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Other map sites

Here are some other map sites which I recommend. This list is very far from complete. If you know of a site which you feel should be added, please let me know about it.

The David Rumsey Historical Map Collection David Rumsey's Collection of Historical Maps and Atlases
"The David Rumsey Historical Map Collection has over 10,000 maps online. The collection focuses on rare 18th and 19th century North and South America maps and other cartographic materials. Historic maps of the World, Europe, Asia and Africa are also represented."
The Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection Contemporary maps at the University of Texas
The Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection is a general collection of more than 250,000 maps covering all areas of the world. More than 5,000 map images from the collection are also available online, including the Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection: Historical maps at the University of Texas and links to maps on other sites.
Handatlas.de Site managed by Martin Hensen, with text in German and English.
Deals with German hand-atlases, using Jürgen Espenhorst's classification as published in Petermann's Planet. Thousands of images, some of bindings, most of maps.
WHKMLA Historical Atlas Over 1,000 historical maps of all parts of the world.
Hipkiss' Scanned Old Maps Over 140 maps scanned from books, 1813-1951.
Railway Clearing House pre-1923 Junction Diagrams 82 hand-drawn and hand-coloured maps of British rail junctions.
Osztrák-Magyar Monarchia (1910) About 400 maps of the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy
Images of early maps on the web Over 1,200 links to images of early maps on the web
A Monarchia III. katonai felmérése 267 maps covering Austria-Hungary and surrounding countries, all dated 1889-1917
Clickable maps from FOTW Over 250 clickable maps of continents, countries, provinces, counties etc. Done in great detail for this site about flags, and very good in themselves.
Maps of Romania Over 200 maps of Romania, many related to dance, music, ethnography and history.
A "Periodical Historical Atlas" of Europe 21 purpose-drawn historical maps of Europe covering 2,000 years, with some scans of old maps. Also links to other historical atlases
The WHKLMA Historical Atlas of the history of Europe Ten purpose-drawn historical maps of Europe covering 200 years, also links to other historical map sites.
Japan GIS Resources About a dozen modern and historical maps of Japan

Imaginary maps:

Fantasyatlas About 150 maps of fictional places - mostly science fiction or fantasy
Diplomacy Maps maps for over 100 Diplomacy variants

With satellite or aerial photographs:

Google Maps A zoomable pannable map of the world.
Lacks the attractive appearance of the other maps shown here; but it is easy to waste hours playing with it
Microsoft Virtual Earth Another zoomable pannable map of the world.
Like the above, but for England, very much better.