early maps

[Portolan chart of the Mediterranean and Black Seas with the west coas...

Portolan chart with seaport names given for all coastlines. Title devised by cataloguer. Fragmentary signature on upper right portion leading into neck reads "Io Placid...". Oriented with north to the right (in... More

Nova totius terrarum orbis tabula - Public domain map

Relief shown pictorially. Includes two ancillary polar hemispheres and illustrations. LC copy foldlined, with three pin holes in lower margin. Hand coloring to delineate continental boundaries only. Shirley, Ro... More

Typus generalis Ukrainæ : sive Palatinatuum Podoliæ, Kioviensis et Bra...

Covers palatinates that are now part of central and southern Ukraine (at the time a part of the Russian Empire previously acquired by military conquest from the Ottoman Empire). Relief shown pictorially. In Lat... More

Carta hydrographica y chorographica de las Yslas Filipinas : dedicada ...

Relief shown pictorially. Shows names of coastal towns and historical sailing routes. In lower portion of map: Le esculpio Nicolas de la Cruz Bagay ... 1734. Includes text, descriptive notes, ancillary maps of ... More

Mappe monde, ou description du globe terrestre : drojettée e assujetti...

Relief shown pictorially. Includes illustrations. LC copy sectioned into 28 pieces and mounted on linen. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

Rhode Island / Historic map, Library of Congress

Relief shown by hachures. Shows counties and minor civil subdivisions. Place names are in German and/or English. In upper right margin: No. V. In lower central margin: zu Ebelings Erdbeschreibung von Amerika. A... More

Mapa geográfico de la mayor parte de la América Meridional que contien...

Relief shown pictorially and by hachures. Sectioned and mounted on cloth backing to fold to 32 x 25 cm. LC copy accompanied by 8 manuscript texts: namely 2 reports by Requena with other members of the expeditio... More

Harmonia macrocosmica, seu, Atlas universalis et novus, totius univers...

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Globo terrestre / Historic map, Library of Congress

Relief shown pictorially. Gores for a 34 cm. globe. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Gift; Summit Enterprise, Inc.; May 2003. All sheets folded horizontally, with paper... More

[Tian di tu] Historic map, Library of Congress

Shows celestial sphere, China as a whole, and 15 provinces fo the Ming Dynasty, Chinese Turkestan, and the "South Seas", including Japan, Philippines, Java, Sumatra, Calicut, Bagdad, etc. Covers Beijing, Henan,... More

A survey of the roads of the United States of America /

Relief shown by hachures. Orientation varies. Phillips, 1326 Maps no. 34-39 are believed to never have been engraved as they are wanting in all known copies. Available also through the Library of Congress Web s... More

A survey of the roads of the United States of America /

Relief shown by hachures. Orientation varies. Phillips, 1326 Maps no. 34-39 are believed to never have been engraved as they are wanting in all known copies. Available also through the Library of Congress Web s... More

M. Blundeuile his exercises : containing eight treatises, the titles w...

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Celestial globe gores - Public domain vintage map

Title provided by cataloger. Likely proof sheets, as lines for the tropics and the ecliptic are missing. Earliest known celestial gores. Bound in the Schöner Sammelband. Gores trimmed and mounted on paper. LC c... More

Typvs orbis terrarvm - Public domain map engraving

Oval map within illustrated border, showing clouds. Appears in Latin edition of Ortelius's Theatrum orbis terrarum. Includes illustrations. Latin text on verso. In lower left: cum privilegio. Has a crack and re... More

Orbis terrarum typus de integro multis in locis emendatus

Includes illustrations of the seasons and the elements, notes, and two celestial hemispheres. Illustrations of costumes: Hispani -- Galli -- Itali -- Germani -- Angli -- Belgae -- Groenlandi -- Chinenses -- Jav... More

Neue Land Tafel von Hungarn : und dessenincorporirten Königreichen und...

Map of Hungary and adjacent parts of the Danube River Valley showing populated places occupied by the Turkish invaders and places remaining Christian (unoccupied). Covers the Danube River Valley from Vienna (up... More

Mappa mondo o vero carta generale del globo terestre : rapresentato in...

