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Home > Arkansas GeoLibrary > Lots of Links > Historic Map Links Antique Maps and Prints - How They Were Printed An introduction to map making techniques by London's Antique Map Fair. Includes a brief list of unfamiliar terms that may be found on old maps. Antique Maps - The Online Edition by Carl Moreland and David Bannister An introduction to map making, map makers, and map collecting. The first 17 chapters are online and the authors promise the rest! Contents so far in the map making section include a historical survey, map printing, the Hereford World Map, the Nuremberg Chronicle, road map and atlases, sea charts and atlases, town plans, topo maps, playing cards, and myth and legend on maps. Map makers are handled geographically with Italy, Germany and Austria, Holland and Belgium, France, England and Wales, Scotland, Ireland, the British Isles, Portugal, Spain, Scandinavia, Switzerland, Russia and Poland. The chapter 'Maps of the World, and the Americas, Africa, Asia, Australia, and Europe' is not yet online. The Catalan Atlas 14th Century Bibliothque Nationale de France Check out the rest of their site as well! Harvard Links to Historic Maps and Globes Links to Global, North American, European, and Middle Eastern map collections. Links to hundreds of map collection worldwide from the Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection The University of Texas at Austin. Maps of the PimerÍa (New Spain in the Americas) University of Arizona Collection This online exhibit illustrates and describes a selection of original rare and historic maps chosen from the Map Collection of the University of Arizona Library. They portray a region of New Spain once called Pimería and chronicle four centuries of mapping from the earliest map of the region in the collection, a 1556 view of North and South America, up to the Gadsden Purchase of 1854 when Pimería Alta--or southern Arizona--was acquired by the United States from Mexico. The Heritage Map Museum Lititz, Pennsylvania Links to galleries, auctions, and educational services. But check out a great resource, the Maps and History Navigator. This page contains thousands of links to sites of interest to cartographers and historians. The links are organized by region, theme, and historical timeline and will take you to a vast array of historical documentation on the web. Historic Maps of Dutch Cartographers University of Groningen Dozens of city, province and regional maps made by Dutch cartographers. The Earth & Heavens: The Art of the Mapmaker British Museum This major British Library exhibition traced the West's response to the oldest intellectual challenge facing the human mind: what is the shape and the extent of the earth and of the cosmos which contains it? The exhibit contains maps dataing from 150 to 1849. Rare Map Collection at the Hargrett Library University of Georgia The Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library at the University of Georgia maintains a collection of more than 800 historical maps spanning nearly 500 years, from the sixteenth century through the early twentieth century. About 20% of the map holdings are currently represented in our digital library. James Ford Bell Library's Historical Map Collection University of Minnesota This collection contains non-circulating rare books, maps, and manuscripts on the expansion of western commerce and civilization from the 14th to 18th century. A number of the maps are online. The library also contains a collection of Early Maps of Russia. An Exhibition of Maps and Navigational Instruments University of Virginia Thomas Jefferson's intellectual curiosity drew him into the three hundred-year-old quest to find a water route to Asia. To understand Jefferson's views of the West and the nature of the quest to the Pacific, the University of Virginia Library and the Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage Foundation have put together an exhibition of maps and journals. Exploring the West from Monticello: A Perspective in Maps from Columbus to Lewis and Clark examines the planning of the Lewis and Clark Expedition and the cartographic tradition that made the expedition possible. The exhibition shows the evolving views of the American continent and the "Passage to the Indies" as they appear in maps up to the Lewis and Clark Expedition. It focuses especially on the earliest cartographic representations of America and the Northwest Passage, the results of early expeditions to the Mississippi basin in search of a route to the Pacific Ocean, and the early exploration of the Pacific Northwest. The exhibition consists of over seventy items, most of which Thomas Jefferson owned in his personal library. Map Collection of the Galleria delle Navi del Rettorato University of Bologna This collection consists of works of Guglielmo Janszoon Blaeu (1571-1638), Federico De Witt (1616-1698), Giovanni and Gherardo Van Keulen, and Giovanni Battista Nolin (1648-1708). Old map index of Ancient, Medieval, and Renaissance maps and accompanying monographs. Osher Map Library and Smith Center for Cartographic Education University of Southern Maine The Osher Map Library and Smith Center for Cartographic Education is the only separately established rare map library in northern New England. The Smith and Osher collections comprise fine examples of original maps, atlases, geographies, and globes spanning the years from 1475 to the present. They constitute a rich and multifaceted resource for the study and teaching of geography, history, art, and cultural development. Yale University Map Collection The Map Collection has the largest collection of maps in Connecticut and one of the largest university collections in the United States. Its collections are geographically comprehensive and consist of over 200,000 map sheets, 3,000 atlases, and 900 reference books. The Collection also houses approximately 15,000 rare pre-1850 sheet maps. Though these cover many areas of the world, most pertain to North America, the United States, and New England. There is also a sizeable reference collection and a small, selective serials collection. Images of many of the pre-1850 maps are available online. They include the Lanman Collection of Globes, historic city maps, the Lada-Mocarski Collection, ans a selection from the Cross Collection. Many early modern examples are available online, including maps by Sylvanus, Munster, Thevet, Ortelius, Mercator, Speed, Blaeu. The Ryhiner Collection - Map collections as memories of the world The Ryhiner map collection at the University of Berne is one of the most valuable and outstanding collections of the world. It consists of more than 15,000 maps, charts, plans and views from the 16th to the 18th century, covering the whole globe. Together with the 20,000 manuscript maps of the State Archives, the Canton of Berne owns not only a local, but a worldwide geographical memory. It's the University Library's duty to preserve this cultural heritage and make it accessible. Work on this project will lasted from 1994 to -1998 and includes conservation, microfilming and creation of a generally accessible catalogue. The project represents both a digital archive of the collection and a research project focused exposing the collection on the web. National Library of Australia Historic Map Collection A significant historical collection of Australian maps (pre 1900) continues to be developed. The activities of a number of early collectors such as Edward Augustus Petherick, Rex Nan Kivell, John Ferguson and Ronald Vere Tooley contributed to the strength and variety of this collection which includes rare and unique material such as the 1659 Donker sea atlas of the world. The Department of Pictures and Maps Collection specializes in maps of Wales. The library web site has several categories that will be of interest to early modern scholars. The collection of maps, atlases, charts and early geographies in the Department of Pictures and Maps, is the largest such collection in Wales. The collection deals with all kinds of mapping including town plans, estate and farm plans and sea charts.In Historical and Antiquarian Maps, there is a colorful display of Humphrey Lluyd's Cambraie Typus (pub. 1573), a map of Pembrokeshire by George Owen (1603), and Christopher Saxton's Proof Map of Wales (1580); holdings include maps by Saxton, Speed, Blaeu, Jansson, and Ogilby, among others. The library has a large collection of manuscript farm and estate maps (the complete list is published in Estate maps of Wales 1600-1836: an exhibition catalogue, 1982); on line, a view of Tretwr Estate is shown. The Royal Library of Belgium: The Royal Library Albert I Brussels Cartes des Ameriques dans les Collections de la Bibliotheque Royale Albert I is an online map exhibit from the Library. The maps in the exibition were chosen to illustrate diverse cartographic traditions for representing the New World and their evolution from the Renaissance to contemporary times. The maps are accompanied by descriptions of the works in French.
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