* links to maps online

[jmurphy]

Just saw a posting on the Genealogy Insider blog at the US magazine Family Tree Magazine:
http://www.familytreemagazine.com/insider/

The British Library has a 'virtual exhibit': London: A Life in Maps
http://www.bl.uk/londoninmaps

GI says:

The 40 historic plats are organized on a Google map, making it easy to determine what areas they represent. The maps and images are also divided by time period, and you can access a zoomable version to see them up close.

Further investigation reveals the exhibit depends upon your having Google Earth installed on your computer. You can download the overlays individually if you want -- they are:

Map of Deptford, 1623
Survey of Shoreditch, 1745
Survey of Islington, 1753
Plan of London Docks, 1797
Improvements at Charing Cross, 1826
Regents Park, 1841
Victoria Park, 1841
Plan of Paddington, 1842
Parish of Kensington, 1851
Underground Railways map, 1907

The same blog entry notes:

The University of Texas also has a large collection of historic British maps in its Perry-Castañeda Map Collection.

http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/united_kingdom.html

Their list of links to other sites with historical maps is here:

http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/map_site ... sites.html

Jan


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