This site is an expanded and significantly upgraded version of the Flickr Commons based tool I created several years ago. As well as a major design/UX overhaul, it now includes data from further providers (see full list below). 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
Current totals by data source
Current totals by date accuracy
Breakdown of institutional data retrieved through Europeana
Het Nationaal Glasmuseum - 22336 items; Sjöhistoriska museet - 11809 items; Bohusläns museum - 7936 items; Vänersborgs museum - 7561 items; Kulturarv Västernorrland - 4090 items; Rijksmuseum - 3241 items; Tekniska museet - 2444 items; Armémuseum, Stockholm, Sweden - 2317 items; Karlsborgs fästningsmuseum - 2007 items; Miliseum - 1287 items; Örebro läns museum - 1254 items; Flygvapenmuseum - 1058 items; ModeMuseum Provincie Antwerpen - 1042 items; Marinmuseum - 735 items; Skansen - 629 items; Österreichische Nationalbibliothek - Austrian National Library - 579 items; Riksantikvarieämbetet - 381 items; Stiftelsen Nordiska museet - 288 items; Historisch Museum Ede - 254 items; Stedelijk Museum Zutphen - 221 items; Ajuntament de Girona - 106 items; CODA Museum - 103 items; INP - National Heritage Institute, Bucharest - 103 items; Upplandsmuseet - 102 items; The Archaeological Heritage Agency of Iceland - 95 items; Aaltense Musea - 58 items; Stadsmuseum Harderwijk - 56 items; Sundsvalls museum - 50 items; National library of Montenegro "Đurđe Crnojević" - 44 items; Länsmuseet Gävleborg - 37 items; Nederlands Openluchtmuseum - 31 items; Vasamuseet - 28 items; Images of Old Cluj - 27 items; Nederlands Tegelmuseum - 20 items; Postmuseum - 18 items; Δήμος Τρίπολης - 11 items; Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin-Dahlem - 9 items; Cluj County Library - 9 items; Slovak National Library - 8 items; Csorba Győző Könyvtár - Pécs - 7 items; Stadskasteel Zaltbommel - 7 items; Stichting Liemers Museum - 6 items; Lietuvos dailės muziejus - 4 items; Žemaičių muziejus „Alka“ / Samogitian Museum "Alka" - 3 items; Deventer Musea - 3 items; NOC*NSF - 3 items; Nationalmuseum, Sweden - 2 items; Wikimedia Commons Community - 2 items; Lietuvos švietimo istorijos muziejus / Museum of Lithuanian Education History - 2 items; Rippl-Rónai Megyei Hatókörű Városi Múzeum - Kaposvár - 2 items; Museum Elburg - 1 items; National Library of Bulgaria - 1 items; Horniman Museum and Gardens - 1 items; jNederlands Openluchtmuseum - 1 items; Lietuvos dailės muziejus / Lithuanian Art Museum - 1 items; Kauno IX forto muziejus / Kaunas 9th Fort Museum - 1 items; A. Baranausko ir A. Vienuolio-Žukausko memorialinis muziejus / Antanas Baranauskas and Antanas Vienuolis-Žukauskas Memorial Museum - 1 items; Slot Loevestein - 1 items; Museon - 1 items
Breakdown of institutional data retrieved through Flickr Commons
The U.S. National Archives - 1730 items; The Library of Congress - 1093 items; SMU Libraries Digital Collections - 1038 items; State Library and Archives of Florida - 912 items; State Library of Queensland, Australia - 891 items; Cornell University Library - 840 items; bibliothequedetoulouse - 821 items; Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons - 567 items; Swedish National Heritage Board - 559 items; National Library of Ireland on The Commons - 494 items; State Library of New South Wales collection - 402 items; Vestfoldmuseene | Vestfold Museums - 385 items; MissouriStateArchives - 371 items; National Library of Australia Commons - 295 items; NASA on The Commons - 262 items; Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums - 249 items; National Library of Norway - 229 items; Royal Australian Historical Society - 216 items; Deseronto Archives - 183 items; Provincial Archives of Alberta - 177 items; Powerhouse Museum Collection - 170 items; UW Digital Collections - 123 items; National Library NZ on The Commons - 123 items; UA Archives | Upper Arlington History - 114 items; National Library of Scotland - 105 items; Jewish Historical Society of the Upper Midwest - 89 items; Australian War Memorial collection - 88 items; Tasmanian Archive and Heritage Office Commons - 78 items; National Archives of Estonia - 67 items; Museum of Photographic Arts Collections - 64 items; Stockholm Transport Museum Commons - 61 items; Liberas / Liberaal Archief - 59 items; National Museum of Denmark - 55 items; Costică Acsinte Archive - 49 items; The Gallen-Kallela Museum - 46 items; Archives of the Finnish Broadcasting Company Yle - 46 items; Museum of Hartlepool - 45 items; George Eastman Museum - 33 items; San Diego Air & Space Museum Archives - 32 items; The National Archives UK - 31 items; tyrrellhistoricallibrary - 29 items; Preus museum - 27 items; Fylkesarkivet i Sogn og Fjordane - 21 items; OSU Special Collections & Archives : Commons - 21 items; The Finnish Museum of Photography - 20 items; National Science and Media Museum - 17 items; Schlesinger Library, RIAS, Harvard University - 9 items; Huron County Museum & Historic Gaol - 7 items; Smithsonian Institution - 4 items; Getty Research Institute - 4 items; Svenska litteratursällskapet i Finland - 4 items; The British Library - 2 items; Camden Public Library (Maine) - 2 items; Center for Jewish History, NYC - 1 items; Kalamazoo Public Library - 1 items; Aalto University Library and Archive Commons - 1 items;
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 website code and generated data is openly licensed so please feel free to copy, modify, distribute as you please (subject to any restrictions as imposed by the content and toolset providers).
