OVERALL http://www.staff.amu.edu.pl/~zbzw/glob/glob1.htm http://ucatlas.ucsc.edu/life.php Satellite maps http://earth.google.com/ or http://www.ravenmaps.com/Search.bok?category=World+Maps World Blocs, Governments, and Agencies Trading blocs http://ucatlas.ucsc.edu/trade/subtheme_trade_blocs.php Population Densities http://experts.about.com/e/l/li/List_of_countries_by_population_density.htm or http://www.maps.com/store.aspx?nav=RM&cid=679,1036 Expectancy http://geography.about.com/library/weekly/aa042000b.htm or http://www.maps.com/referenceProduct.aspx?nav=RM&cid=679,1036&pid=128 69 Rate of increase http://www.maps.com/referenceProduct.aspx?nav=RM&cid=679,1036&pid=128 70 Ethnic Diversity and Distribution (sorry no map) http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0855617.html Commerce & In-Country Politics CIA factbook (by country) http://geography.about.com/library/cia/blcindex.htm eg. if you were trying to find Albania type in http://geography.about.com/library/cia/blcalbania.htm State Department Travel Advisory and Country Background http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/ Poverty and Food Availability (Food and Agriculture organization (FAO) atlases) http://www.fao.org/es/ess/chartroom/gfap.asp# (particularly see map 10 on % of GDP from agriculture) GNP per capita http://www.maps.com/referenceProduct.aspx?nav=RM&cid=679,1036&pid=128 61 Water availability http://www.maps.com/referenceProduct.aspx?nav=RM&cid=679,1036&pid=128 72 Electric Power Availability Type of electric power http://www.escapeartist.com/global/voltage_form.html renewable (consumption per capita) http://www.rff.org/rff/News/Features/loader.cfm?url=/commonspot/security/getf ile.cfm&PageID=10711 Energy Analysis by country and region(Not a map-sorry) http://www.biz-lib.com/Energy___Power_Generation.html Commercial Energy Consumption Per Capita http://www.maps.com/referenceProduct.aspx?nav=RM&cid=679,1036&pid=128 58 Rail Transport Projects http://www.schillerinstitute.org/economy/maps/maps.html Languages http://www.gmi.org/gmi/lmp.htm http://www.staff.amu.edu.pl/~zbzw/glob/glob33aaa.htm http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0855611.html (list not a map, sorry) Religions see textbook Democracy? http://www.staff.amu.edu.pl/~zbzw/glob/glob33aa.htm Topographic maps Maps showing country borders see textbook, also: http://go.hrw.com/atlas/norm_htm/world.htm http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/atlas/index.html?Parent=mideast&Mode= d&SubMode=w http://www.ravenmaps.com/Categories.bok?category=World+Maps http://www.ngmapstore.com/shopping/product/detailmain.jsp?itemID=162&itemType=P RODUCT&iProductID=162 Climates and Weather http://www.maps.com/referenceProduct.aspx?nav=RM&cid=679,1037&pid=12860 OR http://iridl.ldeo.columbia.edu/maproom/.Global/.Climatologies/Precip_Fraction.html OR http://www.staff.amu.edu.pl/~zbzw/glob/glob124.htm Historical Maps (all of the following locations can be reached with CTRL and a left click) (Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection) http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/historical/history_world.html Historical Atlas by William Shepherd (Complete contents of "Historical Atlas" by William R. Shepherd, New York, Henry Holt and Company, 1923 and editions as noted. Users can access the index to locate place names within the atlas. The 1911 edition of this atlas is also available.) http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/historical/history_shepherd_1923.html