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A map of Mexico, Louisiana, and the Missouri Territory : including als...

Relief shown by hachures and pictorially. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes notes, ill., and tables of coordinates and other statistical data. Imperfect: Backed... More

Pennsylvania Historic map, Library of Congress

Shows roads, canals, railroads, and proposed railroads. Counties are distinguished by color. Main mountain ridges are shown by hachures. Earliest general map of the state to show railroads. Scale ca. 1:5,600,00... More

Map of the territory west of the Rocky Mountains /

Relief shown by hachures. From: The Rocky Mountains; or, scenes, incidents, and adventures in the far west; digested from the journal of Captain B. L. E. Bonneville, of the Army of the United States, and illust... More

A map of the United States of Mexico : as organized and defined by the...

Relief shown by hachures. Cover title: Tanner's travelling map of Mexico. Prime meridian: Washington. "Entered according to Act of Congress, the 2nd day of April 1832, by H.S. Tanner, of the state of Pennsylvan... More

Map of the city of Washington : established as the permanent seat of t...

Shows block numbers, wards, and major buildings. Includes note, index to points of interest, and inset "Map of the District of Columbia." LC Ward maps 225 LC copy fold-lined, missing small edge sections, and mo... More

Map of Trumbull County, Ohio / - Public domain old map

LC Land ownership maps, 680 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes distance table, business directory, population and agricultural statistical table, views of public... More

Map of the rail-roads of the state of New York prepared under the dire...

Map of New York and parts of adjacent states showing drainage, relief by hachures, county boundaries, cities and towns. Different colors indicate railroads in operation, in progress of construction, and propose... More

Higginson's map of Kings and a large part of Queens counties : from ac...

General-content map of the present-day borough of Brooklyn (Kings County, New York City) and the western part of Queens County (now the borough of Queens in New York City). Shows incorporated cities, towns (tow... More

[Map of portions of Virginia, West Virginia, and Maryland, centering o...

Shows roads in red, and railroads, place names, etc. in black. Relief shown by hachures. Date from Stephenson's Civil War maps, 1989. Title derived from Stephenson's Civil War maps, 1989. Following the statemen... More

Map of Henry County, Illinois / - Public domain old map

"Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1860 by P. Holmes in the Clerks Office of the District Court of the United States in & for the Northern District of Illinois." LC Land ownership maps, 116 Avail... More

Sketch showing route of the Burnside expedition [to Roanoke Island, N....

Scale not given. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 317.12 From U.S. Congress. Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War. Supplemental report of the Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War, in two volumes. Suppleme... More

Civil War, 1863-1865 - Public domain vintage map

Shows movement of Union and Confederate forces, location of their respective victories, extent of their respective territories controlled in March 1865, and the Union naval blockade. Relief shown by shading. In... More

Map of the field of operations in Virginia and Battle of Mine Run, dur...

Includes areas of Orange and Culpeper counties, Va., where Meade approached the Rapidan River and the Mine Run Valley to try and push Lee's forces unsuccessfully back towards Richmond in the Mine Run Campaign o... More

Plan of the city of Washington : the capitol [sic] of the United State...

Shows wards and major buildings. "Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1861, by S. Augustus Mitchell, Jr. ... Eastern District of Pennsylvania." "26." LC copy accompanied by typewritten information... More

Map of Newport & vicinity, or Rhode Island.

Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings. "Published by M. Dripps, New York, 1860." LC Land ownership maps, 828 Gift; Mrs. Draper L. Kauffmann; 1958. "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year... More

Map showing the Grand Rapids & Indiana Railroad, and its connections.

Advertising map covering Michigan and vicinity. Shows drainage, cities and towns, railroad land grant, and the railroad network emphasizing the main line. Information on bond sale by Winslow, Lanier & Co., N.Y.... More

Map showing the line of the Louisville, New Albany, and St. Louis Air ...

Map of the middle Atlantic and central United States showing drainage, cities and towns, state and county boundaries, and the railroad network with emphasis on the main lines. Indicates coal field in Illinois a... More

View of Bridgeport, Ct. 1875. - Public domain old map

Perspective map not drawn to scale. Hand colored. Bird's-eye-view. LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 77.3 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes illus. and index to point... More

Centennial American Republic and railroad map of the United States and...

Shows drainage, cities and towns,and the railroad network with names of lines. Includes distance chart and view of "Main building centennial exhibition, Philadelphia, 1876." [From published bibliography] 5458 U... More

Indexed map of Rhode Island showing the railroads in the State, and th...

