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Antiquarian Maps at the Reed College Library

http://library.reed.edu/collections/antmaps/

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

Antique Maps of the Pacific Ocean

http://www.prigsbee.com/maps/

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

Genmaps

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~genmaps/

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

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.

Holy Roman Empire 1789-1815

http://www.geocities.com/vrozn/

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

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.

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