The purpose of this blog is to connect those interested in historical maps, ancient maps and cartographic history with resources for investigating these subjects. Within these posts are links to online resources such as digital collections of ancient and historic maps, information on the history of cartography, platforms for interacting with historical maps, free download-able maps and information, and blogs relating to historic maps and cartography.

The web resources presented in these blog entries may be useful to students of history, anthropology, geography, cartography, and anyone else with an appreciation for the past and beautiful images. Follow the links, and enjoy!

Thursday, December 8, 2011

These might come in handy...

Free Download-able Resources:


Ancient World Mapping Center. (2000-2010). Maps for students. Retrieved from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill website: http://www.unc.edu/awmc/mapsforstudents.html

This site has several small-scale, historical reference maps available for free download to be used for educational purposes. The maps can be downloaded in multiple formats, depending on the needs of the user. So far this site has around 50 maps, mostly from Europe, Asia, and Northern Africa.

Woodward, D., & Lewis, M. (Eds.). (1987-1998). The history of cartography. Retrieved from http://www.press.uchicago.edu/books/HOC/index.html

The first two volumes of The History of Cartography are available on this site, courtesy of the University of Chicago Press. These volumes contain three books, with each chapter presented as a PDF file. The site includes a search box, which can be used to search the contents of all the PDF files. This book contains a detailed history of cartography and includes many ancient and historical map images. Following is a map titled “THE HEAVENS AS THEY WERE ON 3 RABI' I 786/25 APRIL 1384, THE BIRTHDATE OF ISKANDAR SULTAN.”

(Woodward & Lewis, 1992, Volume 2, book 1, plate 1)
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