Mapping+history+links


 * Mapping history links**

These are some good sites for info on Historical Cartography and Mapping History. If you know of others, and there are many, please post them below.


 * The Periodical Historical Atlas of Europe** - http://www.euratlas.com/summary.htm - a historical atlas of Europe, one of many.


 * Ancient World Mapping Center** - http://www.unc.edu/awmc/ - not as exciting as some, but some good resources.


 * David Rumsey Historical Map Collection** - http://www.davidrumsey.com/ - one of the best resources for quality, historic maps.


 * Lie of the Land: The Secret Life of Maps** - http://www.bl.uk/whatson/exhibitions/lieland/m0-0.html - Very informative and interesting tour of historic map uses. Hard to navigate at first but you’ll get the hang of it.


 * Map History / History of Cartography** - http://www.maphistory.info/ - links seem more important than the content – there is a lot here worth checking out.


 * GIS for History** - http://www.gisforhistory.org/ - essential if you want to get into this field.


 * Classical Atlas Project** - http://www.unc.edu/depts/cl_atlas/ - guess there are more of these sites out there than you’d think.


 * Historic Atlas Resource - Europe** - http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~atlas/europe/maps.html - another of those old maps of Europe sites.


 * Historic Cities: Maps & Documents** - http://historic-cities.huji.ac.il/ - some pretty cool maps old cities.


 * Historical Atlas of the 20th Century** - http://users.erols.com/mwhite28/20centry.htm - not the best, but some interesting info.


 * History and Commercial Atlas of China** - http://map.huhai.net/ - in both English and chineese.


 * Medieval Sourcebook: Maps** - http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/sbookmap.html - more than you’d think about the first cartographers.


 * Teaching the History of Cartography** - http://www.sunysb.edu/libmap/coordinates/seriesb/no7/b7.htm - tons of info, also, you should check out the table of contents to this online journal for many more articles on mapping history- http://www.sunysb.edu/libmap/coordinates/contents.htm

The Newberry Library's **Hermon Dunlap Smith Center for the History of Cartography** - http://www.newberry.org/smith/smithhome.html - tons of links to historic map resources. Probably our single greatest resources in terms of historic map collections, aside from the Smithsonian.

- - -
 * Post you links here**



Take me back to Map Links I wanna go home.