David Rumsey Collection
- Over 6,000 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.
Batavia Virtual Museum - 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.
Boundaries of the Contiguous United States - Animation showing the evolution of state boundaries in the United States from the original 13 colonies to its present state.
Canada at Scale: Maps of our History - 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.
Catalan Atlas - Atlas circa 1375 attributed to Cresques Abraham showing Europe and Asia. Site includes detailed description and analysis.
Chorographia Britanniae - 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.
Collectio Felbar - 16th to 19th century maps and views of Croatia, Dalmatia and Istria.
Discus Media 1900 European Maps Collection - Collection of over 800 images of maps displaying the Old World as it looked like about 100 years ago. City maps, area maps.
Exploring Florida - Includes hundreds of Florida maps and detail views from 1584 to the present.
FEEFHS Map Room - 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.
Finland History - Maps showing the history of the Finnish-related people of Russia. Includes maps of city locations, name changes, and much commentary.
Finland Info - Antique maps showing Finland in relation to the rest of Europe. Maps from 15th c. to modern. Includes some historical commentary.
Genmaps - Great Britain maps, 16th thru 19th century, divided into counties and regions.
GeoHistory - Comprehensive package of interactive historical maps
Germany at the End of the 18th Century - 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
Gleadless.net - Old maps of Gleadless, Norton and surrounding areas of southern Sheffield, England.
Henry Davis Cartographic Images - 300 high-resolution images of period maps divided into Ancient, Medieval, and Renaissance periods. Emphasis on world maps.
Historical Atlas of the 20th Century - Large collection of color-coded atlas maps showing world population, governments, wars, and other historical trends. Many include brief historical commentaries.
History Link 101 Map Page - Collection of historical and educational maps of ancient Africa, China, Egypt, Greece, Mesopotamia, Rome, Middle Ages and Prehistoric Man.
India Political History - 20 political maps of India from the ancient times to the modern. Also includes a brief history of India.
James Ford Bell Library - 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.
Japanese Historical Maps from UC Berkeley - 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.
Jerusalem - Twenty maps of the city of Jerusalem from 6th to 19th century with commentary from the Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
John Snow's London, 1859 - A historical map with sites of Victorian London during the time of Dr. John Snow (1813-58), the prominent epidemiologist and anesthesiologist.
Michigan & the Great Lakes - 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.
Old Maps Gallery - Offers a variety of antique pictorial and cartographic maps for sale, including those by Jo Mora, Ruth Taylor and many others.
OSSHE Historic Atlas Resource Library - Socio- and political maps of 18th and 19th century United States; classical age Mediterranean. Some maps require Shockwave plug-in.
Periodical historical Atlas of Europe - 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.
Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection - University of Texas-Austin Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection. 200+ links to other map collections; emphasis on 19th century America maps.
Roman Maps : Tacitus - Maps of areas referred to by Cornelius Tacitus in "The Histories", A.D. 1.
Russian Cartography of the Baltic Sea, 18th century - Atlas of the Baltic Sea (Atlas vsego Baltiiskago morya...) by Aleksei Nagaev 1757. High and low resolution images photographed from the University of Helsinki Library.
Ryhiner Map Collection - 16th to 18th c. maps of Germany, Switzerland, and France from the University and Canton archives from the University of Bern in Switzerland.
United States Library of Congress Map Collections - Searchable collection of digitized maps in the public domain from North America, 1544-1996. Grouped into categories: cities, environment, exploration, immigration, military, and transportation.
US Historical Topographic Maps - Historical topographic maps of US East Coast states from 19th and early 20th century, scanned from original US Geological Survey maps
USMA Department of History Map Library - A comprehensive source of scanned battle maps from the ancient Greeks to the present provided by the U.S. Military Academy at West Point.
WWII Maps - 100 black and white WWII maps indexed by date, many with troop movement and battle locations indicated.
Wyoming Historical Maps - Wyoming state maps depicting the emigrant trails of the late 1800s. Eleven maps prepared by L. C. Bishop available in small to large resolutions.
Yale University Map Collection - 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.