Map Libraries

Saturday April 21st 2007
Filed Under Link Library, Maps 

Looking for a map? Browse these map libraries to find contemporary and historic maps.

Bodleian Library Map Room
With over a millian sheets and 20,000 atlases, the Bodleian Library Map Room (Oxford, England) bills itself as the 7th largest collection of maps. Scanned maps available for downloading for private use.

CIA Maps
Select maps from the Central Intelligence Agency available online for downloading and printing.

David Rumsey Collection
One of the largest private collection of North American maps. You can also find maps from 18th and 19th century South America as well as maps from around the world. Over 6400 maps available online.

Hargrett Library Rare Map Collection
Library of more than 800 maps spanning 500 years hosted by the Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library at the University of Georgia. Find maps from the sixteenth to the early twentieth century, mostly Georgia related.

Map Collections
Available scanned images from the Library of Congress. The emphasis is on “Americana and Cartographic Treasures of the Library of Congress“. Maps organized by category.

Outline Maps
Free printable outline maps for downloading and printing from Matt Rosenberg’s Geography site at About.com

Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection
Extensive online map collection from the University of Texas at Austin. Listed at the top are maps of current interest. This map library has over 5,000 mostly public domain maps freely available for downloading and use.

Where Does Thanksgiving Dinner Come From?
Based on data from the 2002 Agricultural Census Data, this map was created by the Indiana University Libraries and shows the agricultural production of the foods that commonly make up the traditional Thanksgiving Day dinner.

Wisconsin Historical Society Reference Maps
Wisconsin is a state that certainly knows how to take care of its history, and the Wisconsin Historical Society has been doing an admirable job of presenting items from the Badger State’s history to the general public since 1846. Recently, they expanded their online efforts by creating a reference collection of thematic maps that offer spatial representations of different phenomena and occurrences throughout the states history. From the main page, visitors can explore the selections chronologically through such headings as ‘Early Native Peoples’, ‘Wisconsin in the Civil War Era’, and ‘The Progressive Era’. The maps have been culled from a variety of print publications and other sources, including the landmark multivolume work, ‘The History of Wisconsin’, which was published between 1973 and 1998. From The Scout Report, Copyright Internet Scout Project 1994-2006. http://scout.wisc.edu/





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