{"id":7338,"date":"2016-10-20T13:55:23","date_gmt":"2016-10-20T17:55:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/asian\/?page_id=7338"},"modified":"2024-11-19T11:45:34","modified_gmt":"2024-11-19T16:45:34","slug":"asia-map-collections","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/asian\/resources\/asia-map-collections\/","title":{"rendered":"Asia Maps: Digital Collections"},"content":{"rendered":"

Major digital collections of maps of Asia, regions within Asia, and individual countries can be found at the following selected sites. This list is certainly not exhaustive, and will be updated frequently \u2013 please send your comments and suggestions of additional useful Asia map sites to remurow@bu.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Robert Murowchick
\nBU Center for the Study of Asia<\/p>\n

Comprehensive Digital Map Collections:<\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n

Old Maps Online<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

\"hindoostan-1831\"Originally a collaboration between Klokan Technologies GmbH, Switzerland and The Great Britain Historical GIS Project (University of Portsmouth, UK), this fantastic collection now indexes some 400,000 maps dating from 1550 to 2000 representing the collections contributed by 35 participating libraries and archives around the world. Searches can be undertaken by entering a term or by drawing a rectangle on a world map, with yields a list of relevant maps on the right side of the page. The individual maps are zoomable, although the quality of the resolution depends upon the nature of the scan provided by the source institution.<\/p>\n

Europeana Collections<\/a><\/strong>
\nThe superb Europeana website brings together the finest digital images from participating national libraries, archives, and museums across Europe, now totaling more than 53 million images. To find maps, in the initial search window enter the region or country of interest and \u201cmap\u201d. A search for \u201cChina map\u201d, for example, yields over 4,600 maps, images, and texts.<\/p>\n

WWW Virtual Library: History of Cartography: Images of early maps on the web: 10. Asia<\/a><\/strong>
\nThis site contains links to hundreds of\u00a0online digital map collections, organized by country and region.<\/p>\n

Collections with Maps | Library of Congress<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

\"vietnam-yuenan-quan-jing-yu-tu\"The Library of Congress holds the world\u2019s most comprehensive map collection \u201c\u2026numbering over 5.5 million maps, 80,000 atlases, 6,000 reference works, over 500 globes and globe gores, 3,000 raised relief models, and a large number of cartographic materials in other formats, including over 19,000\u00a0cds\/dvds.\u201d A small but growing subset of this collection is available online in digital form. A search for particular regions or countries yields a list and thumbnail images of relevant holdings. The \u201cDiscovery and Exploration\u201d collection holds a number of high-resolution maps of Asia from the 15th<\/sup>\u00a0through 19th<\/sup>\u00a0c.<\/p>\n

David Rumsey Historical Map Collection<\/a><\/strong>
\nThis collection, originally the private collection of David Rumsey and now housed at Stanford University, contains more than 150,000 maps and other cartographic items from the 16th<\/sup>\u00a0through 21st<\/sup>\u00a0centuries, with more than 1000 maps in its Asia collection. Individual maps are\u00a0zoomable,\u00a0and are of very high resolution.<\/p>\n

Japanese Historical Maps Collection from the C. V. Starr East Asian Library: North and East Asia<\/strong><\/a>
\nThe Japanese Historical Maps Collection\u00a0contains roughly 2,300 manuscript, woodblock, and copperplate maps of Japan and the world,\u00a0ranging in date from the seventeenth century into the modern era. The core of the collection came from the maps and atlases originally collected by\u00a0Mitsui\u00a0Takakata\u00a0(S\u014dken)\u00a0\u4e09\u4e95\u9ad8\u5805\u5b97\u5805\u00a0(1867-1945), ninth head of the Shinmachi branch of the Mitsui clan. The East Asian Library acquired the collection as part of a larger acquisition from the clan in 1950. The collection also includes a small number of maps originally belonged to\u00a0Motoori Bunko\u00a0\u672c\u5c45\u6587\u5eab, the library of the well-known family of the Kokugaku scholars founded by Motoori Norinaga \u672c\u5c45\u5ba3\u9577 (1730-1801) and succeeded in Wakayama by Motoori \u014chira \u672c\u5c45\u5927\u5e73 (1756-1833), Uchit\u014d \u5185\u9060 (1792-1855), and Toyokai \u8c4a\u7a4e (1834-1913),\u00a0those collected by Mitsui Takatatsu (S\u014dshin) \u4e09\u4e95\u9ad8\u8fb0\u5b97\u8fb0 (1845-1922)\u00a0and Dohi Keiz\u014d (Gakken) \u571f\u80a5\u6176\u8535\u9d9a\u8ed2 (1866-1931), as well as those of\u00a0unknown provenance (including these, all those maps that were not originally listed in\u00a0<\/span>S\u014dken shosh\u016b chizu mokuroku<\/em>\u00a0<\/span>\u5b97\u5805\u6240\u96c6\u5730\u5716\u76ee\u9332 compiled by Mitsui Bunko\u00a0are marked with * after the call number).<\/p>\n

