Old Maps and New maps, Which do you prefer?

I have come to find that there are many websites out there dedicated to selling and displaying old maps a.k.a antique maps and new maps. So what constitutes and old map? A map printed on antique paper showing boundaries of owned territory from the 1800s? A map actually from the 1800s or any era that was discovered and stored in a museum? Well whatever the answer is, in my opinion an old map is all of the above. Here are a couple of old maps I consider interesting and fit both questions.















This is a map from the website http://www.rootsweb.com/~mecoakla/old-maps/MapsOld.html of West Waterville in Oakland back in 1856. This is what the website said about this particular map: "This map shows most of the major buildings in town at the time that Water Street was built. The map is not dated, but OAHS members have determined that it was made in 1856 because of the buildings shown, some of which were not built until that year."


Here is another old map I find interesting:






















This is a regional map found on the website http://fp.ayrshireroots.plus.com/Genealogy/Old%20Maps/Britain%20Gaul%20Spain.htm of Gaul which was the name given to Western Europe in ancient times (around 390BC).



Last but not least here is, in my opinion, an example of a decent new map:

















This map was found on the website http://208.145.80.1/pacific/png/show_maps.asp?map=N , I like the color scheme, the picture, and the paragraph explaining the different languages in the New Ireland Province in Papua New Guinea.