Attention adventurers and armchair travelers! Your phone plan doesn't include international data? Use a map! Stuck at home? Maps are the best form of armchair travel! Whether you're ready to jet off to the great unknown, or explore the world from the comfort of your couch, The Herman B Wells Map Collection has what you need to navigate your next trip. We're located on the 2nd floor of the East Tower.
Here's a selection of some of our favorite travel maps for off the beaten path adventures:
- Iraq Tourist Map, 1972
- Tourist Map of Tajikistan, 2012
- Annapurna Trekking Map (Nepal), 2000
- California Lost Mines and Ghost Towns, Early Spanish Missions, 1969
- Lake Michigan dive chart, principal shipwrecks located and identified, 1981
- Silk Road travel atlas : Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, Iran, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgzstan, China , 2014
- USSR, travel restrictions on foreigners, 1981
- Helsinki, 1966
- Malawi Tourist Road Map, 1986
- Saint Lucia Tourist Map, 1982
- Pleasure map of America, featuring pre-planned vacations by Greyhound, 1954
- Land of the Maya, a traveler's map ; The ancient Maya world, 1989
- Puerto Rico, adventure travel map, 2011
- Nigeria : traveller's map, 1989
- Seeing Bombay city & suburbs made easy through the road, rail, sea & air route map guide, 1980
- An international travel map of Surinam, 1998
- Angkor : with photographs, temple descriptions, history and mythology, 2006
- Esso mapa de las carreteras de la República de Cuba, 1956
Compiled by Mia Partlow and Theresa Quill