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A map exhibiting all the new discoveries in the interior parts of Nort...

Relief shown by hachures. Shows "Rivers added east of the Rocky Mountains, 90⁰ L. 45⁰ Lat.," from Tooley's Printed maps of America. In lower margin: London: Published Jan. 1, 1795 by A. Arrowsmith, No. 24 Rathb... More

North America from "View of the climate and soil of the United States ...

This image has been taken from scan 000547 from "View of the climate and soil of the United States of America, etc. Few MS. notes". The title and subject terms of this image have been generated from tags, creat... More

A new map of part of the United States of North America : containing t...

Public domain image of the vintage map from NYPL Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, free to use, no copyright restrictions image. The Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division is one of the wo... More

British possessions in North America - Vintage map, Norman B. Leventha...

Public domain image of a vintage map, geography atlas, maritime navigation, age of discovery, 16th-17th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

North America - Vintage map, Norman B. Leventhal Collection

Public domain image of the vintage map from Norman B. Leventhal Map Center, free to use, no copyright restrictions image. The Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center at the Boston Public Library is a special... More

Spanish North America, southern part /

Relief shown by hachures. From A New general atlas ... -- Printed by G. Ramsay and company, for J. Thomson and company; London, Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy; [etc., etc.] 1817. In upper right margin: No. 59. Avail... More

map from "Statement respecting the Earl of Selkirk's settlement of Kil...

This image has been taken from scan 000008 from "Statement respecting the Earl of Selkirk's settlement of Kildonan, upon the Red River in North America: its destruction in the years 1815 and 1816; and the massa... More

Map of North America including all the recent geographical discoveries...

From: Finley (Anthony), A new American atlas, 1826. Available also through the Library of Congress web site as a raster image.

North America - Vintage map, Norman B. Leventhal Collection

map from "A Moral and Political Sketch of the United States of North A...

This image has been taken from scan 000046 from "A Moral and Political Sketch of the United States of North America ... With a note on Negro Slavery by Junius Redivivus [i.e. W. B. Adams]". The title and subjec... More

A comprehensive atlas geographical, historical & commercial [title pag...

Although the American map and atlas publishing industry was centered in Philadelphia and New York during the 19th century, Boston also developed a thriving map trade aimed primarily at the educational market. O... More

Map of the Indian tribes of North America, about 1600 A.D. along the A...

Relief shown pictorially. "Pendleton's Lithography." From: American Antiquarian Society. Transactions and collections. Vol. 2, 1836, fol. p. 264. Hand colored to show the location of Indian tribes and 11 lingui... More

A chart of the coast of America : from New York and Philadelphia to th...

Nautical chart. Relief shown by hachures in selected areas. Depths shown by soundings. In lower margin of each of the original sheets: A New Edition. London, Published as the Act directs, March 1st 1837, by J.W... More

map from "Emigration Fields. North America, The Cape, Australia, and N...

This image has been taken from scan 000133 from "Emigration Fields. North America, The Cape, Australia, and New Zealand; describing these countries, and giving a comparative view of the advantages they present ... More

North America from "On the discovery of the Mississippi, and on the So...

This image has been taken from scan 000008 from "On the discovery of the Mississippi, and on the South-Western, Oregon, and North-Western Boundary of the United States. With a translation from the original M.S.... More

The world, on Mercator's projection : showing the different routes to ...

America Transformed: During the first half of the 19th century, it was not easy to travel from the East to the West Coast. This map, published after the discovery of gold in California, displays several possibi... More

Map of the eastern portion of British North America : including the Gu...

Copy imperfect: Discoloration, sectioned and mounted on cloth. For another edition, see Fillmore map collection, no. 120. Signed on verso: No. 120, British North America, 1853, Millard Fillmore. Available also ... More

map from "On American Geological History. [With “Plan of Development i...

This image has been taken from scan 000043 from "On American Geological History. [With “Plan of Development in the Geological History of North America. With a map. By J. D. Dana”.] (Extracted from the American ... More

Map of the southern states of North America : with the forts, harbours...

Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Advertisement for Wyld's new maps on verso. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. LC copy imperfect: Stained and sectioned and mou... More

Colton's rail-road and military map of the United States, Mexico, the ...

Detailed general map of portions of North America framed in decorative borders showing drainage, international and state boundaries, cities and towns, forts, railroads in operation, and proposed lines. [From pu... More

Chart of North America from Boston to the Strait of Florida and Havana...

Blue back coastal nautical chart extending from Havana to Richmond Island (Me.). Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by contours and soundings. Hand col. to emphasize navigation beacons and markers (some wit... More

North America, east coast, harbor on the north east coast of Newfoundl...

