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    Those are cool Gorka, thanks.
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    Praise World Digital Library

    This is a very slick site and they seem to be digitizing a lot of documents (not just maps) from all over the world.

    http://www.wdl.org/en/


    The map viewing interface is all fancy but the maps are really good and well organized. You can download them as tifs.

    Its well worth a look.

    Here's a selection of just maps.

    http://www.wdl.org/en/search/gallery?ql=eng&ty=Maps


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