The only
comprehensive listing of early map image sites. The
monthly additions are indicated thus, e.g. {March
2002} at the end of the
entry. Since the symbols { } are not used elsewhere, you can search on
those elements [enter Ctrl+F]; e.g. 2002} will find entries added
at any time in that year)
Please notify any corrections or additions to the editor, Tony
Campbell:
Make sure to consult its copyright statement
before using any of the images you find
’North
American Atlases’ (a chronological list of atlases of America, North America, the United
States, separate US states or parts of them, and the West Indies, whose contents can be found,
in high res., on the David Rumsey Map Collection site [for further details about this
site see Large general sites]) {May, 2004}
North
America (a selection of very high res. images - Michigan State
University) {April, 2001}
North America
(five high res. maps of various parts - Gold Bug)
North America (medium
res. images from the Bibliothèque Royale Albert 1er, Brussels)
North
America (high res. images from the Hargrett Library Rare Map
Collection, University of Georgia Libraries)
North America. 'The Archive of Early American Images' (follow the access
instructions [memorising the login and password], then search in one of various ways; selecting
Subject: 'Geography, maps, city views and plans' produced 774 hits [at the launch in May
2005]; maximise the new window and then enlarge by stages to very high res.; providing
access to early and important maps from the major research library for early Americana; but a
slow-moving and awkward site - John Carter Brown Library) {May, 2005}
North
America. 'France in America' (in English and French; select Maps
for good selections of high res. MrSID images from the Library of Congress's
Rochambeau Collection (related to French involvement in the American War of Independence) [on
which see also another version] and the Geography & Maps Division, and nine enlargeable images
from the Bibliothèque nationale de France's Cartes et Plans department and the Collection du
Service hydrographique de la Marine - a search for 'map' retrieved 155 items) {May, 2005}
North America - France. 'Mapping the French
Empire in North America' (low to medium res., black and white, images illustrating 'a Virtual Exhibit based on selections from
Buisseret, David. Mapping the French Empire in North America: An Interpretive Guide to the Exhibition Mounted at the Newberry
Library on the Occasion of the 17th Annual Conference of the French Colonial Historical Society (Chicago: The Newberry
Library, 1991)' - Newberry Library, Chicago) {January, 2008}
'North America Historical
Maps' (10 [original not 'historical'] maps, enlargeable to high res. via LizardTech ExpressView Plugin - Yale University
Library) {November, 2007}
North America. 'Historical maps online' (a selection of 'city plans' and
'maps', from different online collections and in differing resolutions, covering North America
as a whole or specific areas of Canada and the USA, 17th to 20th century - Roots & Routes)
{July, 2005}
North America. 'Historical Maps Online' (409 high res. MrSID images; select
from a browsing list, or via geographical sections (concentrating on Illinois and the
Northwest Territory but also covering other parts of the US, Canada, Mexico, South
America, etc.) - the University of Illinois Library and the University of Illinois Press,
with a selection from the Newberry Library) {March, 2004}
North America.
'Realms of Gold: a Catalogue of Maps in the Library of the American Philosophical Society'
(equivalent to a 600-page book, this catalogue, preceded by an introduction, by Murphy
D. Smith, 1991, comprises 1774 entries (over 1000 relating to North America) of which 52 are
MSS and three globes, illustrated with 'more than 100 maps' (about 25 of them MSS) zoomable to
very high res. in JPEG2000 format) {September, 2005}
+ 'An overview of
cartography' (a small selection of maps of the world, N. America and
Canada, selected by Edward Dahl - low to medium res.)
Des Barres's Atlantic Neptune (scans [zoomable in small sections to
very high res.] of the entire Henry Newton Stevens collection, comprising 209 charts, with
variants of each chart, view and text sheet - National Maritime Museum's Collections Online)
{November, 2006}
Hodsoll Collection
(low to medium res. images of maps of N. America and Canada from the collection donated
by Elmar Hodsoll of Toronto - McMaster University Library) {July, 2003}
+ 'Mapping Colonial America' (online exhibition, requiring Flash 6,
exploring maps (1587 to 1782) from Colonial Williamsburg's collection, and including a
zooming tool allowing a close look at map details) {February, 2004}
'Visual Collections. World Map Collection' (clicking on 'Browse all images' produced 2,294
hits, enlargeable to high res. [1,767 relating to Florida, 348 to the Caribbean and 322
to the United States (with repeats), and with slight coverage of the rest of the world] - State
University System of Florida PALMM Project) {March, 2004}
+ 'An overview of
cartography' (a small selection of maps of the world, N. America and
Canada, selected by Edward Dahl - low to medium res.)
