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''[https://search.library.wisc.edu/digital/ARavenAtlas Ravenstein's Atlas of the German Empire]'' covers Germany as it existed between 1871 and 1914. The maps and accompanying gazetteer from the University of Wisconsin Libraries can be downloaded in sections. Once downloaded, each colored map can be enlarged to show details. Localities are charted down to the parish level. | ''[https://search.library.wisc.edu/digital/ARavenAtlas Ravenstein's Atlas of the German Empire]'' covers Germany as it existed between 1871 and 1914. The maps and accompanying gazetteer from the University of Wisconsin Libraries can be downloaded in sections. Once downloaded, each colored map can be enlarged to show details. Localities are charted down to the parish level. | ||
An official 1893 [https://www.davidrumsey.com/blog/2011/4/10/karte-des-deutschen-reiches-1893 Map of the German Empire/ Karte des Deutschen Reiches, 1:100,000] is found in the David Rumsey Map Collection. The legend is illustrated in a separately published [http://maps.mapywig.org/m/m_documents/DE/Bildliche_Darstellung_der_Kartenzeichen_in_den_amtlichen_deutschen_Karten.pdf pamphlet]. | |||
Maps may be published individually or in collections called atlases. Maps may also be included in gazetteers, guidebooks, local histories, and history texts. | Maps may be published individually or in collections called atlases. Maps may also be included in gazetteers, guidebooks, local histories, and history texts. | ||