A portion of the collection was digitized by David Rumsey and Cartography Associates and has been\u00a0available for viewing at the\u00a0Japanese Historical Maps<\/a>\u00a0website since 2003. More recently, with CLIR funding (2016) the remaining maps produced before 1923 were digitized\u00a0and all these digitized\u00a0 maps have become available\u00a0at the\u00a0UC Berkeley Library Digital Collections<\/a>. In addition, over 1,000 maps from the Japanese Historical Maps Collection are\u00a0made available in\u00a0<\/span>Japanese Map Warper<\/a>\u00a0(you can view all those maps by searching “UCB” in Tags).<\/p>\n

Other related collections include\u00a0Single-sheet\u00a0Print\u00a0Collection<\/em>\u00a0<\/span>\uff1d\u00a0Ichimaizuri\u00a0korekushon<\/em>\u00a0\u4e00\u679a\u647a\u30b3\u30ec\u30af\u30b7\u30e7\u30f3\u00a0(688 items with over\u00a01,000 images)\u00a0and\u00a0Copperplate Print\u00a0Collection<\/em>\u00a0<\/span>\uff1d\u00a0D\u014dbanga korekushon<\/em>\u00a0\u9285\u7248\u753b\u30b3\u30ec\u30af\u30b7\u30e7\u30f3<\/a>\u00a0(ca. 2,400 images). For more information, see\u00a0<\/span>the Japanese Studies guide<\/a>\u00a0(“About the Collection”).<\/p>\n

Perry-Casta\u00f1eda Library Map Collection, University of Texas: Asia<\/a><\/strong>
\nThe UT map collection in the Perry-Casta\u00f1eda Library contains more than 250,000 maps, of which about 1\/3 have been digitized and are available online. Searches are very straightforward in a cascading list Asia\u00e0regions\u00e0individual countries. Selected historical, thematic, and topographic maps are included. Of particular interest are comprehensive collections of US AMS (Army Map Service) sheets.<\/p>\n

Harvard Map Collection – Harvard College Library<\/a><\/strong>
\nThe Harvard Library map collection is one of the largest and oldest collections in the US. Established in 1818, it now holds 400,000 maps, 6,000 atlases, and 5,000 reference books. A subset of these\u00a0are\u00a0now available in digital form at\u00a0http:\/\/hcl.harvard.edu\/libraries\/maps\/digitalmaps\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Harvard Geospatial Library<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Harvard-Yenching Library Digital Maps<\/a><\/strong>
\nHarvard-Yenching Library holds hundreds of maps of China, Japan, Korea, and other regions of East Asia. Many were published in the 19th and 20th centuries, but some can be dated to earlier periods. Over the years, scholars and visiting librarians worldwide have used\u00a0these maps in their research. The maps are diverse in their function\u00a0and format\u2014some were created\u00a0for administrative purposes, while others were made for military or commercial uses.<\/p>\n

Digital Collections, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>
\nA search for \u201cmap\u201d yields over 9,000 scanned images; further refine your search with additional search terms (e.g. India map; Japan map)<\/p>\n

American Geographical Society Library Digital Map Collection (University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee)<\/a><\/strong>
\nExcellent digital scans\u00a0drawn\u00a0from the American Geographical Society (AGS) map collection; browsable and searchable by country.<\/p>\n