Harbor on the north east coast of Newfoundland | Fleur-de-Lis Harbor (French fishing station) surveyed by Captn. G. Cloué imperial French Navy 1859 Courtesy of Boston Public Library

map from "The Native Races of the Pacific States of North America. [Wi...

This image has been taken from scan 000094 from volume 01 of "The Native Races of the Pacific States of North America. [With maps.]". The title and subject terms of this image have been generated from tags, cre... More

North America, south coast of Newfoundland : Devil Bay to Knife Bay : ...

Devil Bay to Knife Bay Courtesy of Boston Public Library

North America polar regions : Baffin Bay to Lincoln Sea, showing the m...

Polar regions; Baffin Bay to Lincoln Sea | Baffin Bay to Lincoln Sea Courtesy of Boston Public Library

North America, east coast of Newfoundland, Fogo Id. to Cape Bonavista ...

Fogo Id. to Cape Bonavista Courtesy of Boston Public Library

North America, Newfoundland, Despair Bay, Great Jervis Harbor : from a...

Great Jervis Harbor Courtesy of Boston Public Library

North America, west coast of Central America, Gulf of Fonseca

Gulf of Fonseca Courtesy of Boston Public Library

North America, south coast of Newfoundland, Lamalin anchorages : from ...

Lamalin anchorages Courtesy of Boston Public Library

map from "The New Far West and the Old Far East, being notes of a tour...

This image has been taken from scan 000325 from "The New Far West and the Old Far East, being notes of a tour in North America, Japan, China, Ceylon ... With maps and illustrations". The title and subject terms... More

North America - Vintage map, Norman B. Leventhal Collection

Map XXI North America Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Geographical, statistical, and historical map of North America

Public domain scan of an old vintage map, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

Johnson's new illustrated & embellished county map of the republics of...

British possessions in North America.

A new map of part of the United States of North America : containing t...

A new and accurate chart (from Captain Holland's surveys) of the North...

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

The north eastern coast of North America : from New York to Cape Canso...

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

Map of the United States of North America

Map of the United States of North America : with parts of the adjacent...

Map of the United States of North America

A Section of a General Map of the Routes in British North America Expl...

A Section of a General Map of the Routes in British North America Explored by the Expedition Under Captain Palliser (1865) The final map in Palliser’s Report is one of the most visually attractive and most sign... More

1737 Homann Heirs Map of New England, Georgia and Carolina, and Virgin...

A spectacular example of the Homan Heirs 1737 map of the British Territories in North America. Divided into four separate maps derived from the work of Herman Moll. Covers much of the eastern coast of North Am... More

1772 Vaugondy - Diderot Map of Alaska, the Pacific Northwest ^ the Nor...

A truly fascinating 1772 map of the northwestern parts of North America by Robert de Vaugondy. Essentially depicts the north eastern parts of Asia, speculations on northwestern America and Admiral De Fonte’s ... More

1772 Vaugondy - Diderot Map of California and Alaska ( Anian ^ Quivira...

A very interesting 1772 map of the western part of North America by Vaugondy. Includes two contrasting maps, both drawn from larger 17th century maps by Visscher, covering from Cabo san Lucas northward along ... More

1779 Pallas and Mentelle Map of the Physical World - Geographicus - Wo...

This is a highly unusual 1779 map of the world exhibiting a very peculiar physical topography that reveals mountain ranges both on land and under the sea. The curious undersea mountain ranges displayed here wa... More

1803 Cary Map of Florida, Central America, the Bahamas, and the West I...

A beautiful example of John Cary’s important 1803 map of Florida, Central America and the West Indies. Covers from Texas (called Cenis) eastward to the Carolinas and the Bahamas, and then southward past Florid... More

1806 Cary Map of the Western Hemisphere ( North America and South Amer...

An exceptionally beautiful example of John Cary’s important 1806 Map of North and South America. Covers the entirety of the Western Hemisphere with a focus on North and South America. In North America the fle... More

1811 Humboldt Map of Mexico, Texas, Louisiana, and Florida - Geographi...

A seminal 1811 map of the Spanish colonial Viceroyalty of New Spain in North America (present day Mexico and the American West), and the Southern U.S., by Alexander von Humboldt. History Humboldt, who during h... More

1814 Thomson Map of North and South America - Geographicus - America-t...

This fascinating hand colored 1815 map by Edinburgh cartographer John Thomson depicts North and South America, parts of the South Pacific, and the western parts of Europe and Africa. Shows the political border... More