ArchiviaNet: On-line research tool. 'Maps, plans and charts' (about
1,500 high res. MrSID images, from the 16th century up to the 1980s,
which can be searched for in a database, of approximately 50,000 early maps,
plans and charts [further images will be added annually] - Library and Archives Canada) {September, 2003}
+ Arctic. ‘Of Maps and Men: In Pursuit of a Northwest Passage’ (maps
illustrate the exhibition sections; there is also a page with 12 other maps of the Arctic, 1528-1907, enlargeable to high
res. - John Delaney, Princeton University Library, 2004) {May, 2005}
'The Barren
Lands. J.B. Tyrrell's Expeditions for the Geological Survey of Canada,
1892-1894' (covering the Nunavut region and northern Manitoba and
Saskatchewan - over 40 high res., zoomable MrSID maps: 'Browse the
Collection', selecting 'Maps' (which produces a list), select an item,
then 'View Item Record', clicking on the 'All Pages' link - University of
Toronto) {March, 2002}
British
Columbia (10 low res. images - University of British Columbia Library)
{April, 2001}
British
Columbia Archives (enlargeable, high res. images - scroll down
to 'Selected Cartographic Records in Digital Format')
Canadian Cities: Bird's Eye Views (12 low res. views of the late 19th
and early 20th centuries - Association of Canadian Map Libraries and
Archives) {August, 2003}
Cartes
historiques canadiennes (medium res. images from the Atlas of
Canada No.29. Origins of the People, 1901) {April, 2001}
'Cartes marines
anciennes' (select the section 'Amériques' for eleven maps and charts, viewable in high
res. via the 'Taille' link [most of the enlargement options beneath the thumbnail do not
work]; see also 'Cartes
anciennes diverses' - reproduced under licence from the Bibliothèque nationale de France
(Gallica) by Jacques Zan) {November, 2005}
+ 'David
Thompson: Map Maker, Explorer and Visionary' (online exhibition celebrating the 150th anniversary of his death,
including an illustrated section with maps (enlargeable to high res.), 'North America's Greatest Geographer' -
Archives of Ontario) {June, 2008}
'Early Maps
of Newfoundland and Labrador - Scanned Images' (about 380 medium res. images, arranged by
geographical area [it is not possible to search the map database on its own] - QE II
Library, Memorial University of Newfoundland) {November, 2003}
'Examples of Canadian
Topographic Maps' (select: 'Maps & Data'; 'Sample Maps' for 12 slow-loading examples,
1892-2002 - University of Northern British Columbia, Gislab) {November, 2003}
Great Lakes see under North America above
Hodsoll Collection (low to medium res. images of maps of N. America and Canada from the collection donated by Elmar Hodsoll of Toronto - McMaster University Library) {July, 2003}
'Images Canada' (searching
for map brought up 345 items, not all maps, viewable as low res. images - National
Library of Canada) {January, 2004}
Indian
Reserves - Western Canada (127 high res. MrSID images of MS and printed maps - Library and Archives Canada) {December, 2004}
Links to
American Indian maps (lists over 400 North American map sites
[mostly reconstructed maps] - Phil Konstantin) {December, 2001}
+
'Living Memory' (a small selection of medium res. images of maps and city views
relating to Canada - online exhibition from the Library and Archives Canada) {January,
2004}
Newfoundland. 'Digitized Maps' (121 'maps
and charts from the pre-1900 period' [out of 350], enlargeable via Zoomify to high res. - Memorial University - Centre for
Newfoundland Studies) {January, 2008}
Nouvelle-France: Horizons Nouveaux, Histoire d'une terre française en Amérique / New
France: New Horizons; on French soil in America (a virtual and growing exhibition, in
French and (partly) English, supposedly including 1000 cartographic images [out of the
present total of '1 million', which is projected to grow to 2 million by 2005] - although
the introduction mentions '350 archival documents' and a search under 'carte' produced
242 hits - accessed via Adobe SVG Viewer plugin, with Internet Explorer
(and extensive use of distracting Flash), celebrating the foundation of French Canada in
1604, a collaboration between collections in Canada and France) {November, 2003}
Panoramic maps, 1847-1929 ('American Memory') (Library of Congress - high
res. MrSID images, with the ability to zoom, enlarge and select
details - covering B.C., Manitoba, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Quebec)
Prince Edward
Island (a small selection of maps, 1744-1878, some in high res. - The Island
Register) {April, 2005}
Québec.
'Maps and Plans' (leading to 'Collection numérique Cartes et plans', providing access to thousands of cartographic
documents relating to Québec, some from the city of Montréal archives, zoomable to very high res. - revised site of the
Bibliothèque et Archives nationale Québec) {October, 2007}
'Second Welland Canal' (a search for 'map' produced 53 images
of MS maps, enlargeable to high res. - Special Collections and Archives, James A. Gibson Library, Brock University)
{September, 2007}