John Carter Brown Map Collection, Brown University<\/a><\/strong>
\nThe John Carter Brown\u00a0library\u00a0at Brown University (Providence, RI USA) contains more than 13,000 items, including over 4,000 maps. The Asian collection provides high-resolution zoomable scans of over 300 maps dating\u00a0between\u00a0the early 16th<\/sup>\u00a0c. and the late 19th<\/sup>\u00a0c.<\/p>\n

Asian Maps Collection,\u00a0University of Southern California<\/strong><\/a>
\n\"china-1800\"This USC collection focuses on East and Southeast Asia, with a particularly interesting\u00a0Sea of Korea Collection<\/em>\u00a0of northeast Asian maps dating from 1601 to 1895.<\/p>\n

Historical Maps of Asia, University of Alabama<\/strong><\/a>
\nHistorical Maps of East Asia, University of Alabama<\/a><\/strong>
\nOrganized chronologically, these digitized maps are viewable and zoomable but only in a relatively small window.<\/p>\n

Landkartenarchiv – Historische Landkarten, Stadtpl\u00e4ne und Atlanten (Map Archive: Historical Maps, City\u00a0maps, and Atlases) online<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

National Archief – National Archive of the Netherlands Kaartencollectie | Map Collection<\/strong><\/a>
\nParticularly\u00a0strong collection of Southeast Asian maps of the Dutch colonial period.<\/p>\n

National Library of Australia Map Collection<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Norman B. Leventhal Map Center, Boston Public Library<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ryhiner collection: maps of the world – University of<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Royal Geographical Society (RGS) Asia Collection<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Newberry Library (Chicago) Maps, Travel, and Exploration Collection<\/a><\/strong>
\nNewberry Library (Chicago) Special Map Collections and Strengths<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Osher Map Library, University of Southern Maine<\/a><\/strong>
\nSmall\u00a0but superb collection of world maps built around the core collections of Eleanor and Lawrence M.C. Smith, and Harold and Peggy Osher; includes about 50 high-resolution maps of Asia and individual countries from the 15th<\/sup>-19th<\/sup>\u00a0centuries.<\/p>\n

WWW Virtual Library: History of Cartography: Images of early maps on the web: East Asia<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Antiquarian Map Vendors with important Asia collections<\/em><\/strong>:<\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\n

A number of antiquarian map dealers also consistently maintain rich offerings of Asia-related maps viewable as high-resolution images. These include:<\/p>\n

Paulus Swaen Map Auction and Galleries<\/a><\/strong>
\nThe Map House of London<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong>
\nGeographicus Rare Antique Maps<\/a><\/strong>
\nBergbook Rare Antique Maps<\/a><\/strong>
\nMurray Hudson Antique Maps, Globes, and Prints \u2013 China<\/a><\/strong>
\nBrian DeMambro Rare Books and Maps<\/a><\/strong>
\nAntique Print Room –\u00a0Sydney :: MAPS World<\/a><\/strong>
\nBarry Lawrence Ruderman Antique Maps Inc.<\/a><\/strong>
\nTooley Adams & Co. Antiquarian Maps and Atlases<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Notable Collections of Asian Regions and Countries:<\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\n

Maps of China<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n

Maps of China in the Perry-Caste\u00f1eda Library, University of Texas<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Maps of China in the David Rumsey Map Collection<\/strong><\/a>
\nPresents 540 high-resolution maps from the mid-16th through the 20th centuries.<\/p>\n

Maps of China, Library of Congress<\/a><\/strong>
\nThis site presents more than 400 scanned maps selected from the Library of Congress’s collection of more than 5,000 maps of China<\/p>\n

Shanghai Maps Database (Virtual Shanghai), Osaka City University<\/a><\/strong>
\n\"shanghai-land-value-1927-map\"Straightforward\u00a0collection of medium-resolution scans of nearly 800 maps of Shanghai from 1858 to 2008.<\/p>\n

Historical Maps of China<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Several interesting Chinese blog sites provide maps of varying scan quality. Many surprises are to be found, as long as the pop-up ads don\u2019t annoy you. The content is constantly changing as users upload additional materials. These blogs include:
\nHistorical Maps of Nanjing <\/strong>\u5357\u4eac\u8001\u5730<\/strong>\u56fe<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Historical Maps of SHANGHAI\u00a0<\/strong>\u4e0a\u6d77\u8001\u5730<\/strong>\u56fe<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Maps of Southeast Asia:<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n

