united states, maps

Plan of the battle fought near Camden, August 16th, 1780.

Scale ca. 1:41,500. Relief shown by hachures. Appears in William Faden's Atlas of the battles of the American Revolution. 1845. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1564 Available also through the Library of Co... More

[Part of a map of the Hudson Highlands showing Forts Clinton and Montg...

Scale ca. 1:70,000 (not "1 English mile to a foot"). Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Relief shown by hachures and shading. Has watermarks. Northern of two or more sheets. Incorrect scale note in pencil.... More

Carte de la Florida, de la Louisiane, et pays voisins : pour servir à ...

Public domain document scan of map of Florida, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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

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

A map of the discoveries of Capt. Lewis & Clark from the Rockey Mounta...

Relief shown pictorially. Meridians: London and Philadelphia. Ink and watercolor, sectioned in 2 and mounted on cloth. Exhibited: Rivers, edens, empires: Lewis & Clark and the revealing of America, Library of C... More

Fort Green, New York. - Public domain vintage map

Relief shown pictorially. Pen-and-ink, pencil, and watercolor. "No. 35 and scale of 60 feet to an inch." "Office of Chief of Engineers, War Department. 5810 620" on verso. Minimal level cataloging record. Avail... 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

Geographical conversation cards : [states of the United States] /

Each playing card has a map of 1 state or territory of the U.S. Title from printed label affixed to box. Pack complete in 30 playing cards. Incomplete: 28 playing cards and 24 question-and-answer cards as of Ma... 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

Plan of a survey for the proposed Boston and Providence Rail-Way.

Topographic strip map showing proposed lines of survey. This is the earliest railroad map represented in the Library's map collections. It is listed as one of the "Rail Roads Never Before Delineated" by Henry S... More

A diagram of the triangulation for the survey of the coast of the Unit...

Shows triangulation lines connecting base points in southwestern Connecticut, western Long Island, and New York City vicinity. Rubber-stamped at foot of title: Copyright secured according to law. Annotated/sign... 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

Map of the route surveyed from the Mississippi at Lake Providence in L...

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.

Map showing the position of Chicago in connection with the North West ...

Map of the north-central United States, east of the Mississippi River, showing the railroad network. Scale ca. 1:2,800,000. LC Railroad maps, 115 Description derived from published bibliography. Inset: Illinois... More

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 Marion County, Ohio / - Public domain old map

LC Land ownership maps, 652 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes illustrations. LC copy imperfect: Mounted on cloth backing, halved to enable folding.

Topographical map of Seneca County, New York /

General-content county map showing towns (townships), town survey sections (numbered), rural buildings, and householders' names. Hand colored to emphasize town boundaries. Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown... More

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 showing the location of the Charleston & Savannah R.R. May, 1856.

Map of the South Carolina tidewater area between Charleston and Savannah, Ga. "The red line represents the located line; the blue lines represent some of the principal experimental lines." Chartered December 20... 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.

Reynolds's political map of the United States, designed to exhibit the...

Relief shown by hachures. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes statistics from the 1850 census and ill.

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

A new and complete railroad map of the United States compiled from rel...

Map of the eastern half of the United States showing cities, state boundaries, finished railroads, and railroads in progress. Scale ca. 1:4,500,000. LC Railroad maps, 33 Description derived from published bibli... More

Colton's Kansas and Nebraska. - Public domain old map

Detailed map showing cities and towns, county boundaries, roads, and the railroad network. 1:1,140,480 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

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 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

Map of Onondaga County, New York : showing military townships and thei...

Shows real-property tracts and lines only in town (townships) adjacent to Syracuse; other towns are subdivided into numbered military townships. Relief shown by hachures. Hand colored to emphasize town (townshi... More

[Fauquier Co., Va. : northwestern part].

Relief shown by hachures. Shows the names of some residents. Oriented with north toward right. Each sheet pasted together in 6 sections, sectioned in 2, and mounted on cloth. "Map from the Confederate Engineer ... 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

[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

Plan of the Battle of Dranesville Va Decr 20th 1861.

Shows Dranesville, Fairfax County, Va., and the area to the north. The locations of the Leesburg Turnpike, Centreville Road and Chain Bridge Road are indicated.

