Presents to the mapping fiends:
Museum exhibits:
- Historical maps from Dutch cartographers
- Mapping Arabia (from Aramco)
- Historical maps of Macau (Library of Congress)
- The David Rumsey collection (worldwide historical maps)
- The Social Explorer (US Census maps 1940-2000)
Chinese Maps:
- Shanghai, 1928
- More pre-PRC China maps (heavy on Shanghai)
- GIS: Chinese Historical GIS
- GIS: Chinese Civilization in Time and Space (a little arcane for me, but maybe you can dig it)
German / European Maps:
- 1883 Ravenstein atlas of the German Empire, downloadable as PDFs.
- a collection of German-language maps for the last 150 years, which are mostly available in digital reproduction for around 5 Euros a throw; you can preview them all over the place online, one small swatch at a time. Looks like good scans.
- another collection of German-language maps, most of which is online in medium-quality (and good for all that) and purchasable in sets of CDs. Pretty impressive stuff. Here’s an example of downtown Berlin.
- Various Berlin maps, mostly of the Cold War period.
- A historical map server with nice if plain computer-generated maps of Europe.
- Several good maps from the Anglo-Saxon period in England/Britain.
- If you want a good printed set of pre-WW2 atlas reproductions to buy, try Genealogy Unlimited in Canada. Prices aren’t bad, considering what you’re getting.
- Historical online interactive map of Britain over the last 200 years. Impressive if you’re looking for a particular place and you want to see the progress there over time.
- Pre-WW2 German wall maps for sale; I DO NOT agree with the philosophy of this site, but the maps look nice.
- Sort of a flag and administration resource for Germany, not really maps but interesting.
Genealogical Maps and information: Researchers trying to find some small village in Hamberdoorst sub-province where Grandpa Georg cam from are digging around for information, and they want DETAIL. Here’s a short set of map info related to that.
- Small collection of German maps from a family geneological site.
- More complex geneological reference for Germany and the adjacent area, with lots of maps of the period and historical maps, requires a little drill-down.
- Another geneological site with lots of good German, Russian and Eastern European atlas maps from around 110 years ago. Tons of detail.
- Cyndi’s List of Genealogy sites includes a lot of individual country pages, with good links to local maps of all-over-the-place. Very well worth a browse.
Other:
- Maps for sale from a Spanish-American War site of various places important in the 1890s. Looks reasonably priced.
- Map and article on the Franz-Ferdinand linked project of a United States of Greater Austria; useful for alternate history sorts who posit that Franz Ferdinand missed his assassination in Sarajevo and became Emperor-King.
- Drool city; a Tennessee maps and globes store that specializes in selling antique maps. Worth a scan.
- German settlement in Russia.