1814 Thomson Map of the Western Hemisphere ( North America ^ South Ame...

This fascinating hand colored 1815 map by Edinburgh cartographer John Thomson depicts North America and South America or the Western Hemisphere. Map covers from the Arctic to the Antarctic and from New Zealand... More

1818 Pinkerton Map of British North America or Canada - Geographicus -...

Pinkerton's extraordinary 1818 map of the British Possessions in North America. Based on Arrowsmith's historic map of North America, this map covers the continent north of the 40th degree of latitude, including... More

1818 Pinkerton Map of North America - Geographicus

This is an extremely unusual mapping of North America prepared for the 1818 American edition of Pinkerton's Atlas. Although the basic engraving remains identical to Pinkerton's Atlas of 1813, published in Lond... More

1818 Pinkerton Map of North America and South America - Geographicus -...

A rare and important 1818 map of the Western Hemisphere by John Pinkerton. Depicts North America, Central America and South America as well as parts of Polynesia, Siberia, Greenland, Iceland, Europe and Afric... More

1818 Pinkerton Map of the Northern Hemisphere ( North Pole, Arctic ) -...

A rare and important 1818 map of the Northern Hemisphere by John Pinkerton. On a Polar projection, this map depicts North America, Asia, the East Indies, and North Africa. In North America, thanks primarily... More

1818 Pinkerton Map of the Western Hemisphere (North America, South Ame...

A rare and important 1818 map of the Western Hemisphere by John Pinkerton. Depicts North America, Central America and South America as well as parts of Polynesia, Siberia and Greenland. In North America, tha... More

1827 Finley Map of North America - Geographicus - NorthAmerica-finley-...

This is Finley’s desirable 1827 map of the North America. Covers the continent from Panama to the Arctic Circle, including Greenland, Iceland, and the northwestern tip of Asia. Color coding according to count... More

1850 Tallis Map of North America ( Texas at fullest ) - Geographicus -...

This is John Tallis’s highly desirable and very rare 1850 Map of the North America. Made shortly following the entry of Texas into the Union, this map depicts an important point in American history. Herein T... More

1852 Levasseur Map of North America (w- Republic of Texas) - Geographi...

A visually stunning decorative map of North America dating to 1852, by French map publisher Victor Levasseur. Levasseur published several different editions of his North America map - this being the most des... More

1852 Levasseur Map of the World - Geographicus - Planisphere-levasseur...

A visually stunning decorative map of the world dating to 1852, by French map publisher Victor Levasseur. Levasseur depicts the world on a Mercator Projection, showing the six known continents as well as tra... More

1853 Andrews Map of the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Basin - Geographi...

A rare, beautiful and gigantic map of the St. Lawrence Basin issued in 1852 for Israel de Wolf Andrew’s report for the Treasury Department. Depicts the Basin of the St. Lawrence River from the Maritime Provin... More

1853 Kaei 6 Japanese Map of the World - Geographicus - ChikyuBankokuHo...

A very interesting 1853 (Kaei 6) Japanese world map by Suido Nakajima. Presented on a cylindrical projection, this map marks a significant advancement in Japanese globular cartography and a far more sophistica... More

1855 Colton Map of Alabama - Geographicus - Alabama-colton-1855

A beautiful 1855 first edition example of Colton's map of Mississippi. Covers the entire state as well as adjacent parts of Georgia and Mississippi. Like most of Colton's state maps, this map is largely deri... More

1855 Colton Map of Arkansas - Geographicus - Arkansas-colton-1855

A beautiful 1855 first edition example of Colton's map of Arkansas. Covers the state in full as well as parts of the adjacent states. Like most of Colton's state maps, this map is largely derived from an ear... More

1855 Colton Map of Austria, Hungary and the Czech Republic - Geographi...

This rare hand colored map of Austria is a copper plate engraving dating to 1856. Produced by the important mid 19th century American map publisher J. H. Colton. Covers the Austria, Croatia-Slavonia, Hungary,... More

1855 Colton Map of British North America or Canada - Geographicus - Ca...

An excellent first edition example of Colton's rare map documenting Canada, or more specifically, British, Russian, and Danish holdings in North America. Covers the continent from modern day Alaska (Russian Am... More

1855 Colton Map of California and San Francisco - Geographicus - Calif...

Issued roughly six years after the 1849 California Gold Rush, this is a beautiful 1855 first edition first state example of Colton's map of California. Colton's California with its San Francisco inset is one ... More

