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!
[Africa to Brazil]. Bound sheet. Col. ms. Medium: Vellum. Scale: [ca. 1:15 000 000 (lat)]. Cartographic Note: Latitude scales and distance scale. Contents Note: Iconography: trading forts of Elmina and Maniconbo; flags; compass roses. Bound in an atlas o
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National Maritime Museum
[Brazil and Central Atlantic]. Bound sheet. Col. ms. Scale: [ca. 1:15 000 000 (lat)]. Cartographic Note: Latitude and distance scales. Contents Note: Iconography: flags; compass roses. Bound in an atlas of ten folios.
1572
National Maritime Museum
[Caribbean and coasts of America]. Bound sheet. Col. ms. Medium: Vellum. Scale: [ca. 1:15 000 000 (lat)]. Cartographic Note: Latitude and distance scales. Contents Note: Iconography: flags; Mexico city; compass roses. Bound in an atlas of ten folios.
1572
National Maritime Museum
[Central Mediterranean]. Bound sheet. Col. ms. Medium: Vellum. Scale: [ca. 1:8 500 000 (lat)]. Cartographic Note: North at 90 degrees. Latitude and distance scales. Contents Note: Iconography: cities; flags; compass roses. Bound in an atlas of ten folios
1572
National Maritime Museum
[East Mediterranean and Black Sea]. Bound sheet. Col. ms. Medium: Vellum. Scale: [ca. 1:8 500 000 (lat)]. Cartographic Note: North at 90 degrees. Scale. Contents Note: Iconography: cities; flags; compass roses. Bound in an atlas of ten folios.
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National Maritime Museum
[NE Atlantic and W Mediterranean]. Bound sheet. Col. ms. Medium: Vellum. Scale: [ca. 1:8 500 000 (lat)]. Cartographic Note: North at 90 degrees. Latitude and distance scales. Contents Note: Iconography: cities; flags; shields; compass roses. Bound in an
1572
National Maritime Museum
[NE Atlantic, Lisbon to Cape Verde]. Bound sheet. Col. ms. Medium: Vellum. Scale: [ca. 1:8 500 000 (lat)]. Cartographic Note: North at 90 degrees. Latitude and distance scales. Contents Note: Iconography: flags; trading bases; compass roses. Bound in an
1572
National Maritime Museum
[North Atlantic]. Bound sheet. Col. ms. Medium: Vellum. Scale: [ca. 1:15 000 000 (lat)]. Cartographic Note: Latitude and distance scales. Contents Note: Iconography: flags; compass roses. Bound in an atlas of ten folios.
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National Maritime Museum