Railroads are named along the lines. Scale ca. 1:650,000. Title from cover. LC Railroad maps, 298 Description derived from published bibliography. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a ra... More

Map of Colorado County. - Public domain vintage map

Shows land ownership. "Copyright 1879. Wm C Walsh Commissioner General Land Office State of Texas." "Lithographed by August Gast & Co.s New Process St. Louis." Two copies. Copy 1 mounted on paper. Copy 2 mount... More

Railway postal diagram of the state of Wisconsin prepared for the use ...

Shows county boundaries, cities and towns, and the railroad network with names along the lines. Scale ca. 1:700,000. LC Railroad maps, 313 Description derived from published bibliography. "The railroads and pos... More

Map of Jefferson County, West Virginia /

Shows district boundaries and land ownership. Relief shown with hachures. "Copyright 1883 by S. Howell Brown." LC Land ownership maps, 1395 Includes inset of Charlestown, text and 3 ill. Available also through ... More

Map showing the route and connections of the Bellaire, Zanesville and ...

Map of Ohio showing drainage, township and county boundaries, cities and towns, railroads, and a table of population for the 1880 census. 1057 U.S. Copyright Office Scale ca. 1:750,000. LC Railroad maps, 343 De... More

Pensacola, Fla. county seat of Escambia County 1885.

Perspective map not drawn to scale. Bird's-eye-view. LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 117 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes illus., index to points of interest, and... More

A correct map of the United States of America showing the Atchison, To...

Map of the United States showing relief by hachures, drainage, cities and towns, stations, and the railroad network with the main line emphasized. Advertisements at top of map. 21572 U.S. Copyright Office Scale... More

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

Map of Washington, D.C. - Public domain vintage map

15968Y U.S. Copyright Office Baltimore & Ohio Railroad shown in red. Includes index to points of interest. LC copy 1 trimmed and annotated in blue pencil on verso. Copy 2 mounted on cloth backing. Available als... More

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 the tourist routes, Yellowstone National Park.

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

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

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

Atlas of Bucks Co., Penna. / - Public domain old map

Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. LC copy imperfect: front board loose, liquid staining along bottom and lower right edge of all pages.

Potamac River (in four sheets). - Public domain old map

Scale 1:40,000 and 1:60,000. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 35.2 Various issues of each sheet, some colored. Sheets 1 to 3 titled as above; sheet 4 titled "Preliminary chart of the Potomac River (in four sheets)"... More

Map of the city of Providence and town of North Providence

Also covers Pawtucket and part of East Providence. Relief shown by hachures. Shows selected individual houses and factories with owners' names. Also shows wards of Providence. Indexed for points of interest. Av... 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

New map of Stark County, Ohio / - Public domain old map

LC Land ownership maps, 677 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes population statistical table, list of post offices, views of public, and residential properties. I... 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

D.B. Cooke & Co's railway guide for Illinois shewing all the stations ...

Outline map showing "R.R. in operation" and "R.R. in Progress." [From published bibliography] Scale ca. 1:850,000. Hand colored. LC Railroad maps, 203 Shows railroads in operation and progress. Includes index, ... More

Colton's Louisiana Historic map, Library of Congress

Relief shown by hachures. "Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1855 by J. H. Colton & Co. ... New York." Prime meridians: Greenwich and Washington. Differs from plate 33 of 1860 edition of Colton's... More

Norman's chart of the lower Mississippi River,

Scale ca. 1:140,000. Alternate title: From Natchez to New Orleans. Hand colored. Cadastral map showing landowners. LC copy 2 imperfect: Pieces missing primarily along outside margin and discolored. Shows planta... More

Map of Miami Co., Ohio. / - Public domain vintage map

"Entered accordingly to act of Coppy right secured this 17th June northern district Ohio." LC Land ownership maps, 654 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes directo... 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

Orange County, Va. / Historic map, Library of Congress

Relief shown by hachures. Shows the names of some residents. Date and scale derived from Stephenson's Civil War maps, 1989. Pen-and ink and pencil, drawn on a 1 1/2-inch grid on 9 sheets of paper pasted togethe... More

Army map of the seat of war in Virginia, showing the battle fields, fo...

Scale ca. 1:183,000. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 448 Map of the Potomac River and vicinity from Harpers Ferry to Swan Point showing towns, roads, railroads, names and boundaries of counties, drainage, and reli... More

New map of Kentucky and Tennessee from authentic reports of county sur...

Scale ca. 1:600,000. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 215.7 "Entered accoring to Act of Congress in the year 1861 by Campbell & Barlow." Index to cities counties is printed below the map. General map indicating roa... More

Blockade of the Potomac. Map showing Union and Rebel batteries January...

"The Rebel troops and batteries were commanded by Genl. Holmes, C.S.A. during the blockade which lasted from Decr 1861 to 9th March 1862." -- Page caption. Color coding shows location of Union and Confederate f... 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

Preliminary geological map of the Yellowstone National Park.

