Canisius College

Maps and Atlases in the Canisius Library

Country Watch - Provides up-to-date information, news and maps for over 192 countries of the world.

Inter-Source - From the Centre of Intercultural Learning, Canada, Inter- Source is a world-class online intercultural resource centre that brings the world to your fingertips.

Atlapedia Online - An online atlas/encyclopedia that contains political and physical maps, plus key facts and statistics on the countries.

David Rumsey Historical Map Collection - "The David Rumsey Historical Map Collection focuses on rare 18th and 19th century North and South America cartographic history materials. Historic maps of the World, Europe, Asia and Africa are also represented. The collection categories include old and antique atlas, globe, school geography, maritime chart, state, county, city, pocket, wall, children and manuscript maps."

Free GIS Data - This online resource for GIS and geospatial data has compiled data from a wide range of GIS Web sites located on the Internet.

Google Earth - Google Earth combines satellite imagery, maps and the power of Google Search to put the world's geographic information at your fingertips.

Handbook of the World - reference source on each country of the world profiles 230 countries and territories, giving an up-to-date overview of each. Maps and geographical details are given along with the contemporary social, economic, and political issues that shape each country

Historical Atlas of the 20th Century - A collection of maps on various aspects of modern history.

Map History / History of Cartography - Old maps, early maps - non-current maps in general - are the subject of this site

Maporama: The World My Way - Database of interactive world maps. Users can even see street maps of these countries.

Mapping and Cartographic Materials - The U.S. Census Bureau's site for mapping and cartographic materials. Includes links to maps from the 2000 census.

MapQuest - Find directions for and explore towns and cities worldwide. Display addresses on a map, view nearby...

National Atlas of the United States

Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection - This University of Texas at Austin site has links to over 5,000 maps. This collection includes historical maps, maps published by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, and new non-copyrighted maps.

University at Georgia's Rare Map Collection - "The Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library at the University of Georgia maintains a collection of more than 800 historic maps spanning nearly 500 years, from the sixteenth century through the early twentieth century. The collection provides a graphic resource upon which scholars can draw in re-discovering the minds and movements of early American explorers, revolutionary statesmen, cultural figures and politicians represented by the library's book and manuscript collections."

Yahoo Maps - maps and driving directions for addresses worldwide.

Ancient World Mapping Center - exists to promote cartography and geographic information science as essential disciplines within the field of ancient studies.