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• - University of Texas-Austin Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection. 200+ links to other map collections; emphasis on 19th century America maps.
  
• - 20 maps of the New World, India, Africa, and Asia from 16th and 17th century. Includes 2 11th century Arabic maps.
  
• - Socio- and political maps of 18th and 19th century United States; classical age Mediterranean. Some maps require Shockwave plug-in.
  
• - Nautical charts and sketches of the United States coast from the 18th and 19th c. sorted by state.
  
• - 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.
  
• - Twenty maps of the city of Jerusalem from 6th to 19th century with commentary from the Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
  
• - Images and descriptions of the history of the Great Lakes as depicted in actual maps from 1571 to 1865. Includes significant maps of French, English and American periods.
  
• - Great Britain maps, 16th through 19th century, divided into counties and regions.
  
• - 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.
  
• - Collection of historical and educational maps of ancient Africa, China, Egypt, Greece, Mesopotamia, Rome, Middle Ages and Prehistoric Man.
  
• - Large collection of color-coded atlas maps showing world population, governments, wars, and other historical trends. Many include brief historical commentaries.
  
• - Images of the French Edition (1667, 12 Volumes) of Le Grand Atlas by Johan Blaeu.
  
• - Locates mine shafts around Colorado Springs, Colorado.
  
• - 300 high-resolution images of period maps divided into Ancient, Medieval, and Renaissance periods. Emphasis on world maps.
  
• - Atlas of the Baltic Sea (Atlas vsego Baltiiskago morya...) by Aleksei Nagaev 1757. High and low resolution images photographed from the University of Helsinki Library.
  
• - 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.
  
• - Large images grouped by state from an 1895 US Atlas.
  
• - Western Hemisphere map; site includes historical information with scrolling and zooming map viewer.
  
• - Atlas circa 1375 attributed to Cresques Abraham showing Europe and Asia. Site includes detailed description and analysis.
  
• - Comprehensive list of sites containing historical maps.
  
• - A comprehensive source of scanned battle maps from the ancient Greeks to the present provided by the U.S. Military Academy at West Point.
  
• - 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.
  
• - Includes hundreds of Florida maps and detail views from 1584 to the present.
  
• - A historical map with sites of Victorian London during the time of Dr. John Snow (1813-58), the prominent epidemiologist and anesthesiologist.
  
• - Maps of Columbus' voyages, 16th c. Central and South America.
  
• - Collection of over 800 images of maps displaying the Old World as it looked like about 100 years ago. City maps, area maps.
  
• - Old maps of Gleadless, Norton and surrounding areas of southern Sheffield, England.
  
• - Maps of Roman Gaul, 60 - 50 BC.
  
• - Historical topographic maps of US East Coast states from 19th and early 20th century, scanned from original US Geological Survey maps
  
• - German states and principalities from 17th to 19th c.
  
• - A Web bibliography of non-printed reference material on the history of maps and cartography.
  
• - 50 Holland city maps from 1650 atlas Toonneel der Steden. Site is in English; some maps include city histories in Dutch.
  
• - Maps showing the history of the Finnish-related people of Russia. Includes maps of city locations, name changes, and much commentary.
  
• - Comprehensive package of interactive historical maps
  
• - Period maps and atlases from 1507 to 1805 focusing on the exploration of the central and western US.
  
• - On-line exhibitions of antique maps of Turkish Empire and Asia Minor (present day Turkey).
  
• - Collection of maps from the 17th and 18th century, as part of a site on the history of the Dutch East India Company (VOC). Commentary in English and Dutch.
  
• - 16th to 19th century maps and views of Croatia, Dalmatia and Istria.
  
• - 30 explorer and mariner maps of 15th to 19th century, concentrating on world maps and the Americas. Most maps can be zoomed in to see details. University of Minnesota.
  
• - Aerial photographs from the 1930's, 1970's, and 1990's illustrating the growth of several areas in King County, WA.
  
• - 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.
  
• - 16th to 18th c. maps of Germany, Switzerland, and France from the University and Canton archives from the University of Bern in Switzerland.
  
• - 100 black and white WWII maps indexed by date, many with troop movement and battle locations indicated.
  
• - Wyoming state maps depicting the emigrant trails of the late 1800s. Eleven maps prepared by L. C. Bishop available in small to large resolutions.
  
• - 20 political maps of India from the ancient times to the modern. Also includes a brief history of India.
  
• - Macedonia from 1477 to 1928. Downloadable.
  
• - Antique maps (pre-1800) for the Pacific Ocean and its islands.
  
• - Celestial cartography maps.
  
• - On-line magazine about antique maps with articles about mapmaking, exhibits, and classified ads.
  
• - Collection of 100 maps from around the world, 15th to 19th century. Reed College Library, Oregon.
  
• - 1658. View entire map, or divided into modern provinces.
  
• - Sample of images from Oxford's collection, focusing on Great Britain.
  
• - Antique maps showing Finland in relation to the rest of Europe. Maps from 15th c. to modern. Includes some historical commentary.
  
• - Animation showing the evolution of state boundaries in the United States from the original 13 colonies to its present state.
  
• - World War I Western Front maps, including trench locations for major battles.
  
• - Online archive of state, county, and treaty maps.
  
• - 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.
  
• - Searchable collection of digitized maps in the public domain from North America, 1544-1996. Grouped into categories: cities, environment, exploration, immigration, military, and transportation.
  
• - 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.
  
• - Maps of areas referred to by Cornelius Tacitus in "The Histories", A.D. 1.
  
• - 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