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A new map of part of the United States of North America : containing t...

Public domain image of the vintage map from NYPL Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, free to use, no copyright restrictions image. The Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division is one of the wo... More

View of Lowell, Mass : taken from the house of Elisha Fuller Esq. in D...

America Transformed: Lowell, Massachusetts, the first planned company mill town, is recognized as the cradle of America’s Industrial Revolution. In the 1820s, Boston financiers founded the town when they constr... More

Traveller's map of the middle, northern, eastern states and Canada sho...

Map covers the northeastern portion of the United States. Scale ca. 1:2,000,000. At bottom of map: List of "Canal, rail road & steamboat routes." LC also has editions of 1850 and 1856. LC Railroad maps, 12 Desc... More

A new and complete rail road map of the United States compiled from re...

Map of the eastern half of the United States showing cities, state boundaries, "finished railroads," and "railroads in progress." Scale ca. 1:4,500,000. LC Railroad maps, 35 Description derived from published b... More

Map of the Fremont and Indiana Rail Road and its connections, December...

Map of the northeastern and north-central United States showing drainage, place names, state boundaries, and the completed and proposed railroad network. Chartered April 25, 1853. Opened in 1859. Scale ca. 1:2,... More

Colton's rail-road and military map of the United States, Mexico, the ...

Detailed general map of portions of North America framed in decorative borders showing drainage, international and state boundaries, cities and towns, forts, railroads in operation, and proposed lines. [From pu... More

The new naval and military map of the United States /

Also covers southern Canada, Mexico, Central America, and the West Indies. Relief shown by hachures. "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1862 by Robert P. Smith ..." Prime meridians: Washington an... More

The game of the detectives - Vintage map, Norman B. Leventhal Collecti...

A game board in the form of a map showing the escape route taken by criminals or "rogues" passing through a fictitious region of the United States to Canada, as well as the three routes of the detectives (i.e. ... More

Rand McNally & Co's new railroad and county map of the United States a...

Rand, McNally & Co.'s new official railroad map of the United States and Canada Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Map of the Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Ry.; and connections.

Map of United States showing major relief by hachures, drainage, cities and towns, railroad stations, the railroad network, with emphasis on Tennessee. Names of railroads along the lines are indicated. This lin... More

Map of land-grant and bond-aided railroads of the United States.

Outline map of the United States showing major drainage, cities and towns, and military posts. Scale ca. 1:5,000,000. "Bond-aided roads shown by heavy black lines. Fifty per cent land grant roads shown by red l... More

Map of the all American Route showing proposed railroad and U.S. Gover...

Map of central Alaska showing relief by hachures and spot heights, drainage, glaciers, cities and towns, international boundary, trails and the proposed railroad. Copyrighted Feb. 1899. Scale 1:1,200,000. Bluep... More

Military map of the United States / - Public domain map

Shows military districts outlined and labeled in red. Relief shown by shading. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), S8 Includes inset of Alaska. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image... More

A map of the United States of North America

Shows few roads and has "Tennassee Government" on sheet 3. Relief shown by hachures. In lower margins: London: Published as the act directs by A. Arrowsmith, Charles Street, Soho Square, Jan. 1st, 1796. This is... More

Plat book of Henry County, Illinois - Public domain map

LeGear. Atlases of the United States, 4192 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes indexes, map of the United States, and map of Illinois. Acquisitions control no. 20... More

1857 U.S. Coast Survey Map of New York City and Harbor - Geographicus ...

A rare 1857 coastal chart of New York City, it’s harbor, and environs. One of the first 19th century carts to depicts New York City as we know it today, including Manhattan, Queens, Brooklyn, the Bronx and Sta... More

1857 U.S. Coast Survey Map of St. Louis Bay and Shieldsboro Harbor, Mi...

An attractive hand colored 187 U.S. Coast Survey triangulation chart or map of St. Louis Bay, Mississippi. Details the area around St Louis Bay including the town of Shieldsboro (modern St. Louis Bay) and Pas... More

Denver Pacific Railway map showing the final location with propective ...

Railroad map showing the final track location for the proposed route from Cheyenne, Wyoming to Denver, Colorado, which connected Denver to the Union Pacific railroad system, ensuring Denver's economic link to t... More

Map of the United States, showing by colors the area of freedom and sl...