includes each of the following maps accessible for free from the site. Mycenean Greece and the Orient about 1450 B.C. (344K) [p.4] [1926 ed.] Inset: Reference Map of the Nile Delta. The Assyrian Empire and the Region about the Eastern Mediterranean, 750625 B.C. (294K) [p.5] [1926 ed.] Reference Map of Ancient Palestine (785K) [p.6-7] [1926 ed.] Insets: Plan of Jerusalem. Dominions of David and Solomon (1025-953 B.C.). Palestine under the later Kings (953-722 B.C.). Palestine under Joshua and the Judges (1250-1125 B.C.). The Oriental Empires about 600 B.C. (146K) [p.8] [1923 ed.] The Persian Empire about 500 B.C. (134K) [p.8] [1923 ed.] The Beginnings of Historic Greece 700 B.C.-600 B.C. (177K) [p.8] [1923 ed.] Reference Map of Ancient Greece. Northern Part. (980K) [p.10-11] [1926 ed.] Greek and Phoenician Settlements in the Mediterranean Basin, about 550 B.C. (350K) [p.12] [1926 ed.] Greece at the Time of the War with Persia, 500-479 B.C. (267K) [p.13] [1926 ed.] The Athenian Empire at its Height (about 450 B.C.). (268K) [p.13] [1926 ed.] Greece at the Beginning of the Peloponnesian War (431 B.C.). (307K) [p.17] [1926 ed.] The Macedonian Empire, 336-323 B.C. (560K) [p.18-19] [1926 ed.] Insets: The Aetolian and Achaian Leagues. Plan of Tyre. Reference Map of Asia Minor under the Greeks and Romans (360K) [p.20] [1923 ed.] Reference Map of Ancient Italy. Northern Part. (850K) [p.26-27] [1926 ed.] The Growth of Roman Power in Italy (243K) [p.29] [1926 ed.] Reference Map of Ancient Italy. Southern Part (617K) [p.30-31] [1926 ed.] Insets: Vicinity of Naples. Plan of Syracuse. Rome and Carthage at the Beginning of the Second Punic War, 218 B.C. (199K) [p.32] [1926 ed.] The Growth of Roman Power in Asia Minor (337K) [p.33] [1926 ed.] I, after the Treaty of Apamea, 188 B.C.; II, before the outbreak of the Mithradatic Wars, 90 B.C.; III, as organized by Pompey, 63 B.C. Territorial Expansion of Rome (768K) [p.34-35] [1926 ed.] Insets: Plan of Carthage. Vicinity of Rome. Plan of Alexandria. Reference Map of the European Provinces of the Roman Empire (850K) [p.38-39] [1926 ed.] Insets: Gaul in the Time of Caesar. The Rhine Country in Roman Times. Country about the Lower Danube in Roman Times. Germanic Migrations and Conquests, 150-1066 (411K) [p.45] [1926 ed.] Development of Christianity to 1300 (676K) [p.46-47] [1926 ed.] The Roman and Hunnic Empires about 450 (312K) [p.48] [1926 ed.] The Germanic Kingdoms and the East Roman Empire in 486 (859K) [p.50] [1923 ed.] Roman Britain About 410. (452K) [p.51] [1923 ed.] Settlements of Angles, Saxons and Jutes in Britain about 600 (323K) [p.51] [1923 ed.] The Germanic Kingdoms and the East Roman Empire in 526 (221K) [p.52] [1926 ed.] Europe and the East Roman Empire, 533-600 (243K) [p.52] [1926 ed.] The Califate in 750 (293K) [p.53] [1926 ed.] Growth of Frankish Power, 481-814 (196K) [p.53] [1926 ed.] The Carolingian and Byzantine Empires and the Califate about 814 (673K) [p.54-55] [1926 ed.] Inset: Northern Austrasia about 814. Disruption of the Carolingian Empire, 843-888 (340K) [p.56] [1926 ed.] The Peoples of Europe about 900 (333K) [p.57] [1926 ed.] Europe and the Byzantine Empire about 1000 (641K) [p.58-59] [1926 ed.] The British Isles about 802 (363K) [p.60] [1926 ed.] England after 886 (99K) [p.60] [1926 ed.] The Shires of England in the Tenth Century (99K) [p.60] [1926 ed.] France about 1035 (304K) [p.61] [1926 ed.] Central Europe, 919-1125 (740K) [p.62-63] [1926 ed.] Italy about 1050 (247K) [p.64] [1926 