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Antique Maps of the Pacific Ocean - http://www.prigsbee.com/maps/ Antique maps (pre-1800) for the Pacific Ocean and its islands.

Atlas Coelestis - http://www.bo.astro.it/~biblio/atlas/atlas-in.htm Celestial cartography maps.

Bodleian Library - The Map Case - http://www.bodley.ox.ac.uk/guides/maps/mapcase2.htm Sample of images from Oxford's collection, focusing on Great Britain.

Boundaries of the Contiguous United States - http://www.ac.wwu.edu/~stephan/48states.html Animation showing the evolution of state boundaries in the United States from the original 13 colonies to its present state.

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.

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.

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.

Discus Media 1900 European Maps Collection - http://www.photoeurasia.com/index.php?&profile=map Collection of over 800 images of maps displaying the Old World as it looked like about 100 years ago. City maps, area maps.

Exploring Florida - http://fcit.usf.edu/florida/maps/maps.htm Includes hundreds of Florida maps and detail views from 1584 to the present.

F.Y.R. Macedonia from Antiquity to Present Day - http://www.unet.com.mk/oldmacedonianmaps/ Macedonia from 1477 to 1928. Downloadable.

FEEFHS Map Library - http://www.feefhs.org/maplibrary.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.

Germany at the End of the 18th Century - http://www.hoeckmann.de/deutschland/index.htm 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

Gleadless.net - http://www.gleadless.net/ Old maps of Gleadless, Norton and surrounding areas of southern Sheffield, England.

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.

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.

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~genmaps/ - http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~genmaps/ Great Britain maps, 16th through 19th century, divided into counties and regions.

Images of Early Maps on the Web - http://www.maphistory.info/webimages.html A list of sites with historical maps.

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.

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.

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.

King County: Comparative Aerial Photos - http://www.kingcounty.gov/environment/data-and-trends/natural-resource-maps/aerials.aspx Aerial photographs from the 1930s, 1970s, and 1990s illustrating the growth of several areas in King County, Washington.

Le Grand Atlas by Johan Blaeu - http://www.blaeuatlas.com/ Images of the French Edition (1667, 12 Volumes) of Le Grand Atlas by Johan Blaeu.

Map Reference - http://www.mapref.kunstpedia.com/ A Web bibliography of non-printed reference material on the history of maps and cartography.

MapForum.com - http://www.mapforum.com/ On-line magazine about antique maps with articles about mapmaking, exhibits, and classified ads.

Mapping History Project - http://mappinghistory.uoregon.edu/ Socio- and political maps of 18th and 19th century United States; classical age Mediterranean. Some maps require Shockwave plug-in.

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.

Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection - http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/map_sites/hist_sites.html University of Texas-Austin Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection. 200+ links to other map collections; emphasis on 19th century America maps.

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.

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.

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.

San Jose State University Art of Cartography - http://gallery.sjsu.edu/cartography/maps/index.html 20 maps of the New World, India, Africa, and Asia from 16th and 17th century. Includes 2 11th century Arabic maps.

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.

Turkey in Maps - http://www.turkeyinmaps.com/ On-line exhibitions of antique maps of Turkish Empire and Asia Minor (present day Turkey).

United States 1895 Atlas - http://www.livgenmi.com/1895 Large images grouped by state from an 1895 US Atlas.

United States Digital Map Library - http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~usgenweb/maps/ Online archive of state, county, and treaty maps.

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.

University of Virginia: Maps from Columbus to Lewis and Clark - http://www2.lib.virginia.edu/exhibits/lewis_clark/ Period maps and atlases from 1507 to 1805 focusing on the exploration of the central and western US.

US Historical Topographic Maps - http://historical.mytopo.com/ Historical topographic maps of US East Coast states from 19th and early 20th century, scanned from original US Geological Survey maps

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.

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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