Maps - Cartography Collections

Antiquarian Maps from Reed College Library - [Read more]

The Map Room houses the world's seventh largest collection of maps. Well over one million sheet maps and 20,000 atlases are available to readers. The collections include early examples of cartography, such as the fourteenth century Gough Map, portolan charts, estate maps and many atlases. The Bodleian Library is entitled to claim a free copy of any map published in Britain within one year of publication, so the Map Room has one of the most comprehensive collections of Ordnance Survey maps in existence - [Read more]

The David Rumsey Historical Map Collection has over 11,000 maps online. The collection focuses on rare 18th and 19th century North and South America maps and other cartographic materials. Historic maps of the World, Europe, Asia and Africa are also represented. Collection categories include antique atlas, globe, school geography, maritime chart, state, county, city, pocket, wall, childrens and manuscript maps. The collection can be used to study history, genealogy and family history - [Read more]

The British Cartographic Society (The B.C.S.) is a dynamic association of individuals and organisations dedicated to exploring and developing the world of maps. - [Read more]

The Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library at the University of Georgia maintains a collection of more than 800 historic maps spanning nearly 500 years, from the sixteenth century through the early twentieth century. The collection provides a graphic resource upon which scholars can draw in re-discovering the minds and movements of early American explorers, revolutionary statesmen, cultural figures and politicians represented by the library's book and manuscript collections - [Read more]

HealthMap brings together disparate data sources to achieve a unified and comprehensive view of the current global state of infectious diseases and their effect on human and animal health. This freely available Web site integrates outbreak data of varying reliability, ranging from news sources (such as Google News) to curated personal accounts (such as ProMED) to validated official alerts (such as World Health Organization). Through an automated text processing system, the data is aggregated by disease and displayed by location for user-friendly access to the original alert. HealthMap provides a jumping-off point for real-time information on emerging infectious diseases and has particular interest for public health officials and international traveler - [Read more]

This site contains Maps, literature, documents, books and other relevant material concerning the past, present and future of historic cities - [Read more]

Hypercities historical map overlays. The aggregation platform that connects geographical locations with its historical past - [Read more]

The University of Minnesota. The James Ford Bell Library is a collection of 20,000 rare books, 2,500 maps, and 2,500 manuscripts from the period 1400-1800 - [Read more]

A Gateway to the Subject : The 'Map History' site forms part of the www-Virtual Library. It offers a non-commercial mixture of comment and tips (spread over about 100 'pages') and many thousands of links to free sites - [Read more]

Maps of America are what you'll find and make on Nationalatlas.gov. Maps that capture and depict the patterns, conditions, and trends of American life. Maps that cover all of the United States or just your area of interest. Maps that are accurate and reliable from more than 20 Federal organizations. Maps about America's people, heritage, and resources - [Read more]

The National Maritime Museum collections contain more than 100,000 sea charts & maps dating from the mediveal period to the present day - [Read more]

OpenStreetMap: The Free Wiki World Map is a free editable map of the whole world - [Read more]

UK Ordnance Survey: With OS OpenData™, you can access a selection of the most detailed mapping datasets available for Great Britain. - [Read more]

Safe Road Maps combines information from the Fatality Analysis Reporting System with Google Maps to give you a visual representation of traffic safety across the United States of America - [Read more]

The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Satellites and Data Resources: A non-exhaustive list of satellite and GIS data resources. For more information about the resources listed here, click on the resource name, which will take you to the annotation following the list; Satellite Data, Other Geospatial Data, GIS/Mapping Software and Applications and Learning Resources - [Read more]

The American Geographical Society Library Digital Map Collection currently contains over 200 maps, ranging from early maps of Asia to historical maps of Wisconsin and Milwaukee, and other American cities, states, and national parks. The collection is under continuing development - [Read more]

The British Library Map Collections form the United Kingdom national collection of cartographic materials. The Map Library is the national map library of Great Britain, with a collection of over 4.25 million atlases, maps, globes and books on cartography, dating from the fifteenth century to the present day. This makes the collection the second largest in the world (after the Library of Congress). The Map Library receives through copyright deposit the complete range of British production. It also acquires foreign topographical maps at medium and small scales, supplemented by regular deposits of superseded mapping from the Directorate of Military Survey, as well as thematic and general atlases and maps - [Read more]

The Geography and Map Division of the Library of Congress holds more than 4.5 million items, of which Map Collections represents only a small fraction, those that have been converted to digital form. Subject headings include ; Cultural Landscapes, Conservation & Environment, Military Battles & Campaigns Discovery, & Exploration, Transportation & Communication, Cities and Towns. Map Collections 1500-2002. Military Campaigns, Exploration, Landscapes & Communications - [Read more]

Historical Map Collections & Cartography Web Sites from The U.T. Library Online. The Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection is a general collection of more than 250,000 maps covering all areas of the world. Many of the maps are included in the online catalog, UTNetCAT. More than 5,000 map images from the collection are also available online - [Read more]