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[Plat of a survey for William Hughes, Jr. of 460 acres in Frederick County, Va. on the Cacapon River].

[Plat of a survey for William Hughes, Jr. of 460 acres in Frederick Co...

Title from Lawrence Martin's The George Washington Atlas. 1932. Survey plot is located either in Hampshire County or Morgan County, W. Va. Handwritten on verso: William Hughes Junr., plat for 460 acres, 1753,... More

A map of the British and French settlements in North America.

A map of the British and French settlements in North America.

Scale ca. 1:11,000,000. Covers the eastern half of North America from Hudson Bay to the Gulf of Mexico. Relief shown pictorially. Shows boundaries, cities and towns, forts, Indian villages and tribal territory,... More

A plan of the harbour of Chebucto and town of Halifax

A plan of the harbour of Chebucto and town of Halifax

Depths shown by soundings. Includes ensign of Nova Scotia, 6 coat of arms, and drawings of three native insects and a porcupine. Oriented with north to the right. Appears in the Gentleman's Magazine, May 1750, ... More

A new and accurate map of Virginia & Maryland

A new and accurate map of Virginia & Maryland

Scale ca. 1:1,150,000. "No. 61." From the author's A complete atlas or distinct view of the known world. 1752. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1379 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site a... More

A map of the British plantations on the continent of North America, according to the notes and improvements of Mr. Bolton, made in the original of Mr. Danville; with the history of each colony in the margin.

A map of the British plantations on the continent of North America, ac...

Scale ca. 1:6,500,000. Hand colored. Relief shown pictorially. "West longitude from Ferro." LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 87 Includes historic notes and text on "Fourteen British colonies including Newfo... More

America Septentrionalis a Domino d'Anville in Galliis edita nunc in Anglia. Coloniis in interiorem Virginiam deductis nec non Fluvii Ohio cursu aucta notisque geographicis et historicis illustrata.

America Septentrionalis a Domino d'Anville in Galliis edita nunc in An...

Scale ca. 1:6,500,000. Hand colored. Relief shown pictorially. Prime meridian: Ferro and London. Place names and descriptive notes in English. Differs from other copies in coloration and boundaries. Colors do n... More

A plan of the city of Louisbourg with its fortifications

A plan of the city of Louisbourg with its fortifications

Relief shown by hachures. Transfer from Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Aug. 2010. Gift from Mark Hutchins, Hutchins & Associates. Indexed. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a... More

The West Indies exhibiting the English, French, Spanish, Dutch & Danish settlements.

The West Indies exhibiting the English, French, Spanish, Dutch & Danis...

Scale ca. 1:6,500,000. Hand colored. Relief shown pictorially. Prime meridian: London. Shows southern United States, Central America, northern South America, and West Indies. From the author's The natural and c... More

Descripcion de las costas, islas placeres, i bajos delas, Indias Occidentales,

Descripcion de las costas, islas placeres, i bajos delas, Indias Occid...

Scale ca. 1:5,000,000. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor, on vellum. Shows the Atlantic coast of southern U.S., Mexico, Central America, and northern South America. "Sibre para Domingo de Belasco Pilo to d... More

Jean Baptiste Bourguignon D'Anville - A new and accurate map of North America,

Jean Baptiste Bourguignon D'Anville - A new and accurate map of North ...

Scale ca. 1:6,360,000. Relief shown pictorially. Hand colored. "West longitude from Ferro." Differs from other copies in coloration of boundaries. Boundaries only are colored. Long Island is colored as being at... More

A plan of the city of New-York & its environs to Greenwich, on the North or Hudsons River, and to Crown Point, on the East or Sound River, shewing the several streets, publick buildings, docks, fort & battery, with the true form & course of the commanding grounds, with and without the town. Survey'd in the winter, 1775 [i.e. 1766]

A plan of the city of New-York & its environs to Greenwich, on the Nor...

Scale ca. 1:6,300. Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by form lines. Dedicated to Major Gen. Thos. Gage. Includes descriptive note, "References," and inset "A chart of the entrance to New York from Sandy Ho... More

Carte de la Floride occidentale et Louisiane. La peninsule et golfe de la Floride ou canal de Bahama avec les isles de Bahama.

Carte de la Floride occidentale et Louisiane. La peninsule et golfe de...