ed.] Inset: The Patrimony of St. Peter. Dominions of Cnut, 1014-1035 (129K) [p.64] [1926 ed.] Dominions of William the Conqueror about 1087 (249K) [p.65] [1926 ed.] Europe and the Mediterranean Lands about 1097 (725K) [p.66-67] [1926 ed.] Inset: Europe and the Mediterranean Lands by Religions about 1097. Asia Minor and the States of the Crusaders in Syria, about 1140 (329K) [p.68] [1926 ed.] Insets: Palestine. Plan of Jerusalem about 1187. France, 1154-1184 (433K) [p.69] [1926 ed.] Inset: Domain, Fiefs and Suzerains of the Count of Champagne in the Twelfth Century. Europe and the Mediterranean Lands about 1190 (667K) [p.70-71] [1926 ed.] Inset: Guelf, Hohenstaufen and Ascanian Domains in Germany about 1176. The Holy Roman Empire under the Hohenstaufen, 1138-1254 (458K) [p.72] [1926 ed.] The Mediterranean Lands after 1204 (340K) [p.73] [1926 ed.] The British Isles about 1300 (363K) [p.74] [1926 ed.] Plan of London about 1300 (237K) [p.75] [1926 ed.] Vicinity of London, 1200-1600 (248K) [p.75] [1926 ed.] France in 1328 (414K) [p.76] [1926 ed.] Inset: The Chief Wool-raising Districts of England and Wool-manufacturing Towns of Flanders, Artois and Brabant. Europe in 1360 (316K) [p.77] [1926 ed.] Central Europe in 1378 (884K) [p.78-79] [1926 ed.] Inset: Dominions of Ottocar of Bohemia. Spread of German Settlements to the Eastward, 800-1400 (269K) [p.80] [1926 ed.] Inset: The March of Lusatia. The Great Schism, 1378-1417 (351K) [p.81] [1926 ed.] France in 1453 (516K) [p.81] [1923 ed.] Spain, 910-1492 (819K) [p.82-83] [1926 ed.] Spain in 910. Spain in 1037. Spain in 1150. Spain 1212-1492. England and France, 1455-1494 (373K) [p.84] [1926 ed.] Decline of the March of Brandenburg under the Houses of Wittelsbach and Luxemburg, 1320-1415 (181K) [p.85] [1926 ed.] The Wettin Lands, 1221-1485 (208K) [p.85] [1926 ed.] Central Europe about 1477 (827K) [p.86-87] [1926 ed.] Decline of German Power in the Baltic Region, 1380-1560 (285K) [p.88] [1926 ed.] The Byzantine Empire in 1265 (205K) [p.89] [1926 ed.] The Byzantine Empire, 1265-1355. The Byzantine Empire in 1265. The Byzantine Empire and the Ottoman Turks in 1355 (233K) [p.89] [1926 ed.] Italy about 1494 (774K) [p.90] [1923 ed.] Insets: The Milanese under the Visconti, 1339-1402. The Republic of Florence, 1300-1494. The Swiss Confederation, 1291-1513 (710K) [p.91] [1923 ed.] The Mongol Dominions, 1300-1405 (410K) [p.92] [1923 ed.] The Ottoman Empire, 1451-1481. Constantinople (671K) [p.93] [1923 ed.] Ecclesiastical Map of Western Europe in the Middle Ages (950K) [p.94-95] [1926 ed.] Plan of Rome in the Middle Ages (452K) [p.96] [1923 ed.] The Roman Suburbicarian (Cardinal) Bishoprics about the 12th Century (323K) [p.96] [1923 ed.] Ecclesiastical Map of the British Isles in the Middle Ages (645K) [p.97] [1923 ed.] Mediaeval Commerce (Europe) (846K) [p.98-99] [1926 ed.] Insets: England. Hanseatic League in Northern Germany. Mediaeval Universities (452K) [p.100] [1923 ed.] Rural Deaneries (387K) [p.100] [1923 ed.] Part of the bishopric of Winchester showing rural deaneries and religious houses during the Middle Ages. Mediaeval Commerce (Asia) (769K) [p.102-103] [1926 ed.] Inset: India. The West Indies and Central America, 1492-1525 (316K) [p.105] [1926 ed.] Inset: Watling's Island. The Conquest of Mexico, 1519 - 1521 (350K) [p.106] [1923 ed.] The Age of discovery 1340-1600 (903K) [p.107-108] [1923 ed.] The Conquest of Peru, 1531 - 1533 (431K) [p.111] [1923 ed.] The Portuguese Colonial Dominions in India and the Malay