Oops, apologies, we missed this one a couple of months ago.

Congrats and kudos to the Geography and Map Division team at The Library of Congress for reaching and passing the 100,000 maps online mark. This division has been digitizing maps since 1996.

Direct to Announcement ||| Direct to Geography and Map Division Catalog
See Also: Places in the News, a Special Collection that’s Part of the Geography and Map Division Catalog.

How many maps and objects in the Geography and Maps Division Collection?

The Library’s Geography and Map Division serves as a major international center for research relating to cartography and geography. Its collection is the largest in the world, with 5.4 million maps, 75,000 atlases, 500 globes, 3,000 three-dimensional objects and thousands of digital files.

Source: LC

See Also: David Rumsey Map Collection Adds More than 1148 Digitized Historical Maps

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