Scale ca. 1:1,360,000. Hand colored. Relief shown pictorially. Soundings shown in fathoms. "Les sondes le long de la côte de la Floride des isles et des bas fonds sont marqués en pieds." Pictorial map. From the... More

Plan of the town with the attack on Bunkers-Hill in the peninsula of Charlestown, the 17th. of June 1775.

Plan of the town with the attack on Bunkers-Hill in the peninsula of C...

Scale ca. 1:19,000. Relief shown by hachures. Battle of Bunker Hill shown pictorially. From James Murray's Impartial history of the present war in America. v. 1. p. 431. Includes historical note on fires and in... More

Carte des environs d'Hampton. - Public domain old map

Carte des environs d'Hampton. - Public domain old map

Scale ca. 1:28,800; échelle de 3 lignes pour 100 toises. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Watermark: Fleur de lis surmounting a scroll crossed with three bars. Oriented with north toward the right. Relie... More

This map of Kentucke, drawn from actual observations, is inscribed with the most perfect respect, to the Honorable the Congress of the United States of America; and to His Excellcy. George Washington, late Commander in Chief of their Army.

This map of Kentucke, drawn from actual observations, is inscribed wit...

Scale 1:633,600; 10 miles to an in. Hand colored. Relief shown pictorially. Prime meridian: Philadelphia. Includes inscriptions. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 792 Available also through the Library of Co... More

Plan of the city of New York. - Public domain old map

Plan of the city of New York. - Public domain old map

Scale ca. 1:13,000. Hand colored. Shows ward boundaries. Includes index to buildings. Wheat & Brun. Maps and Charts (1978 ed.) 387 LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1113 Available also through the Library of... More

A correct map of the seat of war. - Public domain map

A correct map of the seat of war. - Public domain map

Available also through the Library of Congress web site as a raster image.

Birds eye view of Florida and part of Georgia and Alabama

Birds eye view of Florida and part of Georgia and Alabama

Scale not given. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 117.2 At top of map: Panorama of the seat of war. "Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1861 by John Bachmann." Tables of distances from Key West and Ta... More

Map illustrating the siege of Atlanta, Ga., by the U.S. forces under command of Maj. Gen. W.T. Sherman, from the passage of Peach Tree Creek, July 19th 1864, to the commencement of the movement upon the enemy's lines of communication south of Atlanta, August 26, 1864 /

Map illustrating the siege of Atlanta, Ga., by the U.S. forces under c...

Partial cadastral map showing selected buildings and householders' names beyond city limits. Covers area extending from Mt. Gilead Church in west to Decatur in east and from Buckhead in north to East Point in s... More

District of Columbia and the seat of war on the Potomac.

District of Columbia and the seat of war on the Potomac.

Low-angle bird's-eye view. Shows cities of Washington and Alexandria in foreground. Includes index of military positions with regiment names. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), 678 Stephenson. Cartography of northern... More

The historical war map. - Public domain vintage map

The historical war map. - Public domain vintage map

Scale ca. 1:3,250,000. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 21 Map of southeastern United States showing forts and battlefields, railroads, state boundaries, rivers, and town. Principal engagements are not described in... More

Plan of Alexandria. Historic map, Library of Congress

Plan of Alexandria. Historic map, Library of Congress

Shows selected buildings and churches. Copy annotated in blue pencil: Printed at the Coast Survey Office, October 25, 1862; authographic transfer from an old map of Alexandria furnished by the U.S. Sanitary Co... More

Chesapeake Bay, Sheet no. 1, York River, Hampton Roads, Chesapeake entrance..

Chesapeake Bay, Sheet no. 1, York River, Hampton Roads, Chesapeake ent...

Scale 1:80,000. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 47.5 At head of title: Coast chart no. 31. Printed in the upper margin: "No. 131" and "Electrotype copy no. 2 by G. Mathiot, U.S.C.S." General chart indicating sound... More

Military map of Suffolk & vicinity for Majr. Genl. J. A. Dix /

Military map of Suffolk & vicinity for Majr. Genl. J. A. Dix /

Shows fortifications, houses, names of residents, roads, railroads, and drainage. Relief shown by hachures. Ink and pencil on tracing cloth, in three sections, mounted on cloth. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 661... More

Map of Fauquier & Loudon [sic] co's. Va. /

Map of Fauquier & Loudon [sic] co's. Va. /

LC Land ownership maps, 1288 Relief shown by hachures. Shows names of residents. Oriented with north to the right. Pen-and-ink on tracing linen. Irregularly shaped. Imperfect: lacking lower left corner. LC Civi... More

Map of the southern states, including rail roads, county towns, state capitals, count roads, the southern coast from Delaware to Texas, showing the harbors, inlets, forts and position of blockading ships.

