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The Reference Shelf:  Maps and Atlases

 

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A9.com Maps
View block-by-block photos of both sides of the street for selected cities in the U.S. 

Atlas of Minnesota  Interactive map with county-by-county data on:  agriculture; people; economic vitality; income and poverty; housing; health; education; infrastructure; public safety; environment and natural resources; civic engagement.


Atlas of Our Changing Environment
View visual evidence--photos, satellite images, and Google Earth--that illustrates how humans have altered their surroundings and continue to make observable and measurable changes to the global environment.


Color Landform Atlas of the United States
Relief maps--shaded, county, black and white--and historical (1895--some are relief) maps for each of the states.

David Rumsey Collection
"Oer 11,000 maps online. The collection focuses on rare 18th and 19th century North and South America maps and other cartographic materials. Historic maps of the World, Europe, Asia and Africa are also represented. Collection categories include antique atlas, globe, school geography, maritime chart, state, county, city, pocket, wall, children's and manuscript maps.  The collection can be used to study history, genealogy, and family history."

 

Discover Our Earth
An interactive, educational web site on the earth.  Topics include earthquakes, plate tectonics, and global sea level change.

Map Collections: 1500-2004
Part of the Library of Congress' American Memory site.  Topics include:  Cities and Towns; Military Battles and Campaigns; and Discover and Exploration.  Maps include:  A Map Exhibiting all the New Discoveries in the Interior Parts of North America (1802); Map Showing the Distribution of Slaves in the Southern States (186?); and panoramic "map" (more of a painting) of the City of St. Paul, Capital of Minnesota from 1853 (zoom in to see a drawing of the buildings).

 

MapQuest

Minnesota Maps Online
Search Minnesota's original public land survey plats, created during the first government land survey of the state by the U.S. Surveyor General's Office during the years 1848 to 1907. Also included are the later General Land Office and Bureau of Land Management maps, up to the year 2001.

 

National Atlas of the U.S.

National Geographic MapMachine

Odden's Bookmarks:  The Fascinating World of Maps and Mapping  
Paleomap Project
Earth history.
 

Periodical Historical Atlas of Europe

Perry-Castaneda Library Map Collection

UN Cartographic Section: Maps and Geographic Information Resources  
World Maps 


Oxford


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