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title: "History of cartography"
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Imago Mundi Archived 8 October 2009 at the Wayback Machine journal of History of Cartography
The History of Cartography journal published by the University of Chicago Press
Euratlas Historical Maps History maps from year zero AD
The History of Cartography Project at the University of Wisconsin, a comprehensive research project in the history of maps and mapping
Three volumes of The History of Cartography are available free in PDF format
The history of cartography at the School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of St. Andrews, Scotland
Mapping History – a learning resource from the British Library
Modern Medieval Map Myths: The Flat World, Ancient Sea-Kings, and Dragons
Concise Bibliography of the History of Cartography Archived 26 October 2011 at the Wayback Machine, Newberry Library
Newberry Library Cartographic Catalog : map catalog and bibliography of the history of cartography
American Geographical Society Library Digital Map Collection
David Rumsey Historical map collection licensed under a Creative Commons License
See Maps for more links to historical maps; however, most of the largest sites are listed at the sites linked below.

Eratosthenes Map of the Earth, and Measuring of its Circumference at Convergence
Ancient World Maps
A listing of over 5000 websites describing holdings of manuscripts, archives, rare books, historical photographs, and other primary sources for the research scholar
Historical Atlas in Persuasive Cartography, The PJ Mode Collection, Cornell University Library
Old Maps Online