Human Tech - V Skillful Resources For Historical Maps

1- David Rumsey map collection

The historical map collection has over 43,000 maps as well as images online. The collection focuses on rare 18th as well as 19th century North American as well as South American maps as well as other cartographic materials. Historic maps of theWorld, Europe, Asia, as well as Africa are too represented.

2- Mapping History Project

The MHP is designed t render interactive as well as animated representations of key historical problems as well as illustrations of historical events, developments, as well as dynamics.

3- Old Maps Online

The OldMapsOnline Portal is an easy-to-use gateway to historical maps inwards libraries unopen to the world. It allows the user to search for online digital historical maps across numerous dissimilar collections via a geographical search. Search past times typing a place-name or past times clicking inwards the map window, as well as narrow past times date. The search results render a straight link to the map icon on the website of the host institution.

4- Library of Congress Map Collection

The Geography as well as Map Division of the Library of Congress holds to a greater extent than than 4.5 1 M m items, of which Map Collections represents alone a pocket-sized fraction, those that convey been converted to digital form.The focus of Map Collections is Americana as well as Cartographic Treasures of the Library of Congress. These images were created from maps as well as atlases and, inwards general, are restricted to items that are non covered past times copyright protection.

5- Historic Map works

This is a historic digital map database of North America as well as the globe as well as which includes :

• United States Property Atlases
• Antiquarian Maps
• Nautical Charts
• Birdseye Views
• Special Collections (Celestial Maps, Portraits, as well as other historical images)
• Directories as well as other text documents