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CIA World Factbook
Produced and published annually by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). It provides brief factual and graphical surveys of the economic, geographic and political conditions of some 267 countries, dependent areas and other entities.

Columbia Gazetteer of the World
Provides descriptions of more than 165,000 places in the world. It offers access through 3 types of searches (place name, type of place, and keyword).

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Harvard Map Collection
The Harvard Map Collection is the oldest map collection in America. The collection has grown to include ca. 400,000 maps, over 6,000 atlases, and several thousand reference books. Topographic maps, nautical charts and thematic maps provide an excellent research collection representing all chronological periods and notable map makers. The Map Collection also has a strong commitment to digital resources, including historical images and the Harvard Geospatial Library.

Historic city maps from all over the world
Colorful historic maps of many cities, inluding some in Italy. Search by year, mapmaker or alphabetically.

Bodleian Links
A series of cartographic links provided by the Bodleian Library.

CERI
European cartography from the Renaissance to the Enlightenment: a cultural initiative provided by the National Library of Florence.

Discover Italia
A Discover Italia link that has street maps of Italy and trip distance calculator.

Euratlas
A periodical historical atlas dedicated to Europe.

Excite
A link with street maps of many Italian cities provided by Excite.it.

Geoplan
An Italian site dedicated to maps of Italy by region.

Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names

Global Geografia
An Italian site dedicated to world geography.

Henry Davis Cartographic Images
A series of links and historical maps provided by Henry Davis educational consulting.

Historic Cities
This site contains maps, literature, documents, books and other relevant material concerning the past, present and future of historic cities.

Historical Atlas Maplinks
A list of sites with historical maps provided by the Historical Atlas of the 20th Century.

Historical Atlas of the 20th Century
An excellent resource for maps and figures regarding the 20th Century Europe.

Images of Early Maps
A list of old map images that are on the web.

Infotrafic Quattroruote
A site that contains a route-planner of Italy with maps of highway system.

Internet Catalog of Maps
A catalog of links of various map resources.

Istituto Geografico Militare
An Italian military institute dedicated to cartography.

Italian History Index
Gateways to Historical Maps and Maps of Italy.

Kataweb Maps
This site contains street maps of Italian cities.

Libero Maps
This site contains street maps of Italian cities provided by Libero.

Lonely Planet Guide Map of Italy
Map of Italy, with information and facts for the traveler on French history, culture, currency, etc.

Map of Ancient Languages in Italy
A map of Italy's ancient languages.

Multimap
Europe's leading provider of mapping based in the UK.

Mapblast
A general site of street maps for all over the world.

Mappe antiche
An Italian website dedicated to old European maps found online.

Mapquest
A general utility for maps and directions.

Odden's Bookmarks
A site dedicated to maps and mapping with several links.

OSSHE
A site with atlas resources for Europe provided by OSSHE.

Perry-Castañeda Historical Maps
A collection of historical maps provided by the Perry-Castañeda Map Collection.

Perry-Castañeda Maps of Italy
A collection of maps of Italy provided by the Perry-Castañeda Map Collection.

Tuttocittà
A site dedicated to street maps of Italy provided by Virgilio.

Viamichelin
An Italian site dedicated to tourism, maps and travel itineraries provided by Michelin.

WWII maps
A collection of maps from World War II listed by date.

WAML
Western Association of Map Libraries.

WWW-VL
A list of links to historical map resources.

Yale Map Collection
An online map collection provided by Yale University.

1900 European Maps
A collection of European maps from 1900 provided by Discusmedia.


Last updated on September 18, 2007