Mappa delle mappe storiche

The over 120 historical maps in the Google Maps and Google Earth Rumsey Historical Maps sites have been selected by David Rumsey from his collection of more than 150,000 historical maps; in addition, there are a few maps from collections with which he collaborates. These maps can also be seen in the Gallery layer of Google Earth, Rumsey Historical Maps layer. 

All the maps contain rich information about the past and represent a sampling of time periods (1680 to 1930), scales, and cartographic art, resulting in visual history stories that only old maps can tell. Each map has been georeferenced, thus creating unique digital map images that allow the old maps to appear in their correct places on the modern globe.

The David Rumsey Map Collection was formed by David Rumsey over the last 30 years. Rumsey has scanned more than 17,000 of the maps since 1999 and put them online in a free public map library at www.davidrumsey.com. Rumsey believes in free public access to his maps, so visitors can not only look at the maps in full high resolution (some of the digital map images are 2 GB) but they can also download them for personal use. 

List of Maps in Google Maps and Google Earth:

Globes: World Globe 1790 World Globe 1812 Celestial Globe 1792 North America: North America 1733 North America 1786 United States 1833 Lewis and Clark 1814 Mississippi River 1775 Western U.S. 1846 Alaska 1867 Hawaii Oahu 1899 Yosemite Valley 1883 U.S. Cities: Chicago 1857 Denver 1879 Los Angeles 1880 New York 1836 New York 1851 New York 1852 San Francisco 1853 San Francisco 1859 San Francisco 1915 Seattle 1890 Washington DC 1851 Washington DC 1861 Canada: Canada 1815 Montreal 1758 Montreal 1815 Quebec 1759 Quebec 1815 Mexico: Mexico 1809 Mexico City 1883 West Indies: Cuba 1775 Martinique 1775 St. Vincent 1775 St. Lucia 1775 South America: South America 1787 Argentina: Argentina 1867 Buenos Aires 1892 Brazil 1842 Colombia 1840 Peru: Peru 1865 Lima, Peru 1865 Europe: Europe 1787 United Kingdom: England and Wales 1790 Scotland 1790 London Environs 1832 London 1843 Ireland 1790 France: France 1750 France 1790 Paris 1716 Paris 1834 Germany: Rhein-Province 1846 Oldenburg 1851 Der Harz 1852 Nassau 1851 Wurtemberg 1856 Hanover 1851 Sachsen 1860 Sachsen North 1852 Hessen 1844 Brandenburg 1846 Prussia 1847 Pommern 1845 Schleswig 1852 Possen 1844 Bayern 1860 Berlin 1860

Scandanavia 1794 Switzerland 1799 Spain: Spain 1701 Madrid 1831 Portugal 1780 Italy: Italy 1800 Rome 1830 Ancient Rome 1830 Ancient Greece 1708 Russia: Russia 1706 Russia 1776 Russia 1794 Moscow 1745 Moscow 1836 St. Petersburg 1753 Asia: Asia 1710 Asia 1787 Japan: Japan 1694 Japan 1891 Kyoto 1709 Osaka 1806 Tokyo 1680 Tokyo 1799 Tokyo 1858 Tokyo 1892 China: China 1801 China 1875 Beijing 1930 India: India 1804 North India 1794 Bengal 1800 Calcutta 1858 East Indies 1801 Middle East: Middle East 1861 Egypt Palestine 1818 Palestine 1861 Palestine 1922 Arabia 1843 Asia Minor 1922 Persia 1922 Africa: Africa 1787 Congo 1708 West Africa 1789 Northwest Africa 1842 South Africa 1842 Egypt: Egypt Nile Delta 1818 Egypt Mid Nile 1818 Egypt Upper Nile 1818 Australia and Pacific: Australia 1842 Australia Southeast 1844 Maritime Australia 1840 Western Australia 1843 New Zealand 1843