Exequiæ serenissimi ac potentiss. principis ac dni. domini Caroli Gust...
Public domain scan of 17th-18th century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
America - Vintage map, Norman B. Leventhal Collection
Public domain scan of a vintage world map, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.
The Isthmus of Panama with the coast from Great River on the Moskito s...
Public domain image of a sailing ship, caravel, harbor, sea, naval battle, 16th-17th century maritime seascape, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description
Les grandes et petites isles Antilles, et les isles Lucayes avec une p...
This late-18th-century map, which was based on earlier works by the French royal geographer, Robert de Vaugondy, depicts the West Indies, the chain of islands enclosing the Caribbean Sea. Stretching in an arc f... More
A chart of Nantucket Shoals - Vintage map, Norman B. Leventhal Collect...
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A New Chart of the Madeira and Canary Islands nautical chart
Public domain image of a sailing ship, caravel, harbor, sea, naval battle, 16th-17th century maritime seascape, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description
Defeat of the British army 12,000 strong under the command of Sir Edwa...
Défaite de l'armée Anglaise forte de 12,000 hommes commandée par Sir Edward Packenham a l'attaque du 8 Janvier 1815 de la ligne de retranchement de l'armée Americaine defendue par 3,600 milicienes sous les ... More
The travellers; or, a tour through Europe
A pictorial map of Europe used as a game board. Up to 5 players, playing as European travellers, start from designated cities in Africa or on the shore of the Mediterranean and return to the capital of their ho... More
Constantinople - Vintage map, Norman B. Leventhal Collection
Public domain image of a vintage map, geography atlas, maritime navigation, age of discovery, 16th-17th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description
Map of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania : from actual surveys
Public domain scan of a vintage map, city plan, atlas, cartoghraphy, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.
Mapa de la Republica de Nicaragua - Vintage map, Norman B. Leventhal C...
Mapa de Nicaragua Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Napoli - Vintage map, Norman B. Leventhal Collection
Picryl description: Public domain image related to Roman Empire, classic architecture, antiquity, ruins, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Map of the anthracite coalfields of Pennsylvania
The second half of the 19th century was the peak of anthracite coal mining in Pennsylvania. This 1886 map illustrates the geology of the region, and uses two modern techniques to visualize minerals below ground... More
New map of central London divided into quarter mile squares
Portable map of London Courtesy of Boston Public Library
New map of the American overland route showing its connections, and la...
America Transformed: This map marks the route of the first transcontinental railroad, constructed between 1863 and 1869. Two railroad companies constructed the route. The Central Pacific worked eastward from Sa... More
Bird's eye view of Appleton, Wis : 1874
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Satsuma, Putnam County, Florida : the property of Whitney, Gold and Ho...
Public domain scan of a architecture diagram, settlement map, plan, or drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.
North America polar regions : Baffin Bay to Lincoln Sea, showing the m...
Polar regions; Baffin Bay to Lincoln Sea | Baffin Bay to Lincoln Sea Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Reproduction of Burgiss' map of Boston, 1728 : printed for the Bostoni...
To His Excellency William Burnet, Esqr., this Plan of Boston in New England is humbly dedicated Courtesy of Boston Public Library
West Indies, Island of Santo Domingo, Santo Domingo Harbor : surveyed ...
Santo Domingo Harbor Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Map of the estate of the Brookline Land Company and vicinity : showing...
Public domain scan of a vintage map, plan, atlas, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.
Map of the United States showing principal cities, rivers, and mountai...
Map U.S. Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Geological map of portions of Hastings, Haliburton and Peterborough Co...
Hastings, Haliburton and Peterborough Counties, Province of Ontario Courtesy of Boston Public Library
[Map of parts of Venezuela and Colombia]
Public domain scan of a vintage map, city plan, atlas, cartoghraphy, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.
Gallup's map of Louisiana - Vintage map, Norman B. Leventhal Collectio...