WWW Virtual Library: History of Cartography: Images of early maps on the web: Southeast Asia<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Historical Maps of Southeast Asia, University of Alabama<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Kaarten van de VOC (Maps of the Dutch East Indies Company) | GAHETNA<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Carte Cambodge, Angkor,\u00a0histoire, documents en ligne LEXILOGOS<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Dutch Colonial maps in the collection of the Royal Tropical Institute, Leiden University Libraries<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

L’Indochine Coloniale – Plan et Cartes (Maps of French Colonial Indochina)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Indochina and Thailand Maps, US Army Map Service (AMS) Topographic Maps, Perry-Casta\u00f1eda Map Collection, University of Texas<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Maps of South Asia:<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n

WWW Virtual Library: History of Cartography: Images of early maps on the web: South Asia<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

WWW Virtual Library: History of Cartography: Images of early maps on the web: Indian Ocean<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Maps of South Asia, Columbia University Library<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Historical Maps of South Asia before 1825, University of Alabama<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Maps of India<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Maps from the Imperial Gazetteer of India (volumes 1-24)<\/a><\/strong>
\n\"calcutta-map-gazetteer_v9_pg288b\"Provides high-resolution scans of the maps contained in the 24-volume\u00a0Imperial Gazetteer,\u00a0<\/em>published in various editions between 1881 and 1931. The full text with detailed geographical, historical, ethnic, linguistic, economic, and administrative information can be found at\u00a0http:\/\/dsal.uchicago.edu\/reference\/gazetteer\/<\/a><\/p>\n

India Maps,\u00a0Perry-Casta\u00f1eda Library Map Collection, University of Texas<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Historical Maps of India<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Outline Maps of India<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Maps and Data, Survey of India (SOI)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Antique Maps of India, Map House of London<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Antique Maps of India and Nepal<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Antique Maps of India, Bergbook.com<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Murray Hudson Antique Maps, Globes, and Prints — India<\/strong><\/a>
\nA huge collection, currently presenting more than 1,600 maps of India, downloadable as high-resolution images<\/p>\n

Tibet Maps – From the Collections of the American Geographical Society Library<\/strong>\u00a0(AGSL)<\/a><\/p>\n

A Historical Atlas of South Asia, edited by Joseph E. Schwartzberg. Digital South Asia Library<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

India PlaceFinder (Mizushima Lab, University of Tokyo and Digital South Asia Library, University of Chicago)<\/a><\/strong>
\nA tool for finding geographic information about Indian place names.<\/p>\n

Maps of Japan:<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n

Japanese Historical Map Collection, David Rumsey Collection<\/a><\/strong>
\nThe Japanese Historical Map Collection presents 1,900 digitized early maps of Japan from a collection of 2,300 early maps of Japan and the World acquired by the University of California from the Mitsui family in 1949. The collection is housed in UC-Berkeley\u2019s\u00a0C.V. Starr East Asian Library<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Japanese Historical Maps Collection from the C. V. Starr East Asian Library: North and East Asia<\/strong><\/a>
\nThe Japanese Historical Maps Collection\u00a0contains roughly 2,300 manuscript, woodblock, and copperplate maps of Japan and the world,\u00a0ranging in date from the seventeenth century into the modern era. The core of the collection came from the maps and atlases originally collected by\u00a0Mitsui\u00a0Takakata\u00a0(S\u014dken)\u00a0\u4e09\u4e95\u9ad8\u5805\u5b97\u5805\u00a0(1867-1945), ninth head of the Shinmachi branch of the Mitsui clan. The East Asian Library acquired the collection as part of a larger acquisition from the clan in 1950. The collection also includes a small number of maps originally belonged to\u00a0Motoori Bunko\u00a0\u672c\u5c45\u6587\u5eab, the library of the well-known family of the Kokugaku scholars founded by Motoori Norinaga \u672c\u5c45\u5ba3\u9577 (1730-1801) and succeeded in Wakayama by Motoori \u014chira \u672c\u5c45\u5927\u5e73 (1756-1833), Uchit\u014d \u5185\u9060 (1792-1855), and Toyokai \u8c4a\u7a4e (1834-1913),\u00a0those collected by Mitsui Takatatsu (S\u014dshin) \u4e09\u4e95\u9ad8\u8fb0\u5b97\u8fb0 (1845-1922)\u00a0and Dohi Keiz\u014d (Gakken) \u571f\u80a5\u6176\u8535\u9d9a\u8ed2 (1866-1931), as well as those of\u00a0unknown provenance (including these, all those maps that were not originally listed in\u00a0<\/span>S\u014dken shosh\u016b chizu mokuroku<\/em>\u00a0<\/span>\u5b97\u5805\u6240\u96c6\u5730\u5716\u76ee\u9332 compiled by Mitsui Bunko\u00a0are marked with * after the call number).<\/p>\n

