| American
Memory Collection via The Library of Congress |
| An
extensive online map room with a selection of maps from
1500-1999. Maps have zoom options with guide maps to help
pinpoint small areas for close-ups. |
|
| Digital
Sanborn Maps 1867-1970 (for Illinois) |
| Large-scale
plans of a city or town created to assist fire insurance
companies as they assessed the risk associated with insuring a
particular property. The maps list street blocks and building
numbers in use at the time the maps were made. |
|
| Endeavour
Project |
| A web-based
project focused on journals of Captain James Cook's Pacific
voyages 1768-1779. |
|
| Exploring
Mercator's World |
| A magazine
of maps, geography, and discovery. |
|
| History
of Cartography |
| Contains
the history of maps and mapping organized by region and time
period. |
|
| Infoplease
Atlas |
| Regional
and country maps (includes printer-friendly feature). |
|
| James
Cook's Voyages |
| A selection
of maps and prints from the charts of Captain James Cook, who
was renowned for his mapmaking and seamanship. |
|
| Map
History / History of Cartography |
| Online map
resource hosted by the Institute of Historical Research,
University of London. It offers over 1500 links to free sites. |
|
| Mapquest |
| Interactive
world atlas |
|
| National
Geographic Map Machine |
| Geographic
data includes maps, population, area, capitals, religion,
languages, economy and U.S. political/streets data. |
|
| Online
Highways |
| Guide to
travel, points of Interest, leisure and recreation in North
America and beyond |
|
| Perry-Castañeda
Library Map Collection |
| An
extensive collection of electronic maps (University of Texas at
Austin). |
|
| Private
Passions, Public Legacy: Paul Mellon's Personal Library at the
University of Virginia |
| Maps,
manuscripts, and rare books from the estate of Paul Mellon. |
|
| The
Mercator Atlas of Europe |
| High-resolution
maps of early European towns, facsmile maps from Mercator's
16th-century atlas of Europe and rarities from the Yale Map
Collection. |
|
| United
Nations Cartographic Section |
| Maps (PDF
format for quality printing) and geographic information
resources. |
|
| World
Factbook |
| Summary
data (including maps) on foreign countries and governments
provided by the CIA; regional maps in PDF format. |