Archipelago, 1498-1580 (295K) [p.112] [1926 ed.] The Imperial Circles about 1512 (245K) [p.113] [1926 ed.] Central Europe about 1547 (845K) [p.114-115] [1926 ed.] Insets: Principality of Orange. Wettin Lands, 1485-1554. The Religious Situation in Europe about 1560 (438K) [p.116] [1926 ed.] The Religious Situation in Central Europe about 1560. The Religious Situation in Europe about 1560. The Netherlands 1559-1609 (645K) [p.117] [1923 ed.] Europe about 1560 (854K) [p.118-119] [1926 ed.] The Religious Situation in Central Europe about 1618 (581K) [p.120] [1923 ed.] Sweden about 1658 (387K) [p.120] [1923 ed.] Principal Seats of War in Europe, I. 1618-1660 (581K) [p.121] [1923 ed.] Treaty of the Pyrenees 1659 (194K) [p.121] [1923 ed.] Treaty Adjustments, 1648-1660. Treaty of Pyrenees, 1659; Peace of RoeskildeOliva, 1658, 1660 Treaty of Westphalia 1648 (258K) [p.121] [1923 ed.] Treaty Adjustments, 1648-1660. Treaty of Westphalia 1648. Central Europe about 1648 (926K) [p.122-123] [1926 ed.] The Ottoman Empire, 1481-1683 (581K) [p.124] [1923 ed.] Principal Seats of War in Europe, II. 1672-1699 (276K) [p.125] [1926 ed.] Treaty Adjustments, 1668-1699 (122K) [p.125] [1926 ed.] Treaties of Aix-la-Chapelle, Nimwegen, St. Germain, Ryswick, Carlowitz. Extension of the French Frontiers, 1601-1766 (477K) [p.126] [1926 ed.] The British Isles, 1603-1688 (481K) [p.127] [1926 ed.] The Spread of Colonization, 1600-1700 (516K) [p.128] [1923 ed.] Insets:Partition of Guiana and the West Indies. India. The Establishment of Dutch Power in the Malay Archipelago, 1602-1641. Guinea Coast. Principal Seats of War in Europe, III. 1700-1721 (333K) [p.129] [1926 ed.] Europe about 1740 (786K) [p.130-131] [1926 ed.] Inset: The Growth of Savoy, 1418-1748. Principal Seats of War, IV. 1740-1763 (329K) [p.132] [1926 ed.] Insets: Spain. West Africa. West Indies. Canada. India. Treaty Adjustments, 1713-1763 (321K) [p.133] [1926 ed.] Treaties of Utrecht, Rastatt, Baden, Stockholm, Frederiksborg, Nystad, Passarowitz, Vienna, Belgrade, Breslau, Dresden, Aix-la-Chapelle, Paris, Hubertusburg. Insets: Acadia and Newfoundland. Eastern North America. Central Europe about 1786 (829K) [p.134-135] [1926 ed.] The Struggle for Colonial Dominion, 1700-1763 (431K) [p.136] [1926 ed.] Insets: The West Indies, 1700-1763. Cook's Voyages in the Southern Pacific. India, 1700-1792 (645K) [p.137] [1923 ed.] The Growth of Russia in Europe, 1300-1796 (872K) [p.138-139] [1926 ed.] Typical German States Before and since the French Revolution: I. Baden (598K) [p.142] [1923 ed.] Insets: The County of Sponheim. Lordship of Gravenstein. Baden since 1801. Typical German States Before and since the French Revolution: II. Wurtemberg (698K) [p.143] [1923 ed.] The "Gouvernements"(275K) The Generalities or Intendancies (269K) The Salt Tax(299K) Laws and Courts(291K) [p.146-147] [1926 ed.] Ecclesiastical Map of France, 1789 and 1802 (292K) [p.148] [1926 ed.] France in 1791 (301K) [p.148] [1926 ed.] Napoleon's Campaign in Egypt, 1798 (241K) [p.150] [1926 ed.] Northern Italy, 1796 (for the campaigns of 1796-1805) (389K) [p.150] [1926 ed.] Germany and Italy in 1803 (423K) [p.151] [1926 ed.] Germany and Italy in 1806 (424K) [p.151] [1926 ed.] Treaty Adjustments, 1801-1812 (314K) [p.152] [1926 ed.] Insets: India. Cape Colony. Principal Seats of War, V. 1788-1815 (405K) [p.153] [1926 ed.] Insets: India. Egypt. Napoleon's Campaign in Russia, 1812. Central Europe in 1812 (728K) [p.154-155] [1926 ed.] Inset: Europe in 1812. Treaty adjustments, 