Socio- and political maps of 18th and 19th century United States; classical age Mediterranean. Some maps require Shockwave plug-in.

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.

On-line magazine about antique maps with articles about mapmaking, exhibits, and classified ads.

Searchable collection of digitized maps in the public domain from North America, 1544-1996. Grouped into categories: cities, environment, exploration, immigration, military, and transportation.

Antique maps (pre-1800) for the Pacific Ocean and its islands.

World War I Western Front maps, including trench locations for major battles.

Animation showing the evolution of state boundaries in the United States from the original 13 colonies to its present state.

University of Texas-Austin Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection. 200+ links to other map collections; emphasis on 19th century America maps.

Celestial cartography maps.

On-line exhibitions of antique maps of Turkish Empire and Asia Minor (present day Turkey).

Macedonia from 1477 to 1928. Downloadable.

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.

A historical map with sites of Victorian London during the time of Dr. John Snow (1813-58), the prominent epidemiologist and anesthesiologist.

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.

Great Britain maps, 16th through 19th century, divided into counties and regions.

Antique maps showing Finland in relation to the rest of Europe. Maps from 15th c. to modern. Includes some historical commentary.

Collection of historical and educational maps of ancient Africa, China, Egypt, Greece, Mesopotamia, Rome, Middle Ages and Prehistoric Man.

Maps of Roman Gaul, 60 - 50 BC.

Maps of Columbus' voyages, 16th c. Central and South America.

German states and principalities from 17th to 19th c.

Sample of images from Oxford's collection, focusing on Great Britain.

20 maps of the New World, India, Africa, and Asia from 16th and 17th century. Includes 2 11th century Arabic maps.

Western Hemisphere map; historical information with scrolling and zooming map viewer.

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

20 political maps of India from the ancient times to the modern. Also includes a brief history of India.

Maps of areas referred to by Cornelius Tacitus in "The Histories", A.D. 1.

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.

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 showing the history of the Finnish-related people of Russia. Includes maps of city locations, name changes, and much commentary.

A Web bibliography of non-printed reference material on the history of maps and cartography.

Online archive of state, county, and treaty maps.

Includes hundreds of Florida maps and detail views from 1584 to the present.

Aerial photographs from the 1930's, 1970's, and 1990's illustrating the growth of several areas in King County, WA.

Wyoming state maps depicting the emigrant trails of the late 1800s. Eleven maps prepared by L. C. Bishop available in small to large resolutions.

Nautical charts and sketches of the United States coast from the 18th and 19th c. sorted by state.

Collection of 100 maps from around the world, 15th to 19th century. Reed College Library, Oregon.

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.

Images of the French Edition (1667, 12 Volumes) of Le Grand Atlas by Johan Blaeu.

Historical topographic maps of US East Coast states from 19th and early 20th century, scanned from original US Geological Survey maps

A list of sites with historical maps.

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.

100 black and white WWII maps indexed by date, many with troop movement and battle locations indicated.

Large images grouped by state from an 1895 US Atlas.

Large collection of color-coded atlas maps showing world population, governments, wars, and other historical trends. Many include brief historical commentaries.

Twenty maps of the city of Jerusalem from 6th to 19th century with commentary from the Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Locates mine shafts around Colorado Springs, Colorado.

Old maps of Gleadless, Norton and surrounding areas of southern Sheffield, England.

16th to 18th c. maps of Germany, Switzerland, and France from the University and Canton archives from the University of Bern in Switzerland.

Period maps and atlases from 1507 to 1805 focusing on the exploration of the central and western US.

Maps that change history. Paper on maps predating Columbus including a section on fraudulent 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.

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.

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.

Collection of over 800 images of maps displaying the Old World as it looked like about 100 years ago. City maps, area maps.