LithuanianMaps.com
Hello/Labas! This site reflects my interest in maps of the historic Lithuanian area:
the boundaries of "The Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania"(often
abbreviated to "Polish Republic," as in the map below, or even as just "Poland." But
since this is my site, I'll abbreviate it as "Lithuania."), 1569 - 1795, once 400,000
square miles. It is the area represented today by Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Belarus,
Kaliningrad Oblast, eastern Poland and western Ukraine. So if you or your ancestors
are from any of these areas, you will find maps here of interest.
What hasn't existed, before this site, is a single source for:
Totals to date:
and prints added since the last update. (For those of you who might be keeping track
of my counts, I occasionally drop a detail image with which I'm not happy, or
reclassify an item -- this week I realized that 14 items I had been calling "Town
Views" or "Prints" were really "Maps.")
May 25 adds: 9 new maps; 2 upgraded map images; 1 new town view
Want a FREE 1920 Harmsworth Atlas map of the Baltic Provinces, as shown at the top
of the "Maps1919-28" page? First person to send me a jpeg 1MB or larger of a map I don't
already have on this site gets it!
the boundaries of "The Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania"(often
abbreviated to "Polish Republic," as in the map below, or even as just "Poland." But
since this is my site, I'll abbreviate it as "Lithuania."), 1569 - 1795, once 400,000
square miles. It is the area represented today by Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Belarus,
Kaliningrad Oblast, eastern Poland and western Ukraine. So if you or your ancestors
are from any of these areas, you will find maps here of interest.
What hasn't existed, before this site, is a single source for:
- Information on mapmakers of this historic Lithuanian area
- Historic-Lithuanian-area map images, sorted by date, to 1953
- The history that explains the shifting boundaries of Lithuania
- Sites selling historic and contemporary maps of the historic Lithuanian area
- Biographies of mapmakers of this area, hotlinked to their maps
- Global auctions and fairs for historic-Lithuanian-area maps
Totals to date:
- 1,099 unique historic-Lithuanian-area maps
- 342 additional detail images of those maps
- 72 unique 19th century and earlier town views and prints
- 48 mapmaker biographies, many with illustrations
- 34 hotlinks to additional map resources, including upcoming map fairs
and prints added since the last update. (For those of you who might be keeping track
of my counts, I occasionally drop a detail image with which I'm not happy, or
reclassify an item -- this week I realized that 14 items I had been calling "Town
Views" or "Prints" were really "Maps.")
May 25 adds: 9 new maps; 2 upgraded map images; 1 new town view
Want a FREE 1920 Harmsworth Atlas map of the Baltic Provinces, as shown at the top
of the "Maps1919-28" page? First person to send me a jpeg 1MB or larger of a map I don't
already have on this site gets it!
- (TownViewsM-U) 1646 Merian: "RIGA" (159KB)
- 1894-1900 Four Prussian "Ubersichtskarte von Mitteleuropa" topographical maps, all at 1:300000:
1894 "Dunamunde (Ust Dvinsk)" (33.2MB); 1894 "Windau" (33.1MB); 1897 "Walk" (37.6MB);
1900 "Grodno" (37.9MB)
- (1919-30) "LETTLAND" postcard map (383KB) showing Estonia and Lithuania, too
- (at the 1931-38 page) Two WIG Polish topographic maps at 1:100000: "ONIKSZTY (Anykščiai)"
(12MB); "RAKISZKI (Rokiškiš)" (39.6MB)
- 1923 Johnston: "THE BALTIC PROVINCES" (74KB) showing distribution of Lithuanians, Letts and
Estonians
- (At the 1931-38 page) Three WIG Polish topographic maps, all at 1:300 000: 1930 "WILNO" in an
upgraded image: 15.4MB to 19.2MB; 1932 "KOWNO" in an upgraded image: 9.3MB to 32.3MB;
1933 "GLEBOKIE-DYNEBURG" (31MB)
200 metų ąžuolas. 200-
year-old oak in
Mažeikiai, Lithuania,
by Aras Mileska
year-old oak in
Mažeikiai, Lithuania,
by Aras Mileska
1613-46 - Gerritsz-Blaeu: Magnvs Dvcati Lithuaniae. A
better version, without the centerfold browning, is AK-17
better version, without the centerfold browning, is AK-17
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| View this site using Explorer or Firefox or Yahoo! at 100% for best results. Use Google Chrome, and you will NOT see a full screen, you will NOT see correct colors for links, and text might overlap! "Zoom" over 100%, and pages mess up. ALWAYS RELOAD/REFRESH BEFORE VIEWING SO THAT YOU DON'T SEE AN OLD, CACHED, VERSION OF THE SITE! |
1719 Title page, 15.5 x 10 inches, of Henri
Chatelain's "Atlas Historique," Amsterdam, a
seven-volume work that was one of the
world's most popular works at the time. From
Barry Lawrence Ruderman at www.raremaps.com
Chatelain's "Atlas Historique," Amsterdam, a
seven-volume work that was one of the
world's most popular works at the time. From
Barry Lawrence Ruderman at www.raremaps.com
| The mission and intent of this site: 100% educational. Contents © LithuanianMaps.com, LLC, 2012. |
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