Maps & Atlases

An article about a Tudor atlas of 35 colored maps depicting the counties of England and Wales.

Contains maps, literature, documents, books and other relevant material concerning the past, present and future of historic cities and facilitates the location of similar content on the web.

The Bibliothèque Nationale de France's class on the Mappae Mundi, especially the mappa mundi of Ebstorf (c. 1213-1373).

Using mapping as a medium, the "Mapping the medieval urban landscape" project examined how urban landscapes were shaped in the middle ages, the project furthers an understanding of the forms and formation of medieval towns. The project focused on a group of new towns situated in Wales and England and established in the reign of King Edward I. The towns were all founded between 1277 and 1303.

A project to create an interactive online version of the celebrated medieval Gough Map of Great Britain.

The Museum, part of the University of Bologna's Department of Astronomy, houses a collection of astrolabes, gnomons & sundials, clocks, astronomical quadrants, telescopes, armillary spheres, globes, maps, and other mathematical, meteorologic, topographic and nautical instruments.

This site maps the streets, sites, and significant boundaries of late sixteenth-century and early seventeenth-century London. You will see many of the theatres and landmarks of Shakespeare's time, and learn about the history and culture of the city in which he lived and worked.

The World Digital Library (WDL) makes available on the Internet, free of charge and in multilingual format, significant primary materials from countries and cultures around the world.

The principal objectives of the WDL are to:
Promote international and intercultural understanding;
Expand the volume and variety of cultural content on the Internet;
Provide resources for educators, scholars, and general audiences;
Build capacity in partner institutions to narrow the digital divide within and between countries.