Map of the southern states, including rail roads, county towns, state ...

Scale ca. 1:2,970,000. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 37 At top of map: Bacon's shilling series of war maps,-no. 3. Inset: Enlarged plan of the battle fields of Virginia and Maryland. Scale ca. 1:1,040,000. 16 x ... More

[Map of Bertie County, North Carolina] : no. 2.

[Map of Bertie County, North Carolina] : no. 2.

"Map from the Confederate Engineer Bureau in Richmond, Va. General J.F. Gilmer, Chief Engineer[.] Presented to the Virginia Historical Society by his only daughter, Mrs. J.F. Minis, Sav[ana]h, Ga."--Note on map... More

The Battle of Chancellorsville, Virginia position of Union Army, 2nd May 1863.

The Battle of Chancellorsville, Virginia position of Union Army, 2nd M...

Shows the position of Union troops on the second day of the Battle of Chancellorsville, including Oliver Otis Howard's 11th Corps, Daniel Edgar Sickles' 3rd Corps, George Gordon Meade's 5th Corps, Henry Warner ... More

Civil War campaigns of 1864 - Public domain old map

Civil War campaigns of 1864 - Public domain old map

Scale 1:13,000,000. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 48.6 From Wood, William. Captains of the Civil War; A chronicle of the blue and the gray. New Haven, Yale University Press, 1921. Map depicts the movements of Le... More

Prison at Andersonville, Ga. - Public domain old map

Prison at Andersonville, Ga. - Public domain old map

Scale not given. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 134 From Sanitary Commission bulletin, v. 1, no. 21, Sept. 1, 1864. opp. p. 647. Plan of camp showing the prison, the "dead line," "Rebel camp," batteries, "Gen. Wi... More

Antietam Sharpsburg and vicinity. Constructed and engraved to illustrate "The war with the South"

Antietam Sharpsburg and vicinity. Constructed and engraved to illustra...

Scale ca. 1:26,700. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 246.2 From Tomes, Robert. The war with the South. New York, Virtue & Yorston, 1862-1867, v. 2, between p. 426 and 427. Signed (facsim.): Charles: Sholl, Topl. En... More

Fort McAllister : [Georgia]. Historic map, Library of Congress

Fort McAllister : [Georgia]. Historic map, Library of Congress

Relief shown by hachures. Title and date from Stephenson's Civil War maps, 1989. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), S107, 182 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Pen-and-ink on ... More

General map of Charleston Harbor, South Carolina, showing rebel defences and obstructions /

General map of Charleston Harbor, South Carolina, showing rebel defenc...

Depths shown by gradient tints. Shows location of sunken ships. Printed in upper left margin: 39th Cong. 1st Sess. --- Annual Report of the Secretary of the Navy. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.) 370.1 Available als... More

Map showing location of Flat top, New River, Gauly Lower Measures coal field, West Virginia.

Map showing location of Flat top, New River, Gauly Lower Measures coal...

Incorrect scale cited in LC Civil War maps. Pen-and-ink and pencil on verso of lined paper, mounted on cloth. Includes notes and instructions for draftsman. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), H254 Available also thro... More

[Sketch of the "proposed route of Virginias Railway" to Flat-top and Guyandot coal fields, West Virginia].

[Sketch of the "proposed route of Virginias Railway" to Flat-top and G...

Title and date from Stephenson's Civil War maps, 1989. Pen-and-ink and pencil on tracing linen, mounted on cloth. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), H272 Available also through the Library of Congress web site as raster image.

Map of Augusta Co., Virginia, 1738-1770

Map of Augusta Co., Virginia, 1738-1770

Scale ca. 1:9,000,000. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), H278 Description derived from published bibliography. Available also through the Library of Congress web site as raster image.

Map of Augusta County, Virginia, 1886

Map of Augusta County, Virginia, 1886

Scale 1:264,000. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), H283 A list of six magisterial districts in the lower left corner corresponds to numbers on the map. Description derived from published bibliography. Available also... More

Map of the field of operations of Gregg's (Union) & Stuart's (Confederate) cavalry at the battle of Gettysburg, July 3, 1863

Map of the field of operations of Gregg's (Union) & Stuart's (Confeder...