Zoom into http://maps.bpl.org/id/14346 at http://maps.bpl.org. Publisher: Elliott, G. W. Date: 1856 Location: United States Dimension 36x65cm Scale: [ca. 1:9,200,000] Call Number: G3701.E9 1856 .E45

Plat of the Hoopa Valley Indian Reservation, Klamath County, Californi...

The area shown on this plat was surveyed under instructions from the United States Surveyor General by C. T. Bissell, United States Deputy Surveyor, from July 25 to November 12, 1875 and by Augustus T. Smith, U... More

Weather Map United States 1873 Albert J. Myer

Weather Map of the United States, September 1873 - ARCSO Signal Corps Museum, Fort Gordon/GA

Illustrated atlas and Columbian souvenir of La Grange County, Indiana ...

LeGear. Atlases of the United States, 4542 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes index, map of the United States, brief history of LaGrange County, and biographies ... More

Combination atlas map of Mercer County, New Jersey /

LeGear. Atlases of the United States, 5627 On title page ill.: N. Friend, engr. Philad. ; C.L. Smith, del. Includes index, brief history of Mercer County and individual townships, and biographies and portraits ... More

Atlas of Saginaw Co., Michigan : from recent and actual surveys and re...

LeGear. Atlases of the United States, 5020 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes indexes. LC copy imperfect: Stamped in blue ink in top margin of t.p.: Warren Publi... More

Township map of Berks County, Pennsylvania, from actual surveys /

Relief shown by hachures. Map of Pennsylvania on front lining paper. LeGear. Atlases of the United States, 6160 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes index and adve... More

National map of the territory of the United States from the Mississipp...

Public domain image of the vintage map from NYPL Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, free to use, no copyright restrictions image. The Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division is one of the wo... More

Colton's township map of the State of Iowa : compiled from the United ...

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Correct map of the Chicago, Burlington, and Quincy Rail Road and its p...

Map of the United States, eastern and western sheets, with relief by hachuring, drainage, cities and towns, county boundaries, and Indian reservations. The railroad network is overprinted in red. Heavy red line... More

Atlas of Andrew County, Missouri : including plats of the villiages [s...

LeGear. Atlases of the United States, 5184 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes index. Annotations in pencil and colored pencil on some maps. LC copy imperfect: Ne... More

Atlas of fifteen miles around Washington, including the county of Mont...

Phillips 1501 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. LC copy deacidified and rebound with each leaf encapsulated. Map of Maryland and Delaware on p. [86]-[87] and map of the ... More

Historical hand-atlas, illustrated, containing large scale copper plat...

Phillips, 11040 LeGear. Atlases of the United States, 6413 Includes indexes, brief histories of Wood and Pleasants County, and brief biographies of early Wood and Pleasants County residents. Available also thro... More

Historical hand-atlas, illustrated, containing large scale copper plat...

Phillips, 11040 LeGear. Atlases of the United States, 6413 Includes indexes, brief histories of Wood and Pleasants County, and brief biographies of early Wood and Pleasants County residents. Available also thro... More

Map of the United States - Public domain vintage map

Relief shown pictorially. Shows the Arkansas territory, which was set up in 1819, before it was reduced in size in 1824. Pen-and-ink and watercolor. Name added in pencil in a different hand. Probably a map made... More

Map of the United States of America, the British Provinces, Mexico, th...

Wall map. Shows Canada only along United States border. Relief shown by hachures. Gift; Buffy Cafritz, Madison Council; 2004. Prime meridians: Greenwich and Washington, D.C. Differs from other 1849 ed. by omiss... More

Sectional map of the state of Iowa, compiled from the United States su...

Detailed township and county map showing drainage, cities and towns, roads, and railroads. Scale 1:570,240. LC also has 1854 edition. LC Railroad maps, 216 Description derived from published bibliography. Avail... More

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

New rail road map of the United States and the Dominion of Canada, sho...

Map of the United States showing relief by hachures, drainage, cities and towns, state boundaries, and the railroad network with emphasis on the main line. The line was created by an act of the state of Illinoi... More

Map of the Richmond and Louisville R.R. connecting the railroads of Vi...

Shows eastern United States and includes relief by hachures, drainage, cities and towns, county boundaries, and the railroad network in red. Scale 1:760,920. LC also has 1883 edition in covers. LC Railroad maps... 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

Map showing the location of the Indian reservations within the limits ...