LC copy lightly hand colored, showing political boundaries only. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

A plan of Quebec - Public domain vintage map

Relief shown by hachures. Shows fortifications. Oriented with north to the right. Includes inset "The port & environs of Quebec as it was when attack'd by the English". LC copy mounted on cloth. LC Maps and cha... More

La partie françoise de l'isle de Saint Domingue.

Scale ca. 1:1,300,000. Relief shown pictorially. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1870 "Tome I, no. 67." From the author's Le petit atlas maritime. 1764. Available also through the Library of Congress Web s... More

A correct draught of the harbours of Port Royal and Kingston, with the...

Scale ca. 1:32,000. Hand colored. Relief shown pictorially and by shading and hachures. Soundings shown in fathoms and feet. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1949 Available also through the Library of Congr... More

A plan of the harbour and town of Louisbourg in the Island of Cape Bre...

Relief shown by hachures. Oriented with north to the upper right. Appears in An authentic account of the reduction of Louisbourg, in June and July 1758. London : W. Owen, 1758. LC Maps and charts of North Ameri... More

Carte du golfe du Méxique, des isles et des pays adjacens.

Scale ca. 1:9,500,000. "Longitude ouest de l'isle de Fer." Relief shown pictorially. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1739 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. "Pl. I."... More

Comanche pictograph map of the Battle of Sierra Blanca, 1787

Shows battle between two warring Plains Indian tribes, the Comanche and Apache. Title supplied by cataloger. Pen-and-ink with fold lines. Map pasted on larger sheet of paper which includes key to map signed by ... More

A topographical map describing the principality of the islands of Malt...

Topographic map showing field/fence/wall lines in rural areas. Relief shown by hachures and rock drawings (coastlines). Oriented with north toward the upper left. Handwritten Millard Fillmore signature is not p... More

Guthrie, Oklahoma, Indian Territory, Jan. 22nd 1890 /

Bird's-eye view of the Indian Territory. "The city of Guthrie was nine months old when the original sketch for this lithograph was made." Copy imperfect: Stained along fold lines. Includes text, list to points ... More

Mapa geográfico de la mayor parte de la América Meridional que contien...

Relief shown pictorially and by hachures. Sectioned and mounted on cloth backing to fold to 32 x 25 cm. LC copy accompanied by 8 manuscript texts: namely 2 reports by Requena with other members of the expeditio... More

A survey of the roads of the United States of America /

Relief shown by hachures. Orientation varies. Phillips, 1326 Maps no. 34-39 are believed to never have been engraved as they are wanting in all known copies. Available also through the Library of Congress Web s... More

A survey of the roads of the United States of America /

Relief shown by hachures. Orientation varies. Phillips, 1326 Maps no. 34-39 are believed to never have been engraved as they are wanting in all known copies. Available also through the Library of Congress Web s... More

Yŏji yoram. Historic map, Library of Congress

Romanized. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Form AACR2: ga37 2010-12--22 天下地圖 -- 中國地圖 -- 朝鮮八道圖 -- 京畿道 -- 忠清道 -- 全羅道 -- 慶尚道 -- 江原道 -- 咸鏡道 -- 平安道 -- 黄海道 -- 日本國圖 -- 琉球國圖.

Tongguk p'alto chido. Historic map, Library of Congress

Relief shown pictorially. Romanized. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Form AACR2: ga37 2012-01-12 咸鏡道 -- 江原道 -- 平安道 -- 黄海道 -- 慶尚道 -- 全羅道 -- 忠清道 -- 京畿.

M. Blundeuile his exercises : containing eight treatises, the titles w...

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[Quanzhou Fu yu di tu shuo]. - Public domain dedication image

Covers land and territory in Quanzhou Prefecture. Shows cities, towns, and military posts in Quanzhou fu. Title supplied. Previous supplied title: Quanzhou fu tu shuo. Pen-and-ink and watercolor. Available also... More

[Chart of the Mediterranean, Black Sea, and the coasts of western Euro...

Typvs orbis terrarvm, Abraham Ortelius

Oval map within illustrated border, showing clouds. Appears in Latin edition of Ortelius's Theatrum orbis terrarum. Includes illustrations. Latin text on verso. In lower left: cum privilegio. Has a crack and re... More

The Codex Quetzalecatzin Historic map, Library of Congress

Shows genealogical information and land ownership for the Nahuatl "de Leon" family from 1480-1593. Map covers southern Puebla from the church of Todos Santos, Ecatepec (now suburb to the north east of modern-da... More

Plan de la riuiere de Suriname, de la ville de Paramaribo, es de fort ...