1855 Colton Map of Central America and Jamaica - Geographicus - Centra...

A beautiful 1855 first edition example of Colton's map of the Central America and Jamaica. Covers from the Yucatan southeast as far as Panama and north as far as Jamaica. Like most of Colton's North America ... More

1855 Colton Map of Connecticut and Long Island - Geographicus - Connec...

A beautiful 1855 first edition example of Colton's map of Connecticut and Long Island. Covers the entire state, as well as the whole of Long Island, New York, Block Island, and the Long Island Sound. Like m... More

1855 Colton Map of Cuba, Jamaica and Porto Rico - Geographicus - Cuba-...

A beautiful 1855 first edition example of Colton's map of Cuba, Jamaica, Porto Rico and the Bahamas. Centered on Cuba, this map extends north to include the Florida Coast and New Providence Island, extends so... More

1855 Colton Map of Delaware, Maryland, and District of Columbia - Geog...

A beautiful 1855 first edition example of Colton's map of Delaware. Covers both Delaware and Maryland as well as parts of the adjacent states. Like most of Colton's state maps, this map is largely derived fr... More

1855 Colton Map of Florida - Geographicus - Florida-colton-1855

A beautiful 1855 first edition example of Colton's map of Florida. Like most of Colton's state maps, this map is largely derived from an earlier wall map of North America produced by Colton and D. Griffing Joh... More

1855 Colton Map of Georgia - Geographicus - Georgia-colton-1855

A beautiful 1855 first edition example of Colton's map of Georgia. Covers the entire state as well as adjacent parts of Florida and Alabama. Like most of Colton's state maps, this map is largely derived from... More

1855 Colton Map of Indiana - Geographicus - Indiana-colton-1855

A beautiful 1855 first edition example of Colton's map of Indiana. Covers Indiana in full as well as parts of adjacent states. Like most of Colton's state maps, this map is largely derived from an earlier wa... More

1855 Colton Map of Iowa - Geographicus - Iowa-colton-1855

A beautiful 1855 first edition example of Colton's map of Iowa. Covers the entire state as well as adjacent parts of Nebraska, Missouri, Minnesota, Wisconsin and Illinois. Like most of Colton's state maps, t... More

1855 Colton Map of Kentucky and Tennessee - Geographicus - KentuckyTen...

A beautiful 1855 first edition example of Colton's map of Kentucky and Tennessee. Covers both states in full as well as parts of the adjacent states. Like most of Colton's state maps, this map is largely der... More

1855 Colton Map of Maine - Geographicus - Maine-colton-1855

A beautiful 1855 first edition example of Colton's map of Maine. Covers the entire state as well as adjacent parts of Canada. Like most of Colton's state maps, this map is largely derived from an earlier wal... More

1855 Colton Map of Massachusetts and Rhode Island - Geographicus - Mas...

A beautiful 1855 first edition example of Colton's map of Massachusetts and Rhode Island. Covers the entire state as well as adjacent parts of Vermont and New Hampshire. Like most of Colton's state maps, thi... More

1855 Colton Map of Mexico - Geographicus - Mexico-colton-1855

A beautiful 1855 first edition example of Colton's map of the Mexico. Includes all of modern day Mexico as well as most of Texas, Guatemala, Belize, and adjacent regions. Like most of Colton's North America ... More

1855 Colton Map of Michigan - Geographicus - Michigan-colton-1855

A beautiful 1855 first edition example of Colton's map of Michigan. Covers lower part of the state bounded by Lake Michigan on the west and Lake Huron on the east. Like most of Colton's state maps, this map... More

1855 Colton Map of Minnesota - Geographicus - Minnesota-colton-1855

A beautiful 1855 first edition first state example of Colton's map of Minnesota. This is one of the rarest and most desirable of all Colton atlas maps. Like most of Colton's state maps, this map was derived ... More

1855 Colton Map of Mississippi - Geographicus - Mississippi-colton-185...

A beautiful 1855 first edition example of Colton's map of Mississippi. Covers the entire state as well as adjacent parts of Louisiana and Alabama. Like most of Colton's state maps, this map is largely derive... More

1855 Colton Map of Missouri - Geographicus - Missouri-colton-1855

A beautiful 1855 first edition example of Colton's map of Missouri. Covers the entire state as well as adjacent parts of Illinois and Kansas. Like most of Colton's state maps, this map is largely derived fro... More

1855 Colton Map of New Jersey - Geographicus - NewJersey-colton-1855

A beautiful 1855 first edition example of Colton's map of New Jersey. Covers New Jersey in full as well as parts of adjacent states. Like most of Colton's state maps, this map is largely derived from an earl... More