Prime meridians: Washington, D.C. and Greenwich. Inset: Alaska Scale [ca. 1:25,000,000]. 12 x 15 cm. Inset: Mission In. Res. in California. 10 x 7 cm. Inset: Indian Territory in Northeastern Oklahoma. 6 x 8 cm.... More

Florida with the march of de Soto and his men, 1539-1544 / Bormay & Co...

Map of the southern United States outlined with the path of march of Hernando de Soto and his men. Illus. in: De Soto and his men in the land of Florida / Grace Elizabeth King. New York : The Macmillan Company,... More

Ornamental map of the United States & Mexico

Public domain image of the vintage map from NYPL Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, free to use, no copyright restrictions image. The Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division is one of the wo... More

Carney's series of medical charts showing location in the United State...

Showing the locations in the U.S. of phthisis, malaria, pneumonia, rheumatism and typhoid fever. Map apparently intended as a base for medical information overprint. No medical data appears on map. Maps with me... More

Standard atlas of Buffalo and Pepin counties, Wisconsin : including a ...

LeGear. Atlases of the United States, 6456 Includes indexes and portraits of early Buffalo and Pepin County residents. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. LC copy imperfec... More

Map of the United States of North America : with parts of the adjacent...

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National map of the territory of the United States from the Mississipp...

Scale (1,2,280,960). " Scale 36 miles to an inch. "; Other title information, Made by authority of the Hon. O.H. Browning, Secretary of the Interior, in the office of the Indian Bureau, chiefly for government p... More

1818 Pinkerton Map of the Northern United States - Geographicus - USAN...

John Pinkerton's highly decorative and important map of the northern parts of the United States, published 1818. Covers from Lake Huron eastward as far as New Brunswick and southwards as far as the Chesapeake ... More

1845 Mitchell Wall Map of the United States (partial Republic of Texas...

The S. A Mitchell firm published this map, both in wall and folding pocket format, from 1843 to 1850. It is considered a highly important work of mid 19th century American cartography. Through its multiple is... More

1849 Tallis Map of Canada or British America w- Oregon - Geographicus ...

This is a rare and curious first state first edition of Tallis’s 1849 map of British America or what is today Canada. Extends from Russian America ( Alaska ) east as far as Greenland and Iceland. Inexplicably... More

1850 Tallis Map of the Western Hemisphere - Geographicus - HemiWest-ta...

This is an extremely attractive full color example of John Tallis’ decorative map of the Western Hemisphere. Covers both North and South America as well as parts of Polynesia, Antarctica, and Siberia. Shows T... More

1857 U.S.C.S. Map or Chart of Penascola Bay and Harbor, Florida - Geog...

This is a rare hand colored 1857 U.S. Coast Survey nautical chart of the Entrance to Pensacola Bay, Florida. Covers Pensacola Bay from The Lagoon eastward past Warrington and Woolsey to Pensacola. Depicts the... More

Atlas of Warren County - 20aa4ec9b53dc3e313200c7816da27c3 (page 14)

The 1879 Atlas of Warren County published by J.H. Beers and Company. Includes maps of the county and its townships and towns, as well as some statistics, business references, and historical information on the c... More

Statistical atlas of the United States, based upon the results of the ...

Phillips, 1333 At head of title: Department of the interior, Census office. Robert P. Porter, superinttendent ... Carroll D. Wright, commissioner of labor in charge. Available also through the Library of Congre... More

Atlas of Saginaw Co., Michigan : from recent and actual surveys and re...

LeGear. Atlases of the United States, 5020 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes indexes. LC copy imperfect: Stamped in blue ink in top margin of t.p.: Warren Publi... More

Historical atlas of Paulding County, Ohio : containing maps of Pauldin...

LeGear. Atlases of the United States, 5954 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes index, brief history of Paulding County, and brief biographies and portraits of ear... More

Map of the United States of America.

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Map of the United States showing the treaty lines between 1738 and 184...

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Outline map of Massachusetts: showing population according to the Unit...

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Riddell's Greene County atlas, 1896.

Title from cover. LeGear. Atlases of the United States, 5899 Includes index, advertisements, and brief history of Greene County. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Annota... More

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

[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

Illustrated atlas map of Cass County, Illinois : carefully compiled fr...

