Lists of map libraries with online access

As something to look at while we’re all in lockdown, here’s some lists of online map collections. I just learned, via H-MAPS, of an ongoing list of map libraries, by Atelier Ideas & Research. Some of these are among my favorites, and many are new to me. The size and emphasis of each repository is briefly described.

List no. 1: Library of Congress, Gallica, Biblioteca nacionale de España, British Library (more below), the French diplomatic archives, Moravská Zemská Knihova (Czech republic)

List no. 2: US National Archives, various Catalan sites, Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin, World Digital Library, New York Public Library, Boston Public Library

List no. 3: Polish sites, Biblioteca nacional Portugal, Library and Archives Canada, Riyal Belgian Library (Librarie Albert Ier), UC Berkeley, Harvard Map Collection

List no. 4: University of Minnesota, Jagiellonian Library (Wroclaw), National Library of Scotland, American Geographical Society Library (UW-Milwaukee), Princeton University, Mapová Sbírka Přf Uk (Czech republic), Brigham Young University

List no. 5: National Library of Australia, Internet culturale, National Library of New Zealand, Old Maps Online, Mapster (Polish), Illinois University Library

[update 30 May] List no. 6: Osher Map Library, USM; David Rumsey’s collection; Geographicus (dealer); Clements Library, UMich; John Carter Brown Library; “Carto mundi”

With respect to the British Library, Tom Harper recently made a couple of lists about where to find its maps online: within BL and beyond BL.

And, of course, reference should always be made to Tony Campbell’s map history gateway.