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Tobias Conrad Lotter - Mappa totius mundi / Mattheaus Albrecht Lotter ...

Print shows title ornamentation with four female figures representating the four continents, America as a Native wearing a skirt made of feathers and a feather headdress. Illus. in: Atlas géographique de cent ... More

A plan of Pensacola and its environs in its present state, from an act...

Scale ca. 1:4,000. Manuscript, pen-and-ink. Has watermarks. Relief shown by hachures. Cadastral map. Indexed. Imperfect; part of upper right corner torn out. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1661 Available ... More

Plan of the city of Washington. - Public domain old map

Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings. Also covers Georgetown. "Published by J. Stockdale Piccadilly 16th Sep'r 1798." From the author's Travels through the states of North America ..., 1799. Soil... More

Carte du Missouri : levee ou rectifiée dans toute son etendue /

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

This map of the city of New York and island of Manhattan, as laid out ...

Relief shown by hachures. Shows ward boundaries, selected buildingsm and landowner's names. "Entered according to act of Congress Novr. 16th 1811." Oriented with north toward the upper right. Haskell, D.C. Manh... More

[Map of an area along the eastern shore of Lake Pontchartrain, Louisia...

Some unclaimed lots shown in upper left corner. Title from John R. Hébert's list of maps. Pen-and-ink and pencil; unfinished. Has watermarks. From the papers of Vicente Sebastián Pintado. Described in: Vicente ... More

Die Vereinigten Staaten von Nordamerika nach Ebelings Beschreibung, Ar...

Relief shown by hachures. Shows the area from Canada to northern Florida and from the Missouri River to the Bay of Fundy. Prime meridian: Ferro. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

Plan of squares marked A. & B. in Mr. Bulfinch's plan, divided in lots...

Cadastral map of the blocks bounded by 6th St., Pennsylvania Av., 3rd St., and the former Missouri Av. N.W. Brown ink, tan wash, and lead pencil. Watermark: J Whatman 1794. Mounted on cloth backing. Available a... More

Map of Virginia, Maryland and Delaware exhibiting the post offices, po...

Relief shown by hachures. Prime meridians: Washington and Greenwich. LC copy sectioned in 8 and mounted on cloth. Printed label on verso: no. 5, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia. LC Railroad maps, 70 Available also... More

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 city of Brooklyn, L.I. : shewing the streets as at present ...

Shows wards (numbered), building coverage, and lot lines. Hand colored to emphasize ward boundaries. Originally printed on 2 sheets (western/eastern). LC copy imperfect: Rubber-stamped, shellacked, brittle, dar... More

Map of the gold region of California, taken from a recent survey

Relief shown by hachures. Gift; Philip Lee Phillips Society; November, 2007. LC copy imperfect: Fold-lined. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vendor: Michael D. Heaston ... More

Colton's township map of the State of Wisconsin

LC copy: Hand colored. Signed in ink script on verso: Millard Fillmore March 1853. "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1851 by J.H. Colton in the Clerk's Office of the Dist. Court for the Southn D... More

Map of the Virginia Central Rail Road showing the connection between t...

Map of Virginia and parts of adjacent states showing drainage, county boundaries, place names and "McAdamised" roads. Scale ca. 1:1,250,000. Tables at lower left of map list "Counties bordering on the Central R... More

Sectional map of southern Minnesota /

"Entered accordinly to Act of Congress in the year 1855 by S. Holsteen in the Clerks Office of the District Court of Minnesota." LC Land ownership maps, 641 Available also through the Library of Congress Web si... More

Williams' commercial map of the United States and Canada with railroad...

Detailed general map of the eastern half of the United States framed in decorative borders indicating drainage, cities and towns, canals, roads, the railroad network, and indicating the proposed railroad route... More

Map of Warren Co., New York / - Public domain old map

Cadastral map showing towns (townships), numbered township survey sections, large property tracts (with owners' names), rural buildings, and householders' names. Relief shown by hachures. Hand colored to emphas... 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

New map of Burlington County : from actual surveys & official records ...

Wall map showing roads, buildings, and landholders' names. Relief shown by hachures. "Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1859 by R. Kuhn & J.D. Janney in the Clerk's Office of the District Court o... More

Map of Frederick County, Md. : accurately drawn from correct instrumen...

