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HISTORIC MAPS OF JERUSALEM FROM HEBREW UNIVERSITY LIBRARY NOW VIEWABLE ON THE INTERNET A colorful collection of about 250 historic maps of Jerusalem can now be viewed on the Internet, thanks to the efforts of the Jewish National and University Library (JNUL) and the Department of Geography of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. The maps can be seen at http://maps-of-jerusalem.huji.ac.il. The site incorporates maps from the cartographic collection of the Eran Laor Cartography Collection, which has been housed at the Jewish National and University Library since 1975. This world renowned collection is one of the largest and most impressive of its kind. Through this site, the maps now have been made available to a wide audience for both scholars and the general public. The site presents the maps accompanied by a general introduction, a gallery in which one can view the maps in detail, a bibliographic section about the cartographers, a presentation of the maps by date, and links with other sites of ancient Jerusalem maps. The oldest map in the library collection that can be seen on the site dates from 1486, while the most modern are from the early part of the 20th century. According to Prof. Yoram Tsafrir, director of the Jewish National and University Library, there is no city in the world that has been the subject of so much cartographic interest as Jerusalem. He noted that additional maps will be added to the site from collections around the world. This is the second Internet site that has been developed through the cooperative efforts of the JNUL and the Department of Geography at the Hebrew University. Hundreds of ancient maps of historic cities from around the world were previously posted at the site: http://historic-cities.huji.ac.il. The maps projects are part of the overall digitization project of the JNUL (site: http://jnul.huji.ac.il), which includes a collection of Jewish marriage contracts (ketubbot), Talmudic manuscripts, material from the Albert Einstein Archives, and recordings of Jewish ethnic music from the JNUL's National Sound Archives - all made possible through the Shapell Family Digitization Project.
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