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Among the Bodleian Library's digitized holdings are a number of historical maps from the far corners of the world as known in earlier centuries. Notable ones include: | Among the Bodleian Library's digitized holdings are a number of historical maps from the far corners of the world as known in earlier centuries. Notable ones include: | ||
| − | * The [Selden Map of China] (<i>c</i>. 1659), a conserved image of MS Selden supra 105. | + | * The [http://seldenmap.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/ Selden Map of China] (<i>c</i>. 1659), a conserved image of MS Selden supra 105. |
| − | * The Gough Map (date undetermined), based on Gough Gen. Top 16, one of the earliest maps to identify Britain, can be evaluated from the linguistic properties of place names. | + | * The [http://www.goughmap.org/ Gough Map] (date undetermined), based on Gough Gen. Top 16, one of the earliest maps to identify Britain, can be evaluated from the linguistic properties of place names. |
===British Historical Maps=== | ===British Historical Maps=== | ||
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Maps in the Bodleian Libraries Digital Collections
Website: Bodleian Libraries Digital Collections
Among the Bodleian Library's digitized holdings are a number of historical maps from the far corners of the world as known in earlier centuries. Notable ones include:
- The Selden Map of China (c. 1659), a conserved image of MS Selden supra 105.
- The Gough Map (date undetermined), based on Gough Gen. Top 16, one of the earliest maps to identify Britain, can be evaluated from the linguistic properties of place names.
British Historical Maps
Website: British Historical Maps
The National Archives (UK) hosts a large collection of maps and also has links to parallel materials with similar content.
David Rumsey Map Collection
Website: http://www.davidrumsey.com
Contents: 18th and19th century maps of the Americas. All maps are geo-encoded to facilitate geo-spatial and past-time applications.
Perry-Castañeda Historical Maps
Website: http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/historical/index.html
Notable for its spatial and historical spread and the detail with which the maps are specified chronologically. Many sources are scanned from maps printed in then nineteenth (or earlier) century.