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

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

Second battle field at Bull Run - Public domain old map

Shows the Union forces under Gen. John Pope and the Confederates under Gen. Robert E. Lee on the 29th, 30th, and 31st of August 1862 in an area of Virginia defined by the towns of Chantilly to the north, Manass... More

Lloyd's map of the southern states showing all the railroads, their st...

Map of the country between the York and James Rivers in 1862 and 1863 ...

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

Plan of Andersonville Prison, Georgia 1864.

Shows dimensions, layout, outbuildings and immediate surroundings of Andersonville Prison Camp, Georgia. NOTE: Researchers will be served a color photocopy of this diary image. Relief shown by hachures. This it... More

Ohio River between Mound City and Cairo /

Depths shown by soundings in feet. Indicates Fort Cairo, naval depot, and "harbor for powder barges" at Mound City, soundings in feet, roads and streets, and vegetation. Upper left margin: No. 31, No. 3020. Pri... More

[Map of the lower Shenandoah Valley, Virginia] /

Shows the Shenandoah Valley from the Potomac to the north to Front Royal and Strasburg to the south, including roads, drainage, railroads, and names of residents. Relief shown by shading. Title derived from Ste... More

Isometric view of General Grant's Virginia campaign.

Not drawn to scale. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 488.4 From Harper's weekly, v. 8, Sept. 10, 1864. p. 580. Panoramic view of the environs of the James and Appomattox rivers showing Union and Confederate lines a... 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 Pr. Edward Co., Virginia / - Public domain map

Shows names of some residents. Relief shown by hachures. Oriented with north to the upper right. Originally printed on 2 sheets pasted together. "March 1st 1864." "Map from the Confederate Engineer Bureau in Ri... More

View of Johnson's Island, near Sandusky City, O.

Not drawn to scale. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 320 Perspective drawing showing fortifications, prison, buildings, and vegetation. Principal buildings are keyed by number to a list in the lower left corner. De... 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 Antietam National Cemetery at Sharpsburg, Maryland

Scale 1:600. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 245.65 "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1867 by the Board of Trustees of the 'Antietam National Cemetary' in the Clerks Office of the U.S. District Cou... 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

Bird's-eye view of Boston, United States.

Perspective map not drawn to scale. LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 274 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. AACR2: 651

Map of the city of Washington (District of Columbia).

General street map showing ward numbers within original city boundary. In right-hand margin: Season of 1870-71 will open on Tuesday, Sept. 20, 1870. Includes index of "Public buildings" and advertisements. Avai... 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.

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

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

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

Railroad map of the state of Texas /

971302 U.S. Copyright Office Relief shown by hachures. "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1873 by Edward Vernon in the office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington, D.C." Available also thr... More

View of Naugatuck, Conn. 1877.. 19th century, Library of Congress coll...

Perspective map not drawn to scale. Hand colored. Bird's-eye-view. LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 85.4 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes illus. and index to point... More

Vicksburg and its defences - Public domain old map

Relief shown by hachures. From Tomes, Robert. The war with the South, New York, Virtue & Yorston, 1862-1867. v. 2, between p. 566 and 567. "Copyright 1877 by Virtue, Yorston." Caption in lower margin: A topogra... More

Plainville, Connecticut 1878. Historic map, Library of Congress

Perspective map not drawn to scale. Bird's-eye-view. LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 93 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes illus. and index to points of interest. AACR2

Map of the county of Essex, Vermont.

Relief shown by hachures. LC Land ownership maps, 1186 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes business directories and insets. Bloomfield -- Canaan Corners -- Concor... More

Caldwell's illustrated, historical, combination atlas of Jefferson Cou...

Public domain scan of a page from geographical atlas, geography, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Correct map of Dakota compiled from United States and Territorial surv...