Relief shown pictorially. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes index of places and inset of fort Zelandia.

A map of the estate of Edward Vernon Esquire

Land-estate cadastral survey map showing property ownership lines, individual farms contained within the estate, field/hedge lines, field names, and field acreages. The farm names (given in capital lettering) a... More

A new map of Jamaica; in which the several towns, forts, and settlemen...

Scale ca. 1:250,000. Relief shown pictorially. Soundings shown in fathoms. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1916 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. "I. Bayly, sculp."... More

Planisphere physique, où l'on voit du pole septentrional ce que l'on c...

Relief shown by hachures. Projection centered on North Pole. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. LC copy removed from its copy of Buache's Cartes et tables de la géographi... More

Isle de Saint Domingue. - Public domain map drawing

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Plan de la ville de Port Royal.

Scale ca. 1:3,500. "Tome I, no. 58." From the author's Le petit atlas maritime. 1764. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1951 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault. AACR2

A new chart of the Mediterranean Sea / nautical chart

Depths shown by soundings in selected areas. Statement of dedication: To the Right Honorable Horatio Baron Nelson of the Nile and of Burnham Thorpe in Norfolk, Rear Admiral of the Blue, and Knight of the Milita... More

Delaware Historic map, Library of Congress

Prime meridians: London and Philadelphia. State II, according to Wheat & Brun. LC copy mounted on cloth and laminated. Stamped on in lower left margin: 224A. Stamped on verso: 8132. Wheat & Brun 1969, 485 Avail... More

Tōkaidō bunkenzu : 1-bu o motte 1-chō ni ateru.

Shows road between Edo (Tokyo) to Kyoto. Pictorial map. Relief shown pictorially. Title from title piece mounted on scroll. Pen-and-ink and watercolor. Orientation varies. Worm holes in the map. Stamped on: Kan... More

Harmonia macrocosmica, seu, Atlas universalis et novus, totius univers...

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[Tian di tu] Historic map, Library of Congress

Shows celestial sphere, China as a whole, and 15 provinces fo the Ming Dynasty, Chinese Turkestan, and the "South Seas", including Japan, Philippines, Java, Sumatra, Calicut, Bagdad, etc. Covers Beijing, Henan,... More

A survey of the roads of the United States of America /

Relief shown by hachures. Orientation varies. Phillips, 1326 Maps no. 34-39 are believed to never have been engraved as they are wanting in all known copies. Available also through the Library of Congress Web s... More

A survey of the roads of the United States of America /

Relief shown by hachures. Orientation varies. Phillips, 1326 Maps no. 34-39 are believed to never have been engraved as they are wanting in all known copies. Available also through the Library of Congress Web s... More

A survey of the roads of the United States of America /

Relief shown by hachures. Orientation varies. Phillips, 1326 Maps no. 34-39 are believed to never have been engraved as they are wanting in all known copies. Available also through the Library of Congress Web s... More

Cosmographiae introductio : cum quibusdam geometriae ac astronomiae pr...

Designed to accompany Waldseemüller's globe and wall map of the world, on which the New World is called America. "America" is suggested as name for the New World on sig. C1 recto and C3 verso. Originally publi... More

M. Blundeuile his exercises : containing eight treatises, the titles w...

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M. Blundeuile his exercises : containing eight treatises, the titles w...

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Georges Louis le Rouge - Port-Royal de Jamaique.

Scale ca. 1:7,700. Oriented with north toward the lower right. From the author's Recueil des plans de l'Amerique septentrionale. 1755. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1947 Available also through the Librar... More

Baye de Matance dans l'isle de Cube. nautical chart

Public domain image of a nautical map, chart, navigation pilot guide, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Battle of Brandywine in which the Americans were defeated : September ...

Public domain scan of a vintage map, plan, atlas, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

Antiquissima orbis delineatio. Historic map, Library of Congress

Relief shown pictorially. Publication information from text. Available also through the Library of Congress web site as a raster image.

