Just this week, Google Earth released a fascinating new Featured Content layer: sixteen historical maps from the David Rumsey Map Collection. Scanned at very high resolution, the maps show more detail as you zoom in closer. You can see the world as it appeared to cartographers in 1790, follow Lewis and Clark’s 1814 journey, visit the New York of 1836, time-travel to 1710’s Asia, and … Continue reading Rumsey Historical Maps in Google Earth