"The large lines on the above map show the location of the Chicago & North-Western Railway, and its branches, the small lines its connections." Shows relief by hachures, drainage, cities and towns, townships, c... More

Map of Volusia County and vicinity Florida /

"Note - This map was compiled from the U.S. Land Maps, from the Coast Survey Charts, and from Private and Public Surveys made by D. D. Rogers, U.S. Deputy Surveyor in the past 8 years." LC Land ownership maps, ... More

Yreka & Mt. Shasta, Siskiyou County, Cal., looking south east /

Birds-eye view. Relief shown pictorially. LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 53.1 Indexed. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

Dallas Co., Texas. Historic map, Library of Congress

Shows land ownership. Blueprint "Dec - 1884." "Retraced March 1931." LC Land ownership maps, 944 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

City of Washington / Historic map, Library of Congress

View of the city of Tallahassee. State capital of Florida, county seat...

Perspective map not drawn to scale. Bird's-eye-view. LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 118 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes illus. and index to points of interest. AACR2

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 Dallas County, Texas /

Shows landownership. "Dallas, Texas, November 1st, 1886. I, J.M. Strong, County Surveyor of Dallas County, Texas, do hereby certify that the above and foregoing map is the latest and most correct representation... More

Relative positions of forces at sunset, Aug. 28, 1862. [2nd Manassas C...

Scale ca. 1:550,000. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 581 From Century illustrated monthly magazine, v. 31, Jan. 1886. p. 447. Map of the environs of Manassas Junction. Description derived from published bibliograp... More

Brattleboro, Vt. 1886. Historic map, Library of Congress

Perspective map not drawn to scale. Bird's-eye-view. LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 935 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Indexed for points of interest. AACR2

Map of George Truesdell's addition to the city of Washington : being a...

Cadastral map. Has statement of certification by: W'm Forsyth, Surveyor Dist. of Columbia. Includes location map and ill. of houses. LC copy fold-lined, laminated, annotated in red ink and blue pencil, and moun... 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

Bainbridge, N.Y. Historic map, Library of Congress

Perspective map not drawn to scale. Bird's-eye-view. LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 537 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Indexed for points of interest. AACR2

Map showing the land grant of the Northern Pacific Railroad Company in...

Relief shown by hachures. Panel title: Preserve this Montana map, it shows the land grant of the Northern Pacific Railroad Company in Montana and Idaho, and in part of North Dakota, and in part of eastern Washi... 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.

The gold and coal fields of Alaska : together with the principal steam...

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

Plat showing proposed U.S. military reservation at Fort Stevens D.C. /

Partial cadastral map. Blueprint. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. DCP

Pharus-map World's Fair St. Louis, 1904.

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

Business section of the city of Birmingham, Alabama.

Perspective map not drawn to scale. Bird's-eye-view. Photocopy. LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 5 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. AACR2

[Fairbanks Alaska region showing U.S. military telegraph line].

Farm line map of Marshall Co., West Virginia /

Palmer's farm map of Brooke County, West Virginia /

Shows coal mines, oil and gas wells, and the names of some residents. Blue-line print. "This map is fully protected by copyright. No part thereof can be copied without permission." Includes explanations. Copy i... More

Panoramic view of the Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming-Montana-Idaho...

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

General railway map engraved expressly for the Official guide of the r...

Relief shown by hachures. Includes nine inset maps. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

Miscellaneous subjects. Hand with stein and map of United States of Am...

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.

Railroad map of Texas, 1926 / - Public domain map

Index of railroads and lines. Includes 3 insets of Fort Worth, Dallas, and Houston. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

Santa Claus receives aeroplane pilot's license from Assistant Secretar...

Public domain photograph - historical image of Washington State, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Santa Claus receives aeroplane pilot's license from Assistant Secretar...

A group of men standing around a table, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Title from unverified caption data on negative or negative sleeve. Date based on date of negatives in same range. Gift; H... More

New Mexico tours Historic map, Library of Congress

Relief shown by hachures. Shows vicinity of Carson National Forest and Santa Fe National Forest with Raton, Taos, Santa Fe, Las Vegas, and Albuquerque cities region, New Mexico. Attributed to Federal Writers' P... More

On board the fishing boat Alden out of Gloucester, Massachusetts. Maps...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a fishing boat, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Pan American Union Building. Relief map of South America in Pan Americ...

The Theodor Horydczak Collection documents the architecture and social life of the Washington DC metropolitan area in the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s.

National Park Service recreational map of Tennessee.

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

Visitors' guide to Grand Canyon National Park, North Rim.

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