historical maps california

An accurate map of North America. Describing and distinguishing the Br...

Scale ca. 1:550,000. Hand colored. Relief shown pictorially. Lowery 409 LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 20 Includes historical notes, notes on territorial claims, and insets of "A particular map of Baffin ... More

An accurate map of North America. Describing and distinguishing the Br...

Scale ca. 1:550,000. Hand colored. Relief shown pictorially. "Longit. w. from London." From Thomas Jefferys' American atlas. 1775. no. 5, 6. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 23 Includes historical notes, ex... More

Sketch of rebel fortifications at Hayne's Bluff.

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Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from San Francisco, San Francisco County, C...

Sep 1887. 1 Sheet(s). Shows distributing reservoirs of the Spring Valley water works.

Official map of Los Angeles County, California : compiled under instru...

Relief shown by hachures. Cadastral map showing drainage, roads, railroads, ranchos, township & section lines, land ownership, landowners' names, etc. "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1888, by ... More

Sacramento. Historic map, Library of Congress

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Los Angeles, California, 1894. - Public domain old map

Perspective map not drawn to scale. Bird's-eye-view. Includes illus. and index to points of interest. LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 28 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. A... More

Map of San Fernando Valley, California

Relief shown by hachures. Shows major roads, public streets, and cities and towns in the San Fernando Valley region of the City of Los Angeles. "Copyrighted by Franklin P. Borgnis, L.A." Publication date inferr... More

The Colorado River basin showing the upper and lower basins

Illustration showing the upper and lower basins of the Colorado River as they extend across portions of the states of Wyoming, Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, Arizona, Nevada, and California. Illus. in: The Bureau... More

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from El Paso, El Paso County, Texas

Jul 1885. 4 Sheet(s). Texas fire insurance map. Sanborn fire insurance maps are detailed maps of cities and towns produced by the Sanborn Map Company for the purpose of assessing fire insurance liability. T... More

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Salinas, Monterey County, California

Mar 1892. 17 Sheet(s). California fire insurance map. Sanborn fire insurance maps are detailed maps of cities and towns produced by the Sanborn Map Company for the purpose of assessing fire insurance liabil... More

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Salinas, Monterey County, California

Mar 1892. 17 Sheet(s). California fire insurance map. Sanborn fire insurance maps are detailed maps of cities and towns produced by the Sanborn Map Company for the purpose of assessing fire insurance liabil... More

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

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

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

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 of Oregon and upper California from the surveys of John Charles Fr...

Scale 1:3,000,000. Hand colored. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Shows area of U.S. west of the Continental Divide. Includes notes and "Profile of the travelling route from the South Pass of the Rock... More

Nebraska Territory, May 1854 : Nebraska centennial, 1854-1954 : this m...

Relief shown pictorially. Pictorial map showing the Mormon, Oregon, Ox Bow, and California trails; routes of the Lewis & Clark, Mallet Brothers and Long expeditions; and historical sites. "This map prepared cou... More

Map of wagon routes in Utah Territory /

Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Shows routes of Captains Stansbury, Fremont, Gunnison, and Beckwith. In lower right margin: Facsimile reproduction by the Graphic Co., New York. Originally folded in m... More

Colton's new topographical map of the states of Virginia, Maryland and...

Scale 1:760,320. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 25.9 Another issue. Lang & Laing Lith, N.Y. "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1862 by J. H. Colton." 1864 edition listed as Civil War Maps entry no.... More

Map of the County of Santa Barbara, California /

Relief shown by hachures. Cadastral map showing drainage, roads, railroads, land ownership, landowners' names, ranchos, township and section lines, school and supervisorial districts, etc. LC Land ownership map... More

Official map of the County of Solano, California : showing Mexican gra...

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Planta da cidade do Rio de Janeiro : obedecendo á divisão da cidade em...

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[Map of Los Angeles and the San Gabriel Mountains] /

Relief shown pictorially. LC copy annotated in ink: Title of map, perspective map showing automobile roads, Los Angeles and vicinity. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Galena, Jo Daviess County, Illinois

Aug 1885. 6 Sheet(s). Illinois fire insurance map. Sanborn fire insurance maps are detailed maps of cities and towns produced by the Sanborn Map Company for the purpose of assessing fire insurance liability... More

Illustrated historical atlas of Traill and Steele counties, North Dako...

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[Portolan atlas of 9 charts and a world map, etc. Dedicated to Hierony...

Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor, on vellum. Each double-page illumination (col. diagrs., col. maps) 21 x 29 cm. Compass rose on inside back cover. "Maps 1, 2, and 10 show America. No. 1 shows the Gulf of... More

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Watts, Los Angeles County, California.