Scale 1:12,000. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 357.3 "For sale by Woeltje & Cutting, 115 Pearl Street, New York." Copyright no. 18292, Aug. 4, 1888. This map is based on the map surveyed by Frank O. Maxson under ... More

[Base map of California]. - Public domain dedication image

[Base map of California]. - Public domain dedication image

Shows names of counties, major cities and towns, and rivers. Title, date, and scale from Stephenson's Civil War maps, 1989. Pen-and-ink and pencil on tracing linen, sectioned in 3, and mounted on cloth. LC Civi... More

Sketch map of United States of North-America. [1861-65]

Sketch map of United States of North-America. [1861-65]

Scale ca. 1:4,700,000. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 84.5 Map of the Southern States showing places where battles were fought. Description derived from published bibliography. Available also through the Library ... More

Perspective view of Gettysburg National Military Park

Perspective view of Gettysburg National Military Park

Scale not given. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 329.5 Panoramic map, with Round Top in the foreground, showing roads, railroads, field patterns, woodland, observation towers, monuments, and houses. Description de... More

Area 'K' : administrative map Operation Overlord South Western Zone, 15 April 1944 /

Area 'K' : administrative map Operation Overlord South Western Zone, 1...

Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by contours. Shows marshaling and embarkation areas of allied forces in Devon, England, in preparation for Operation Overlord. At head of title: Top secret, copy no. 41. "... More

[Life in a US Army Base:  Evreux]

[Life in a US Army Base: Evreux]

[Life in a US Army Base: Evreux] - [FRA-7846 through FRA-7906]

[Life in a US Army Base:  Evreux]

[Life in a US Army Base: Evreux]

[Life in a US Army Base: Evreux] - [FRA-7846 through FRA-7906]

[Life in a US Army Base:  Evreux]

[Life in a US Army Base: Evreux]

[Life in a US Army Base: Evreux] - [FRA-7846 through FRA-7906]

[Life in a US Army Base:  Evreux]

[Life in a US Army Base: Evreux]

[Life in a US Army Base: Evreux] - [FRA-7846 through FRA-7906]

[Life in a US Army Base:  Evreux]

[Life in a US Army Base: Evreux]

[Life in a US Army Base: Evreux] - [FRA-7846 through FRA-7906]

[American paratrooper cleans his gun at Army base camp in Beirut, Lebanon] / [TOH].

[American paratrooper cleans his gun at Army base camp in Beirut, Leba...

Public domain photograph - historical image of Lebanon, Middle East, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Gettysburg National Military Park, Pennsylvania. during American Civil War

Gettysburg National Military Park, Pennsylvania. during American Civil...

Scale ca. 1:28,000. Title from verso. "1973-515-981/64." LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), 352.7 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes text, index to points of interest,... More

Map of the approaches and defences of Knoxville, Tenn., showing the positions occupied by the United States & Confederate forces during the siege.

Map of the approaches and defences of Knoxville, Tenn., showing the po...

Scale ca. 1:9,600. Photocopy; blue line print. Relief shown by contours, hachures, and spot heights. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.) 428.2 "G-X-I-455 K 90." Available also through the Library of Congress Web site a... More

An aerial view of the Army Base set up for the Ahuas Tara II (Big Pine) operation. The base is occupied by the 41st Combat Support Hospital and the 101st Aviation Battalion

An aerial view of the Army Base set up for the Ahuas Tara II (Big Pine...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: AHUAS TARA IIBIG PINE Base: Comayagua Country: Honduras (HND) Scene Camera Operator: SPC Long Release Status: Released to Pu... More

Army Captain David L. Gilman (2nd from right) from Oakland Army Base, and Army National Guard Private First Class Daniel W. Schnurrenberger (2nd from left) from Newport Beach, California, with their kayak teammates as they compete at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Army Captain David L. Gilman (2nd from right) from Oakland Army Base, ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Lake Casitas State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Ken Hackman - Aavs Release Status: Released t... More

A South Korean sentry guards the entrance to a Republic of Korea army base during the joint Korean US Exercise BEAR HUNT 88

A South Korean sentry guards the entrance to a Republic of Korea army ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Uncheon Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR) Scene Camera Operator: PFC Lucey Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Ph... More

Photographers Mate Second Class (PH2) Erin Waters fires a .38 caliber automatic pistol during weapons qualification training being held for the Combat Camera Group, Atlantic, on the firing range at the army base