Shows names of residents. Relief shown by hachurres. Includes text, 25 insets, map of Frederick City, list of school districts, and ill. Both copies mounted on cloth and folded in half. "Lithographed by E. Sach... More

Map of the region between Gettysburg, Pa. and Appomattox court house, ...

Relief shown by hachures. Reduced and redrawn version of the index map in the U.S. Army, Corps of Engineer's Military Maps Illustrated the Operations of the Armies of the Potomac & James... ([Washington] War De... More

[Planning map for proposed Cape Cod Ship Canal] /

Relief shown by contours. Title supplied by cataloger. Pen-and-ink in red and blue inks and pencil on tracing paper. Imperfect: Brittle, soiled, creased, small tears along edges. Available also through the Libr... More

Panorama of the seat of war : bird's eye view of Texas and part of Mex...

Shows the coastline of the Gulf of Mexico from "Littel [i.e., Little] Constance Bay," Louisiana to the Rio Grande. "Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1861 by John Bachmann ... Southern District o... More

Town of Phillippi, Barbour County, West Virginia. 1861.

Perspective map not drawn to scale. Bird's-eye-view. LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 1008 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. AACR2: 651/1

Birds eye view of the seat of war. Arranged after the latest surveys, ...

Not drawn to scale. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 14.9 "J. Haven, sole agent, 31 Exchange St." printed in the lower right margin. Panoramic map looking South from Baltimore to Cape Henry. Description derived fro... More

[Sketch of a portion of Orange County, north and east of Orange showin...

Relief shown by hachures. Date, title, and scale from Stephenson's Civil War maps, 1989. Pen-and-ink and pencil on an irregularly cut and torn piece of brown paper, mounted on cloth. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.)... More

[Sketches of roads west of Fredericksburg, Va.].

Shows names of some residents. Relief shown by hachures. Title, date, and scale derived from Stephenson's Civil War maps, 1989. Pencil on sheets of ledger paper originally held together with 2 labels, mounted b... More

Plan of Fort Lyon on Eagle Hill above Alexandria, Va.

Shows a detailed drawing of Union Fort Lyon located on Eagle Hill in Fairfax County, Va. This fort was the headquarters for Major General Samuel Peter Heintzelman, U.S.A. NOTE: Researchers will be served a col... More

Upper Potomac from McCoy's Ferry to Conrad's Ferry and adjacent portio...

Scale ca. 1:130,000. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 245.15 Map, without border, extends from Frederick, Maryland, west to Winchester, Virginia, and Hagerstown, Maryland, south to Front Royal, Virginia. Depicted a... More

Charleston Harbor and its approaches showing the positions of the Rebe...

Scale ca. 1:30,000. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 382 Another issue. Shows roads, railroads, houses, vegetation, a street plan of Charleston, drainage, soundings, and shoals. Enlarged issue covering all of James... More

Nashville--Tenn. and vicinity 1863 /

Sketch map showing fortifications, picket lines, camps of the 105th and 129th Ill. regiments, roads, city streets, railroads, and streams. Relief shown by hachures. Pen-and-ink (brown/red/dark blue). Added late... More

Preliminary chart of western end of Florida Reefs including Tortugas K...

Scale 1:200,000. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 117.52 From its Report of the Superintendent of the Coast Survey, showing the progress of the survey during the year 1863 (Washington, Government Printing Office, 1... More

Sketch of the roads &c near the position of this Div. on the left of t...

Relief shown by hachures. Shows the names of some residents. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), S94, 191 Similar to a map in the Atlas to accompany the official records of the Union and Confederate Armies, 1891-95, p... More

Map showing Genl. Sherman's march from Chattanooga to Atlanta

Map shows an overview of Genl. Sherman's march from Chattanooga, Tenn., to Atlanta, Ga., in the summer of 1864. Color coding indicates the location of Union and Confederate forces. NOTE: Researchers will be ser... More

Rebel defences sic of Charleston Harbor, S.C., December 11th, 1864

Outlines the harbor of Charleston, S.C., beginning with the convergence of the Ashley and Cooper rivers and continuing to the Atlantic Ocean. Sneden traveled through the harbor on a Confederate steamer on Dece... More

Campaigns of the Civil War in the East.

