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United States Library of Congress Map Collections - http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/gmdhtml/gmdhome.html
Searchable collection of digitized maps in the public domain from North America, 1544-1996. Grouped into categories: cities, environment, exploration, immigration, military, and transportation. |
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David Rumsey Collection - http://www.davidrumsey.com/
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. |
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Perry-Castaņeda Library Map Collection - http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/map_sites/hist_sites.html
University of Texas-Austin Perry-Castaņeda Library Map Collection. 200+ links to other map collections; emphasis on 19th century America maps. |
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Images of Early Maps on the Web - http://www.maphistory.info/webimages.html
A list of sites with historical maps. |
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Japanese Historical Maps from UC Berkeley - http://www.davidrumsey.com/japan/
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. |
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Ryhiner Map Collection - http://www.stub.unibe.ch/stub/ryhiner/
16th to 18th c. maps of Germany, Switzerland, and France from the University and Canton archives from the University of Bern in Switzerland. |
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Periodical Historical Atlas of Europe - http://www.euratlas.com/summary.htm
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. |
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Diego Gutierrez Map of America, 1562 - http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/gmdhtml/gutierrz.html
Western Hemisphere map; historical information with scrolling and zooming map viewer. |
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James Ford Bell Library - http://www.bell.lib.umn.edu/historical/Hist.html
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. |
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Genmaps - http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~genmaps/
Great Britain maps, 16th through 19th century, divided into counties and regions. |
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United States 1895 Atlas - http://www.livgenmi.com/1895/
Large images grouped by state from an 1895 US Atlas. |
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United States Digital Map Library - http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~usgenweb/maps/
Online archive of state, county, and treaty maps. |
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FEEFHS Map Room - http://www.feefhs.org/maps/INDEXMAP.HTML
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. |
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John Snow's London, 1859 - http://www.ph.ucla.edu/epi/snow/1859map/map1859.html
A historical map with sites of Victorian London during the time of Dr. John Snow (1813-58), the prominent epidemiologist and anesthesiologist. |
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MapForum.com - http://www.mapforum.com/
On-line magazine about antique maps with articles about mapmaking, exhibits, and classified ads. |
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Trenches on the Web - WWI Map Room - http://www.worldwar1.com/maproom.htm
World War I Western Front maps, including trench locations for major battles. |
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F.Y.R. Macedonia from Antiquity to Present Day - http://www.unet.com.mk/oldmacedonianmaps/
Macedonia from 1477 to 1928. Downloadable. |
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Atlas Coelestis - http://www.bo.astro.it/~biblio/atlas/atlas-in.htm
Celestial cartography maps. |
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Historical Atlas of the 20th Century - http://users.erols.com/mwhite28/20centry.htm
Large collection of color-coded atlas maps showing world population, governments, wars, and other historical trends. Many include brief historical commentaries. |
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Yale University Map Collection - http://www.library.yale.edu/MapColl/print_online.html
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. |
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Chorographia Britanniae - http://web.ukonline.co.uk/badeslade/
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. |
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WWII Maps - http://history.sandiego.edu/gen/WW2Index/picindexmaps.html
100 black and white WWII maps indexed by date, many with troop movement and battle locations indicated. |
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Finland History - http://www.geocities.com/ojoronen/FINMAPS.HTM
Maps showing the history of the Finnish-related people of Russia. Includes maps of city locations, name changes, and much commentary. |
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Gleadless.net - http://www.gleadless.net/
Old maps of Gleadless, Norton and surrounding areas of southern Sheffield, England. |
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Map Reference - http://www.andropov.com/mapref/
A Web bibliography of non-printed reference material on the history of maps and cartography. |
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Wyoming Historical Maps - http://wyshs.org/maps.htm
Wyoming state maps depicting the emigrant trails of the late 1800s. Eleven maps prepared by L. C. Bishop available in small to large resolutions. |
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Roman Maps : Tacitus - http://www.ourcivilisation.com/smartboard/shop/tacitusc/histries/indexm.htm
Maps of areas referred to by Cornelius Tacitus in "The Histories", A.D. 1. |
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Prehistoric Globalization - http://globalizacion.no.sapo.pt/ingles/index_ing.htm
Maps that change history. Paper on maps predating Columbus including a section on fraudulent maps. |
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Michigan & the Great Lakes - http://www.geocities.com/ronsmaps61/
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. |
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History Link 101 Map Page - http://www.historylink101.com/historical_maps.htm
Collection of historical and educational maps of ancient Africa, China, Egypt, Greece, Mesopotamia, Rome, Middle Ages and Prehistoric Man. |