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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.

Maps at the Munich Digitalization Center

Website: Maps at the Munich Digitalization Center

This collection of almost 3,000 early maps ranges in date from 1500 to the early twentieth century. It covers all of Europe and beyond with a primary concentration on areas lying today in Germany, Austria, and the Low Countries.

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: David Rumsey Map Collection

Contents: Eighteenth- and nineteenth-century maps of the Americas. All maps are geo-encoded to facilitate geospatial and past-time applications.

Perry-Castañeda Historical Maps

Website: Perry-Castañeda Historical Maps

Notable for its spatial and historical spread as well as the detail with which the maps are specified chronologically. Many sources are scanned from maps printed in then nineteenth (or earlier) century. The link to Historical Maps on other Websites is extensive and comprehensive.