A portion of the collection was digitized by David Rumsey and Cartography Associates and has been\u00a0available for viewing at the\u00a0Japanese Historical Maps<\/a>\u00a0website since 2003. More recently, with CLIR funding (2016) the remaining maps produced before 1923 were digitized\u00a0and all these digitized\u00a0 maps have become available\u00a0at the\u00a0UC Berkeley Library Digital Collections<\/a>. In addition, over 1,000 maps from the Japanese Historical Maps Collection are\u00a0made available in\u00a0<\/span>Japanese Map Warper<\/a>\u00a0(you can view all those maps by searching “UCB” in Tags).<\/p>\n

Other related collections include\u00a0Single-sheet\u00a0Print\u00a0Collection<\/em>\u00a0<\/span>\uff1d\u00a0Ichimaizuri\u00a0korekushon<\/em>\u00a0\u4e00\u679a\u647a\u30b3\u30ec\u30af\u30b7\u30e7\u30f3\u00a0(688 items with over\u00a01,000 images)\u00a0and\u00a0Copperplate Print\u00a0Collection<\/em>\u00a0<\/span>\uff1d\u00a0D\u014dbanga korekushon<\/em>\u00a0\u9285\u7248\u753b\u30b3\u30ec\u30af\u30b7\u30e7\u30f3<\/a>\u00a0(ca. 2,400 images). For more information, see\u00a0<\/span>the Japanese Studies guide<\/a>\u00a0(“About the Collection”).<\/p>\n

Japan Maps in the Perry-Casteneda Library, University of Texas<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Historical Maps of Japan (University of Alabama)<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Tokyo Archive, Tokyo Metropolitan Library\u00a0<\/strong>\u300c\u6771\u4eac\u90fd\u7acb\u56f3\u66f8\u9928\u30fb\u6771\u4eac\u30a2\u30fc\u30ab\u30a4\u30d6\u300d<\/strong><\/a>
\nThe Tokyo Archive specializes in materials related to Edo and\u00a0Tokyo,\u00a0and includes maps of pre-modern Tokyo.<\/p>\n

Historical, Demographic and Economic Maps of Japan<\/a>\u00a0(G. William Skinner collection, University of Washington Libraries)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Gaih\u00f4zu: Japanese Military and Imperial Maps<\/a>\u00a0| Stanford University Libraries<\/strong>
\n\"wc958mv2300_00_0001\"As its website states, \u201cStanford University Libraries holds a large collection of Japanese military and imperial maps, referred to as\u00a0gaihozu<\/em>, or “maps of outer lands.” These maps were produced starting in the early Meiji (1868-1912) era and the end of World War II by the Land Survey Department of the General Staff Headquarters, the former Japanese Army. \u00a0The first charge was to map specific territories beyond Japan’s borders. \u00a0Over time the mapping efforts grew\u00a0to including\u00a0“mapping of\u00a0interimperial\u00a0boundaries, cadastral surveys of the colonies, and detailed drawings of strategic cities and fortifications.” \u00a0Geographically the Stanford maps cover a broad area including Japan, China, Mongolia, North Korea, South Korea, the Philippines, and beyond.\u201d<\/p>\n

Historical Maps of Japan<\/a><\/strong>
\nIncludes links to hundreds of individual maps of Japan in other institutional collections or publications<\/p>\n

