My favorite historical maps and, of course, couple maps of Russia

http://worldmapsonline.com/images/KR/kr-1833-us.jpg
This map is very artistic. It is not a great map from the geographic perspective of view, however it is not simply a map, it is “art and science”.

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.loyno.edu/~seduffy/MapImages/FormerUSSR1990s-display.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.loyno.edu/~seduffy/maps.html&h=419&w=550&sz=46&hl=en&start=9&um=1&tbnid=C6a9kinOX6DBWM:&tbnh=101&tbnw=133&prev= This is the way Russia looked under Peter the Great. The map is very interesting from the historical point of view. For those who are interested in Russian history!

http://www.transsib.ru/Map/transsib-express-1903.jpg
This map is great! It shows the train rail from Moscow to Dalnii Vostok and from Dalnii Vostok to Moscow. The map has days of week and local time included. Unfortunately the map is not date, however it has the name of the person who did it – Aldona Zabillo.

http://www.globalpolicy.org/images/empire/map1.jpg
This is historical map of the world. The content of the map is not the main focus; the main focus here is ART. I wish I can do something as beautiful as this map!

http://americanbacklash.com/WorldMap1500.JPG
Another historical map with a very interesting projection!!! The map has a lot of information on it, but it is too small to read! Like it anyway!