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0.) USEFUL REFERENCES |
International Cartographic Association : National Members UNESCO, Map Agencies United Nations Cartographic Section, Department of Field Support |
I.) OLD MAPS & ATLASES, CONTEMPORARY PERSPECTIVE : BY COUNTRY |
I.a) General |
I.a.a) The World |
SCANS OF PRINTED OLD ATLASES : Note : the following concentrate on Europe, but do contain maps refering to non-Europe Herisson, Atlas portatif, M. Witkam (atlassen.info) posts edition of 1806, in French Milner's Descriptive Atlas, 1850, maproom Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, Family Atlas 1876, maproom R. Andree, Andrees Handatlas; M. Witkam (atlassen.info) posts 9 editions 1881-1937, in German Stielers Handatlas; M. Witkam (atlassen.info) posts 1st to 7th and 10th edition (1834-1889, 1925-), in German; maproom posts 9th edition 1891 A.F. Marks, Atlas Marksa, M. Witkam (atlassen.info) posts 2nd edition 1910, in Russian The Times Atlas, M. Witkam (atlassen.info) posts editions of 1905 and 1910 M. Witkam (atlassen.info) has posted more old atlases; website in Dutch and English maproom has posted more old atlases COLLECTIONS OF INDIVIDUAL OLD MAPS : David Rumsey Historical Map Collection, huge collection of maps from the 15th century until today, focus pre-19th century Atlas of Mutual Heritage, posts historical Dutch maps, mostly of locations which used to be Dutch colonies, focus 17th to 18th century Probert Encyclopedia, Internet Map Archive, has scans mostly of political maps featuring countries, from c.1880 to c.1938, geographic range : entire world Discus Media, the 1900 Map Collection, has mostly city plans and topographic maps, mostly European, late 19th, early 20th century (U.S.) Army Map Service Topographic Map Series, posted by PCL, UTexas; maps covering areas outside of the U.S.; maps dating from 1940s to 1970s Category : Old Maps, Wikimedia Commons; "old" refers to 70 years old or older; huge collection; its composition somewhat coincidential; description of individial maps not always scholarly |
I.a.b) Europe |
SCANS OF PRINTED OLD ATLASES : E. Hertslet, The Map of Europe by Treaty, 3 vols. 1875, maproom COLLECTIONS OF INDIVIDUAL OLD MAPS : University of Alabama, Historical Maps of Europe |
I.a.c) Asia |
COLLECTIONS OF INDIVIDUAL OLD MAPS : University of Alabama, Historical Maps of Asia, South Asia, East Asia, Southeast Asia, Middle East |
I.a.d) Africa |
SCANS OF PRINTED OLD ATLASES : E. Hertslet, The Map of Africa by Treaty, vol.2 1894, IA, vol.3 1896, IA COLLECTIONS OF INDIVIDUAL OLD MAPS : University of Alabama, Historical Maps of Africa, North Africa, West Africa, Central & South Africa |
I.a.e) The Americas
COLLECTIONS OF INDIVIDUAL OLD MAPS : University of Alabama, Historical Maps of Middle America, South America, Northern South America, West-Central S.Am., Southern S.Am. |
I.a.f) Oceania |
I.b) Specialist |
I.b.a) Linguistic |
ATLASES CONCEIVED FOR THE WEB : Ethnologue maps Linguistic maps from Muturzikin Titus : Thesaurus Indogermanischer Text- und Sprachmaterialien language maps |
I.b.b) Religious |
ATLASES CONCEIVED FOR THE WEB : Atlas of Religions, Wikimedia Commons SCANS OF PRINTED OLD ATLASES : K. Streit, Atlas Hierarchicus, 1913 edition, atlassen.info, in German Church Missionary Atlas, 1879, maproom |
I.b.c) Urban History |
COLLECTIONS OF INDIVIDUAL OLD MAPS : Discus Media, the 1900 Map Collection, has mostly city plans and topographic maps, mostly European, late 19th, early 20th century Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Historic Cities |
I.b.d) Mining |
ATLASES CONCEIVED FOR THE WEB : U.S. Geological Service, International Minerals Statistics and Information, click "maps" |
I.b.e) Ecology |
ATLASES CONCEIVED FOR THE WEB : WWF, Terrestrial Ecoregions |
I.b.f) Economy |
ATLASES CONCEIVED FOR THE WEB : PBS, Interactive historical atlas of economic development from 1910 to the present |
I.b.g) Transportation |
SCANS OF PRINTED OLD ATLASES : J. Cary, Cary's New Itinerary 1817, Coach Routes England and Wales |