A map of the harbour of Louisburg and parts adjacent

Depths shown by soundings. Appears in the London Magazine, 1758, volume 27. Includes an illustrated cartouche. LC copy mounted on cloth backed paper. LC Maps and charts of North America and the West Indies, 175... More

Carta marina navigatoria Portvgallen navigationes, atqve tocius cognit...

Relief shown pictorially. Includes text and illustrations. Bound in the Schöner Sammelband. Sheet 6 appears to be a proof copy and was laid in after the Sammelband was bound. All sheets except for sheet 6 annot... More

Mapa geográfico de la mayor parte de la América Meridional que contien...

Relief shown pictorially and by hachures. Sectioned and mounted on cloth backing to fold to 32 x 25 cm. LC copy accompanied by 8 manuscript texts: namely 2 reports by Requena with other members of the expeditio... More

Harmonia macrocosmica, seu, Atlas universalis et novus, totius univers...

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Harmonia macrocosmica, seu, Atlas universalis et novus, totius univers...

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Harmonia macrocosmica, seu, Atlas universalis et novus, totius univers...

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Harmonia macrocosmica, seu, Atlas universalis et novus, totius univers...

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Harmonia macrocosmica, seu, Atlas universalis et novus, totius univers...

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Globo terrestre / Historic map, Library of Congress

Relief shown pictorially. Gores for a 34 cm. globe. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Gift; Summit Enterprise, Inc.; May 2003. All sheets folded horizontally, with paper... More

[Tian di tu] Historic map, Library of Congress

Shows celestial sphere, China as a whole, and 15 provinces fo the Ming Dynasty, Chinese Turkestan, and the "South Seas", including Japan, Philippines, Java, Sumatra, Calicut, Bagdad, etc. Covers Beijing, Henan,... More

A map of the western parts of the colony of Virginia /

Shows forts, trails, waterfalls, general locations of Native American tribes. Covers from Lake Ontario southwest to the New River. Relief shown by contours and pictorially. Prime meridian: Ferro. From The Londo... More

A survey of the roads of the United States of America /

Relief shown by hachures. Orientation varies. Phillips, 1326 Maps no. 34-39 are believed to never have been engraved as they are wanting in all known copies. Available also through the Library of Congress Web s... More

A survey of the roads of the United States of America /

Relief shown by hachures. Orientation varies. Phillips, 1326 Maps no. 34-39 are believed to never have been engraved as they are wanting in all known copies. Available also through the Library of Congress Web s... More

A survey of the roads of the United States of America /

Relief shown by hachures. Orientation varies. Phillips, 1326 Maps no. 34-39 are believed to never have been engraved as they are wanting in all known copies. Available also through the Library of Congress Web s... More

A survey of the roads of the United States of America /

Relief shown by hachures. Orientation varies. Phillips, 1326 Maps no. 34-39 are believed to never have been engraved as they are wanting in all known copies. Available also through the Library of Congress Web s... More

Atlas maritimus or, the sea-atlas : being a book of maratime (sic) cha...

Relief shown pictorially on some maps. Depths shown by soundings on some maps. Engraved title page. Phillips, 3455 Includes "Mapp of the world" on engraved title page. Available also through the Library of Cong... More

Systema mundi Tychonicum : secundum celeberrimorum astronomorum Tychon...

Appears in his Grosser Atlas uber die gantze Welt. Nurnberg, 1716. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. LC copy imperfect: Discoloration along fold line. Bottom edge and ce... More

Universalis cosmographia secundum Ptholomaei traditionem et Americi Ve...

Relief shown pictorially. First document known to name America. Red ink grid on 2 sheets. Text applied over blank areas on 2 sheets. Manuscript annotations in the margin of 1 sheet. All sheets bear a watermark ... More

[Quanzhou Fu yu di tu shuo]. - Public domain old map

Covers land and territory in Quanzhou Prefecture. Shows cities, towns, and military posts in Quanzhou fu. Title supplied. Previous supplied title: Quanzhou fu tu shuo. Pen-and-ink and watercolor. Available also... More

Mappe-monde, ou carte générale du monde : dessignée en deux plan-hemis...