Photographers Mate Second Class (PH2) Erin Waters fires a .38 caliber ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Fort Eustis State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: JO3 Wendy Hamme Release Status: Released to Publ... More

A Korean firefighter uses a fire hose to put out a jet fuel fire during training at Camp Humphreys, Korea, on Nov., 18, 2004. Camp Humphreys is a major U.S. Army base near metropolitan city of Pyeongtek, Korea. (USAF PHOTO by SENIOR AIRMAN Chris Willis) (Released)

A Korean firefighter uses a fire hose to put out a jet fuel fire durin...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Camp Humphreys State: Pyeongtek Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR) Scene Camera Operator: SRA Chris Willis, USAF Release Status: Released to Publi... More

Sketch book showing positions of Second Corps, A.N.Va. in engagements of 1864-5 : [Virginia] /

Sketch book showing positions of Second Corps, A.N.Va. in engagements ...

Shows several battles with troop movements and names of some residents. Relief shown by hachures. Title from paper label affixed to cover. "Return to Jed. Hotchkiss, Staunton, Virginia"--On label on cover. Pen-... More

Oakland Army Base, Warehouse Type, Tobruk Street, between Warehouse Road & Fifteenth Street, Oakland, Alameda County, CA

Oakland Army Base, Warehouse Type, Tobruk Street, between Warehouse Ro...

Significance: Buildings 802-808 played a vital role in the Installation's mission to resupply U.S. forces in the Pacific during both World War II and the Korean engagement. Materiel was shipped by rail and tru... More

Oakland Army Base, Warehouse Type, Tobruk Street, between Warehouse Road & Fifteenth Street, Oakland, Alameda County, CA

Oakland Army Base, Warehouse Type, Tobruk Street, between Warehouse Ro...

Significance: Buildings 802-808 played a vital role in the Installation's mission to resupply U.S. forces in the Pacific during both World War II and the Korean engagement. Materiel was shipped by rail and tru... More

Iraq, situation map. Historic map, Library of Congress

Iraq, situation map. Historic map, Library of Congress

Special insert from Soldiers, the official U.S. Army magazine, January 2004, v. 59, no. 1. "Map source: Map Resources." Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes map of... More

Oakland Army Base, Post Headquarters Building, Alaska & Africa Streets, Oakland, Alameda County, CA

Oakland Army Base, Post Headquarters Building, Alaska & Africa Streets...

Significance: Building 1 has served as the central administration building and headquarters for the Installation since 1942. Survey number: HAER CA-125-B Building/structure dates: 1942 Initial Construction

Oakland Army Base, Post Headquarters Building, Alaska & Africa Streets, Oakland, Alameda County, CA

Oakland Army Base, Post Headquarters Building, Alaska & Africa Streets...

Significance: Building 1 has served as the central administration building and headquarters for the Installation since 1942. Survey number: HAER CA-125-B Building/structure dates: 1942 Initial Construction

A general map of the middle British colonies, in America. Containing Virginia, Maryland, the Delaware counties, Pennsylvania and New Jersey. With the addition of New York, and the greatest part of New England, as also of the bordering parts of the province of Quebec, improved from several surveys made after the late war, and corrected from Governor Pownall's late map 1776.

A general map of the middle British colonies, in America. Containing V...

Scale ca. 1:2,300,000. Hand colored. Relief shown pictorially. "The seat of the war in the middle British colonies, containing Virginia, Maryland, the Delaware counties, &ca." From the author's The American mil... More

Oakland Army Base, General Purpose Administration Building, Chungking & Algiers Streets, Oakland, Alameda County, CA

Oakland Army Base, General Purpose Administration Building, Chungking ...

Significance: Building 90 was a structure used in support of Oakland Army Base's World War II mission. Survey number: HAER CA-125-G Building/structure dates: 1941 Initial Construction

Battle of the Wilderness, May 5 - 6 and 7, 1864, between Lee (60,000) and Grant (120,000) including the approach and the movement toward Spottsylvania [sic] Courthouse /

Battle of the Wilderness, May 5 - 6 and 7, 1864, between Lee (60,000) ...

"Read numerically." Annotated in pen-and-ink, crayon and pencil. Confederate troop positions are colored red. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 667 LeGear. Atlases of the United States, 10660 Call no. cited in LC Ci... More

Report of the camps, marches & engagements, of the Second Corps, A.N.V., and of the Army of the Valley Dist. of the Department of Northern VA., during the campaign of 1864 : [Virginia] /

Report of the camps, marches & engagements, of the Second Corps, A.N.V...

