Rare maps in the Hargrett Library at the University of Georgia Library span 500 years, from the sixteenth through the early twentieth century. They include works of the early cartagrophers such as Sebastain Munster, Gerard Mercator, and Willem Bleau. Of the maps offered through this Internet WWW home page, the organization is by the general time period, location and two miscellaneous categories; city maps from Georgia and transportation maps. The early maps in this collection are of the New World. Early maps of America begin with those of Colonial America, and continue with Revolutionary America. Maps of the state of Georgia begin with Revolutionary Georgia. The first century of America's existance as a nation is reflected in maps from the period of Union and Expansion. The next phase in Georgia's history are from the nineteenth century, reflecting the period from Yazoo to the New South. The map collection includes many city maps of Georgia's cities. Georgia's coastal areas are represented by a series of maps representing the Atlantic seaport region from Savannah to Charleston. In the history of this country, transportation played a very important role; this section includes rail, river, and highway maps.
These maps were scanned from microfilm negatives at 2400dpi; they are very large files. The average JPEG size is 400k. This is part of the reason only 20 percent of the whole collection will be available through the WWW server.
Last update: 3/31/95
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