Big Map Blog

Big Map Blog

"Interesting maps, historical maps, BIG maps"

http://www.bigmapblog.com/

Africa:
http://www.bigmapblog.com/category/all-maps/africa-all-maps/

Exploration:
http://www.bigmapblog.com/category/all-maps/exploration/

Middle East:
http://www.bigmapblog.com/category/all-maps/middle-east-all-maps/

Historical:
http://www.bigmapblog.com/category/all-maps/historical-all-maps/

Old Maps Online

OldMapsOnline has been created by a collaboration between The Great Britain Historical GIS Project based at The University of Portsmouth, UK and Klokan Technologies GmbH, Switzerland.

http://www.oldmapsonline.org/#

Map Library

"The Map Library is a source of public domain basic map data concerning administrative boundaries in developing countries. The data is broken down into manageable chunks to make it easier to download for those with poor internet connections".

EGYPT
http://www.maplibrary.org/stacks/Africa/Egypt/index.php

SUDAN
http://www.maplibrary.org/stacks/Africa/Sudan/index.php

SOUTH SUDAN
http://www.maplibrary.org/stacks/Africa/South%20Sudan/index.php

Geographical Names

Geographical Names
SOURCE: National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, Bethesda, MD, USA

EGYPT
http://www.geographic.org/geographic_names/egypt/index.html

SUDAN
http://www.geographic.org/geographic_names/sudan/index.html

Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection

Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection
The University of Texas at Austin

AFRICA
http://lib.utexas.edu/maps/africa.html

EGYPT
http://lib.utexas.edu/maps/egypt.html

SUDAN
http://lib.utexas.edu/maps/sudan.html

David Rumsey Collection

David Rumsey Collection
http://www.davidrumsey.com/

FLEMMING C., part of Nordostliches Afrika. Entworfen und gezeichnet von F. Handtke. Lithographie, Druck und Verlag von C. Flemming, Glogau 1855, 1:5.450.00
http://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/detail/RUMSEY~8~1~33543~1171029:-Composite-of--Nordostliches-Afrika?sort=Pub_Date%2CPub_List_No_InitialSort

GARNIER F.A., Afrique Orientale, comprenant l'Egypte, l'Abyssinie, et partie du Takrour Oriental. Extremite orientale de la cote d'Afrique, d'apres la carte de M. le commt. Guillain. Atlas spheroidal & universel de geographie dresse par F.A. Garnier, geographe, Vve. Jules Renouard, Editeur, 1860, 1 :8.000.000
http://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/detail/RUMSEY~8~1~22047~710008:Afrique-Orientale,-comprenant-l-Egy?sort=Pub_List_No_InitialSort%2CPub_Date%2CPub_List_No%2CSeries_No&qvq=q:Author=%22Garnier%22;sort:Pub_List_No_InitialSort,Pub_Date,Pub_List_No,Series_No;lc:RUMSEY~8~1&mi=51&trs=67

LAPIE A.E. & LAPIE M., Carte de l'Egypte, de la Nubie, de l'Abissinie, du Kourdofan et d'une partie de l'Arabie. Dressee par M. Lapie, 1er. Geographe du Roi et M. Lapie Fils, Geographe de S.A.R.M. le Dauphin, Eymery Fruger et Cie., Paris, 1829, 1:5.600.000
http://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/detail/RUMSEY~8~1~28704~1120941:Carte-de-l-Egypte,-de-la-Nubie,-de-?sort=Pub_Date%2CPub_List_No_InitialSort

BRUE A.H., Carte détaillée en deux feuilles de l'Afrique et des iles qui en dépendent, (partie septentrionale) par A. Brue, Geographe du Roi. Abyssinie et pays des Gallas, Brue, Paris, 1828, 1:15.000.000
http://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/detail/RUMSEY~8~1~33953~1170106:Carte-detaillee-en-deux-feuilles-de?sort=Pub_Date%2CPub_List_No_InitialSort

ARROWSMITH A.L.S., Nubia and Abyssinia, Arrowsmith, London, 1832, 1:3.860.000
http://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/detail/RUMSEY~8~1~33873~1170025:Nubia-and-Abyssinia,-by-J--Arrowsmi?sort=Pub_Date%2CPub_List_No_InitialSort

The Travelers in the Middle East Archive (TIMEA)

The Travelers in the Middle East Archive (TIMEA)
Institute of Museum and Library Services, CITI and Rice University.

Late 19th and early 20th Century Maps
http://timea.rice.edu/bresults.jsp?queryType=PrefixQuery&select1=type&query1=historicalmap&header=Historical+Map&sortField=titleBrowse

Images (postcards, stereoscope views, book illustrations)
http://timea.rice.edu/bresults.jsp?queryType=PrefixQuery&select1=type&query1=image&header=Image&sortField=titleBrowse

Mainly late 19th and early 20th Century Texts (travel guides, museum catalogues, travel narratives)
http://timea.rice.edu/bresults.jsp?queryType=PrefixQuery&select1=type&query1=text&header=&sortField=titleBrowse

St. Katherine and the Sinai High Mountain Region

St. Katherine and the Sinai High Mountain Region in the Governorate of South Sinai, Egypt

http://st-katherine.net/en/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=24&Itemid=38