Cool Map Web Sites
Letter From Mies Harvey
(Sept. 4th, 2001)
- The MapHist site is pretty much ground zero for antique-map stuff on the web: http://www.maphist.nl/
- David Rumsey Historical Map Collection, a vast and technically superb on-line collection of 18th and 19th century maps and other cartographic materials.
- History of Cartography Homepage: http://www.maphistory.info/
- Special Page on Map Theft: http://www.maphistory.info/thefts.html
- Cartography--Calendar of Events and Exhibitions http://home.earthlink.net/~docktor/intro.htm
- Odden's bookmarks, which has hundreds of links to map-related sites: http://oddens.geog.uu.nl/index.html
- Discovery List, an e-mail discussion group for the history of discoveries: http://pegasus.tue.nl/mailman/listinfo/discovery
- Maptrade List, a commercial discussion list on antique maps: http://www.raremaps.com/maptrade/
- MapForum.com, an online magazine for map collectors: http://www.mapforum.com/
- The International Map Trade Association, the trade group for companies that make and sell modern-day maps: http://maptrade.org/
- Cyber Geography Research, a site that explores the virtual geographies of the Internet, the Web and other emerging cyberspaces: http://www.cybergeography.org/
- Journal of Maps: a new multi-disciplinary, international journal http://www.journalofmaps.co