Digitisation of Historical Maps from Central Germany and the Near East

Nova Persiæ Armeniæ Natoliæ et Arabiæ, 1684, copper engraving, 46 x 55 cm

The Project

The University and State Library Saxony-Anhalt (ULB) is digitising outstanding pieces of its historical map collection.

About 1,000 maps with a regional reference to Central Germany and from the area of the Near East/North Africa were selected. The latter are valuable sources for the academic community of the FID Middle East.

The maps and atlases are published in open access on Share_it – the repository of the university libraries in Saxony-Anhalt.

Project description of the ULB Saxony-Anhalt

The project is funded within the programme “Neustart Kultur” by the German Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media.

Bibliography by Regions (chronological)

For now, the following list is sorted by the areas named or shown on the historical maps. Therefore, many countries and regions that exist today are in some cases unmentioned. They are sometimes included in major regions such as the “Middle East” or the “Ottoman Empire”. A more specific classification will be made at the end of the project.