National Park Exhibit, 1972. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

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

Shows land ownership. "Copyright 1879. W.C. Walsh. Commissioner of the Genl. Land Office of the State of Texas." "Lithographed by August Gast & Co.s New Process. St. Louis." Mounted on paper stained throughout.... 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 of the city of Washington / - Public domain old map

6106P U.S. Copyright Office Shows block numbers, major buildings, and streetcar lines. LC copy 1 mounted on cloth backing. Copy 2 torn and fold-lined. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as ... More

Territory of Arizona. Historic map, Library of Congress

Available also through the Library of Congress web site as a raster image. 3 copies

Cram's township and rail road map of Indiana.

Indexed township and county map showing relief by hachures, drainage and cities and towns. Railroads are distinguished by color. Scale ca. 1:850,000. LC Railroad maps, 213 Description derived from published bib... More

[Map of Salt Lake County, Utah]. - Public domain old map

Relief shown by hachures. Cadastral map showing landowners' names and dates, school districts, voting precincts, and geographical features. Title supplied by cataloger. LC copy imperfect: Small portion of map c... More

Map of the county and city of Galveston, Texas /

Shows landownership. LC Land ownership maps, 981 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Inset: Map of the city of Galveston.

Rail road map of Pennsylvania published by the Department of Internal ...

Detailed map showing drainage, cities and towns, and the railroad system distinguished by color. Scale 1:380,160. LC Railroad maps, 297 Description derived from published bibliography. Available also through th... More

Map of public surveys in the territory of Washington.

LC Trails, 286 Available also through the Library of Congress web site as a raster image. 2 copies

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

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

Map[s] illustrating the military operations of the Atlanta campaign .....

Shows Union Army lines of march, dates, troop positions, and campsites in northwestern Georgia between Chattanooga and Atlanta. Relief shown by hachures. The coverage of these 5 maps is indicated on J.v. Glümer... 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

A map of the State of New York. - Public domain old map

Scale ca. 1:950,000. Hand colored. Relief shown pictorially. "Contracted from his large map of the state." Shows township boundaries. Includes index to "Towns" in Kings and Richmond counties. Available also thr... More

Plan of the city and suburbs of New Orleans : from an actual survey ma...

Relief shown by hachures. Oriented with north toward upper right. Includes ill. of buildings, with name and date of construction for each. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault

Massachusetts. Historic map, Library of Congress

Relief shown pictorially. Very similar stylistically, in portrayal of relief, and in lettering to manuscript map of Maine of same time that was done by A.T. Perkins. Pen-and-ink and watercolor. Imperfect: Britt... More

Union District, South Carolina / - Public domain old map

Relief shown by hachures. Scale from Stephenson's Civil War maps, 1989. "Approved, Chas. R. Suter, 1st Lt., U.S. Engrs., Chf. Engr., D. S." Pen and ink tracing of a map in Robert Mills's Atlas of the State of S... More

Map of Somerset County, New Jersey /

Relief shown by hachures. Inset : Plan of Somerville. Includes names of property owners and 7 views. LC Land ownership maps, 465 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

Bonner's pocket map of the state of Georgia

Prime meridian: Washington. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. LC copy imperfect: Stained and with small tears along folds. Acquisitions control no. 99-21

Map of Montgomery County, New York : from actual surveys /

General-content county map showing towns (townships), rural buildings, and householders' names. Relief shown by hachures. Hand colored to emphasize town boundaries. "Entered according to act of Congress in the ... More

Map of Middlesex County, Massachusetts /

Relief shown by hachures. LC Land ownership maps, 316 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

Cooke's new map of the state of North Carolina : constructed from actu...

Relief shown by hachures. Greenwich meridian. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes: North Carolina Institution for the Deaf and Dumb and the Blind -- Comparative e... More

Map of Texas showing the Sabine and Galveston Bay Rail Road, or Texas ...

Outline map of Texas and vicinity showing railroads actually built, under construction, and chartered but not under contract. Scale ca. 1:2,002,000. LC Railroad maps, 551 Description derived from published bibl... More

Farm map of Plumstead Township, Bucks Co., Penn'a /

Wall map showing farm outlines, owners' names, acreages, rural buildings, road network, and farm lanes. Hand col. to distinguish individual farms and roads. Oriented with north toward the upper right. Originall... More

[Map of the coast of South Carolina, from Charleston to Savannah].

Title, date, and scale from Stephenson's Civil War maps, 1989. Portion of an unidentified printed map showing roads, railroads, towns, and drainage. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), S126 Available also through the ... More

Memphis and vicinity / Historic map, Library of Congress

LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), S168, 429 Finished pen and ink map drawn on tracing cloth. "For General Sherman, General of the Army." Indicates fortifications at Fort Pickering and Fort Harris, roads and streets,... More

Lloyd's American railroad map, showing the whole seat of the war.

