Historical Maps

Historical Maps

This category is for online viewable collections of historical maps. This category includes both antique maps and modern maps showing historical boundaries.

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David Rumsey Collection

- 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.

Trenches on the Web - WWI Map Room - World War I Western Front maps, including trench locations for major battles.
Le Grand Atlas by Johan Blaeu - Images of the French Edition (1667, 12 Volumes) of Le Grand Atlas by Johan Blaeu.
Exploring Florida - Includes hundreds of Florida maps and detail views from 1584 to the present.
Images of Early Maps on the Web - A list of sites with historical maps.
United States 1895 Atlas - Large images grouped by state from an 1895 US Atlas.
Holy Roman Empire 1789-1815 - German states and principalities from 17th to 19th c.
Atlas Coelestis - Celestial cartography maps.
US Historical Topographic Maps - Historical topographic maps of US East Coast states from 19th and early 20th century, scanned from original US Geological Survey maps
United States Digital Map Library - Online archive of state, county, and treaty maps.
Ryhiner Map Collection - 16th to 18th c. maps of Germany, Switzerland, and France from the University and Canton archives from the University of Bern in Switzerland.
Historical Atlas of the 20th Century - Large collection of color-coded atlas maps showing world population, governments, wars, and other historical trends. Many include brief historical commentaries.
Yale University Map Collection - 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.
Gleadless.net - Old maps of Gleadless, Norton and surrounding areas of southern Sheffield, England.
Diego Gutierrez Map of America, 1562 - Western Hemisphere map; historical information with scrolling and zooming map viewer.
Michigan & the Great Lakes - 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.
Finland History - Maps showing the history of the Finnish-related people of Russia. Includes maps of city locations, name changes, and much commentary.
Roman Maps : Tacitus - Maps of areas referred to by Cornelius Tacitus in "The Histories", A.D. 1.
FEEFHS Map Library - 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.
United States Library of Congress Map Collections - Searchable collection of digitized maps in the public domain from North America, 1544-1996. Grouped into categories: cities, environment, exploration, immigration, military, and transportation.
Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection - University of Texas-Austin Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection. 200+ links to other map collections; emphasis on 19th century America maps.
WWII Maps - 100 black and white WWII maps indexed by date, many with troop movement and battle locations indicated.
Bodleian Library - The Map Case - Sample of images from Oxford's collection, focusing on Great Britain.
University of Virginia: Maps from Columbus to Lewis and Clark - Period maps and atlases from 1507 to 1805 focusing on the exploration of the central and western US.
Michican Historical Museum : What's Cool About Maps? - 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.
James Ford Bell Library - 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.
Wyoming Historical Maps - Wyoming state maps depicting the emigrant trails of the late 1800s. Eleven maps prepared by L. C. Bishop available in small to large resolutions.
Antique Maps of the Pacific Ocean - Antique maps (pre-1800) for the Pacific Ocean and its islands.
Turkey in Maps - On-line exhibitions of antique maps of Turkish Empire and Asia Minor (present day Turkey).
King County: Comparative Aerial Photos - Aerial photographs from the 1930s, 1970s, and 1990s illustrating the growth of several areas in King County, Washington.
John Snow's London, 1859 - A historical map with sites of Victorian London during the time of Dr. John Snow (1813-58), the prominent epidemiologist and anesthesiologist.
Boundaries of the Contiguous United States - Animation showing the evolution of state boundaries in the United States from the original 13 colonies to its present state.
Athena Review Image Archive: New World Maps and Site Plans - Maps of Columbus' voyages, 16th c. Central and South America.
Japanese Historical Maps from UC Berkeley - 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.
Mapping History Project - Socio- and political maps of 18th and 19th century United States; classical age Mediterranean. Some maps require Shockwave plug-in.
Athena Review Image Archive: Old World Maps and Site Plans - Maps of Roman Gaul, 60 - 50 BC.
MapForum.com - On-line magazine about antique maps with articles about mapmaking, exhibits, and classified ads.
San Jose State University Art of Cartography - 20 maps of the New World, India, Africa, and Asia from 16th and 17th century. Includes 2 11th century Arabic maps.
Genmaps - Great Britain maps, 16th through 19th century, divided into counties and regions.
Periodical Historical Atlas of Europe - 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.
Finland Info - Antique maps showing Finland in relation to the rest of Europe. Maps from 15th c. to modern. Includes some historical commentary.
Chorographia Britanniae - 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.
History Link 101 Map Page - Collection of historical and educational maps of ancient Africa, China, Egypt, Greece, Mesopotamia, Rome, Middle Ages and Prehistoric Man.
Prehistoric Globalization - Maps that change history. Paper on maps predating Columbus including a section on fraudulent maps.
Discus Media 1900 European Maps Collection - Collection of over 800 images of maps displaying the Old World as it looked like about 100 years ago. City maps, area maps.
Map Reference - A Web bibliography of non-printed reference material on the history of maps and cartography.
India Political History - 20 political maps of India from the ancient times to the modern. Also includes a brief history of India.
Germany at the End of the 18th Century - 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
F.Y.R. Macedonia from Antiquity to Present Day - Macedonia from 1477 to 1928. Downloadable.

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