Aug 1922. 24 Sheet(s). California fire insurance map. Sanborn fire insurance maps are detailed maps of cities and towns produced by the Sanborn Map Company for the purpose of assessing fire insurance liabil... More

To Capt. John Wood this map of the world, drawn according to Mercators...

Relief shown pictorially. Shows California as an island. Includes the name "Pensilvania", so is a second state issued after 1682. Includes illustrations, north polar hemisphere, two compass roses and rhumb line... 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

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

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

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

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Salinas, Monterey County, California

Mar 1892. 17 Sheet(s). California fire insurance map. Sanborn fire insurance maps are detailed maps of cities and towns produced by the Sanborn Map Company for the purpose of assessing fire insurance liabil... More

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Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Stent, Tuolomne County, California.

Mar 1908. 2 Sheet(s). California fire insurance map. Sanborn fire insurance maps are detailed maps of cities and towns produced by the Sanborn Map Company for the purpose of assessing fire insurance liabili... More

A new map of North America, with the West India Islands. Divided accor...

Scale ca. 1:5,000,000. Hand colored. Relief shown pictorially. Prime meridian: London and Ferro. LC copy one annotated in black ink. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 27 Includes historical notes, text, and ... More

Keddie's map of Plumas County, California /

Relief shown by shading and spot heights. Cadastral map showing drainage, roads, railroads, land ownership, landowners' names, township and section lines, school and land districts, post offices, mining claims,... More

Map of the western & middle portions of North America : to illustrate ...

Relief shown by hachures. Prime meridians: Greenwich and Washington, DC. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

Map of Nevada County, California / - Public domain map

Relief shown by hachures. Cadastral maps showing land ownership, landowners' names, lot numbers, judicial townships, roads, railroads, etc. "Board of Supervisors ... 1880 ... the map of Nevada County compiled b... More

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Caspar, Mendocino County, California

Nov 1898. 1 Sheet(s). California fire insurance map. Sanborn fire insurance maps are detailed maps of cities and towns produced by the Sanborn Map Company for the purpose of assessing fire insurance liabili... More

Official map of the County of Los Angeles, California : compiled from ...

Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Cadastral map showing drainage, roads, railroads, land ownership, landowners' names, ranchos, tracts, township & section lines, etc. " ... this map has been adopted by... More

Map of Dorchester County, South Carolina : made and created by an Act ...

Shows names of landowners. Oriented with north toward upper right. LC Land ownership maps, 835 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. LC copy imperfect: Torn and repaired in... More

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Salinas, Monterey County, California

Mar 1892. 17 Sheet(s). California fire insurance map. Sanborn fire insurance maps are detailed maps of cities and towns produced by the Sanborn Map Company for the purpose of assessing fire insurance liabil... More

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from South Riverside, Riverside County, Cal...

Jan 1895. 4 Sheet(s). California fire insurance map. Sanborn fire insurance maps are detailed maps of cities and towns produced by the Sanborn Map Company for the purpose of assessing fire insurance liabili... More

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Sonora, Tuolumne County, California.

Jan 1890. 2 Sheet(s). California fire insurance map. Sanborn fire insurance maps are detailed maps of cities and towns produced by the Sanborn Map Company for the purpose of assessing fire insurance liabili... More

Map showing detailed topography of the country traversed by the reconn...

Covers Elko, White Pine, Lander, Nye, and Lincoln counties in Nevada. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Gift; Miss Eleanor Sherman Fitch; July 7, 1942. "Officially compiled and published at the Enginee... More

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Spreckles, Monterey County, California...

Mar 1914. 3 Sheet(s). California fire insurance map. Sanborn fire insurance maps are detailed maps of cities and towns produced by the Sanborn Map Company for the purpose of assessing fire insurance liabili... More

Los Angeles as it appeared in 1871. - Public domain map

CIF56727 U.S. Copyright Office Perspective map not drawn to scale. Bird's-eye-view. "Approved by the Historical Society of Southern California." Includes col. illus., historic notes, index to points of interest... More

Map of an exploring expedition to the Rocky Mountains in the year 1842...

Relief shown by hachures. State 3: Includes notes, Great Basin statement, and place name South Park below Bayou Salade; some place names differ from other states. "Published in Report of the exploring expeditio... More

Official map of Modoc County, California /

Relief shown by shading. Cadastral map showing land ownership, landowners' names, drainage, township & section lines, judicial townships, school & road districts, etc. Stamped on: Colored by E.M. Sleator, 529 S... More

Map of the city of San Antonio, Bexar County: including suburbs both n...

Shows named subdivisions, house numbering systems, and other localities. Shows radial distances. "Copyright 1924 by Nic Tengg." Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Grass Valley, Nevada County, Californi...

