pictorial maps

Ierusalem, et suburbia eius, sicut tempore Christi floruit c[um] locis...

The final image of Jerusalem in Civitates Orbis Terrarum is the most dramatic. It appeared in the fourth volume on two pages, which are displayed here as a single sheet. Rather than a birds eye view, this depic... More

Baode Zhou cheng tu. - Public domain vintage map

Scale ca. 1:5,000. Title pasted on verso. Shows city walls, fortresses with watch towers, villages, temples, houses, and roads of Baode Zhou in Shanxi Province. Relief shown pictorially. Pictorial map. Pen-and-... More

Yongning Xian he tu. - Public domain vintage map

Scale ca. 1:25,000. Cover title. Manuscript on silk. Labels pasted on to show physical features. Oriented with north to the bottom. Relief shown pictorially. Pictorial map. Available also through the Library of... More

Yiyang Xian he tu. - Public domain vintage map

Scale ca. 1:25,000. Shows rivers in Yiyang Xian, Henan Sheng. Cover title. Manuscript on silk. Labels pasted on to show physical features. Oriented with north to the bottom. Relief shown pictorially. Pictorial ... More

Mianchi Xian he tu. - Public domain vintage map

Scale ca. 1:25,000. Shows rivers in Mianchi Xian, Henan Province. Cover title. Manuscript on silk. Labels pasted on to show physical features. Oriented with north to the bottom. Relief shown pictorially. Hummel... More

Yanshi Xian he tu. - Public domain vintage map

Scale ca. 1:25,000. Shows rivers in Yanshi Xian, Henan Province. Cover title. Labels pasted on to show physical features. Manuscript on silk. Oriented with north to the bottom. Relief shown pictorially. Pictori... More

Luoyang Xian he tu. - Public domain vintage map

Public domain photograph of Chinese art, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Dengfeng Xian he tu. - Public domain vintage map

Scale ca. 1:25,000. Cover title. Manuscript on silk. Labels pasted on to show physical features. Oriented with north to the bottom. Shows rivers, roads, towns in Dengfeng Xian, Henan Province. Relief shown pict... More

Xin'an Xian he tu. - Public domain vintage map

Scale ca. 1:25,000. Shows rivers in Xin'an Xian, Henan Province. Cover title. Manuscript on silk. Labels pasted on to show physical features. Oriented with north to the bottom. Relief shown pictorially. Pictori... More

Gong Xian he tu. - Public domain vintage map

Public domain photograph of Chinese art, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Song Xian he tu. - Public domain vintage map

Scale ca. 1:25,000. Shows rivers in Song Xian, Henan Sheng. Cover title. Manuscript on silk. Labels pasted on to show physical features. Imperfect: Text incomplete. Oriented with north to the bottom. Relief sho... More

Mengjin Xian he tu. - Public domain vintage map

Scale ca. 1:25,000. Shows rivers, mountains, towns, and roads in Mengjin Xian, Henan Province. Cover title. Manuscript on silk. Labels pasted on to show physical features. Oriented with north to the bottom. Pic... More

[Huang He nan he tu]. - Public domain vintage map

Scale not given. Title pasted on verso. Manuscript on silk. Oriented with north to the bottom. Relief shown pictorially. Pictorial map. Shows lower portion of the Yellow River in Jiangsu Province. Hummel purcha... More

Anlanyuan zhi Jianshan qi zuo dao li tu shuo : di san zhan.

Covers from Anlan Yuan of Haining Zhou in Zhejiang Sheng to Jian Shan in the east coast. The road is ca. 81 kilometers in length. Shows section of road in Haining Zhou, possibly constructed in Ming Dynasty and ... More

[Qiantang Jiang yan an tu] - Public domain old map

Scale ca. 1:120,000. Title supplied. Oriented with north to the bottom. Relief shown pictorially. Pictorial map. Hummel purchase 1930, no. 34. Shows area along Qiantang River, especially the section of Hangzhou... More

Plan of Fort Meigs' and its environs : compricing [sic] the operations...

Ms. pictorial map showing troop positions during the Siege of Fort Meigs, Perrysburg (Ohio), 1813. Pen-and-ink and watercolors. Text, descriptive notes, and poem are mechanically printed on the sheet. Brittle, ... More

A new map of the United States with the additional territories : on an...

At lower right: "Atlantic Souvenir for 1829." Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vendor: Bernard J. Shapero Books (London) Acquisitions control no. 2007-228

Map of a woman's heart - Vintage map, Norman B. Leventhal Collection

Manuscript map in ink and watercolor depicting women's characteristics as geographic features of a heart. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

The hymenial expositor, or, matrimonial chart - Vintage map, Norman B....