16904 U.S. Copyright Office Scale ca. 1:10,000,000. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 71c.2 Copyright, 1910, by A. B. Adlerman. "Plate no. 8" in the lower right margin. Map of the South Atlantic states showing "Sher... More

Virginia, Bland County. Historic map, Library of Congress

"April 27th, 1866." Signed in ink in lower left corner: John S. Peek ... . Mounted on cloth. LC Land ownership maps, 1217 Includes list of explanations. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site a... 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

Lake City, Wabasha Co., Minnesota 1867.

Perspective map not drawn to scale. Bird's-eye view. LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 390 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Indexed for points of interest. Vault AACR2: 100;... More

Map showing the line of the New Haven, Middletown, and Boston Railroad...

Map of New England showing drainage, cities and towns, counties, distances, and the railroad network with named lines. Scale ca. 1:900,000. LC Railroad maps, 473 Description derived from published bibliography.... More

E. Sachse, & Co.'s bird's eye view of the city of Baltimore, 1869.

Perspective map not drawn to scale. LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 254 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes illus. Vault AACR2

Topographical map of Cape May Co., New Jersey : from recent and actual...

General-content county map also showing rural buildings and householders' names; city/village insets also show real-property tracts, building outlines, and owners' names. Hand col. to emphasize township boundar... More

Map of Racine & Kenosha counties, Wisconsin /

LC Land ownership maps, 1435 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes business directories, statistical table, views of public, residential, and commercial properties.

Panorama of Minneapolis, Minn. /, engraving, Library of Congress

"Ent. according to act of Congress in the year 1873 by A. Hageboeck in the office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington, D.C." LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 394 Available also through the Library of Congres... More

Map of Appalachian Virginia (& parts of W. Va. & Ky.) /

Pen-and-ink and pencil over ink grid, mounted on cloth. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), H209 In pencil on verso: 195. Available also through the Library of Congress web site as raster image.

Winona, Minn. Historic map, Library of Congress

Perspective map not drawn to scale. Bird's-eye-view. Shows points of interest. LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 416 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. AACR2: 100; 651/1; 710/2; 710/3

Atlas of Wicomico, Somerset & Worcester countries, Maryland. Compiled,...

Phillips, 1792 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. AACR2

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

Indexed map of Colorado showing the railroads in the state, and the ex...

Shows relief by hachures, drainage, counties, cities and towns, roads, and the railroads with names along the lines. Title from cover. Scale ca.1:1,500,000. LC Railroad maps, 190 Description derived from publis... More

Map of Bexar County - Public domain vintage map

Cadastral map showing landowners. LC copy 2 mounted on cloth with holes along the left border. "Copyright ... W.C. Walsh Commissioner of the General land Office of the State of Texas." LC Land ownership maps, 8... More

Bird's eye view of Whitefield, Coos County, N.H., 1883.

Perspective map not drawn to scale. Bird's-eye-view. LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 498 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Indexed for points of interest. AACR2

Plat of the survey and subdivision of the estate of the late Clark Mil...

Cadastral map showing buildings. At upper left: On Thursday 18th day of June 1885 ... we will sell ... this property. Includes notes. LC copy 1 torn, missing sections along edges, and mounted on cloth backing. ... More

Map of Wright County, Iowa / - Public domain old map

Shows landowners. LC Land ownership maps, 211 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes advertisement. LC copy sectioned in four and mounted on cloth.

Honolulu and vicinity / Historic map, Library of Congress

Relief shown by hachures. Shows drainage, public buildings (named), other buildings, etc. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

North Leominster, Massachusetts. Historic map, Library of Congress

Perspective map not drawn to scale. Bird's-eye view. LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 316 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Indexed for points of interest. AACR2: 100; 710/1

Perspective map of the city of Little Rock, Ark., State capital of Ark...