1814,1815 (516K) [p.157] [1923 ed.] Inset: Fortresses along the French Frontier. Central Europe, 1815-1866 (798K) [p.158-159] [1926 ed.] The Unification of Germany, 1815-1871 (285K) [p.160] [1926 ed.] Rise of the German "Zollverein" (Customs-Union) up to 1834. II. The German "Zollverein" (Customs-Union) after 1834. The Unification of Germany, 1815-1871 (178K) [p.161] [1926 ed.] The North German Federation and the German Empire 1866-1871. The Unification of Italy, 1815-1870 (266K) [p.161] [1926 ed.] Industrial England since 1750 (359K) [p.162] [1926 ed.] England and Wales in 1832 (422K) [p.163] [1926 ed.] Dismemberment of the Ottoman Empire since 1683 (387K) [p.164] [1923 ed.] Insets: Southwestern Crimea, 1854. Plan of Sevastopol, 1854-1855. Distibution of Races in the Balkan Peninsula and Asia Minor (387K) [p.165] [1923 ed.] Europe, 1871-1914 (605K) [p.166-167] [1926 ed.] Distribution of Races in Former Austria-Hungary (390K) [p.168] [1926 ed.] Europe in 1924 (640K) [p.168B-168C] [1926 ed.] The Growth of European and Japanese Dominions in Asia since 1801 (839K) [p.170-171] [1923 ed.] Inset: Vicinity of Peking. Australia and New Zealand, 1788-1911 (645K) [p.172] [1923 ed.] The Partition of Africa (725K) [p.174-175] [1926 ed.] Insets: The Suez Canal and Lower Egypt. The Boer Republics till 1902. Distribution of the Principal European Languages in 1914 (452K) [p.176] [1923 ed.] Distribution of Europeans, Chinese, Japanese and Negroes (249K) [p.177] [1926 ed.] Colonies, Dependencies and Trade Routes (892K) [p.179-182] [1926 ed.] Localities in Western Europe connected with American History (519K) [p.184] [1923 ed.] Localities in England connected with American History (273K) [p.185] [1926 ed.] Physical Map of North America (561K) [p.186-187] [1926 ed.] The Indians in the United States (645K) [p.188] [1923 ed.] Reference Map of the New England Colonies, 1607-1760 (399K) [p.189] [1926 ed.] Insets: Rhode Island. Vicinity of Boston. Vicinity of New York. European Exploration and Settlement in the United States, 1513-1776 (704K) [p.190-191] [1926 ed.] Inset: Principal English Grants, 1606-1665. Reference Map of the Middle Colonies, 1607-1760 (301K) [p.192] [1926 ed.] Inset: Settlements on the Delaware River. Reference Map of the Southern Colonies, 1607-1760 (358K) [p.193] [1926 ed.] Insets: Settlements on the James River. The Georgian Coast. The British Colonies in North America, 1763-1775 (581K) [p.194] [1923 ed.] Inset: Middle Colonies. Campaigns of the American Revolution, 1775-1781 (645K) [p.195] [1923 ed.] Inset:The West and South, 1778-1781. The United States, 1783-1803 (581K) [p.196] [1923 ed.] Insets: The State of Franklin, 1784-1788. Early distribution of the Public Lands (Ohio). Territorial Expansion of the United States since 1803 (616K) [p.198-199] [1926 ed.] Insets: Alaska. Hawaii. Guam. Samoa Islands. Wake Island. Midway Island. Porto Rico. The Philippine Islands. Campaigns of the War of 1812 (331K) [p.200] [1926 ed.] Campaigns of the War of 1812. The Southwest. Vicinity of Washington in 1814. Campaigns of the Mexican War, 1846-1847 (262K) [p.201] [1926 ed.] Inset: Route from Vera Cruz to Mexico. The Organization of Territories in the United States since 1803 (1MB) [p.202-203] [1923 ed.] I.1803-1810, II.1810-1835, III.1835-1855, IV.Since 1855. Slavery and the Staple Agricultural Products in the Southern States, 17901860 (266K) [p.204] [1926 ed.] Slavery and Emancipation in the United States, 1777-1865 (701K) [p.206-207] [1926 ed.] Inset: The Region