Historical maps

Aug 27, 2010 22:57




Caribbean region

Port Royal Project
The great and unique resource on real Port Royal - history of the town, archaeological excavations, maps and planes, archives (transcribed wills) and many more.

Caribmap - A cartographic history of the West Indies.

Jamaican Parish Reference
Parishes on Jamaica, XVII-XX ages.

A fictional map of Port Royal, by Shawn Brown.

Maps of the all world

World Map Collections

David Rumsey Map Collections

Visual Collections

Barry Lawrence Ruderman Antique Maps Inc.

Norman B. Leventhal Map Center at the Boston Public Library

Library of Congress, Map Collections

Hargrett Historical Map Database at the University of Georgia Libraries

Alabama Maps (all world)

Maps of cities

Historic Cities
Browsable by city names, years and names of map makers. Contains a web-directory for geographic and historic resources.

Old London Maps
(The link found thanks to Molly Joyful’s List.)

MOTCO
Maps and prospects of London and surroundings, XVIII-XIX.

The Interactive Nolli Map of Rome Website
The 1748 Map of Rome, by Giambattista Nolli.

Thematic resources - selected documents

Social Explorer
The census map USA, from 1790.

Department Maps at the United States Military Academy
Maps and plans for historical battles.

Lewis Morris and William Morris' Sea Charts, the Welsh coast 1737-1801

James Cook’s First Pacific Voyage, 1768-1771. Interactive.   NEW

Antique Maps of the Pacific Ocean   NEW

Maps of wrecks
UK Diving UK & Ireland
Shipwreck Central
Graveyard of the Pacific Vancouver Island (in English or French version)
Shipwrecks of Nova Scotia

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