Relief shown pictorially. Shows California as an island. LC copy stamped on: 480B. Mounted on cloth. Annotations in Australia. Shirley, R.W. Mapping of the world, 390 Available also through the Library of Congr... More

An exact draught of the island of New Providence one of the Bahama Isl...

Scale ca. 1:50,000. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Has watermark. Oriented with north to the bottom. Relief shown pictorially and by shading. Depths shown by soundings. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1... More

Carte réduite de l'isle de Saint Domingue et de ses débouquements pour...

Scale ca. 1:1,300,000. Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings. "No. 72." Includes text. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1847 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster... More

Carte de la Nouvelle Angleterre, Nouvelle Yorck, et Pensilvanie.

Covers the area from Penobscot Bay to Chesapeake Bay and west to Lake Erie. Relief shown pictorially. Shows Indian tribal territory. Prime meridian: Paris. "Tom. XIV. in 4⁰, no. 9. Tome 14. in 8⁰, page 97"-- In... More

Colonial America Historic map, Library of Congress

Relief shown pictorially. Shows the area from Canada to the Gulf of Mexico and the Rocky Mountains to the Chesapeake Bay, including tribal territories, mines, and towns. Title from LC Maps of North America. In ... More

[St. Eustatius, Leeward Islands]. - Public domain map

Shows aerial view of the port of Sint Eustatius in the northern Leeward Islands of the West Indies including buildings, ships, and fortifications. Relief shown pictorially. Bird's-eye-view. Pen-and-ink and penc... More

A map of the state of Vermont - Public domain old map

Relief shown by hachures. Shows counties and their respective boundaries and townships by names. Prime meridian: Washington and London. Gift; Don McGuirk; 23 May 2017. LC copy folded into 8 sections with stains... More

Massachusetts / Historic map, Library of Congress

Massachusetts Historic map, Library of Congress

Relief shown pictorially. Prime meridians: London and Philadelphia. State II (post 1799), according to Wheat & Brun. LC copy has in pencil on red bordered label on verso: 449/5. Wheat & Brun 1969, 217 Availabl... More

A map of the isle of Cuba, with the Bahama Islands, Gulf of Florida, a...

Scale ca. 1:2,750,000. Relief shown pictorially. Depths shown by soundings. Hand colored. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1781 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. LC ... More

A general map of South America : from the best surveys, 1796

Relief shown by hachures. Prime meridian: London. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

Harmonia macrocosmica, seu, Atlas universalis et novus, totius univers...

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Harmonia macrocosmica, seu, Atlas universalis et novus, totius univers...

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Harmonia macrocosmica, seu, Atlas universalis et novus, totius univers...

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[Tian di tu] Historic map, Library of Congress

Shows celestial sphere, China as a whole, and 15 provinces fo the Ming Dynasty, Chinese Turkestan, and the "South Seas", including Japan, Philippines, Java, Sumatra, Calicut, Bagdad, etc. Covers Beijing, Henan,... More

A survey of the roads of the United States of America /

Relief shown by hachures. Orientation varies. Phillips, 1326 Maps no. 34-39 are believed to never have been engraved as they are wanting in all known copies. Available also through the Library of Congress Web s... More

A survey of the roads of the United States of America /

Relief shown by hachures. Orientation varies. Phillips, 1326 Maps no. 34-39 are believed to never have been engraved as they are wanting in all known copies. Available also through the Library of Congress Web s... More

Cartes et tables de la géographie physique ou naturelle /

Relief shown pictorially. "Présentées au Roi le 15 mai 1757". Phillips, 220 Engraved title page. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. LC copy imperfect: map titled "Planisp... More

Fen ye yu tu., Qingdao China - Public domain dedication image

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M. Blundeuile his exercises : containing eight treatises, the titles w...

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M. Blundeuile his exercises : containing eight treatises, the titles w...

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New England, Nova Scotia, and Newfoundland

Relief shown pictorially. Title provided by cataloger. LC copy mounted on cloth. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

La carte générale du monde - Public domain old map

Relief shown pictorially. Includes text, 2 celestial hemispheres, 3 compasses, and latitudinal sphere. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Acquisitions control no. 26-86 Vault

A scheme of the Solar system with the orbits of the planets and comets...

Includes text. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. LC copy annotated in ink on verso: Whiston's Solar System.