Relief shown by hachures. A number of the maps from this report are reproduced in the Atlas to accompany the official records of the Union and Confederate Armies, 1891-95. Pen-and-ink and pencil (some col.) wit... More

Oakland Army Base, Storehouse Type, Ukraine & Maritime Streets, Oakland, Alameda County, CA

Oakland Army Base, Storehouse Type, Ukraine & Maritime Streets, Oaklan...

Significance: The support activities conducted in these facilities were integral to the success of the Installation's World War II mission. Survey number: HAER CA-125-K Building/structure dates: 1943 Initial ... More

A map of the most inhabited part of New England; containing the provinces of Massachusets Bay and New Hampshire, with the colonies of Konektikut and Rhode Island, divided into counties and townships: The whole composed from actual surveys and its situation adjusted by astronomical observations.

A map of the most inhabited part of New England; containing the provin...

Scale ca. 1:440,000. Hand colored. Prime meridian: London and Ferro. Relief shown pictorially. Includes compilation data and insets of "Fort Frederik," ca. 1:1,680 and "A plan of Boston Harbor from an accurate ... More

Oakland Army Base, Vehicle Maintenance Shop, Tobruk Street, between Warehouse Road & Ukraine Street, Oakland, Alameda County, CA

Oakland Army Base, Vehicle Maintenance Shop, Tobruk Street, between Wa...

Picryl description: Public domain photo of a factory, warehouse, commercial or industrial building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Oakland Army Base, Maritime Street at West Grand Avenue, Oakland, Alameda County, CA

Oakland Army Base, Maritime Street at West Grand Avenue, Oakland, Alam...

Significance: Oakland Army Base served in an important capacity during the Second World War (1941-1945), and is therefore eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places under Criterion A, repr... More

Oakland Army Base, Maritime Street at West Grand Avenue, Oakland, Alameda County, CA

Oakland Army Base, Maritime Street at West Grand Avenue, Oakland, Alam...

Significance: Oakland Army Base served in an important capacity during the Second World War (1941-1945), and is therefore eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places under Criterion A, repr... More

Fifteen pen and ink maps of the battle of the Wilderness /

Fifteen pen and ink maps of the battle of the Wilderness /

Annotated in pen-and-ink and pencil. Confederate troop positions are colored red. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 668 LeGear. Atlases of the United States, 10662 Call no. cited in LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.): G129... More

Guide leaflets for the tour of historic Civil War defenses, Washington D.C.

Guide leaflets for the tour of historic Civil War defenses, Washington...

Relief shown by contours on some maps. Title from title sheet (sheet #1). Facsims. of Civil War fortification maps of Washington D.C. Original version: [S.l. : s.n., 1861?-1865]. LC sheets imperfect: Use-worn, ... More

Guide leaflets for the tour of historic Civil War defenses, Washington D.C.

Guide leaflets for the tour of historic Civil War defenses, Washington...

Relief shown by contours on some maps. Title from title sheet (sheet #1). Facsims. of Civil War fortification maps of Washington D.C. Original version: [S.l. : s.n., 1861?-1865]. LC sheets imperfect: Use-worn, ... More

Oakland Army Base, Vehicle Maintenance Shop, Attu Street & Corregidor Avenue, Oakland, Alameda County, CA

Oakland Army Base, Vehicle Maintenance Shop, Attu Street & Corregidor ...

Significance: Building 99 was used in support of Oakland Army Base's World War II mission. Survey number: HAER CA-125-H Building/structure dates: 1918 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1937 Subs... More

A map of the most inhabited part of New England, containing the provinces of Massachusets Bay and New Hampshire, with the colonies of Conecticut and Rhode Island, divided into counties and townships: The whole composed from actual surveys and its situation adjusted by astronomical observations.

A map of the most inhabited part of New England, containing the provin...

Scale ca. 1:440,000. Hand colored. Prime meridian: London and Ferro. Relief shown pictorially. Includes compilation data and insets of "A plan of the town of Boston" and "A plan of Boston Harbor from an accurat... More

Atlas of the battlefield of Antietam, prepared under the direction of the Antietam Battlefield Board, lieut. col. Geo. W. Davis, U.S.A., president, gen. E.A. Carman, U.S.V., gen. H Heth, C.S.A. Surveyed by lieut. col. E.B. Cope, engineer, H.W. Mattern, assistant engineer, of the Gettysburg National Park. Drawn by Charles H. Ourand, 1899. Position of troops by gen. E. A. Carman.  Published by authority of the Secretary of War, under the direction of the Chief of Engineers, U.S. Army, 1908.

