This category is for online viewable collections of historical maps. This category includes both antique maps and modern maps showing historical boundaries.
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. http://www.geocities.com/ronsmaps61/
Historical topographic maps of US East Coast states from 19th and early 20th century, scanned from original US Geological Survey maps http://historical.maptech.com/
Socio- and political maps of 18th and 19th century United States; classical age Mediterranean. Some maps require Shockwave plug-in. http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~atlas/
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. http://www.davidrumsey.com
Collection of over 800 images of maps displaying the Old World as it looked like about 100 years ago. City maps, area maps. http://www.discusmedia.com/1900.htm
Searchable collection of digitized maps in the public domain from North America, 1544-1996. Grouped into categories: cities, environment, exploration, immigration, military, and transportation. http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/gmdhtml/gmdhome.html
300 high-resolution images of period maps divided into Ancient, Medieval, and Renaissance periods. Emphasis on world maps. http://www.henry-davis.com/MAPS/
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. http://www.feefhs.org/maps/indexmap.html
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. http://www.bell.lib.umn.edu/historical/Hist.html
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. http://www.library.yale.edu/MapColl/online.html
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 http://www.hoeckmann.de/deutschland/index.htm
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. http://www.euratlas.com/summary.htm
Wyoming state maps depicting the emigrant trails of the late 1800s. Eleven maps prepared by L. C. Bishop available in small to large resolutions. http://wyshs.org/maps.htm
Collection of maps from the 17th and 18th century, as part of a site on the history of the Dutch East India Company (VOC). Commentary in English and Dutch. http://batavia.UGent.be/museum/
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. http://web.ukonline.co.uk/badeslade/
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. http://www.davidrumsey.com/japan
Large collection of color-coded atlas maps showing world population, governments, wars, and other historical trends. Many include brief historical commentaries. http://users.erols.com/mwhite28/20centry.htm
National Archives of Canada online exhibition with large collection of digital maps and historical explanation. 16th to 19th century maps of Canada and North America. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/05/0514_e.html
16th to 18th c. maps of Germany, Switzerland, and France from the University and Canton archives from the University of Bern in Switzerland. http://www.stub.unibe.ch/stub/ryhiner/
