Online Map Libraries (Real World Cartography)

[joão paulo]

I hate this language, has many TH ¬¬
joke.
the same with the Portuguese, for example: In Portugal queue is said "Bicha", but in Brazil we say "fila" because here "Bicha" means homosexual.

[ravells]

lol! Don't get me started on the British English and American English versions of Fag and Rubber!

[Korash]

lol! Don't get me started on the British English and American English versions of Fag and Rubber!

And what pray tell is wrong with having a ciggy while wearing your wellies....

providing the boots aren't the ONLY thing you are wearing

[ravells]

That must be a canadian thing! Over here, a rubber is a US eraser!

Wellies are wellies!

[JDCt]

Here is something I found today, I didn't see it up in this thread. (as far as I can tell)

The Old Map Gallery

*If someone has already posted this please disregard and delete*

[Slipguard]

http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/

Apparently the library of the university of texas has a ton of real world maps on file. I thought I'd share the link!

I also thought this thread could be a place to share links of library databases of maps, as I'm sure UT isn't the only Uni with a backlog like this. So share what you've got, or point towards othe threads on the same topic.

[ravells]

Hi Slipguard,

This thread is the place to share library database links...I've moved your post here.

Thanks for the link!

[Gallifreyan]

I don't think that this link was mentioned before in this thread, but the Barry Lawrence Ruderman Antique Maps Inc. website has many old maps. On the homepage it says that there are more than 10,000 15th-19th century maps.

There is also a site that is full of cartographic curiosities--strange real life maps.

[Xocatchil]

Here are beautiful maps of Belgium in 1777. The site is in french, but you only have to select a box on the map, and then on the blue link in "résultats" in the above part of the page.
It is not possible to download the map themselves, but only to view them (unless you want to pay 40 euros for a single map...).

http://www.ngi.be/FR/FR1-4-2-3.shtm

[ravells]

This online magazine a lot of examples of this style:

http://issuu.com/naheis/docs/samuel_...nd_classical/1