Atlas of the battlefield of Antietam, prepared under the direction of ...

Relief shown by contour lines. Indicates roads and streets, houses, names of residents, fences, vegetation, drainage, bridges, and fords. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster imag... More

Oakland Army Base, Railroad Engine Shop, Engineer Road & Wake Avenue, Oakland, Alameda County, CA

Oakland Army Base, Railroad Engine Shop, Engineer Road & Wake Avenue, ...

Significance: The Railroad Engine Shop, provided both housing and maintenance for OARB's locomotive engines. The conveyance, by rail, of troops and materiel to the shipping berths was important in fulfilling t... More

Maps of East and West Florida. nautical chart

Maps of East and West Florida. nautical chart

Scale ca. 1:500,000. Cover title. Alternate title from Peter Force's catalog of printed maps: Florida and its vicinity. Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings. "To the Marine Society of the city of... More

[Sketch of the road from Waynesboro toward Staunton, in Augusta County, Virginia.].

[Sketch of the road from Waynesboro toward Staunton, in Augusta County...

Scale ca. 1:63,360. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), H281 Sketch is drawn on both sides of the sheet with colored pencils, showing roads in red and drainage in blue. Description derived from published bibliography.... More

A new map of the British Dominions in North America; with the limits of the governments annexed thereto by the late Treaty of Peace, and settled by Proclamation, October 7th 1763.

A new map of the British Dominions in North America; with the limits o...

Scale ca. 1:3,200,000. Relief shown pictorially. "Longit. west from London." "Engraved for the History of the War in the Annual Register, and to be placed at the end of the volume for 1763." Includes inset. LC ... More

Militärgeographische Einzelangaben über England : militärgeographische Objektkarten mit Objektbildern.

Militärgeographische Einzelangaben über England : militärgeographische...

Also shows Wales on some sheets. Issued as a series in separate portfolios; each portfolio consists of 2 or more sheets; and numbered 1 through 4 and 6 through 12. Relief shown by contours, hachures, and spot h... More

Militärgeographische Einzelangaben über England : militärgeographische Objektkarten mit Objektbildern.

Militärgeographische Einzelangaben über England : militärgeographische...

Also shows Wales on some sheets. Issued as a series in separate portfolios; each portfolio consists of 2 or more sheets; and numbered 1 through 4 and 6 through 12. Relief shown by contours, hachures, and spot h... More

[Civil War proof maps : United States].

[Civil War proof maps : United States].

Most maps show troop movements and positions, fortifications, battle sites, or other military operations. Includes maps of Puebla, Mexico, Sonderburg, Denmark, the Bering Strait, and the English Channel. Relief... More

[Civil War proof maps : United States].

[Civil War proof maps : United States].

Most maps show troop movements and positions, fortifications, battle sites, or other military operations. Includes maps of Puebla, Mexico, Sonderburg, Denmark, the Bering Strait, and the English Channel. Relief... More

Oakland Army Base, Transit Shed, East of Dunkirk Street & South of Burma Road, Oakland, Alameda County, CA

Oakland Army Base, Transit Shed, East of Dunkirk Street & South of Bur...

Significance: Oakland Army Base (OARB) was planned and constructed a a time when military planners recognized that the West Coast would have a vital role in responding to Japanese aggression during World War II... More

Oakland Army Base, Transit Shed, East of Dunkirk Street & South of Burma Road, Oakland, Alameda County, CA

Oakland Army Base, Transit Shed, East of Dunkirk Street & South of Bur...

Significance: Oakland Army Base (OARB) was planned and constructed a a time when military planners recognized that the West Coast would have a vital role in responding to Japanese aggression during World War II... More

Oakland Army Base, Transit Shed, East of Dunkirk Street & South of Burma Road, Oakland, Alameda County, CA

Oakland Army Base, Transit Shed, East of Dunkirk Street & South of Bur...

