Some Historic Maps and Information Sites

[Joseph Puentes <makas@...>]

5.  Spain, The United States, and The American Frontier: Historias Paralelas
http://international.loc.gov/intldl/eshtml/eshome.html

Partnering with The National Library of Spain, The Biblioteca Columbina y
Capitular of Seville, the Library of Congress has developed this fine
collection of primary and secondary historical documents that explore the
complex and multifaceted history of Spanish expansion into North America
from Florida, Georgia, the Carolinas, and across most of what is now the
modern-day American Southwest all the way north to Alaska. The site contains
digital versions of numerous texts, maps, manuscripts, and first-hand
accounts composed by different individuals. Some of the highlights include
"La Florida del Inca," which is an account of the Hernando de Soto
expedition through Florida and the southeastern part of North America, along
with the "Notes of a Military Reconnoissance from Fort Leavenworth to San
Diego," published in 1848 as a special report to the United States Congress.
Appropriately enough, many of the documents are available in both English
and Spanish, and are searchable by page number. [KMG]

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25. Historic Maps
1. Map Library
http://www.dean.usma.edu/history/dhistorymaps/Atlas%20Page.htm
2. Maps of the Roman Empire
http://www.dalton.org/groups/Rome/RMaps.html
3. History of Cartography
http://feature.geography.wisc.edu/histcart/
4. American Memory Collections
http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-
bin/query/S?ammem/collections:@field(SUBJ+@1(Geography)):heading=Topics%3a+Geography
5. Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection: Historical Maps
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/historical/index.html
6. Color Landforms Atlas of the United States
http://fermi.jhuapl.edu/states/states.html
7. Old-maps.co.uk
http://www.old-maps.co.uk/
8. Maps and Geography
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/maps/index.html

The first site about historical maps is the US Military Academy at West
Point's History Department's Map Library (1). The page contains links to
dozens of maps related to warfare from ancient times, the American
Revolution, and the Napoleonic wars to the World Wars and other modern
conflicts. Although map descriptions are not given and the main page seemed
to have a problem loading correctly, the site does give a very interesting
glimpse into the geography and history of conflict. The second offering is
from The Dalton School called Maps of the Roman Empire (2). Visitors will
find dozens of interesting maps with titles such as the Roman Empire circa
120 AD; Trade Routes; 18 Centuries of Roman Empire; and maps of how the
empire expanded, barbarian migrations, and more. Next, the History of
Cartography (3) Web site is maintained by the University of Wisconsin
Geography Department. The well designed page contains six volumes of
information relating to cartographic changes from ancient times to the
twentieth century. Full descriptions and images are available from this
unique research, editorial, and publishing project. The fourth site from the
Library of Congress Historical Collections is entitled American Memory
Collections (4). The page contains various links to civil war maps,
panoramic maps, revolutionary era maps, and other very impressive
collections. The Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection: Historical Maps Web
site (5) of the University of Texas at Austin is the next offering. This
extensive site contains a well organized collection of historical maps of
Africa, the Americas, Asia, Australia and the Pacific, Europe, the Middle
East, Polar Regions and Oceans, Russia and the Former Soviet Republics,
Texas, the US, and the World. The sixth site is maintained by John Hopkins
University called Color Landforms Atlas of the United States (6). The main
page contains links to maps from all fifty states, which include large
historical maps from 1895, county maps, and shaded relief maps. The next
site, old-maps.co.uk (7), is provided by Britain's national mapping agency
and the Landmark Information Group. The site gives online access to
Britain's most extensive digital historical map archive, which can be
searched and browsed by a variety of subjects to view maps of Buckingham
Palace, Edinburgh Castle, and Oxford University, among others. The last
historical maps Web site is the Maps and Geography (8) search engine from
National Geographic online. Users can search by general historical maps,
Lewis and Clark maps, New England and New York maps, Civil War, and WorldW
Maps to find and view an impressive and interesting collection. [JAB]