Jan 1891. 5 Sheet(s). California fire insurance map. Sanborn fire insurance maps are detailed maps of cities and towns produced by the Sanborn Map Company for the purpose of assessing fire insurance liabili... More

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Salinas, Monterey County, California

Mar 1892. 17 Sheet(s). California fire insurance map. Sanborn fire insurance maps are detailed maps of cities and towns produced by the Sanborn Map Company for the purpose of assessing fire insurance liabil... More

[Portolan atlas of 9 charts and a world map, etc. Dedicated to Hierony...

Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor, on vellum. Each double-page illumination (col. diagrs., col. maps) 21 x 29 cm. Compass rose on inside back cover. "Maps 1, 2, and 10 show America. No. 1 shows the Gulf of... More

[Portolan atlas of 9 charts and a world map, etc. Dedicated to Hierony...

Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor, on vellum. Each double-page illumination (col. diagrs., col. maps) 21 x 29 cm. Compass rose on inside back cover. "Maps 1, 2, and 10 show America. No. 1 shows the Gulf of... More

Atlas of Los Angeles County : photographically reproduced from the off...

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Mappe-monde, ou carte generale du globe terrestre : representée en deu...

Relief shown pictorially. Shows California as an island. LC copy: left half mounted on paper, fold lined. Lightly hand colored to mark continental boundaries and some place names. Shirley, Rodney W. Mapping of ... More

A new map of Texas, Oregon and California.

Geschäfts- und Reise-Karte von Europa : mit Angabe aller Eisenbahnen, ...

Prime meridian: Paris. Hand col. to emphasize coastlines and international boundaries. LC copy imperfect: Use-worn, water-stained, brittle, torn at fold lines, cover detached from map sheet. Publisher's adverti... More

Map of Bar Harbor, Maine, 1896. - Public domain old map

Available also through the Library of Congress web site as a raster image. 2 copies

Central area map of the city of Rio de Janeiro /

Relief is shown by contours. Oriented with north toward the lower right. Two sheets joined to form 1, mounted on cloth. "Map no. 5 to accompany a survey of the Rio de Janeiro region of Brazil approved June 1, 1... More

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Salinas, Monterey County, California

Mar 1892. 17 Sheet(s). California fire insurance map. Sanborn fire insurance maps are detailed maps of cities and towns produced by the Sanborn Map Company for the purpose of assessing fire insurance liabil... More

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Watsonville, Santa Cruz County, Califo...

Feb 1888. 8 Sheet(s). Includes Pajaro, Monterey Co.. California fire insurance map. Sanborn fire insurance maps are detailed maps of cities and towns produced by the Sanborn Map Company for the purpose of a... More

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Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Spreckles, Monterey County, California...

Jul 1919. 6 Sheet(s). California fire insurance map. Sanborn fire insurance maps are detailed maps of cities and towns produced by the Sanborn Map Company for the purpose of assessing fire insurance liabili... More

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Spreckles, Monterey County, California...

Jul 1919. 6 Sheet(s). California fire insurance map. Sanborn fire insurance maps are detailed maps of cities and towns produced by the Sanborn Map Company for the purpose of assessing fire insurance liabili... More

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[Portolan atlas of 9 charts and a world map, etc. Dedicated to Hierony...

Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor, on vellum. Each double-page illumination (col. diagrs., col. maps) 21 x 29 cm. Compass rose on inside back cover. "Maps 1, 2, and 10 show America. No. 1 shows the Gulf of... More

Atlas of Los Angeles County : photographically reproduced from the off...

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Atlas of Los Angeles County : photographically reproduced from the off...

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[Map of Pacific Ocean between the coast of California and Mexico and J...

Watermark: PVL [Pieter van Ley] in 1 character. Pen-and-ink. Mounted on cloth backing. LC Luso-Hispanic World, 15 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes text. Printe... More

Atlanta : from Vincent's subdivision map, published by the City Counci...

From Vincent's subdivision map of the city of Atlanta, Dekalb County, state of Georgia. Savannah : Edward A. Vincent, 185-. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), S44 Available also through the Library of Congress Web si... More

Map of Orange County, California / - Public domain map

Relief shown by hachures. Cadastral map showing roads, lot lines and numbers, landowners' names, and geographical features. "Colored by E.M. Sleator." LC Land ownership maps, 32 Available also through the Libra... More

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Copperopolis, Calaveras County, Califo...

Jul 1895. 2 Sheet(s). California fire insurance map. Sanborn fire insurance maps are detailed maps of cities and towns produced by the Sanborn Map Company for the purpose of assessing fire insurance liabili... More

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Saint Helena, Napa County, California

Apr 1899. 17 Sheet(s). California fire insurance map. Sanborn fire insurance maps are detailed maps of cities and towns produced by the Sanborn Map Company for the purpose of assessing fire insurance liabil... More

Frederick Law Olmsted Papers: 1975 Addition, 1821-1924; Subject file; ...