New oil and geological map of Louisiana : showing oil fields, gas fields, pipe lines, refineries and geological formations, etc Courtesy of Boston Public Library
A map of the wondrous isle of Manhattan
Picryl description: Public domain image of a vintage city plan, 18th-19th century map, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Map of the island of Tangerina and Wild Island
Children’s fantasy often includes animals and toys, emulating stories children invent with their own playthings. In My Father’s Dragon, a stray cat tells young Elmer Elevator about a baby dragon who is being fo... More
Civil War centennial - Vintage map, Norman B. Leventhal Collection
Civil War centennial map Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Land measures illustrated ; percentage illustrated ; phonic analysis
America Transformed: This educational poster illustrates the structure of General Land Office township surveys. The top scene depicts surveyors laying out a single section, measuring one mile by one mile and co... More
Europe - Vintage map, Norman B. Leventhal Collection
Public domain image of a vintage map, geography atlas, maritime navigation, age of discovery, 16th-17th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description
Le gouvernement de Calais, & pays reconquis - Jan Jansson
Gouvernement de Calais, et pays reconquis | Collection of old maps Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Salopiensis comitatus cum Staffordiensi : Shrop Shire & Staffordshire
Collection of old maps Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Virginia - Vintage map, Norman B. Leventhal Collection
Public domain scan of an 18th-century map, vintage, old, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.
Insula Candia : ejusque fortificatio - Vintage map, Norman B. Leventha...
Collection of rare maps Courtesy of Boston Public Library
A new mapp of Carolina - Vintage map, Norman B. Leventhal Collection
New map of Carolina Courtesy of Boston Public Library
A map of the isle of Cuba : with the Bahama Islands, Gulf of Florida, ...
Public domain image of a sailing ship, caravel, harbor, sea, naval battle, 16th-17th century maritime seascape, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description
A new chart of the West Indies, drawn from the best Spanish maps, and ...
Public domain image of a nautical map, chart, navigation pilot guide, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Coast of Maine showing Blue Hill Bay, Penobscot Bay, Belfast Bay, Isle...
Public domain image of a nautical map, chart, navigation pilot guide, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
The West Indian atlas [frontispiece] : or, a general description of th...
Engraved title page depicting natives, a trader, barrels of goods and indigenous flora and fauna on an island. Ships and other islands in the background. Putto with a trident and a torch above the title. | We A... More
Carte des Etats-Unis de l'Amerique suivant le Traité de Paix de 1783
America Votes exhibition: This is the first map of the new United States issued after the ratification of the Treaty of Paris, formally ending the war with England in 1783. The ship depicted in the cartouche sy... More
New index geological map of the British Isles, and adjacent coast of F...
Public domain scan of an old vintage map, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.
Map showing the distribution of the slave population of the southern s...
Torn in Two: Based on 1860 census data, this visually striking map plots the percentage of slaves by county for the southern states. Rather than showing a uniform istribution throughout the entire region, it is... More
Localities of one thousand cases of intestinal diseases (diarrhoea, ch...
In 1854, following a series of debilitating cholera outbreaks in London, Dr. John Snow studied patterns of deaths, plotting their locations on a map overlaid with the city’s water districts. He concluded that a... More
Map of Cincinnati, Covington and Newport - Vintage map, Norman B. Leve...
Public domain scan of a architecture diagram, settlement map, plan, or drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.
New London, Conn : 1876 - Vintage map, Norman B. Leventhal Collection
New London, Connecticut Courtesy of Boston Public Library Public domain image of 17th-18th-century architecture, palace, castle, historical city building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl... More
Stamford, Conn - Vintage map, Norman B. Leventhal Collection
Stamford, Connecticut Courtesy of Boston Public Library
The city of Vineland, New Jersey : 1885
Public domain scan of a vintage map, plan, atlas, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.
Joslin's hand-book to the terrestrial and celestial globes : how to us...
Back to School: A number of instructional manuals on the use of globes were written in the 19th century. Manuals were written by educators to assist children using globes in the classroom, or by globe makers th... More
Graniteville, Mass : 1886 - Vintage map, Norman B. Leventhal Collectio...
