating the routes and events of Spanish, Portuguese, English, French, and Dutch explorers.
    www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/historical/shepherd/explorer_map_shepherd.jpg
  • American Revolution and Its Era
    Maps and charts of North America and the West Indies, 1750-1789. From the Library of Congress.
    memory.loc.gov/ammem/gmdhtml/armhtml/armhome.html
  • Charting the Nation: Maps of Scotland
    Image collection including maps and manuscripts relating to the geography of Scotland from 1550 to 1740.
    www.chartingthenation.lib.ed.ac.uk
  • David Rumsey Map Collection
    Focuses on 18th and 19th century North and South American cartographic materials. Includes maps, atlases, globes, school geographies, and maritime charts.
    www.davidrumsey.com
  • Distribution of European Languages
    World map illustrating the spread of European languages, from 1914.
    www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/historical/shepherd/euro_language_dist_1914.jpg
  • Historic Cities
    Contains maps, literature, documents, books, and other materials concerning historic cities around the world.
    historic-cities.huji.ac.il
  • Historic Map of the North Pole
    From 1885.
    www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/historical/north_pole_1885.jpg
  • Historic Map Works
    Specializing in reproductions of old U.S. and international maps. Online collection has over 200,000 images. Fast growing collection of maps and directories.
    www.historicmapworks.com
  • Historical Atlas by William R. Shepherd, 1923
    Maps illustrating empires, eras, and events through the history of civilization.
    www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/historical/history_shepherd_1923.html
  • Historical Atlas of Canada Online Learning Project
    Uses thematic mapping to describe Canada's development.
    mercator.geog.utoronto.ca/hacddp/page1.htm
  • Historical Atlas of Europe AD 1 to 1600
    Online historical atlas showing the states of Europe and Mediterranean basin at the end of each century from AD 1 to AD 2000. In English and French.
    www.euratlas.com
  • Historical Atlas of the Twentieth Century [*]
    Including information on socio-economic trends, systems of government, wars, and religion.
    users.erols.com/mwhite28/20centry.htm
  • Historical Maps of Africa
    Includes maps of pre-colonial Africa as well as individual colonies and expedition maps.
    www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/historical/history_africa.html
  • Historical Maps of Asia
    Includes overview maps as well as nations, principal cities, and military maps of the Asia-Pacific Theater in World War II.
    www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/historical/history_asia.html
  • Historical Maps of Australia and the Pacific
    Includes 19th-century maps plus military maps from World War II.
    www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/historical/history_austral_pacific.html
  • Historical Maps of Europe
    Directory of regional maps depicting ancient Greece through the European Theater of World War II.
    www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/historical/history_europe.html
  • Historical Maps of the Americas
    Includes historical overview maps, nations, regions, and individual cities.
    www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/historical/history_americas.html
  • Historical Maps of the Middle East
    Directory of reference maps from the ancient period through the Muslim conquest to World War II.
    www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/historical/history_middle_east.html
  • Historical Maps Overview
    Directory of historical maps, most from early 20th century historical atlases.
    www.culturalresources.com/Maps.html
  • Interactive Nolli Map Web Site
    Presents the 1748 Nolli map of Rome as a dynamic, interactive, hands-on tool.
    nolli.uoregon.edu
  • Madaba Map@
    dir.yahoo.com/.../Social_Science/Anthropology_and_Archaeology
  • Maps of the Pimer?a
    Original, rare, and historic maps portraying a region of New Spain from the 16th to the 19th century. From the University of Arizona Library Map Collection.
    dizzy.library.arizona.edu/pimeria
  • McMurry University: Historical Maps
    Features historical maps of Texas, the United States, and Mexico. Also includes maps of the Holy Roman Empire and Sub-Saharan Africa.
    www.mcm.edu/academic/depts/history/maplink.htm
  • Military Maps of WWII
    From a variety of sources.
    mapww2.narod.ru
  • Motco
    Retailer and reference database of topographical prints, maps, prospects, and panoramas of London, the Thames, and the U.K.
    www.motco.com
  • Nevada History in Maps
    Features historic maps of the territory and state of Nevada and surrounding regions. From the the University of Nevada, Reno.
    www.delamare.unr.edu/maps/digitalcollections/nvhistory/Default.htm
  • Panoramic Maps 1847-1929
    Nonphotographic representations of cities portrayed as if viewed from above at an oblique angle, from the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
    lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/pmhtml/panhome.html
  • Perspective in Maps: From Columbus to Lewis and Clark
    www.lib.virginia.edu/exhibits/lewis_clark/home.html
  • Ryhiner Project
    Conserving, microfilming, and cataloging more than 15,000 maps, charts, plans, and views from the 16th to the 18th century, covering the whole globe.
    www.stub.unibe.ch/stub/ryhiner/ryhiner.html
  • Sketch Map of South Polar Regions
    From 1894.
    www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/historical/south_pole_1894.jpg
  • University of Georgia Hargrett Library - Rare Map Collection
    Rare maps from 1600-1870.
    www.libs.uga.edu/darchive/hargrett/maps/maps.html
  • Vinland Map@
    dir.yahoo.com/.../North_American_Journeys_and_Settlements/Vinland_Map
  • Web Directory: Historical Map Web Sites
    From the Perry-Casta?eda Library Map Collection.
    www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/map_sites/hist_sites.html
  • World Mercator's Projection
    Map circa 1820.
    www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/historical/world_cyclopedia_1820.jpg
 


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