Scale ca. 1:1,900,800. Hand colored. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.) 14 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes illus., "Time dial," and inset of "Map of Escambia & Santa... More

Fort Sumter National Monument - Public domain old map

Title from panel. Bird's-eye view of Fort Sumter in 1861. "*GPO: 2006--320-369/00595. Reprint 2006." Includes descriptive index, text, ill., and map of Fort Sumter walking tour. Text, col. ill., and map of Char... More

Map of the rail-roads of the state of New York prepared under the dire...

Map of New York and parts of adjacent states showing drainage, relief by hachures, county boundaries, cities and towns. Different colors in dictate railroads in operation, in progress of construction, and propo... More

Map of Pr. George, Surry, Sussex and Southampton counties, Virginia /

Shows names of some residents. "Map from the Confederate Engineer Bureau in Richmond, Va. General J.F. Gilmer chief engineer - Presented to - the West Point Military Academy by his only daughter, Mrs. J.F. Mini... More

Map of Richmond, Va., and surrounding country showing Rebel fortificat...

Scale ca. 1:70,000. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 640 Shows fortifications, street pattern of Richmond and Manchester, roads, railroads, towns, vegetation, drainage, relief by hachures, and rural houses. Descrip... More

Map of Nelson County, Virginia / - Public domain old map

Shows names of some residents. Relief shown by hachures. At lower left: C.W. Oltmanns. Pen-and-ink, watercolor, and pencil, sectioned in 2 and mounted on cloth. In pencil in upper right corner: 219. In pencil i... More

Map of Cambria Co., Pennsylvania : from actual surveys & official reco...

County cadastral map showing townships, boroughs, rural buildings, real-property tracts, and landowners' names; borough insets show real-property tracts (lots), owners' names (save Johnstown inset), and buildin... More

Appomattox Court House. [1865] - Public domain old map

Scale 1:21,120. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 525.2 Detailed map of the environs of Appomattox Court House showing roads, railroads, houses and names of residents, drainage, and woodlands. Troop positions are no... More

Red River County, Texas / - Public domain vintage map

In upper right margin: Lands of the Texas & Pacific Railway Company are colored yellow. Shows landownership. LC Land ownership maps, 1104 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

Watson's new rail-road and distance map of the United States and Canad...

Eastern half of the United States showing drainage, cities and towns, counties, and the railroads with mileage and names of lines. Smithsonian Deposit May 27, 1931. Scale ca. 1:2,300,000. "Special railroad maps... More

Map of the country tributary to the Northern Pacific Railroad, compile...

Map of northwest part of United States and southwest part of Canada showing relief by hachures, drainage, isotherms, the wheat region, cities and towns, forts, routes and trails, the railroad network and the pr... More

Colton's new map of the state of Texas : the Indian Territory and adjo...

Relief shown by hachures. "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1872 by G.W. & C.B. Colton & Co. in the Office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington." Prime meridians: Washington and Greenwich... More

Map showing the route of the Continental Railway and its connecting li...

Map of the northeastern United States showing drainage, cities and towns, county boundaries, and the railroad network with emphasis on the main line. Scale 1:2,217,600. LC Railroad maps, 392 Description derived... More

Map of the city of Washington showing the location of the sewers /

LC copy trimmed and torn along edges. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. DCP

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 Denton County / - Public domain vintage map

Blueprint Shows land ownership. "Traced September 1932 W.B. Smith." LC Land ownership maps, 953 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

Northern Pacific Railway 1900. - Public domain old map

Map of northern United States from the Great Lakes to the Pacific Ocean showing reliief by hachures, drainage, cities and towns, forest and timber, Indian and military reservations. Scale not given. From Fourth... More

[Mitchell's school atlas]. Historic map, Library of Congress

Also shows regional United States maps. Relief shown by hachures. Title and publisher information from Phillips, v. 5, p. 333, 1958. Prime meridians: Greenwich and Washington, D.C. Phillips, 6085 "Entered accor... More

[Maps for history of 20th Army Corps, June 1864-May 11, 1865].

Maps show General Sherman's march south through Georgia then north to Virginia. Relief shown by hachures. Title from Stephenson's Civil War maps, 1989. Pen and ink, colored ink, and pencil on paper and tracing ... 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

An illustrated atlas of Cecil County, Maryland /

LeGear. Atlases of the United States, 4841 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes index. Annotations in pencil on some maps. Additional p. 5, with annotations in pen... 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

Map of the state of New York / - Public domain old map

Pocket map. Hand col. to distinguish counties. "Copy right." LC copy imperfect: Missing small sections of left margin, annotated in pencil, missing cover [?]. Includes elevation profiles of the "Grand Canal" an... More

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