Graniteville, Massachusetts Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Bethel, Vt : 1886 - Vintage map, Norman B. Leventhal Collection
Bethel, Vermont Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Evropa - Vintage map, Norman B. Leventhal Collection
Europe Courtesy of Boston Public Library
The Times-Picayune's map of New Orleans
Map of New Orleans Courtesy of Boston Public Library
The victory war map - Vintage map, Norman B. Leventhal Collection
Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Second World War.
United States inlay puzzle - Vintage map, Norman B. Leventhal Collecti...
Puzzle of a pictorial map of the United States, consisting of an inlay board and puzzle pieces of each state. Pieces are illustrated with features and activities associated with the state. Courtesy of Boston Pu... More
Atlas of the city of Boston : Charlestown and Brighton, volume six : f...
Public domain scan of a vintage map, plan, atlas, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.
Prima Europae tabula - Vintage map, Norman B. Leventhal Collection
Public domain scan of an old vintage map, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.
Pvgna navalis in ipsis faucibus freti Öresund Svecos inter et Belgas ...
View of the Battle of the Sound between Sweden and the Dutch Republic in 1658. Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Insula Borneo et occidentalis pars Celebris, cum adjacentibus insulis
Collection of old maps Courtesy of Boston Public Library
A new map of Italy distinguishing all the sovereignties in it, whether...
During the Renaissance, Italy was a nation of separate city-states, regions that were loyal to either the Spanish crown or the Pope in Rome. Italian culture was also transitioning from a medieval way of life, t... More
Mapa geográfico de la mayor parte de la América Meridional que conti...
Public domain scan of an old vintage map, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.
Rock's illustrated map of London - Vintage map, Norman B. Leventhal Co...
This inventive city map of London includes tiny facades of landmarks and prominent buildings such as Kensington Palace, Trafalgar Square, railway stations, wharfs, and the Houses of Parliament. The map is undat... More
Map of the cities of New York, Brooklyn & Jersey City
Public domain scan of a vintage map, plan, atlas, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.
Ausicht von Boston : nach der natur aufgenommen
Bird’s-eye views such as this one were immensely popular in the mid- to late 19th century. Often commissioned by city officials, these artistic views typically highlighted a city’s industrial growth, cutting-ed... More
Philips' new map of Central Europe - Vintage map, Norman B. Leventhal ...
Philips' authentic map of Central Europe Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Bacon's military map of Central Europe, in bold print for tracing the ...
Seat of war | Bacon's bold-print military map of Central Europe, with an enlarged plan of the Rhine from Cologne to Basle Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Mittel-America und Westindien - Vintage map, Norman B. Leventhal Colle...
Mittel America und Westindien Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Newport, Rhode Island - Vintage map, Norman B. Leventhal Collection
Published with an article in Harper’s Weekly, this view depicts the town from a low to moderate oblique perspective. The street pattern is not drawn and many buildings are generalized. The more prominent ones a... More
Bird's eye view of Neenah, Wis : 1879
Public domain scan of a vintage map, plan, atlas, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.
View of Wallingford, Connecticut : 1881 - Vintage map, Norman B. Leven...
Public domain image of a historic vintage city view, cityscape, plan, 17th-18th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.
Photo relief map of England - Vintage map, Norman B. Leventhal Collect...
England's physical geography, especially its topography and rivers, is portrayed on this late 19th century map published by the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, a British missionary and charitable org... More
Official map of the territory of Dakota, showing the two general divis...
The original Great Sioux Reservation was established as part of the Fort Laramie Treaty of April 29, 1868, and initially comprised all of South Dakota west of the Missouri River. The map displayed here illustra... More
Dominion of Canada, Gulf of Saint Lawrence, Merigomish Harbor (Nova Sc...
Merigomish Harbor (Nova Scotia) Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Map of the city of Newton, and surroundings, Mass
Public domain scan of a vintage map, city plan, atlas, cartoghraphy, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.
Rand McNally official 1920 auto trails map : District number 6 : New E...
Rand-McNally official auto trails map : District no. 6 : New England | Official 1920 auto trails map : District number 6 : New England, Eastern New York | Official auto trails map : District number 6 : New Engl... More
Map of Africa : and adjoining portions of Europe and Asia
Picryl description: Public domain image of Africa and Africans, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Map showing Japanese-Chinese warfre [sic] now in Shanghai
Picryl description: Public domain photo of Japanese painting, free to use art, no copyright restrictions image.
