The Library of Congress has thousands of basis maps inwards its collection. If you lot browse the collection inwards chronological gild you lot tin post away explore the history of cartography and, at the same time, hit an insight into how the basis has been perceived throughout history. The Library of Congress' World Maps is a small-scale presentation of around of the library's most of import basis maps.
I'd similar to accept all the credit for selecting the basis maps inwards this brusk presentation. But I can't. These maps all come upwards from a even map created past times the Library of Congress itself. Maps That Changed Our World is an interesting interactive tour of around of the most of import maps owned past times the Library of Congress. Starting amongst the basis atlas from Ptolemy's Geography published inwards 150 AD this even map takes a chronological tour of basis maps through history.
The basis maps chosen for this even map each stand upwards for an interesting shift inwards how the basis was visualized. The maps outset amongst Ptolomy's Geography together with progress through of import maps from the Middle Ages, the 17th together with 18th centuries, together with correct upwards to our modern digital maps.
The Library of Congress' even map includes information near each of the maps which helps to house them inside their historical context. However all the featured maps presented inwards Maps That Changed Our World are presented equally however images. This is why I seat together my ain brusk presentation of the Library of Congress' World Maps. My map presentation allows you lot to explore all merely 1 of the maps equally interactive maps. So you lot tin post away explore the maps inwards exceptional inwards my presentation together with acquire to a greater extent than near their creation using the library's even map.
The exclusively map missing inwards my presentation is the basis atlas from Ptolemy's Geography. This is because I couldn't honor the private iiif manifest for the map on the Library of Congress website.
