The Library of Congress. (2011, March 15). American memory map collections. Retrieved from http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/gmdhtml/gmdhome.html
The focus of this collection is “Americana and Cartographic Treasures of the Library of Congress.” The maps are organized into seven categories, which can be searched or browsed by subject, creator, geographic location, or title. Most of the items in this collection are not copyright protected. Also included on the site are links to map related Library of Congress presentations.
University of Alabama. (2011). Historical map archive. Retrieved from http://alabamamaps.ua.edu/historicalmaps/
“The Historical Map Archive is a digitized collection of selected map holdings from sources including the University of Alabama Map Library, the W. S. Hoole Special Collections Library, the Rucker Agee Map Collection of the Birmingham Public Library, the Geological Survey of Alabama, Samford University Special Collections Library, and the Alabama Department of Archives and History.” Maps can be browsed by topic, and the images are zoom-able. The collection contains maps from all over the world, but the focus is Alabama maps.
University of Georgia Libraries. (2011, December 7). Hargrett rare book & manuscript library. Retrieved from http://www.libs.uga.edu/hargrett/maps/index.html
This online collection contains most of the over 1,000 historic maps contained in the Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library. These maps span from the 16th to the early 20th centuries. The main focus of the maps in this collection is Georgia and surrounding areas. There are some maps representing other areas of the United States and the world, as well. The online map images can be panned and zoomed in full screen view.
University of Washington Libraries. (n.d.). World and regional maps collection, 16th to 19th centuries. Retrieved from http://content.lib.washington.edu/mapsweb/index.html
This online collection includes over 170 digital images from the University of Washington Libraries Special Collections Division’s Rare Map Collection. The maps span from the 16th to early 20th centuries, and include maps from all over the world. The emphasis of the collection is on “North America, the Pacific Northwest, and exploration in this region from the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.” The “Introductory Tour” is an excellent tool for learning how to use the online features to find and view the historic maps. Following is an 1891 Birds Eye View of Seattle.
University of Minnesota Libraries. (2010). James Ford Bell library. Retrieved from http://www.lib.umn.edu/bell/collection
The focus of this collection is “international trade in the pre-modern era, roughly before 1800 C.E.” There are over 25,000 items in the collection, spanning from the 400’s to 1825. Of special interest to are the areas of the collection titles “Historical Maps,” “Ricci Map 1602,” and “Maps and Mapmakers.” The historical maps in the collection are listed by cartographer.
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