Norddeutschland - Vintage map, Norman B. Leventhal Collection
Public domain scan of an old vintage map, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.
Global map for global war and global peace
World of the airplane Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Leaves from Liber chronicarum, with views of de Sarmatia regione Europ...
Casmirus | Lubeca | Cracovia Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Maris Pacifici (quod vulgo Mar del Zur) cum regionibus circumiacentibu...
Picryl description: Public domain image of Abraham Ortelius map, free to use, no copyright restrictions image. Abraham Ortelius was a Brabantian cartographer, geographer, and cosmographer, conventionally recogn... More
[Polus Antarcticus] : Terra Australis Incognita - Vintage map, Norman ...
Terra Australis Incognita | Collection of old maps Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Vincenzo Coronelli - Planisfero del mondo vecchio - Vintage map, Norma...
Public domain scan of a vintage world map, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.
Les Isles Britanniques : qui comprennent les Royaumes d'Angleterre, d'...
Public domain scan of an old vintage map, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.
Archipelagus Atlanticus cum suis insulis Canariis, Hesperidibus et Azo...
Archipelagvs Atlanticvs cvm svis insvlis Canariis, Hesperidibvs et Azoribvs Courtesy of Boston Public Library
The Earth's Western planisphere - Vintage map, Norman B. Leventhal Col...
Public domain image of a vintage map, geography atlas, maritime navigation, age of discovery, 16th-17th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description
Plan of La Vera Cruz, from Spanish draughts ; Plan of Port Royal Lagun...
Public domain image of a nautical map, chart, navigation pilot guide, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
L'Afrique divisée en ses principaux états - Vintage map, Norman B. L...
Picryl description: Public domain image of Africa and Africans, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
[Map of W. Dall's lots in Athens County, Washington County, and Gallia...
America Transformed: This small manuscript map served as a personal record of one individual’s land holdings. It highlights the grid pattern that was characteristic of public land surveys initiated by the Land ... More
A plan of the environs of ancient Rome
Public domain scan of a railway map, transportation, industrial development, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.
A new map of the Land of Promise and the holy city of Jerusalem descri...
Engraved map of Palestine, containing extensive vignette scenes from the Old and New Testaments accompanied by scriptural passages, 14 scenes in side panels flanking the map, and a view of the Temple of Solomon... More
A reconnoissance of the Minnay Sotor Watapāh; or St. Peter's River to...
Public domain scan of a plan, map, diagram, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.
A plan & profile of the Boston & Lowell Railroad
Plan and profile of the Boston & Lowell Railroad Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Map of the island of Nantucket, including Tuckernuck
The island of Nantucket is home to the easternmost site cared for by The Trustees. Coskata-Coatue Wildlife Refuge, located on two peninsulas on the northeast coast of the island, is both a popular destination f... More
The World, on the globular projection with a graduation for the measur...
This world map, published primarily for educational purposes, locates missionary activity in the United States and around the world. It also provides a global perspective for understanding the origins of the Af... More
Lloyd's American railroad map - Vintage map, Norman B. Leventhal Colle...
Public domain scan of a vintage map, city plan, atlas, cartoghraphy, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.
Tomlinsons map of Petersburg : showing the scene of Genl. Grants opera...
Torn in Two: In addition to newspaper maps, commercially published battle maps were available to folks on the home front for following the progress of the war. A number of such maps were published by Boston fir... More
Colton's Vermont - Vintage map, Norman B. Leventhal Collection
Vermont | Colton's map of Vermont Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Map of Chippewa County, state of Wisconsin
Public domain scan of a architecture diagram, settlement map, plan, or drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.
Atlas of the town of Brookline, Massachusetts : from actual surveys & ...
Outline and index map of Brookline, Massachusetts Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Map of the United States - Vintage map, Norman B. Leventhal Collection
Produced by the most successful game maker of the time, this jigsaw puzzle was another method of making geography fun and interesting. Designed as learning tools, the earliest puzzles, known as "dissected maps,... More