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Special topics with relevance to early maps

(mounted on the web in 1999, with regular updates thereafter)

For more substantial texts, see Web articles and commentaries on specific topics in the History of Cartography.
See also Related Subjects and Images of early maps on the web ('Themes')


Calendars (early)

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Early epochs (ancient & medieval)

Pre-history:

Bible maps:

Classical world:

Medieval maps:

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Illustrative elements on maps

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Measuring and defining space


Distance:

Longitude, Latitude and Prime Meridians:

Map Projections:

Mountains:

Scale:

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Miscellaneous

Cartifacts:

Curiosities, myths, maps of the imagination:

Games & Jigsaws:

Literary maps:

Modern myths:

Philately: see Images of early maps on the web ('Themes') and Web articles (in both cases, under 'Philately')

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People

Regional:

Specialist:

Portraits:

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Pictures

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Places

Historical:

Modern:

Regional:

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Reference


Bibliography:

Dating maps:

Librarianship and Curatorship:

Money:

Searching the web:

Translation:

Weblogs:

Other topics:

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Any comments or suggestions to the editor, please: Tony Campbell  


For more substantial texts, see Web articles and commentaries on specific topics in the History of Cartography.
See also Related Subjects and Images of early maps on the web ('Themes')

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