A gateway to 16,000 articles, multimedia, a new dictionary, and our world atlas. Here you will find a great selection of old atlases, maps, and globes maintained by the Yale University Library. Each map in the collection was carefully scanned to provide maximum online viewing pleasure. They are organized chronologically by global region, were drawn by many different cartographers, and typically date from the interval between 1500 and 1900.
Coverage is extensive and organized by continental region.
Links to each map offering are annotated with a short explanation.