Historical Maps - No, Really - This is Cool

Well, I think it's cool.

"The map as history"
"A site which offers a personalized multimedia atlas of world history"

"By downloading one or several series of animated maps from our current and future catalogue, you and your family will gradually create your personalized multimedia atlas of world history...."

"...On-line animated maps
"Nearly 120 animated maps are already available in 6 separate series..."

On the down side, the earliest period and area is "Europe and Nations 1815-1914." For me, that's not very long ago. Although I'll grant that the nineteenth and twentieth centuries saw some pretty lively change.

Another thing: these maps are very Euro-centric. Just as they leave out everything before 1815, there's precious little about what going on outside Europe and the Middle East.

Still - a pretty cool resource.

For a history buff like me, anyway.