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Rare maps

Specialists

Libraries

Blogs

Academy Hall open house in pictures | November 19, 2019
2nd Ruderman Conference on Gender, Sexuality and Cartography, Oct 10-12, 2019 | September 3, 2019
Open House on Trains and Railroads on May 10th, 2019 | May 1, 2019
A smörgåsbord of Bay Area book events in early February 2019 | January 23, 2019
Sanborn fire insurance map collection online | December 4, 2018

Topic guides

Find rare maps online
John Speed and John Ogilby, 15-16th century cartographers
Geographic atlases
Warren Heckrotte gold rush maps
Maps to the masses
County atlases
Nineteenth-century landscape views
Thematic maps: Civil War & fire insurance
Japanese maps

Course guides

CLASSGEN 61N
Classical California

Notable collections

  • The David Rumsey Map Collection at Stanford University Libraries

    David Rumsey Map Collection

    Collection focusing on the Mapping of North America, also contains maps from around the world. The majority of the collection is from the 17th-19th Century.

  • Iconic image for the Antiquarian maps of Africa from the collections of the late Dr. Oscar I. Norwich and the Stanford University Libraries.

    Maps of Africa

    Antiquarian maps of Africa from the collections of the late Dr. Oscar I. Norwich and the Stanford University Libraries.

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