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Historical Geography
 Websites presented in alphabetical order Ancient World Mapping Center 
 This center "exists to promote cartography and geographic information science as essential disciplines within the field of ancient studies." The center's Web site provides articles and news related to ancient geography and cartography, maps and images, updates to the "Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World," annotated Web links, and related resources. Searchable. From the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. http://www.unc.edu/awmc/ Topics: Geography, History, Maps by Place Last updated Oct 15, 2003 Electronic Cultural Atlas Initiative (ECAI)
This site features cartographic tools for "visualizing and analyzing historical and cultural phenomena." Users may create "maps based on a theme, era and region." The "Projects" section provides links to examples, and the "Participating" section provides instructions. Also includes information about the underlying technology. Note: Access to some datasets requires a password. Sponsored by the University of California, Berkeley. http://www.ecai.org Topics: Geography, History, Maps Last updated Jan 18, 2007 Historic Cities
This site has maps, brief facts, and other material about historic cities. Browse by country, city, year, or mapmaker. Maps date from the late 15th through the early 18th centuries. From the Historic Cities Center of the Department of Geography, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the Jewish National and University Library. http://historic-cities.huji.ac.il/historic_cities.html Topics: Geography, History, Maps Last updated Jan 11, 2006 Historic Maps in K-12 Classrooms
This site features thematic sets of historical maps "accompanied by lesson plans written for four grade levels and designed to support a variety of social studies, history, and geography curricula." Themes include exploration, migration, environmental history, transportation, political and military history, and American communities. Also provides a glossary. From the Hermon Dunlap Smith Center for the History of Cartography at the Newberry Library. http://www.newberry.org/K12maps/ Topics: Geography, History, K-12 Education, Lesson Plans, Maps, U.S. Maps, United States History Last updated Nov 10, 2009 Historic Topographic Maps of California
A browsable collection of San Francisco Bay Area topographic quadrangles produced by the U.S. Geological Survey between 1895 and the present. Includes both the 15- and 7.5-minute USGS topographic quadrangles, covering from "Pt. Reyes south to Half Moon Bay and east to Antioch, Livermore and San Jose." Browse alphabetically by quadrangle, or search the gazetteer by place name. From the Earth Sciences and Map Library, University of California, Berkeley. http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/histopo/ Topics: California: History, Geography, Geology, History, Outdoor Recreation, Scientific Themes Last updated Aug 10, 2003 Historical Maps
More than 100 historical maps from around the world. Brief descriptive information is included for each map. Browsable by region, time period, or mapmaker name. Searchable by keyword, mapmaker name, or region. Also includes links to related resources such as maps and mapmakers and early maps of Russia. From the James Ford Bell Library at the University of Minnesota. http://bell.lib.umn.edu/hist/ Topics: Geography, History, Libraries & Archives by Type, Maps Last updated Feb 28, 2006 Nevada History in Maps
Maps from "the U.S. government, Nevada and other state or territorial governments, publishers of commercial maps and atlases local and national, and associations such as the Lincoln Highway Association. ... By constraint of available material, the history presented is focused on western settlement. Although few were found, maps representing Native American settlements or culture were included." From librarian Linda Newman at the Mary B. Ansari Map Library at the University of Nevada, Reno. http://www.delamare.unr.edu/maps/digitalcollections/nvhistory/ Topics: Geography, Geology, History, Maps, Scientific Themes, Technology, U.S. History By Place, U.S. Maps Last updated Mar 1, 2006 Periodical Historical Atlas of Europe
This atlas by cartographer Christos Nüssli depicts "with accuracy the states of this continent every first day of each centennial year from AD 1 to AD 1700." There is a special section of maps of the Roman Empire and a link to a collection of Roman Imperial battle maps. Available in French and English. http://www.euratlas.com/ Topics: Geography, History, History By Place, Maps, Maps by Place Last updated Nov 26, 2006 The Unveiling of Britain
This collection of hundreds of "maps and views traces the growing awareness of the form of British Isles and their place in the wider world during the years between 800 and 1600." Includes descriptive text, a zoom-in tool, and large-format options for each image. A part of the British Library Collect Britain project. http://www.collectbritain.co.uk/collections/unveiling/ Topics: Geography, History, Maps, Maps by Place, Printing, Publishing, and Book Arts Last updated Mar 30, 2005 |
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