Maps

[Harpo]

A thread for maps in history, and history in maps.

 

[Scookey]

I love data like this. Find it amazing how many modern fascists claim to be pure or of a country of purity, when the reality is the entire human population has spiralled around the globe since the first bipeds walked the Rift Valley in Africa, some 2 million years ago - from memory (not that I was there or anything, no matter how old my kids call me )

 

[Extollager]

Has anyone here read Rachel Hewitt's Map of a Nation: A Biography of the Ordnance Survey?

 

[Extollager]

Harpo, would you prefer that a separate thread were started for broader discussions of the enjoyment of maps?

I'm relished topographic maps for years, but I realize this isn't the same thing as focusing on maps in history and history in maps.

I have been in a great place, the Map Library at the University of Illinois. (That was over 30 years ago & things might have changed.)

Here's a review of Hewitt's book mentioned above.

Map of a Nation by Rachel Hewitt – review

 

[sknox]

For historical maps, few things can beat the Perry-Castañeda collection at the University of Texas.
Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection - UT Library Online

 

[Foxbat]

I love maps. Must a cartogranerd

 

[sknox]

I'm pretty sure "must love maps" is one of the requirements of membership here.

 

[Extollager]

Watch this space for a map-related purchase within the next few weeks.

 

[Graymalkin]

For historical maps, few things can beat the Perry-Castañeda collection at the University of Texas.
Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection - UT Library Online

Fantastic resource. Great find. Cheers @sknox .
This page links to other map libraries. wow...goodbye.
Historical Map Web Sites - Perry-Castañeda Map Collection - UT Library Online

 

[Extollager]

Street Maps of Victorian London, 1863 by Edward Stanford

I've just opened this. This set of four detailed maps should be a good companion to my recent acquisition of Peter Cunningham's Hand-Book to London (1850). I expect to use the maps as a reader of Dickens, Anthony Trollope, Arthur Machen, and other authors. Much of Machen's London writing is post-Victorian, admittedly.

 

[AlexH]

A rare medieval map of London

A rare example of an exceptionally early map of late medieval London has been uncovered by a London antique maps dealer.

www.ianvisits.co.uk

 

[M. Robert Gibson]

I've just been told about this site

ARCHI UK Archaeological GPS data, Detailed Old Maps, LiDAR and Aerial photography with Archaeological Sites and Monuments Records (SMR) and Data with GPS Locations and Digital Old Maps Online, LiDAR and Aerial Photograpy in Britain and WorldWide

LiDAR, Detailed Old Maps and GPS data of Archaeological Sites and Monuments GPS data (SMR) with LiDAR, Aerial Photography and Old Victorian Digital Maps Online for Celtic, Roman, Anglo-Saxon with Metal Detecting Findspot Maps and British Archaeological and Historic Sites Locations with Detailed...

archiuk.com

It's a bit slow at times, so be patient.

On this page

Old Maps, Scottish, English, Welsh and Irish Old Maps | British Old Maps | British Archaeological Sites Data | Stonehenge | Archaeology | Metal Detecting Finds | Treasure Trove | Ancient History | Archaeological Treasures of the UK | Map | ARCHI UK |

Old Maps of counties in the UK, England, Scotland and Wales. Great for metal detecting sites and archaeological sites and archaeological digs. So, if you're looking for Bronze Age, Celtic Iron Age, Roman, Saxon or Medieval sites, then the archiUK database is for you

www.archiuk.com

If you scroll down you can search for places. One interesting feature is using the slider you can fade in a modern map for comparison.

 

[-K2-]

I'll not post them (unless asked, to not clutter the thread), yet as I researched the old American West for my novel 'Half-Breed,' and Colonial America for my novella 'Mule,' I ran down hundreds of maps. In addition, at one time I researched WWII air combat in New Guinea, and I also have or have found (links) to countless order of battle maps, emplacement design, and base maps and photos.

If anyone is seeking any of that, just let me know and I'll try to save you some time. Below is Mexico~1846:

K2

 

[.matthew.]

I'm a big fan of book clearance stores, must have at least 5 map based tomes from those places

 

[mosaix]

In Bridgnorth library there’s a hand-drawn map of the town and surrounding area dated 1858 and my house is on it!

I've just been told about this site

ARCHI UK Archaeological GPS data, Detailed Old Maps, LiDAR and Aerial photography with Archaeological Sites and Monuments Records (SMR) and Data with GPS Locations and Digital Old Maps Online, LiDAR and Aerial Photograpy in Britain and WorldWide

LiDAR, Detailed Old Maps and GPS data of Archaeological Sites and Monuments GPS data (SMR) with LiDAR, Aerial Photography and Old Victorian Digital Maps Online for Celtic, Roman, Anglo-Saxon with Metal Detecting Findspot Maps and British Archaeological and Historic Sites Locations with Detailed...

archiuk.com

It's a bit slow at times, so be patient.

On this page

Old Maps, Scottish, English, Welsh and Irish Old Maps | British Old Maps | British Archaeological Sites Data | Stonehenge | Archaeology | Metal Detecting Finds | Treasure Trove | Ancient History | Archaeological Treasures of the UK | Map | ARCHI UK |

Old Maps of counties in the UK, England, Scotland and Wales. Great for metal detecting sites and archaeological sites and archaeological digs. So, if you're looking for Bronze Age, Celtic Iron Age, Roman, Saxon or Medieval sites, then the archiUK database is for you

www.archiuk.com

If you scroll down you can search for places. One interesting feature is using the slider you can fade in a modern map for comparison.

I’ve also found it on a map on the archiuk website link, provided by Robert, dated 1888 - 1913.

 

[M. Robert Gibson]

My house doesn't exist on those 1888-1913 maps. In fact, neither does the whole area. Just some farms.

 

[Elckerlyc]

My house doesn't exist on those 1888-1913 maps. In fact, neither does the whole area. Just some farms.

Phaw! My house doesn't exist on maps before 1970. Nor did the land on which it's build. It was a large body water, 4 meters deep.

But, to be honest, it think it is real cool to find your house on old maps.

 

[AlexH]

A map showing how "scone" is most-commonly pronounced across the UK and Ireland:

How Do You Pronounce "Scone?" - Map of the UK and Ireland - Brilliant Maps

Map created by Adrian Leemann

brilliantmaps.com

 

[M. Robert Gibson]

A map showing how "scone" is most-commonly pronounced across the UK and Ireland:

How Do You Pronounce "Scone?" - Map of the UK and Ireland - Brilliant Maps

Map created by Adrian Leemann

brilliantmaps.com

Obviously it has to rhyme with 'gone', otherwise that classic joke wouldn't work...

What's the fastest cake in the world?

 

[AlexH]

Obviously it has to rhyme with 'gone', otherwise that classic joke wouldn't work...

What's the fastest cake in the world?

I don't get it.