National Geographic Atlas
<http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/atlas/>
From Xpeditions in MarcoPolo. (<http://www.marcopolo-education.org/>)
Maps designed for printing and copying. Drill down for smaller
sections.
Remove borders if desired.
Finding Your Way with Map and Compass
<http://mac.usgs.gov/mac/isb/pubs/factsheets/fs03501.html>
Learn how to use topographic maps and a compass to figure out where
things
are and how to get to them.
Maps and Globes
<http://pittsford.monroe.edu/Jefferson/CALFIERI/Maps&Globes/MapsGlobesFrame.
html>
Explore information, quizzes, and projects having to do with maps and
globes
developed with the US Geological Service and the Department of Education.
Latitude: The Science of Sailing the World
<http://www.ruf.rice.edu/~feegi/>
Find out everything you need to know about the history of ocean navigation
and mapmaking in the 15th and 16th centuries.
Color Landform Atlas of the U.S.
<http://fermi.jhuapl.edu/states/states.html>
Landform maps of every state in the US.
Mathematics of Cartography
<http://math.rice.edu/~lanius/pres/map/>
This site explains exactly what maps are, gives a history of maps,
investigates the math used in maps, has lesson plan ideas, map activities,
and much more.
Historical Maps
Rare Map Collection from the Hargrett Library (U. of Georgia)
< http://scarlett.libs.uga.edu/darchive/hargrett/maps/maps.html
>
Early maps in this collection are of Colonial and Revolutionary America,
the
period of Union and Expansion, the Civil War, historical maps of Georgia,
and rail, river, and highway maps.
Map Collections-1544 to 1999 (American Memory Project)
<http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/gmdhtml/gmdhome.html>
Americana and Cartographic Treasure; images created from maps and atlases
and are restricted to items that are not covered by copyright protection.
The Earth and Heavens
<http://www.bl.uk/whatson/exhibitions/mapmaker.html>
A British Library exhibit with some of the oldest historical maps that
mapmakers used to try to determine the shape of the earth and of the
cosmos.