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Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Spreckles, Monterey County, California...

Jul 1919. 6 Sheet(s). California fire insurance map. Sanborn fire insurance maps are detailed maps of cities and towns produced by the Sanborn Map Company for the purpose of assessing fire insurance liabili... More

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Sonoma, Sonoma County, California.

Feb 1891. 2 Sheet(s). California fire insurance map. Sanborn fire insurance maps are detailed maps of cities and towns produced by the Sanborn Map Company for the purpose of assessing fire insurance liabili... More

[Portolan atlas of 9 charts and a world map, etc. Dedicated to Hierony...

Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor, on vellum. Each double-page illumination (col. diagrs., col. maps) 21 x 29 cm. Compass rose on inside back cover. "Maps 1, 2, and 10 show America. No. 1 shows the Gulf of... More

Carte vniverselle du commerce, c'est à dire carte hidrographique, où s...

Relief shown pictorially. Includes illustrations of ships on trade routes. Shows California as an island. LC copy foldlined. Stamped on verso: 6849. Shirley, R.W. Mapping of the world, 364 Available also throug... More

From San Francisco Bay to the Plains of Los Angeles : from exploration...

Scale 1:760,320. At head of title: Coast route, California Map no. 1. Relief shown by hachures. From U.S. War Department, Explorations and Surveys for a Railroad Route from the Mississippi River to the Pacific ... More

Earthquake shaking potential for California, Spring 2003 /

Relief shown by shading. Shows level of earthquake hazard. Includes text, inset of "Three-quarters of our nation's earthquake losses will be in California," and important messages. Bibliography. Available also ... More

Hollywood starland : official moviegraph of the land of stars, where t...

Bird's eye view. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Salinas, Monterey County, California

Mar 1892. 17 Sheet(s). California fire insurance map. Sanborn fire insurance maps are detailed maps of cities and towns produced by the Sanborn Map Company for the purpose of assessing fire insurance liabil... More

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Salinas, Monterey County, California

Mar 1892. 17 Sheet(s). California fire insurance map. Sanborn fire insurance maps are detailed maps of cities and towns produced by the Sanborn Map Company for the purpose of assessing fire insurance liabil... More

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Spreckles, Monterey County, California...

Jul 1919. 6 Sheet(s). California fire insurance map. Sanborn fire insurance maps are detailed maps of cities and towns produced by the Sanborn Map Company for the purpose of assessing fire insurance liabili... More

[ University of Southern California campus map with handwritten indica...

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Pacific Coast from San Francisco Bay to the Strait of Juan de Fuca /

Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Depths shown by soundings. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), S202 Includes table of sea coast lights and notes. In top left margin: No. 602. In top center margin: Plate no.... More

Map showing Indian reservations within the limits of the United States...

Meridian: Washington, D.C. Shows location and names of Indian reservations in the United States. Insets: Alaska -- Mission Ind. Res. in California -- Indian Territory. Available also through the Library of Cong... More

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Lamanda Park, Los Angeles County, Cali...

Sep 1892. 1 Sheet(s). California fire insurance map. Sanborn fire insurance maps are detailed maps of cities and towns produced by the Sanborn Map Company for the purpose of assessing fire insurance liabili... More

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Map showing territory annexed to the city of Los Angeles, California /

Includes historical table of date, place name, how it was obtained, number of acres, and number of square miles being annexed between 1781 and 1916. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a ... More

Carta dimostrativa della dislocazione delle tribù nel territorio della...

Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. At head of title: Ministero delle colonie, Direzione generale degli affari politici, Ufficio cartografico. "La presente carta è stata compilata in base alle informazio... More

Los Angeles 1909. Historic map, Library of Congress

Perspective map not drawn to scale. Bird's-eye-view. On verso: City and suburban street map of Los Angeles. Accompanied by index. 24 p. LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 29 Available also through the Library of Cong... More

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Amador, Amador County, California

Aug 1895. 2 Sheet(s). California fire insurance map. Sanborn fire insurance maps are detailed maps of cities and towns produced by the Sanborn Map Company for the purpose of assessing fire insurance liabili... More

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa

Sep 1885. 10 Sheet(s). Iowa fire insurance map. Sanborn fire insurance maps are detailed maps of cities and towns produced by the Sanborn Map Company for the purpose of assessing fire insurance liability. T... More

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Escondido, San Diego County, Californi...

May 1896. 4 Sheet(s). California fire insurance map. Sanborn fire insurance maps are detailed maps of cities and towns produced by the Sanborn Map Company for the purpose of assessing fire insurance liabili... More

Frederick Law Olmsted Papers: 1975 Addition, 1821-1924; Subject file; ...

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