South of the Great Lakes. Seat of the Civil War, 1861-1865 (645K) [p.208] [1923 ed.] Inset: Vicinity of Gettysburg. Westward Development of the United States (791K) [p.210-211] [1926 ed.] Canada and Newfoundland (426K) [p.212] [1926 ed.] Inset: The Arbitration Boundary between Canada and Alaska. Mexico, Central America and the West Indies (350K) [p.213] [1926 ed.] Inset: Central Mexico. South America (691K) [p.214-215] [1926 ed.] Inset: South America about 1790. The Panama Canal (757K) [p.216] [1923 ed.] The Canal Zone. Profile of the Canal. The Age of Discovery 1340-1600 (903K) From Historical Atlas by William R. Shepherd, 1923. http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/historical/shepherd/explorer_map_shepherd.jpg The British Dominions Year Book 1918 Distribution of Europeans, Chinese, Japanese and Negroes 1911 (366K) From Historical Atlas by William R. Shepherd, 1911. The Distribution of the Principal European Languages in 1914 (452K) From Historical Atlas by William R. Shepherd, 1926. NATO: The North Atlantic Treaty Organization 1970 (139K) From Nuclear Weapons and NATO: Analytical Survey of Literature by United States Department of the Army, 1970. The Notable High Buildings of the World 1896 (710K) From Rand, McNally & Co.'s Universal Atlas of The World. Edition 1896. Present Distribution of Europeans, Chinese, Japanese and Negroes (245K) From Historical Atlas by William R. Shepherd, 1926. The Spread of Colonization, 1600-1700 (516K) Includes these inset maps: Partition of Guiana and the West Indies 1600-1700; India; The Establishment of Dutch Power in the Malay Archipelago, 1602-1641; and Guinea Coast. From Historical Atlas by William R. Shepherd, 1923. The Struggle for Colonial Dominion, 1700-1763 (431K) Insets: The West Indies, 1700-1763. Cook's Voyages in the Southern Pacific. From Historical Atlas by William R. Shepherd, 1923. United States Collective Defense Arrangements 1967 (420K) From Nuclear Weapons and NATO: Analytical Survey of Literature by United States Department of the Army, 1970. The World on Mercators Projection 1820 (991K) From The Cyclopaedia or, Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Literature by Abraham Rees, 1820. Wytfliet's Map of the World 1598 (487K) From The Scottish Geographical Magazine Vol. XVI, No. 1, 1900. World War II Maps ALSO, to see modern simplified versions go to http://www.maps.com/store.aspx?nav=RM&cid=679,1034 African Slave Trade, 1441-1808 Beginnings of Civilization, 8000900 BCE Cold War Alliances, 1989 Colonial Overseas Trade, 1740 Early Voyages of Exploration, 1000-1609 CE European Empires, c. 1700 Immigration in the 19th Century, 1800-1914 Independence Dates for World Countries Imperialism in the Modern World, Independence Dates For 1900 Countries of the World as of 1999 Independent States, 1945-1990 Major States & Cultures of the World, c. 100 CE Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), 1973 Possible Migrations of the First Americans, 38,000-3000 BCE Possible Routes of the First Americans, 38,000-3000 BCE Post Cold War Europe, Middle East and North Africa, 19901995 Spread of Prehistoric Hominids, 4,500,000-11,000 BCE State of the World, 2005 The Ancient World, 6000 BCE The Atlantic Slave Trade Routes, 1500-1619 The Balance of Power After World War II, 1949-1955 The Spread of Agriculture, 10000-1000 BCE The Spread of World Religions, c. 500 BCE-600 CE Trade Routes in the Indian Ocean, c. 500-1000 CE Voyages of Exploration 1000-1522 CE & Colonial Empires Early 1700's