1855 Colton Map of New York - Geographicus - NewYork-colton-1855

A beautiful 1855 first edition example of Colton's map of New York. Covers the entire state as well as adjacent parts of the adjacent states. Like most of Colton's state maps, this map is largely derived fro... More

1855 Colton Map of North America - Geographicus - NorthAmerica-colton-...

An excellent first edition example of Colton's rare map of North America. Covers the continent from South America to the Arctic, inclusive of the United States, Canada, Mexico, Central America and the West In... More

1855 Colton Map of Ohio - Geographicus - Ohio-colton-1855

A beautiful 1855 first edition example of Colton's map of Ohio. Covers the entire state as well as parts of the adjacent states. Like most of Colton's state maps, this map is largely derived from an earlier ... More

1855 Colton Map of Pennsylvania - Geographicus - Pennsylvania-colton-1...

A beautiful 1855 first edition example of Colton's map of Pennsylvania. Covers the entire state as well as parts of the adjacent states. Like most of Colton's state maps, this map is largely derived from an ... More

1855 Colton Map of Russia - Geographicus - Russia-colton-1855

This rare hand colored map of Russia is a copper plate engraving dating to 1856. Produced by the important mid 19th century American map publisher J. H. Colton. Covers the European portion of Russia from the ... More

1855 Colton Map of the Arctic or North Pole - Geographicus - NorthernR...

This rare hand colored map is a copper plate engraving, dating to 1855 by the well known 19th century American Mapmaker J. H. Colton. It is a representation of the North Pole and is formally titled “Northern Re... More

1855 Colton Map of the West Indies - Geographicus - WestIndies-colton-...

A beautiful 1855 first edition example of Colton's map of the West Indies. Centered on Santo Domingo (Hispaniola), this map extends north to include the to cover all of Florida, south as far as Panama Bay and... More

1855 Colton Map of Vermont - Geographicus - Vermont-colton-1855

A beautiful 1855 first edition example of Colton's map of Vermont. Covers the entire state as well as adjacent parts of New Hampshire, New York, and Canada. Like most of Colton's state maps, this map is larg... More

1855 Colton Map of Wisconsin - Geographicus - Wisconsin-colton-1855

A beautiful 1855 first edition example of Colton's map of Wisconsin. Covers the entire state as well as adjacent parts of Minnesota and upper Michigan. Like most of Colton's state maps, this map is largely d... More

1855 Spruner Map of Africa from the 8th to the 14th century - Geograph...

This is Karl von Spruner’s 1855 map of Africa from the Arab conquests in the 8th century up to the arrival of the Portuguese in the 14th century. Much of southern Africa shows only rivers and the note, in very... More

1855 Spruner Map of North America - Overview of Discovery, Conquest an...

This is Karl von Spruner’s 1855 map of North America, with an overview of its “discovery, conquest and colonization.” Nation states, European possessions, and overlapping indigenous peoples’ territories are na... More

1855 Spruner Map of the Americas up to 1776 - Geographicus - AmericaBi...

This is Karl von Spruner’s 1855 map of North and South America “up to 1776,” including Greenland to the North, Tierra Del Fuego and Falkland Islands to the south, and the British Isles and Scandinavia in the up... More

1856 Mitchell Wall Map of the United States and North America - Geogra...

This is the first edition of Mitchell’s important 1856 wall map of the United States, Mexico and the West Indies. Depictss the entire nation from Atlantic to Pacific with inset maps of the World on Mercator’s P... More

1857 Colton Map of Connecticut and Long Island - Geographicus - Connec...

A beautiful 1857 example of Colton's map of Connecticut and Long Island. Covers the entire state as well as the whole of Long Island, Block Island, and the Long Island Sound. Like most of Colton's state maps... More

1857 Colton Map of New Jersey - Geographicus - NewJersey-colton-1857

A beautiful example of Colton's 1857 map of New Jersey. Covers New Jersey in full as well as parts of adjacent states. Like most of Colton's state maps, this map is largely derived from an earlier wall map o... More

1857 Colton Map of Pennsylvania - Geographicus - Pennsylvania-colton-1...

A beautiful 1857 example of Colton's map of Pennsylvania. Covers the entire state as well adjacent parts of New York, Maryland, and New Jersey. Like most of Colton's state maps, this map is largely derived ... More

1858 Set of Two Pelton Wall Maps, Western Hemisphere and Eastern Hemis...

A mammoth, extremely rare, and highly desirable set of hemisphere wall maps issued by C. Pelton in 1858. These spectacular wall maps rarely appear on the market and almost never as a set. Depicts the entire w... More

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