Le Japon en cartes<\/strong><\/a> (Biblioth\u00e8que nationale de France)
\nThe Maps and Plans department of the National Library of France was created in 1828 under the direction of Edme Fran\u00e7ois Jomard (1777-1862), a former geographer who took part in Bonaparte\u2019s Egyptian campaign. In France, this creation is contemporary with the development of geographic sciences and knowledge of the Earth. The collections were initially made up of catalogue records from the King’s Library and revolutionary seizures, such as those from the former Saint-Victor abbey in Paris. The increase in collections was fueled by the Legal Deposit of Cards and by an acquisitions policy led by successive directors. In the twentieth century, two important collections were added: the archives of the Marine Maps Depot, comprising more than 15,000 documents, and the collection of the Parisian geographer Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d’Anville comprising 10,500 documents, from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.<\/p>\n

Maps of Central Asia:<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n

WWW Virtual Library: History of Cartography: Images of early maps on the web: Central Asia<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Cyrillic Maps of East and Central Europe, Russia, Central Asia, Mongolia<\/a>\u00a0| Indiana University Libraries<\/strong>
\nAn extensive collection of maps produced by Russia\/the Soviet Union between 1890 and 1940<\/p>\n

19th-Century Maps of the Middle East, North Africa, and Central Asia, University of Chicago Library<\/a><\/strong>
\nSelecting a polygon on a world map brings a list of relevant maps, each of which is viewable in very high resolution<\/p>\n

Maps of Southwest Asia:<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n

WWW Virtual Library: History of Cartography: Images of early maps on the web: Southwest Asia<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

19th-Century Maps of the Middle East, North Africa, and Central Asia, University of Chicago Library<\/strong><\/a>
\nSelecting a polygon on a world map brings a list of relevant maps, each of which is viewable in very high resolution<\/p>\n

Some interesting thematic collections:<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n

Gaih\u00f4zu: Japanese Military and Imperial Maps | Stanford University Libraries<\/a><\/strong>
\nAs its website states, \u201cStanford University Libraries holds a large collection of Japanese military and imperial maps, referred to as\u00a0gaihozu<\/em>, or “maps of outer lands.” These maps were produced starting in the early Meiji (1868-1912) era and the end of World War II by the Land Survey Department of the General Staff Headquarters, the former Japanese Army. \u00a0The first charge was to map specific territories beyond Japan’s borders. \u00a0Over time the mapping efforts grew\u00a0to including\u00a0“mapping of\u00a0interimperial\u00a0boundaries, cadastral surveys of the colonies, and detailed drawings of strategic cities and fortifications.” \u00a0Geographically the Stanford maps cover a broad area including Japan, China, Mongolia, North Korea, South Korea, the Philippines, and beyond.\u201d<\/p>\n

Asian Cities – Late 19th- and early 20th-century maps, University of Chicago Library\u00a0\"g7904-s478-1920-k4\"Map Collection<\/a><\/strong>
\nThe library holds a large collection of Asian city maps, a selection of which are available online as 400 dpi scans.<\/p>\n

Japan Earthquake and Tsunami maps in the Perry-Caste\u00f1eda Library, University of Texas<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Soil maps of Asia. European Commission Joint Research Centre, European Soil Data Centre (ESDAC)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Historical Maps of Pacific Theatre in WWII<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

South China Sea territorial debate<\/a><\/strong>
\n\"1937_nanhai_daoyu\"provides an interesting array of maps of the South China Sea published by different sources in 1937, 1939, 1946, 1947, 1951 and later. If you click on each individual map, you can download a very\u00a0high resolution\u00a0scan.<\/p>\n

Geo-Spatial Digital Archive Project for Southeast Asia, Bangkok<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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If you or your students would like to test your knowledge of maps and geography, try out the following terrific self-quiz sites that challenge the user to test their map and geography skills. There are MANY options, ranging from pretty simple to ridiculously difficult. Give them a try!<\/p>\n

Geographyquiz.org<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Seterra: The Ultimate Map Quiz Site<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Major digital collections of maps of Asia, regions within Asia, and individual countries can be found at the following selected sites. This list is certainly not exhaustive, and will be updated frequently \u2013 please send your comments and suggestions of additional useful Asia map sites to remurow@bu.edu. Robert Murowchick BU Center for the Study of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6624,"featured_media":0,"parent":7151,"menu_order":5,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/asian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7338"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/asian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/asian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/asian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6624"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/asian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7338"}],"version-history":[{"count":31,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/asian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7338\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15544,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/asian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7338\/revisions\/15544"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/asian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7151"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/asian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7338"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}