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BU Digital Resources<\/span><\/h3>\n

Sinica Sinoweb\u00a0\u53f0\u7063\u7d93\u5178\u4eba\u6587\u5b78\u520a\u5eab
\n<\/strong><\/a>Academia Sinica\u00a0Jounals\u00a0Archive (1928-present) (BU only)
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This database provides full-text access\u00a0to past\u00a0and current issues of the following Sinological periodicals published in Taiwan (mostly through the academic institutes that comprise Academia Sinica), including the\u00a0Bulletin of the Institute of History and Philology<\/em>,\u00a0Bulletin of the Institute of Chinese Literature and Philosophy<\/em>,\u00a0Bulletin of the Institute of Modern History<\/em>,\u00a0Research on Women in Modern Chinese History<\/em>,\u00a0Oral History Journal<\/em>,\u00a0Newsletter for Modern Chinese History<\/em>,\u00a0Taiwan Journal of Anthropology<\/em>,\u00a0Taiwan Historical Research<\/em>,\u00a0Chinese Studies, Thought and Words : Journal of the Humanities and Social Sciences,<\/em>\u00a0Shih-Huo Monthly<\/em>,\u00a0Legein Semi-Annual Journal<\/em>,\u00a0Legein Monthly<\/em>, and the\u00a0Journal of Chinese Ritual, Theatre and Folklore<\/em>, among others.
\nPublished by United Digital Publications\u00a0 (UDP) Company (Taipei) and marketed in the US by East View Information Services.<\/p>\n

Airiti Library\u00a0<\/span>\u83ef\u85dd\u7dda\u4e0a\u5716\u66f8\u9928<\/span><\/strong><\/a>
\n<\/strong><\/a>Academic Publications Database (1991-present) (BU only)<\/span><\/h4>\n

Published by the Airiti Corporation \u83ef\u85dd\u6578\u4f4d, headquartered in Taipei.<\/span><\/p>\n

The\u00a0Chinese Electronic Periodical Service (CEPS)<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0\u4e2d\u6587\u96fb\u5b50\u671f\u520a\u8cc7\u6599\u5eab\u66a8\u5e73\u53f0\u670d\u52d9 provides full-text access to more than 3,000 Chinese language journals from around the world, including some 900 of Taiwan\u2019s most important periodicals across the full range of humanities, social sciences, and science disciplines. Topic Range: Contents cover five main fields, including humanities, natural science, social science, applied science, medical science, and life science.\u00a0Time\u00a0period covered: 1991-present.<\/p>\n

The Airiti\u00a0Chinese Electronic Theses and Dissertation Service \u00a0<\/em><\/strong>(CETD, or\u00a0\u83ef\u85dd\u4e2d\u6587\u78a9\u535a\u58eb\u8ad6\u6587\u8cc7\u6599\u5eab) offers full-text theses and dissertations from nearly 60 of Taiwan\u2019s most important academic and research institutions, covering the humanities, social sciences, natural sciences, applied sciences, and medical and life sciences. With Chinese as the main language category, this database includes M.A. and Ph.D. theses from 59 different outstanding universities and colleges located in Taiwan or overseas. And the institutions include: National Taiwan University, National Chiao Tung University, National Chung Hsing University, National Taipei University of Technology, National Tsing Hua University, National Taipei University, Tamkang University, Kaohsiung Medical University, Taipei Medical University, Chung Shan Medical University, China Medical University, University of Hong Kong, etc. \u00a0Time\u00a0period covered: 2004-present.<\/p>\n

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BU Audiovisual Collections: Geddes Language Center and Krasker Film\/Video Services<\/h4>
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The Geddes Language Center maintains a collection of about 300 video titles in Chinese, Japanese, and Korean, most with subtitles. Approximately two-thirds are feature films, while the rest are documentaries and educational videos in Asian languages, history, music and cultural studies. The\u00a0on-line catalog<\/a>\u00a0provides a short synopsis of the video and other details such as film length, director, and year produced. Videos may be viewed at the Center, either by individuals or groups.<\/p>\n

