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There's a cartographical cornucopia below, and if that's not good enough for you, get lost!

If you know of a site which I have missed and which you think highly of, click submit a link - if it's as good as you say, I'll include it.
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Ancestry.com Historical maps from all over the world.

maps of Empires (ancient and recent), historical battles, demographic snapshots, and much more.		 An unusual and fascinating collection of maps, many of the maps are beautifully illustrated and in full colour, all are viewable in high resolution with zoom options.

The maps are sorted by category, and are accessed by easy-to-use drop-down-menus.
Embassy World
Map Search		 site description coming soon. an idiot's opinion coming soon.
Maps.com site description coming soon. an idiot's opinion coming soon.
MSN MapPoint site description coming soon. an idiot's opinion coming soon.
Multimap site description coming soon. an idiot's opinion coming soon.
Ordnance Survey Britain's national mapping agency with a wealth of mapping information and resources.

Buy an O.S. map, learn to map-read, teach the kids, or just play in the 'Mapzone'.

The 'Get-a-map' facility gives you a free online map of any part of the country (scanned from the 1:50,000 or 1:25,000 maps).		 A great site with lots on offer.

Each month they add a new desktop-wallpaper image (which also doubles as a calendar).

The excellent Mapzone is full of activities, info and free downloads for kids.

Particularly useful is the MapBuilder which allows you to create your own customised maps for school projects.
Quick Maps
of the world		 site description coming soon. an idiot's opinion coming soon.
Perry Castañeda The Online collection of the Perry Castañeda Library (University of Texas).

Over 5000 high-quality (non-copyrighted) maps.		 A first-class collection of the best public-domain maps available.

For a comprehensive list of links to other map sites, click here.
via Michelin site description coming soon. an idiot's opinion coming soon.
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