Map Collections

http://www.iag.net/~jsiebold/carto.html

Here is the "Cartographic Images Homepage." The page has a full index and some low resolution images for a collection of Ancient, Early Medieval, Late Medieval, Renaissance maps. Each section includes a bibliography for research in cartography and the history of maps.

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/resources/ngo/maps/

This is the official site of the National Geographic Society. The page is called the "Map Machine" and contains a clickable world atlas, political / physical maps, map resources and an interactive world map that uses the Shockwave XRes plug-in.

http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~atlas/

This site has the OSSHE Historical and Cultural Atlas Resource. It includes maps of Europe and North America. The European maps include thematic, historical and political maps of various periods and regions. Many of the maps are interactive and use the Shockwave Director plug-in. The European section also contains an historical image archive.

 

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