Perspective map not drawn to scale. Bird's-eye-view. "Copyrighted for the 'Gazette Printing Co.' Little Rock, Ark." Indexed for points of interest. LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 14 Available also through the Lib... More

New map of Marion County, Florida / - Public domain map

Relief shown by contours. Cadastral map, showing lot lines, lot/block numbers, and names of landowners. "Copyright secured by Fred Bourquin in 1887." "Published by Fred. Bourquin ... ." "Adopted as the official... More

Portions of Alexandria and Fairfax counties, Virginia, showing the rou...

Shows 3 principal routes and auxiliary connecting routes. "To accompany report of January 4th, 1890, Peter C. Haines, Lieut. Colonel of Engineers." Relief shown by contours. Oriented with north toward the upper... More

Map of Mitchell County, Texas. - Public domain old map

Shows landownership. "Charles J. Canda, Simeon J. Drake and William Strauss, proprietors of the lands heretofore belonging to the Texas & Pacific Railway Company. Address: W. H. Abrams, general agent, Dallas, T... More

Balto. and Poto. R.R., profile of tracks in Washington.

Typewritten on label affixed to verso: Profile of Sixth St., M'd & V'a Ave's, from the tunnel to the Potomac, showing effects of sinking tracks, &c. 1890. Blueprint annotated in yellow, red, and lead pencils. P... More

Hebronville, Massachusetts. Historic map, Library of Congress

Bird's-eye view. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes ill. and index to points of interest. PM3

El Reno, Oklahoma Territory 1891., engraving, Library of Congress

Perspective map not drawn to scale. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and pencil. Bird's-eye-view. "Published by T. M. Fowler & James B. Moyer." Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. ... 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

Souvenir map of the World's Columbian Exposition at Jackson Park and M...

"Assisted by: D.H. Roberts, H.M. Schnepff, Heinze Bro's.; Draughtsmen, Surveys & Grades Dep't. W.C.E." Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

Downingtown, Chester County, Pennsylvania 1893.

Perspective map not drawn to scale. Bird's-eye-view. LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 762 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Indexed for points of interest. AACR2

Official map of Pima County, Arizona.

Scale ca. 1:200,000. Relief shown by hachures. Shows landownership. "Copyrighted by George J. Roskruge, Tuscon, Arizona, 1893." "Adopted as the official map of Pima County by resolution of Board of Supervisors,... More

Map of the east end of Racine County in the state of Wisconsin /

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

Northwest, or no. 1, sheet of preliminary map of Antietam (Sharpsburg)...

Scale ca. 1:10,400. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 250.2 The Geography and Map Division has sheets 1 and 2 of 4 sheets. For a description of sheet 2, see Civil War Maps entry no. 250.3. Map extends from Sharpsbur... More

Map of Chickamauga National Military Park.

Scale not given. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 154.5 Copyright no. 20184aa, May 27, 1895. 98 sites are listed and keyed by number to the map. Description derived from published bibliography. Available also throu... More

Official map of the County of Napa, California : compiled from the off...

Relief shown by shading. Shows drainage, roads, railroads, land ownership, township, section and quarter section lines, ranchos, political townships, school districts, etc. Inset map: City of Napa. "Approved by... More

Millroy's map of Alaska and the Klondyke gold fields.

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

Map of central Montana, the Montana Railroad, September 1, 1899.

Shows relief by hachures, drainage, township and county boundaries, military reservations, wagon roads, and railroads. Blueprint. LC Railroad maps, 471 Description derived from published bibliography. Available... More

Route of the Mormon pioneers from Nauvoo to Great Salt Lake, Feb'y 184...

Not drawn to scale. Cover title: Pictorial map showing the route traveled by the Mormon pioneers from Nauvoo to Great Salt Lake. Pictorial map. Shows daily progress along the route. Accompanied by: Guide to the... More

Map of the city of Washington showing project for re-arrangement of wa...

Relief shown by contours. LC copy torn along fold-lines and annotated in ink: D.C.--Operations of the Engineer Dept., 1900. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. DCP

Plat of the exterior boundaries of Sequoia National Park, California :...

Relief shown by hachures. Shows drainage, trails, etc. "The above plat ... is strictly conformable to the field notes therof, on file in this office, which have been examined and approved. U.S. Surveyor General... More

The Sentinel map of Martin County, Minnesota : from personal examinati...