LeGear. Atlases of the United States, 4091 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes index, brief history of Cass County, and brief biographies and portraits of early C... More

Historical hand-atlas, illustrated, containing large scale copper plat...

Phillips, 11040 LeGear. Atlases of the United States, 6413 Includes indexes, brief histories of Wood and Pleasants County, and brief biographies of early Wood and Pleasants County residents. Available also thro... More

A new and elegent general atlas, containing maps of each of the United...

Signed by H.S. Tanner, S. Lewis, W. Darby, and Sam Harrison as engravers. Map 54 of Louisiana Territory is a reduction of W. Darby's 4 sheet map issued in 1817. Available also through the Library of Congress We... More

Illustrated historical atlas of Cooper County, Missouri : compiled and...

LeGear. Atlases of the United States, 5221 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes index, advertisements, brief history of Cooper County, and brief biographies and po... More

map from "Observations on the geology of the United States of America,...

This image has been taken from scan 000012 from "Observations on the geology of the United States of America, with some remarks on the effect produced on the nature and fertility of soils, by the decomposition ... More

Mapa de los Estados Unidos de Méjico, California &c. : segun lo organi...

Shows Mexico and the southern United States. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Prime meridian: Washington. Gift; Thomas W. Streeler; Dec. 28, 1937. Includes distance chart, distance list, and 2 profile... More

Map exhibiting the several Pacific railroads

Detailed map of the continental United States indicating drainage, relief by hachures, international and state boundaries, cities & towns, forts, roads, and the railroad network. [From published bibliography] S... More

Map showing Indian reservations with the limits of the United States :...

Prime meridians: Washington, D.C. and Greenwich. Inset of Indian Territory in Northeastern Oklahoma. 6 x 6 cm. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. LC copy mounted on cloth... More

Map showing progress of allotment in Creek Nation /

At upper right corner: Exhibit 8. At head of title: Department of the Interior, Commission to the Five Civilized Tribes. "Shaded portions represent selections filed on since the opening of Land Office April, 1s... More

A new map of part of the United States of North America : containing t...

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Map of the United States and Territories.

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Carney's series of medical charts showing location in the United State...

Showing the locations in the U.S. of phthisis, malaria, pneumonia, rheumatism and typhoid fever. Map apparently intended as a base for medical information overprint. No medical data appears on map. Maps with me... More

Northern Part of Florida. Compiled and Published at the United States ...

1818 Pinkerton Map of the Western Hemisphere (North America, South Ame...

A rare and important 1818 map of the Western Hemisphere by John Pinkerton. Depicts North America, Central America and South America as well as parts of Polynesia, Siberia and Greenland. In North America, tha... More

1847 Levasseur Map of the World - Geographicus - Planisphere-levassuer...

This is a rare 1847 map of the world by French map publisher Victor Levasseur. Probably Levassuer’s most sought after atlas map. Depicts the world on a Mercator projection with continents and some countries def... More

1852 U.S. Coast Survey Map of the Mississippi River Delta - Geographic...

An attractive hand colored 1852 U.S. Coast Survey triangulation chart or map of the Mississippi Delta. This map is in fact a composite of four different maps detailing different parts of the Delta. The first... More

1867 Johnson Map of Asia - Geographicus - Asia-johnson-1867

This is A. J. Johnson and Ward’s 1867 map of Asia. Covers the continent in considerable detail with regional color coding. Includes parts of Africa, Europe and Polynesia. In 1867 Johnson did a major re-eng... More

1874 U.S. Coast Survey Map of New York City, Bay and Harbor (2 part) -...

The ultimate U.S Coast Survey chart of New York City, it’s harbor, and environs. This nautical chart, dating to 1874, is divided into two parts and is the culmination of the U.S. Coast Survey's mapping of New ... More

Slave Population US 1860 - Public domain vintage map

Title: Map Showing the Distribution of the Slave Population of the Southern States of the United States Compiled from the Census of 1860. Sold for the benefit of the Sick and Wounded Soldiers of the U. S. Army... More

Outline Military Map of the United States - DPLA - 403663f371734d589b1...

Locations of military regional departments/administrative zones.

Topographical Map of All Lands Situated in Santa Clara Co. Belonging t...

