Old maps online. Historical maps worldwide free online. Europe, Asia, Africa, the Pacific, Latin America. Maritime, polar, topographic, urban.
Old Maps Online – Old World Maps – Collections
Maps of Africa – Maps of African Countries
The Perry-Castaneda collection at University of Texas at Austin Libraries. This large collection contains mostly political, reference, and topographical maps produced by the U.S. CIA.
Afriterra – Historical Maps of Africa Online
Historical maps of Africa. Over 2,500 maps fully digitized and viewable in a freely accessible online database.
Free Ancient Maps
About 800 maps from the 13th to the 18th Century, often including substantial information about the mapmakers. U.S. Library of Congress. Free old maps online.
Online Asia Maps – Maps of Asian Countries – Maps of Asian Regions
The Perry-Castaneda collection at University of Texas at Austin Libraries. As with the Perry-Castaneda collection for Africa, above, this has a very large number of reference, political and topographical maps produced by or for the CIA.
Online Historic Asia Maps – Maps of Cities and Places in Asia
About 85 items, at the New York Public Library.
Free Online Maps of Australia – Maps of Regions and Countries in Oceania
The Perry-Castaneda collection at University of Texas at Austin Libraries. Free old maps online.
Historical Maps of Europe Online – Historical Atlas of the Middle East
This collection from EurAtlas has hundreds of online historical maps of areas around the world, with an especially strong collection for Europe. Old worldmap.
Cambridge Modern History Atlas 1912 – Historical Maps of the World – World Map 1800 – World Map 1900
All(?) maps from this world atlas, at the Perry-Castaneda Library Map Collection. 141 maps, often illustrating historical events or trends. World map 1900. World map 1800.
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Over 130,000 maps and related images. Some of the historic collections here: Newspaper maps, Pacific maps, Airlines maps, Aerial photographs, Automobile maps, Games and Puzzles, Ottoman maps, Climate maps, Ethnography maps, World maps, Maps of the Americas, Celestial maps, Maritime charts, US Civil War maps, Antarctica maps, Atlases, Africa maps, Europe maps, Europe maps, Arctic maps, U.S. maps, Asia maps, pictorial maps, maps of Cities, globes. David Rumsey Map Center.
Digital Partner Collections at Leventhal Map Center
Some of the historic map collections online here: American Revolutionary War – era maps, Boston and New England maps, Maritime charts and atlases, Urban maps. Many partner collections, including from the British Library, Phillips Academy Archives, Harvard, Library and Archives Canada, Mapping Boston, Library of Congress, Massachusetts Historical Society, New York Public Library, and many more.
Maps of Europe – European Regions Maps – Countries of Europe Maps
The Perry-Castaneda collection at University of Texas at Austin Libraries.
Free Historical Map Web Sites
The Perry-Castaneda collection at University of Texas at Austin Libraries. Contains hundreds of links to collections of historical maps for every continent in the world, and a large collection of US historical maps. Oldmap.
Korea Maps Online
From the Perry-Castaneda Map Collection, UT Library Online. Maps of the Korean Peninsula, North and South Korea, Korean cities, topography, military bases, and more. Free old maps online.
Historical Maps of the World – Collection at the John Carter Brown Library
More than 25,000 maps, including a huge number of maps from the 16th to 18th centuries. Cities, countries, regions; old maps of the world, plus much more.
Map Collections at the Digital Bodleian
The Digital Bodleian Map collection has almost 2,500 maps and atlases. This webpage also contains historic manuscripts.
Maps of Africa to 1900
Over 2,700 historic maps of Africa and places within Africa. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Maps of the Americas – Maps of North America – Maps of Central America – Maps of the Caribbean – Maps of South America
The Perry-Castaneda collection at University of Texas at Austin Libraries.
Maritime Charts and Atlases
Nautical charts and atlases for the world and particularly North America. The core of collection is 25 atlases from the 17th and 18th centuries. Also 1,500 charts, mostly from the 19th century. Digital Commonwealth
Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection
More than 9,000 old maps online. Historic maps of the world, and a large collection of old maps for New England.
Oriental Institute Map Series
Seven Site Maps covering the ancient Near East (Egypt, Sudan, The Levant, Syria, Turkey, Iraq, and Iran), locating primary archaeological sites, modern cities, and river courses. The Oriental Institute of Univ. of Chicago.
Polar Regions and Oceans Maps
The Perry-Castaneda collection at University of Texas at Austin Libraries. Maps of the Arctic and Antarctica, and islands of the Atlantic Ocean.
Topographic Map Series
A worldwide series produced by the Army Map Service from the 1940s to the 1960s. Perry-Castaneda Map Collection, University of Texas Austin Libraries. Free old maps online.
Urban Maps
Pre-20th-century, with appr. 2,000 urban-related maps. Special focus on Boston and other Massachusetts cities and towns. Also examples of major types of urban mapping common in Europe and U.S. from end of the 16th century to early 20th century. Digital Commonwealth Massachusetts.
World Maps
The Perry-Castaneda collection at University of Texas at Austin Libraries. Includes ocean maps.
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