Terrestrial table globe. Terrestrial table globe. It forms a pair with the celestial globe, Blaeu GLB0101. Geographical details on the sphere include loxodromes for 32 compass points. The Strait of Ie Maire is labelled. A hypothetical southern continent i
Gores produced: 1599; Plates altered: after 1621
National Maritime Museum
Terrestrial table globe. Terrestrial table globe. Geographical details on the sphere include loxodromes for 32 compass points. There is a hypothetical southern continent, which is labelled. Extensive notes on discoveries are listed according to region, fo
Gores produced: 1600; Plates altered: after 1613
National Maritime Museum
Celestial table globe. Celestial table globe. It forms a pair with a terrestrial globe, Blaeu GLB0152. Astronomical details on the sphere include a labelled magnitude table between Eridanus and Dorado in a cartouche. The Milky Way and the Megallanic Cloud
Gores produced: 1602; Plates altered: after 1621
National Maritime Museum
Terrestrial table globe. Terrestrial table globe. Geographical details on the sphere are the same as Blaeu GLB0152. There are loxodromes for 32 compass points. The Stait of le Marie is drawn and the hypothetical southern continent is labelled 'TERRA
Gores produced: 1602; Plates altered: after 1621
National Maritime Museum
Terrestrial table globe. Terrestrial table globe. It forms a pair with the celestial globe, Blaeu GLB0151. Geographical details on the sphere include loxodromes for 32 compass points. The Strait of le Maire is drawn and the hypothetical southern continent
Gores produced: 1602; Plates altered: after 1621
National Maritime Museum
Celestial table globe. Celestial table globe. It forms a pair with the terrestrial globe, Blaeu GLB0100. Astronomical details on the sphere show a magnitude table, above Dorado, in a cartouche. The Milky Way and the Magellanic Clouds are labelled. There i
Gores produced: 1603; Plates altered: after 1621
National Maritime Museum
Terrestrial table globe. Terrestrial table globe. It forms a pair with the celestial globe, Hondius and Veen GLB0122. Geographical details on the sphere include loxodromes for 32 compass points. There is a hypothetical southern continent, which is labelle
Gores produced: 1613; Plates altered: after 1620
National Maritime Museum
Terrestrial table globe. Terrestrial table globe. Geographical details on the sphere are the same as Blaeu GLB0100. There are loxodromes for 32 compass points. The Strait of Ie Maire is labelled 'Strate van le Maire'. A hypothetical southern con
Plates produced: 1599; Globe assembled: 1682
National Maritime Museum
Celestial table globe. Celestial table globe. Astronomical details on the sphere show a labelled magnitude table to the left of Auriga. The Milky Way and the Magellanic Clouds are labelled, and there are labels for the nova in Cassiopeia, Cygnus and Ophiu
Plates produced: circa 1621; Globe assembled: 1690
National Maritime Museum
Celestial globe gores. Celestial globe gores. Astronomical details on the gores are the same as Matthaeus Greuter GLB0143. There is a labelled magnitude table to the left of Ursa Major. The brightness of the stars are indicated by a number. The Milky Way
Plates produced: 1636; Gores produced: 1695
National Maritime Museum
Celestial table globe. Celestial table globe. Astronomical details on the sphere include a magnitude table below Sagittarius in a cartouche with the symbol of the Sun on top with text. The Milky Way and the Magellanic Clouds are labelled. A total of 27 st
Gores produced: 1700; Plates altered: after 1711
National Maritime Museum
Celestial table globe. Celestial table globe. It forms a pair with the terrestrial globe, Valk GLB0102. Astronomical details on the sphere include a magnitude table below Corono Australis in a cartouche with the symbol of the Sun above it with text. The M
Plates produced: 1715; Globe assembled: 1750
National Maritime Museum
Terrestrial floor globe. Terrestrial floor globe. Geographical details on the sphere include two compass cards, one with Italian names and the other with Dutch names of the compass points. California is represented as an island. Australia and the land nor
Plates produced: 1688; Gores produced: 1707; Globe assembled: 1754
National Maritime Museum
Terrestrial and celestial pocket globe. Terrestrial and celestial pocket globe. Geographical details on the terrestrial sphere include monsoons marked in the Indian Ocean and the Chinese Sea. The Chinese Wall is drawn. Australia is drawn according to Cook
Gores produced: 1776; Plates altered: 1779
