Europe in the Renaissance

• Science, Technology and Society in the Middle Ages and Renaissance
• The Renaissance
• History of Cartography: an excellent source for maps of Renaissance Europe and related demographic information
• Historical Dutch city maps (from Blaeu's Toonneel der Steden, 1652) (Includes city of Leiden-- Descartes' home in the 17th century)
• The History of Cartography-- a metasite with sections on the European Renaissance. Includes Cordiform World Map of Oronce Fine, ca. 1536 (a large file -- remarkably detailed)
• Alchemy during the Scientific Revolution
• Mercator Globes Online Exhibit [Harvard Map Collection]