fyi: maps

[Joseph Puentes <makas@...>]

19. Historical Maps
http://bell.lib.umn.edu/hist/

The James Ford Bell Library at the University of Minnesota provides the
Historical Maps page as part of their main Web site. Users can view more
than fifty maps online, each of which contain a short description of what
the map is depicting. One example is a navigational map of Africa and the
Atlantic and Indian Oceans that was designed to illustrate the first Dutch
expedition to Java undertaken by Cornelis de Houtman in 1597. The maps can
be viewed in fine detail and are quite fascinating to view and learn about.
Anyone interested in history, cartography, or other similar subjects should
enjoy exploring the collection. [JAB]