II. MAPS AND ATLASES MADE BY HISTORIANS, WITH HINDSIGHT : BY COUNTRY |
II.a) The World |
ATLASES CONCEIVED FOR THE WEB : T. Lessman, Talessman's Atlas : World History Maps from 550 BC until 1500 AD G. Belavoine, Atlas Historique, has maps covering history from 1815 onward J. de Salas Vara del Rey, Historical and Political Maps of the Modern Age SCANS OF PRINTED HISTORICAL ATLASES : Note : the following concentrate on European history, but do contain maps refering to non-European history K. Spruner, T. Menke, Hand-Atlas für die Geschichte des Mittelalters und die neueren Zeit 1880 edition, Gotha, in German, maproom R. Andree (ed.), Droysens Allgemeiner Historischer Handatlas 1886 edition, Bielefeld, in German, maproom R. Lane-Poole, Historical Atlas of Modern Europe, 1902 edition, maproom F. W. Putzgers Historischer Schul-Atlas, 1905, Leipzig, in German, maproom Charles Colbeck (ed.), The Public Schools Historical Atlas, 1905 edition, London, PCL, UTexas William Shepherd (ed.), Historical Atlas, 1911 edition, 1923 edition (New York) (includes maps which appeared in the 1926 edition), PCL, UTexas Cambridge Modern History Atlas 1912, maproom |
II.b) Europe |
ATLASES CONCEIVED FOR THE WEB : Euratlas Periodis, has maps showing the political situation for every turn of the century from 1 A.D. to 2000 A.D. Omniatlas, has maps showing the political situation on specific dates, ranging from 1894 to 2011 IEG Maps : Europe 1500-2008, has maps of the political situation for 1500, 1555, 1580, 1618, 1648, 1668, 1699, 1714, 1718, 1721, 1748, 1772, 1775, 1789, 1793, 1795, 1804, 1806a, 1806b, 1812a, 1812b, 1820, 1830, 1839, 1848, 1861, 1867, 1871, 1878, 1881, 1885, 1908, 1911, 1913, 1914, 1921, 1923, 1929, 1937, 1949, 1957, 1964, 1975, 1989, 1993, 2003a, 2003b, 2007, 2008 G. von Hebel, The Historical Atlas of Europe. The development of Europe's modern states from 1519 to 2006 SCANS OF PRINTED HISTORICAL ATLASES : K. Spruner, T. Menke, Hand-Atlas für die Geschichte des Mittelalters und die neueren Zeit 1880 edition, Gotha, in German, maproom R. Andree (ed.), Droysens Allgemeiner Historischer Handatlas 1886 edition, Bielefeld, in German, maproom R. Lane-Poole, Historical Atlas of Modern Europe, 1902 edition, maproom F. W. Putzgers Historischer Schul-Atlas, 1905, 1914, Leipzig, in German, maproom Charles Colbeck (ed.), The Public Schools Historical Atlas, 1905 edition, London, PCL, UTexas William Shepherd (ed.), Historical Atlas, 1911 edition, 1923 edition (New York) (includes maps which appeared in the 1926 edition), PCL, UTexas Cambridge Modern History Atlas 1912, maproom COLLECTIONS OF INDIVIDUAL MAPS : Probert Encyclopedia, The Changing Political Map of Europe |
EUROPE |
PRESENT STATES :
Albania .
Austria .
Belarus .
Belgium .
Bosnia and Herzegovina .
Bulgaria .
Croatia .
Czech Republic .
Denmark .
Estonia .
Finland .
France .
Germany .
Greece .
Hungary .
Iceland .
Ireland .
Italy .
Kosovo .
Latvia .
Liechtenstein .
Lithuania .
Luxemburg .
Macedonia .
Malta .
Montenegro .
the Netherlands .
Norway .
Poland since 1918 .
Portugal .
Romania .
Russia .
Serbia .
Slovakia .
Slovenia .
Spain .
Sweden .
Switzerland .
Ukraine .
United Kingdom HISTORIC ENTITIES : Alsace-Lorraine . Austria-Hungary 1867-1918 . Czechoslovakia 1918-1992 . Dutch Republic 1579-1795 . Germany 1871-1945 . Kingdom of Hungary 1000-1919 . Rumelia (Ottoman) 1330-1912 . Russian Empire 1689-1917 . USSR 1922-1991 . Yugoslavia 1918-1993 . ADMINISTRATIVE ENTITIES : Bremen . England . Hamburg . Hessen . Niedersachsen . Nordrhein-Westfalen . Rheinland-Pfalz . Saarland . Schleswig-Holstein . Scotland . |
II.c) Asia |
ATLASES CONCEIVED FOR THE WEB : J. de Salas Vara del Rey, Historical and Political Maps of the Modern Age : Arabia, China, India, Indochina, Insulindia, Iran and Afghanistan, Middle East, USSR WHKMLA Historical Atlas, Southeast Asia 1650-2005, South Asia 1870-2002, Western Central Asia 1870-2002 SCANS OF PRINTED HISTORICAL ATLASES : J.E. Schwartzberg (ed.), A Historical Atlas of South Asia, 1978 edition, Chicago, DSAL |
EAST ASIA |
PRESENT STATES :
PR China .