Cadastral map showing roads, mail routes, telephone lines, school district boundaries, school houses, land ownership, landowners' names, etc. "Hunter & VanValkenburgh, Map Publishers, Rockford, Ill." Available ... More

View looking northwest from Anacostia : [Washington D.C.] /

Bird's-eye view with Anancostia River at bottom and horizon/sky at top. Oriented with north toward the upper right. In lower margin: Copyright 1901 by John L. Trout, Washington, D.C. Painted in watercolor, goua... More

Map of the Trans-Mississippi of the United States during the period of...

13194 U.S. Copyright Office From: History of the Fur Trade of the Far West, by H.M. Chittenden, vol. 3. Available also through the Library of Congress web site as a raster image.

Birds eye view of Casco Bay, Portland, Maine, and surroundings.

Shows Maine Central Railroad and steamship lines. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. AACR2: 110; 651/1; 651/2; 710

Reno, the commercial center of Nevada /

Bird's-eye view. Buildings and trees shown pictorially. Below view and at lower margin, in red: The Overland Trust and Realty Co., phone 7--Successors to the Overland Banking Realty Co., 106 E. commercial row, ... More

Map of the Spokane Indian Reservation, Stevens County, Washington.

CIF 16117 U.S. Copyright Office LC Many nations, 83 Available also through the Library of Congress web site as a raster image.

Soil map : West Virginia, Boone county sheet.

Relief shown by contour lines. Soil profile, legend, and conventional signs in margin. Available also through the Library of Congress web site as a raster image.

The Lincoln Highway route : it's ideals and purposes : a connected imp...

"Copyrighted by Frank S. Schmid." Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes text.

Map of district north of Washington D.C. : made in 1859-60 by H.L. Abb...

Shows "Courses and triangulation by pocket compass. Distances by counting steps." Does not show survey points. Covers area in N.W. quadrant bounded by Rock Creek, Rock Creek Ford Rd., Rock Creek Church Rd., 7th... More

Lynchings by states and counties in the United States, 1900-1931 : (da...

Includes table: Number of lynchings. Includes two inset maps. "Map No. 5241-128" Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

Post route map of the state of West Virginia : showing post offices wi...

Includes index to counties and inset. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

United States population density map by minor civil divisions : 1940 /

Population density shown by layered tints Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. "1932 edition, used as base".

National system of interstate and defense highways : as of June, 1958 ...

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

Comprehensive plan for the National Capital, general land use objectiv...

Scale ca. 1:29,000. "NCPC Map File No. 40.00/100.00-28417." "September 30, 1978." Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. DCP AACR2

Kentucky Historic map, Library of Congress

"Sources: Base map from U.S. Geological Survey, Kentucky, 1973. County and place boundaries certified by local officials, January 1, 1980." Includes indexes and 2 insets. Available also through the Library of C... More

Hydrologic unit map, Massachusetts /

Also shows watersheds. "Base map constructed by the Cartographic Division, Soil Conservation Service USDA, from USGS maps, 1:250,000 Series." "1-10274." Available also through the Library of Congress Web site a... More

New Jersey Coastal Heritage Trail, Delsea region

Shows points of interest along the Delaware Bay portion of the N.J. Heritage Trail. Panel title. Includes text, index to points of interest, and 2 location maps. Text and ill. on verso. Available also through t... More

W. Kerr Scott Dam and Reservoir, Yadkin River, North Carolina

Title from panel. Includes table of recreation facilities. Text and ill. (some col.) on verso. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

Little Rock Central High School National Historic Site, Arkansas

Title from panel. "*GPO: 2011--365-615/80613 Reprint 2011." Includes text, area map, and illustrations. Text and illustrations (some color) on verso. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a... More

Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site, Alabama

"*GPO: 2012--372-849/80837." Title from panel. Includes text and ill. (some col.). Text and ill. (some col.) on verso. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

Map of Long Island. - Public domain geographic map

Prime meridian: Washington, D.C. Shows radial distances from City Hall, New York, N.Y. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

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

Cape May County Historic map, Library of Congress

Scales vary. Folded title: Floods in Cape May County, New Jersey--How to avoid damage. Includes charts and location map. "Cape May County," ca. 1:450,000, text, and col. illus. on verso. Available also through ... More

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

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

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