National Maritime Museum
Terrestrial and celestial pocket globe. Terrestrial pocket globe. Monsoons are marked in the Indian Ocean and the Chinese Sea. The Chinese Wall is drawn. Australia is drawn according to Cook's discoveries in that Tasmania is still connected to Austra
Gores produced: 1776; Plates altered: 1779
National Maritime Museum
George III celestial floor globe. One of a pair of 18 inch diameter floor globes (the terrestrial globe is ZBA5107). It is mounted in a mahagony tripod stand with a compass in the base. There is dedication in an oval cartouche above the air pump constella
1800 or later
National Maritime Museum
George III terrestrial floor globe. One of a pair of 18 inch diameter floor globes (the celestial globe is ZBA5106). It is mounted in a mahagony tripod stand with a compass in the base. The dedication, below a cameo of Captain Cook supported by the seated
1807 or later
National Maritime Museum
Terrestrial floor globe. Terrestrial floor globe. Geographical details on the sphere are the same as Cary GLB0242 but updated to 1836. The reference to Mackenzie in North America has been removed; in the south polar region five labels have been added, inc
Plate produced: 1816; Globe assembled: 1836
National Maritime Museum
Terrestrial facsimile globe. Display stand for the terrestrial facsimile globe.
Reproduction: 1890
National Maritime Museum
Terrestrial facsimile globe. Part of meridian line for the terrestrial facsimile globe.
Reproduction: 1890
National Maritime Museum
Terrestrial facsimile globe. Part of meridian ring for the terrestrial facsimile globe.
Reproduction: 1890
National Maritime Museum
Terrestrial facsimile globe. Part of meridian ring for the terrestrial facsimile globe.
Reproduction: 1890
National Maritime Museum
Terrestrial facsimile globe. Pivot from display stand for the terrestrial facsimile globe.
Reproduction: 1890
National Maritime Museum
Terrestrial facsimile globe. Terrestrial facsimile globe. Geographical details on the sphere show continents labelled 'EVROPA', 'AFFRICA' and 'ASIA'. The new continent America, which is not labelled, is separate from Asia. Am
Gores: circa 1556-60; Facsimile globe: 1890
National Maritime Museum
Terrestrial facsimile globe gores. Terrestrial facsimile globe gores. Geographical details on the gores are the same as Behaim GLB0253. There are numerous symbols for cities and mountain ridges, huts for local inhabitants and flags with coats of arms, ani
Original gores: 1492; Facsimile globe: 1908; Facsimile gores: 1986
National Maritime Museum
Terrestrial facsimile globe gores. Terrestrial facsimile globe gores. They form a set with GLB0071 and GLB0268, but the copies described here are not exact reproductions of the original. The gores were reproduced by Rand McNally & Company at reduced s
Original gores: 1492; Facsimile globe: 1908; Facsimile gores: 1960
National Maritime Museum
Terrestrial facsimile globe gores. Terrestrial facsimile globe gores. They form a set with GLB0071 and GLB0269, but the copies described here are not exact reproductions of the original. The gores were reproduced by Rand McNally & Company at reduced s
Original gores: 1492; Facsimile globe: 1908; Facsimile gores: 1960
National Maritime Museum
Terrestrial facsimile globe gores. Terrestrial facsimile globe gores. They form a set with GLB0268 and GLB0269. The gores were reproduced by Rand McNally & Company at reduced scale, from the facsimile reproduction of a Behaim globe by E.G. Ravenstein.
Original gores: 1492; Facsimile globe: 1908; Facsimile gores: 1960
National Maritime Museum
Terrestrial facsimile globe. Terrestrial facsimile globe. Geographical details on the sphere show symbols for cities and mountain ridges, huts for local inhabitants and flags with coats of arms, animals and ships. The map represents the world as it was kn
Original gores: 1492; Facsimile globe: 1908
National Maritime Museum
Terrestrial clockwork globe. Terrestrial clockwork globe. Geographical details on the sphere show California drawn as a peninsula. The Great Wall of China is depicted. In South America, there are two labels. New Guinea is still a part of the hypothetical
Gores: 1620; Watch movement: circa 1650; Globe assembled: 1930
National Maritime Museum
Celestial facsimile globe. Celestial facsimile globe. Astronomical details on the sphere include a labelled magnitude table in a cartouche above Bootes. The stars are marked according to a system, which is explained below the cartouche with the text:
Original gores: before 1948; Facsimile globe: 1989
National Maritime Museum