Japan .
South Korea .
Taiwan HISTORICAL ENTITIES : Hong Kong . Korea (pre-partition) . Manchuria . Tibet . |
SOUTHEAST ASIA |
PRESENT STATES :
Brunei .
Burma .
Cambodia .
Indonesia .
Laos .
Malaysia .
Philippines .
Singapore .
Thailand .
Timor Leste .
Vietnam HISTORICAL ENTITIES : Dutch East Indies . French Indochina . |
SOUTH ASIA |
PRESENT STATES :
Bangladesh .
Bhutan .
India .
Nepal .
Pakistan .
Sri Lanka HISTORICAL ENTITIES British India 1857-1947 . |
CENTRAL ASIA |
PRESENT STATES :
Afghanistan .
Kazakhstan .
Kyrgyzstan .
Mongolia .
Tajikistan .
Turkmenistan .
Uzbekistan |
MIDDLE EAST |
PRESENT STATES :
Armenia .
Azerbaijan .
Bahrain .
Cyprus .
Egypt .
Georgia .
Iran .
Iraq .
Israel .
Jordan .
Kuwait .
Lebanon .
Oman .
Palestinian National Authority .
Qatar .
Saudi Arabia .
Syria .
Turkey .
United Arab Emirates .
Yemen HISTORICAL ENTITIES : Hejaz . Ottoman Anatolia 1300-1920 . Ottoman Empire 1300-1924 . Ottoman Syria 1517-1918 . Palestine 1917-1948 . |
II.d) Africa |
ATLASES CONCEIVED FOR THE WEB : J. de Salas Vara del Rey, Historical and Political Maps of the Modern Age : Africa SCANS OF PRINTED HISTORICAL ATLASES : COLLECTIONS OF INDIVIDUAL MAPS : Probert Encyclopedia, The Changing Map of Africa |
NORTH AFRICA |
Algeria .
Libya .
Morocco .
Tunisia .
Western Sahara |
TO MIDDLE EAST |
Egypt |
EAST AFRICA |
Burundi .
Comoro Islands .
Djibouti .
Eritrea .
Ethiopia .
Kenya .
Madagascar .
Mauritius .
Mayotte .
Rwanda .
Seychelles .
Somalia .
Somaliland .
Sudan .
Tanzania .
Uganda HISTORICAL ENTITIES : German East Africa . Zanzibar . |
SOUTHERN AFRICA |
Botswana .
Lesotho .
Malawi .
Moçambique .
Namibia .
South Africa .
Swaziland .
Zambia .
Zimbabwe HISTORICAL ENTITIES : Natal . Zululand . |
CENTRAL AFRICA |
PRESENT STATES : Angola .
Central African Republic .
Chad .
D.R. Congo (-Leopoldville) .
P.R. Congo (-Brazzaville) .
Equatorial Guinea .
Gabon .
Sao Tome e Principe . HISTORICAL ENTITIES : French Equatorial Africa . |
WEST AFRICA |
Benin .
Burkina Faso .
Cameroon .
Cape Verde .
Gambia .
Ghana .
Guinee .
Guinea-Bissau .
Ivory Coast .
Liberia .
Mali .
Mauritania .
Niger .
Nigeria .
Sao Tome e Principe .
Senegal .
Sierra Leone .
Togo HISTORICAL ENTITIES : French West Africa |
II.e) The Americas |
ATLASES CONCEIVED FOR THE WEB : J. de Salas Vara del Rey, Historical and Political Maps of the Modern Age : North America, South America SCANS OF PRINTED HISTORICAL ATLASES : |
CARIBBEAN | Anguilla . Antigua & Barbuda . Bahamas . Barbados . Bermuda . British Virgin Islands . Cayman Islands . Cuba . Dominica . Dominican Republic . Grenada . Guadeloupe . Haiti . Jamaica . Martinique . Montserrat . Netherlands Antilles . Puerto Rico . St. Kitts & Nevis . St. Lucia . St. Vincent . Trinidad & Tobago . Turks & Caicos Islands . U.S. Virgin Islands |
CENTRAL AMERICA | Belize . Costa Rica . El Salvador . Guatemala . Honduras . Mexico . Nicaragua . Panama |
SOUTH AMERICA | Argentina . Bolivia . Brazil . Chile . Colombia . Ecuador . Falkland Islands . French Guyana . Guyana . Paraguay . Peru . Suriname . Uruguay . Venezuela . |
II.f) Oceania |
ATLASES CONCEIVED FOR THE WEB : J. de Salas Vara del Rey, Historical and Political Maps of the Modern Age : Commonwealth (title misleading, maps on Australia, the Pacific Islands, also maps on Indian Ocean islands) SCANS OF PRINTED HISTORICAL ATLASES : |
OCEANIA | Australia . French Polynesia . Guam . Hawaii . New Zealand . |