The National Library of Australia’s map collection includes around 1 million maps, from early European charts to current mapping of Australia, in print and digital form. All online maps are freely available for download, in high resolution. Learn more.
The David Rumsey Map Collection database is historical map collection presenting over 105,000 maps and related images online. The collection includes rare 16th through 21st century maps of America, North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa, Pacific, Arctic, Antarctic, and the World. The physical map collection is housed in the David Rumsey Map Center at the Stanford University Library. Learn more.
The PJ Mode Collection of Persuasive Cartography at the Cornell University Library is a collection of maps intended primarily to influence opinions or beliefs. The collection reflects a variety of persuasive tools: allegorical, satirical and pictorial mapping; selective inclusion or exclusion; unusual use of projections, color, graphics and text; and intentional deception. Learn more.
NDL Digital Collections is provided by the National Diet Library of Japan and includes many different types of documents including books, maps, scripts and audio-visual materials unedited in digitized form. These sources can be used in cultural, political and war history researches of Japan. Some of the materials in the collection require special permission from the NDL or its partner libraries but most documents are available publicly on the internet. Learn more
Japan Center for Asian Historical Records is an online archive provided by National Archives of Japan and includes various sources from East Asian modern history. This database is useful for studies of the history of East Asian relationships and it has documents regarding the Pacific War, Sino-Japanese War for instance. The archive is available in English, excluding a few pages, and has all its documents’ titles also in English for the search tool. Learn more
Gallica is the digital library of the Bibliothèque nationale de France (National library of France) and its partners. It contains books, magazines, newspapers, photographs, cartoons, drawings, prints, posters, maps, manuscripts, antique coins, scores, theater costumes and sets, audio and video materials. All library materials are freely available. The digital library is in French with some elements also available in English.