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Historical Maps Online
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Title: Historical Maps Online
URL: http://images.library.uiuc.edu/projects/maps/ External Link
Description: Includes digital images of approximately 85 maps dating back over 350 years. The maps depict North America, the Northwest Territory, the state of Illinois, and counties and townships within the state, as well as historical maps of North America, ranging in chronological coverage from 1650 to 1994. Using an implementation of the MrSIDTM image server (Lizardtech Corp), users of this website can zoom in on map images to view greater detail and can pan across individual images.
GEM Subjects:
Social Studies
Geography
State history
United States history
DLF-specific Subjects: American Culture
Geographic Coverage: North America (continent)
Time Period: Late 20th Century (1968-2000)
Middle 20th Century (1934-1967)
Early 20th Century (1901-1933)
Late 19th Century (1868-1900)
Middle 19th Century (1834-1867)
Early 19th Century (1801-1833)
Late 18th Century (1768-1800)
Middle 18th Century (1734-1767)
Early 18th Century (1701-1733)
Late 17th Century (1668-1700)
Middle 17th Century (1634-1667)
Modern (1701-present)
Renaissance (1301-1700)
Objects Represented: Maps
Format: image/jpeg
Interaction with Collection: Search
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Frequency of additions: Irregularly
This Record Last Updated By: khage@umich.edu
This Record Last Updated On: 12/17/2007 10:54:47 AM
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Notes: Maps in the Map & Geography Library and Rare Book and Special Collections Library of the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign
 
 
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