Item Number: 1032-122-pt3 Document Title: L.Stanford Jr. Univ./Top. Map with New Searsville Road [v] /Topo/Map of/all Lands situated in Santa Clara Co./ Belonging to/Leland Stanford Jr./ University/ at/ Palo ... More

Atlas of Dearborn County, Indiana : to which is added a map of the sta...

LeGear. Atlases of the United States, 4513 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes index and brief history of Dearborn County. LC copy imperfect: Front board and rear... More

Historical atlas of Paulding County, Ohio : containing maps of Pauldin...

LeGear. Atlases of the United States, 5954 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes index, brief history of Paulding County, and brief biographies and portraits of ear... More

Historical atlas of Paulding County, Ohio : containing maps of Pauldin...

LeGear. Atlases of the United States, 5954 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes index, brief history of Paulding County, and brief biographies and portraits of ear... More

Atlas of Genesee County, Michigan : containing maps of every township ...

"Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1888, by Hadsall & Cookingham, in the office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington, D.C." LeGear. Atlases of the United States, 4979 Includes indexes, bri... More

Atlas of Logan County, Ohio / - Public domain old map

Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes index and maps of Ohio, the United States, and the world. Annotations in pencil on some maps. LC copy imperfect: Title page, i... More

Atlas of Marshall Co. and the state of Illinois : to which is added an...

Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes indexes and biographies of early Marshall County residents. Vendor: John Carbonell Acquisitions control no. 2008-173

Mapa de los Estados Unidos de Méjico : segun lo organizado y definido ...

Covers the United States southwest of Georgia and Iowa, and south of Oregon Territory. Notes within map describe historical events, including those of the Mexican War. Relief shown by hachures. Notes in Spanish... More

Map of the territory of the United States from the Mississippi River t...

Scale 1:3,000,000. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Shows Indian tribal locations, military posts, and routes and dates of expeditions and surveys. Exhibition: Exhibited: Rivers, edens, empires: Lewis... More

Lloyd's American railroad map of the United States, showing the three ...

Relief shown by hachures. "Drawn & engraved at Rae Smith's, 71 Nassau St., N.Y. from materials furnished to the 36th Congress, March 1859 by G.K. Warren, Lt. U.S. Top. Eng. for the passage of the Pacific Railro... More

40 miles around New York - Public domain vintage map

Regional map emphasizing railroads and areas/names of local municipalities. Relief shown by hachures. "Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1866, by H.H. Lloyd & Co., in the Clerk's Office of the D... More

Map of the United States / - Public domain old map

Arsenals, armories, forts, and barracks indicated by red flags. Gift; Miss Eleanor Sherman Fitch; July 7, 1942. Prime meridians: Greenwich and Washington, D.C. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), S197 Available also t... More

Ohio River - Davis Island dam, plate no. 1

Detail of plate no. 1, showing the confluence of the Monongahela, Allegheny, and the Ohio rivers between Pittsburgh and Allegheny City, Brunot's Island, McKee's Rocks, also shows position of dam across the Ohio... More

Burlington Route. Historic map, Library of Congress

Map of the United States showing relief by hachures, drainage, cities and towns, state and county boundaries, time zones, and the railroad network with main lines emphasized. Scale ca. 1:4,400,000. LC Railroad ... More

Explanations for the Atlas ; Time and Distance Table. ; The United Sta...

Public domain image of the vintage map from NYPL Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, free to use, no copyright restrictions image. The Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division is one of the wo... More

Carney's series of medical charts showing location in the United State...

Showing the locations in the U.S. of phthisis, malaria, pneumonia, rheumatism and typhoid fever. Map apparently intended as a base for medical information overprint. No medical data appears on map. Maps with me... More

Combination atlas map of Cumberland County, New Jersey

LeGear. Atlases of the United States, 5624 On title page ill.: N. Friend, engr. Philad. ; C.L. Smith, del. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes indexes, brief hist... More

Combination atlas map of Cumberland County, New Jersey

LeGear. Atlases of the United States, 5624 On title page ill.: N. Friend, engr. Philad. ; C.L. Smith, del. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes indexes, brief hist... More

G3701 S5 1861 V5 (17815597505) - Public domain old map

G3701_S5_1861_V5: H.H. Lloyd & Co’s Campaign Military Charts Showing the Principal Strategic Places of Interest during the Civil War. Maps of Annapolis, Key West, the Mississippi River, Chesapeake Bay and v... More