Significance: Oakland Army Base (OARB) was planned and constructed a a time when military planners recognized that the West Coast would have a vital role in responding to Japanese aggression during World War II... More

Amérique campagne. Historic map, Library of Congress

Amérique campagne. Historic map, Library of Congress

Scale not given. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Most of the plans are oriented with north to the top. This is the first in a series of plans of the camps of Comte de Rochambeau's army during the march ... More

American campaigns,

American campaigns,

On verso of t.-p.: War Department. Document no. 324. Office of the Chief of Staff. "These volumes represent a part of my three years' work as lecturer in military history at the Army Service Schools at Fort Lea... More

To the Hone. Jno. Hancock, Esqre. president of ye Continental Congress, this map of the seat of civil war in America, is respectfully inscribed by his most obedient humble servant, B. Romans.

To the Hone. Jno. Hancock, Esqre. president of ye Continental Congress...

Scale ca. 1:320,000. Hand colored. Relief shown pictorially. Indexed for points of interest. Insets with indexes: Plan of Boston and its environs, 1775.--A view of the lines thrown up on Boston Neck; by the min... More

A Plan oe [i.e. of] the British lines on Boston Neck in August 1775.

A Plan oe [i.e. of] the British lines on Boston Neck in August 1775.

Scale ca. 1:3,300. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Has watermark. Oriented with north to the bottom. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 915 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a... More

An Accurate map of North America from the latest discoveries.

An Accurate map of North America from the latest discoveries.

Scale ca. 1:50,000,000. Relief shown pictorially. Shows "Degrees west from London." Also shows colonies, a few cities and towns, and Indian tribal territory. LC Maps and charts of North America and the West Ind... More

An accurate map of the West Indies. Exhibiting not only all the islands posses'd by the English, French, Spaniards & Dutch, but also all the towns and settlements on the continent of America adjacent thereto.

An accurate map of the West Indies. Exhibiting not only all the island...

Scale ca. 1:14,000,000. Relief shown pictorially. Also shows southern United States, Central America, and northern South America. "Where may be had just publish'd for the use of the curious as well as students,... More

A new & accurate map of the island of Cuba. A new & accurate map of the islands of Hispaniola or St. Domingo and Porto Rico.

A new & accurate map of the island of Cuba. A new & accurate map of th...

Scale ca. 1:2,700,000. Islands outlined in color; hand colored. Relief shown pictorially. "No. 65." From the author's A complete atlas or distinct view of the known world. 1752. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1... More

A sketch of the field of battle with the disposition of the troops in the beginning of the engagement of the 9th of July on the Monongahela 7 miles from Fort Du Quesne.

A sketch of the field of battle with the disposition of the troops in ...

Scale 1:10,800; 300 yards to an in. Manuscript, pen-and-ink. Relief shown by hachures. The name R. Ohio applies also to the Allegheny. "No. 27." Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a rast... More

Plano del puerto del Guárico, cuyo conocimto. y entrada es del modo siguiente.

Plano del puerto del Guárico, cuyo conocimto. y entrada es del modo si...

Scale ca. 1:35,000. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Watermark: Strasburg fleur-de-lis. Oriented with north to the bottom. Depths shown by soundings. Mounted on cloth backing LC Luso-Hispanic World, 464 ... More

Archipelague du Mexique ou sont les isles de Cuba, Espagnole, Iamaïque, &c.

Archipelague du Mexique ou sont les isles de Cuba, Espagnole, Iamaïque...

Scale ca. 1:4,000,000. Title in margin: Teâtre de la guerre en Amérique telle qu'elle est à present possedée par les Espagnols, Anglois, François, et Hollandois, &c: Nouvellement mis au jour, par Cóvens et Mort... More

L'Amérique septentrionale, Historic map, Library of Congress

L'Amérique septentrionale, Historic map, Library of Congress

Scale ca. 1:12,500,000. Hand colored. Relief shown pictorially. Shows the Mississippi River to be the eastern boundary of Louisiana. From the author's Atlas nouveau, [1761?], v. 9, no. 34. Lowery 433 LC Maps of... More

Plan de l'isle à Vache à la coste de sud de S. Domingue.

Plan de l'isle à Vache à la coste de sud de S. Domingue.

Scale ca. 1:90,000. Oriented with north toward the upper left. Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings. "Tome I, no. 73." From the author's Le petit atlas maritime. 1764. LC Maps of North America, 1... More

Baye et port d'Yorc, capitale de la Nouvelle Yorc.

Baye et port d'Yorc, capitale de la Nouvelle Yorc.

Scale ca. 1:63,000. Depths shown by soundings. "Tome I. No. 32." From the author's Le petit atlas maritime. 1764. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1223 Available also through the Library of Congress Web sit... More

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