This site is an expanded and significantly upgraded version of the Flickr Commons based tool I wrote several years ago. As well as a major design/UX overhaul, it now includes data from further providers such as those available through Europeana, and also the Imperial War Museum. I'd welcome further suggestions as the harvesting tool and database are easily extendable.
For information, questions and bug reports please contact James Morley @jamesinealing | james@jamesmorley.net
The data has been harvested from providers using some custom php scripts to query respective APIs based on dates. Data is harmonised and stored in a local mySql database.
Additional jQuery plugins are used to enhance the display, including Masonry and Bootstrap Image Gallery (based on blueimp).
The code is openly licensed so please feel free to copy, modify, distribute as you please. It will be shared on Github shortly!
Brabantiae…provinciae…. Brabantiae Belgarum provinciae recens exactaque descriptio Michaelis Tramezini formis, ex Pontific max ac Veneti senatus in proximum decennium privelegio…
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National Maritime Museum
Britanniae insulae…nova descriptio. Britannie insula quae nunc Angliae et Scotiae regna continet cum Hibernia adiacente nova descriptio. Romae Anglorum studio et diligentia. MDLVIII Sebastianus a Regibus Clodiensis in aes incidebat.
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National Maritime Museum
Chales. Chales. Il uero ritratto del Cales preso a Inglesi del Re Cristianissimo l'Anno MDLVIII.
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National Maritime Museum
Descriptio totius Galliae Belgicae. Descriptio totius Galliae Belgicae. Pyrrho Ligorio Neapolit auctore. Romae MDLVIII Michaelis Tramezini formis…Sebastianus de Regibus Clodiensis incidebat.
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Frisiae…descriptio…. Frisiae antiovissimae trans Rhenum Provine, et adiacentium regionum nova et exacta descriptio Michaelis Tramezini formis et pontifici Max ac Veneti Sena us in proximum decennium privilegio…Iac Bossius Belga in aes
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National Maritime Museum
Galliae Belgicae…. Galliae Belgichae Romae. Map of the Southern Netherlands. South is at the top of the sheet.
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National Maritime Museum
Hollandiae Batavor…. Hollandiae Batavor. Veteris insulae et locorum adiacentium exacta descriptio Michaelis Tramezini…Iac. Bossius Belga in ae incidebat.
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National Maritime Museum
Italia nuova…. Italia Nuova. Accipe Candide Let. Elegantioris Italiae Topographium aeneis nostris formis excursam atq ita quidem ut nihil amplius desiderari possit Romae con privelegio 1558 Vincentij Luchini aeneis formis ad Peregrinum.
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Nova regni Neapolit. descript…. Nova regni Neapolit descript Pyrrho Ligorio Neap, auctore Romae MDLVIII Michaelis Tramezini formis…Sebastianus a Regibus Clodiensis in aes incidebat.Map of the Kingdom of Naples.
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Septentrionalium regionum. Septemtrionalium regionum Svetiae, Gothiae Norvegiae Daniae et terrarum adiacentium recens exactaq descriptio. Michaelis Tramezini formis ex pontificis max et Veneti senatus in proximum decennium privilegio MDLVIII Jocobus Bussi
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National Maritime Museum
Thionville. Thionville. Vera Thiumuillae effigies sum, reddita docti Artificis manibus, quam modo Galli tenes. Dum tamen expugnor, cecidit fortissimus ille Stroza Italum Petrus gloria summa ducum. Anno domini MDLVIII Die 22 Iunij. Nicolaus Beatrizet Lotor
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Totius Galliae descriptio…. Totius Galliae descriptio, cum parte Angliae, Germaniae, Flandriae, Brabantiae, Italia, Romam usque. Pyrrho Ligorio Neap, auctore. Romae. MDLVIII. Michaelis Tramezini formis cum pontific maximi ac Venati Senatus privileg
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National Maritime Museum