Krasker Film\/Video Services provides instructional support to Boston University faculty, staff, and current students. The films and videos owned by Boston University are listed in an on-line catalog\u00a0at\u00a0media.bu.edu<\/a>. The catalog is searchable by title, director, keyword, subject or series heading; a description of each title is included. The collection includes over 380 documentaries and feature films on Asia.<\/p>\n

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Other Digital Resources<\/span><\/h3>\n

Asia Maps: Digital Collections<\/h4>
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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 us at remurow [at] bu.edu.<\/p>\n

Robert Murowchick<\/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

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>. The process for viewing a map is a bit circuitous: When you undertake a search, you will see a list of found maps; click on \u201cfull record,\u201d then click on the HGL ID (Harvard Geospatial Library ID) link. Add the map to your shopping cart; the compressed image will be sent to your\u00a0e-mail\u00a0account as a .zip file. When uncompressed, you are rewarded with a spectacularly detailed image in .jp2 format.<\/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

Antique Atlas<\/pre>\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 substantial 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
Antique Atlas Online Catalogue\u00a0<\/a><\/strong>
\nPaulus Swaen Map Auction and Galleries<\/a><\/strong>
\nJonathan Potter Antique Maps<\/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>
\nBarry Lawrence Ruderman<\/strong>\u00a0City Plans of Asian Cities<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n
Notable Collections of Asian Regions and Countries:<\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\n
Maps of China<\/strong><\/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
Army Map Service L500 Series maps of China, Harvard College Library<\/strong><\/a><\/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
Maps of China, Visual Cultures of East Asia<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n
Provincial Maps of China<\/strong>\u4e2d\u570b\u5206\u7701\u5730\u5716\u518a<\/strong><\/a><\/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>\uff08160\u56fe\uff09<\/p>\n
Historical Maps of SHANGHAI\u00a0<\/strong>\u4e0a\u6d77\u8001\u5730<\/strong>\u56fe<\/strong><\/a>\uff08174\u56fe\uff09<\/p>\n
Japanese Military maps of China, WWII\u00a0<\/strong>\u4e8c<\/strong>\u6218<\/strong>\u65e5<\/strong>\u519b\u519b<\/strong>\u7528\u822a\u7a7a<\/strong>\u56fe<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n
Japanese Maps of China, WWII\u00a0<\/strong>\u65e5\u7248\u3001\u6c11\u56fd<\/strong>\u519b<\/strong>\u7528\u5730<\/strong>\u56fe<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0\uff0850 \u56fe\uff09<\/p>\n
Maps of numerous Chinese provinces, 1850\u00a0<\/strong>\u6e05\u4e8c\u4eac\u5341\u516b\u7701<\/strong>\u4e0e<\/strong>\u5730<\/strong>\u56fe<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n
Beijing Republican army maps\u00a0<\/strong>\u5317\u4eac\u6c11\u56fd<\/strong>\u519b<\/strong>\u7528\u5730<\/strong>\u56fe<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0\uff0837 \u56fe\uff09<\/p>\n
NationMaster – Maps of China<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0(95 in total)<\/p>\n
China Data Center, University of Michigan<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0\u5bc6\u897f\u6839\u5927\u5b66\u4e2d\u56fd\u4fe1\u606f\u7814\u7a76\u4e2d\u5fc3 provides a range of traditional and GIS maps; population, economic, and other thematic data, administrative boundary maps of China 1949-2015 (as GIS shape maps), and other resources, many of which are free. An introductory video can be seen at\u00a0https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bxHxQftFZXA&feature=youtu.be<\/a><\/p>\n
Maps of Southeast Asia:<\/strong><\/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
The Geography of East and Southeast Asia, Hofstra University Map Library<\/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><\/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
Maps of India and South Asia, Virtual Art Map Fair<\/a><\/strong>
\nProvides options for size of file, from small to huge<\/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><\/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
Japan Maps in the Perry-Casteneda Library, University of Texas<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n
Historical Maps of Japan<\/a><\/strong>
\nNo-frills maps illustrating changing historical political borders from premodern Japan through 1600<\/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
Maps of Central Asia:<\/strong><\/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><\/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:<\/em><\/strong><\/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
Basic Outline Maps of Asia and the Pacific<\/a><\/strong>
\nThis site provides copyright-free outline maps (with and without labels) for classroom use.<\/p>\n
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Academic Databases<\/h4>
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