- OSSHE Historic Atlas Resource Library - http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~atlas/
Socio- and political maps of 18th and 19th century United States; classical age Mediterranean. Some maps require Shockwave plug-in.
- 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.
- MapForum.com - http://www.mapforum.com/
On-line magazine about antique maps with articles about mapmaking, exhibits, and classified ads.
- 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.
- GeoHistory - http://www.geohistory.com/
Comprehensive package of interactive historical maps
- Henry Davis Cartographic Images - http://www.henry-davis.com/MAPS/
300 high-resolution images of period maps divided into Ancient, Medieval, and Renaissance periods. Emphasis on world maps.
- 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.
- 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.
- Atlas Coelestis - http://www.bo.astro.it/~biblio/atlas/atlas-in.htm
Celestial cartography maps.
- Turkey in Maps - http://www.turkeyinmaps.com/
On-line exhibitions of antique maps of Turkish Empire and Asia Minor (present day Turkey).
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Genmaps - http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~genmaps/
Great Britain maps, 16th through 19th century, divided into counties and regions.
- Finland Info - http://virtual.finland.fi/finfo/english/mapseng.html
Antique maps showing Finland in relation to the rest of Europe. Maps from 15th c. to modern. Includes some historical commentary.
- 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.
- Yale University Map Collection - http://www.library.yale.edu/MapColl/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.
- Catalan Atlas - http://www.bnf.fr/enluminures/manuscrits/aman6.htm
Atlas circa 1375 attributed to Cresques Abraham showing Europe and Asia. Site includes detailed description and analysis.
- 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.
- Collectio Felbar - http://www.felbar.com/
16th to 19th century maps and views of Croatia, Dalmatia and Istria.
- Diego Gutierrez Map of America, 1562 - http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/gmdhtml/gutierrz.html
Western Hemisphere map; site includes historical information with scrolling and zooming map viewer.
- 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
- India Political History - http://www.geocities.com/narenp/history/maps.htm
20 political maps of India from the ancient times to the modern. Also includes a brief history of India.
- 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.
- 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.
- Michican Historical Museum : What's Cool About Maps? - http://www.sos.state.mi.us/history/museum/explore/museums/hismus/special/coolmaps/index.html
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.
- 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.
- Map Reference - http://www.andropov.com/mapref/
A Web bibliography of non-printed reference material on the history of maps and cartography.
- Exploring Florida - http://fcit.usf.edu/florida/maps/maps.htm
Includes hundreds of Florida maps and detail views from 1584 to the present.
- 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.
- Batavia Virtual Museum - http://batavia.UGent.be/museum/
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.
- 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.
- US Historical Topographic Maps - http://historical.maptech.com/
Historical topographic maps of US East Coast states from 19th and early 20th century, scanned from original US Geological Survey maps
- USMA Department of History Map Library - http://www.dean.usma.edu/history/web03/atlases/atlas%20home.htm
A comprehensive source of scanned battle maps from the ancient Greeks to the present provided by the U.S. Military Academy at West Point.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Jerusalem - http://www.israel-mfa.gov.il/MFA/Facts+About+Israel/Israel+in+Maps/
Twenty maps of the city of Jerusalem from 6th to 19th century with commentary from the Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
- Gleadless.net - http://www.gleadless.net/
Old maps of Gleadless, Norton and surrounding areas of southern Sheffield, England.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Canada at Scale: Maps of our History - http://www.collectionscanada.ca/maps/index-e.html
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.
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