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The sites described below are those that are regularly updated, since it is frustrating to be faced with a list of dead links. Where update information is available it is given at the end of the entry.

I would like to make a general acknowledgement of the help I have obtained from other websites and particularly listings and gateway sites, such as those mentioned below. Most of the links I have 'discovered' have come from other people's sites, rather than Google searching. I hope that others, in turn, can make good use of the links on this 'Map History' site.

• Richard B. Arkway, Inc. ('Resources & Links')

• BIMCC: Links to cartographic web sites (Brussels Map Circle - until May 2012 known as the Brussels International Map Collectors' Circle). [Last seen when updated to 19 September 2004]

• cartografie.pagina.nl [A general links site, particularly strong on Dutch material - Ko Allewijn - last checked November 2005]

• 'A Condensed Digital Travelers Guide: Web Resources for Map Collectors & Enthusiasts'. [Links arranged under 14 headings, by Joel Kovarsky, 2004]

• Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet. 'Maps, Gazetteers & Geographical Information'. [A well-organised, extensive listing, see particularly under: Fire Insurance Maps; General Resource Sites; Historical Maps, Atlases & Gazetteers; Libraries, Archives & Museums; Local Boundary Resources; National Geographic Information]

• La geografia e la cartografia in rete: una rassegna sitografica (links list, annotated in Italian but with wide coverage [NB clicking on some links does not work; you have to copy them])

• Getting There by Car, Boat, or Plane: A Guide to Maps. [A brief list of general links]

• Historical Map Web Sites (The Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection, The University of Texas at Austin - a large number of good links, particularly for America). [Last seen when updated to 22 October 2004]

• History Matters. [Very useful descriptive entries, in the manner of the LII; search, e.g. for maps, either as 'keyword' or 'primary sources online']

• (ipl2) ("ipl2 is the result of a merger of the Internet Public Library (IPL) and the Librarians' Internet Index (LII)")

• ’MCG Toolbox’. [Including some historical sections - April Carlucci, Tinho da Cruz and Anne Taylor, for the British Cartographic Society, first mounted in 2004]

• 'The Map Room: a weblog about maps'. [Run by Jonathan Crowe in Ottawa, with an archive going back to April 2003, and, since 2004, specific archive sections, e.g. for 'Antique maps' and 'Exhibitions' - this ceased operation in June 2011]

• Old Maps Online ('The OldMapsOnline Portal is an easy-to-use gateway to historical maps in libraries around the world. It allows the user to search for online digital historical maps across numerous different collections via a geographical search')

• Open Directory Project [dmoz] ('Reference: Maps: Historical' - also selections in French, German, Italian and Japanese). [Last checked November 2005]

• 'Help for Researchers' (British Library)

• ‘WWW-VL: History: Maps’ (Serge Noiret)