Allegorical map of love and marriage, showing the dangers and rewards in the Great Ocean of Love on the way to the Fort of Felicity. "At the top of the image an appropriately solemn wedding is being conducted, ... More

Otsego County before 1850 - Public domain map drawing

Pictorial history map with drawings of early buildings/settlers/events and with names of early settlers/landowners. "© Annie Olmstead Peet 1963." LC copy imperfect: Laminated, mounted on cloth backing, rubber-s... More

British Empire throughout the world exhibited in one view.

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

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

[Gansu yu tu] Historic map, Library of Congress

Scale ca. 1:500,000. Title supplied. Shows mountains, rivers, and lakes of Gansu Province. Relief shown pictorially. Pictorial map. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Hum... More

Zhongxiang Xian bu di shi ba gong quan tu.

Pictorial map. Covers from Zhangbikou to Damiaoji in Anlu Fu, Zhongxiang Xian, Hubei Sheng. Relief shown pictorially. Panel title. Brush-and-ink and watercolor. Oriented with north to the right. Annotated with ... More

[Zhejiang Sheng yuan fang xiang quan tu].

Scale ca. 1:7,000. Pen-and-ink and watercolor. Title supplied. Oriented with north to the right. Relief shown pictorially. Pictorial map. Hummel purchase 1930, no. 32. Available also through the Library of Cong... More

Prussia - Vintage map, Norman B. Leventhal Collection

Public domain image of a military forces, uniform, officer, military commander, European armies, free to use, no copyright restrictions -Picryl description

Germany - Vintage map, Norman B. Leventhal Collection

Back to School: The unique atlas referenced here contains twelve maps of European countries, each being portrayed as a stereotypical caricature of the location. Similarly to the creators of the Eagle Map, the a... More

England - 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

Denmark - 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

Holland and Belgium - 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

Scotland - 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

Russia - Vintage map, Norman B. Leventhal Collection

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

Italy - 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

France - 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

Spain & Portugal - Vintage map, Norman B. Leventhal Collection

Spain and Portugal Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Wales - 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

Ireland - Vintage map, Norman B. Leventhal Collection

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

Bartlett's illustrated map of New York City : or stranger's guide show...

Pictorial map of Manhattan (New York City) south of 62nd Street showing face-front and 3-dimensional drawings of public buildings and major businesses. Also shows streetcar lines and images of boats/ships in th... More

Bellefontaine Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo, engraving, Library of Congress

Pictorial map. Oriented with north to the lower right. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

[Yu sheng Huang He nan an di ba gong cheng tu].

Scale not given. Unfinished manuscript. Pictorial map. Shows flood control system. Relief shown pictorially. Hummel purchase 1930, no. 24. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster ima... More

[Shanxi sheng cheng jie dao ji fu jin tan miao cun zhuang tu]

Scale ca. 1:850,000. Wood block print. Pictorial map. Hummel purchase 1930, no. 36. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Shows selected buildings and points of interest. AACR2

Shandong Sheng Huang He tu. - Public domain old map

Scale not given. Title pasted on verso. Relief shown pictorially. Pictorial map. Brush-and-ink and watercolor. Shows the course of the Yellow River from Shouzhang Xian and Yanggu Xian to the sea in Lijin Xian, ... More

Bird's eye view of the city of Holyoke, and village of South Hadley Fa...

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

[Guangxi bian guan xing shi lüe tu] - Public domain map

Labels pasted on verso: Guxiangzhai su biao zi hua. Relief shown pictorially. Pictorial map. Shows Zhennanguan Pass along the French-Indo China border. Zhennanguan Pass is an important defense post of Longzhou ... More

Laizhou Fu Changyi Xian cheng yuan tu.

Scale ca. 1:5,000. Title from verso. Pictorial map. Pen-and-ink and watercolor. Hummel purchase 1930, no. 28. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Previous call number: G78... More

Bird's-eye view of the Conemaugh Valley from Nineveh to the lake, John...

Aerial view of the Johnstown vicinity showing the route of the waters of the Johnstown Flood of 31 May 1889 and the devastated areas resulting from them. Relief shown by landform drawings. Devastated areas, bui... More

The unique map of California - Public domain old map

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

[Binzhou ting xiang she quan tu] - Public domain map

Scale ca. 1:200,000. Title supplied. Oriented with north to the bottom. Relief shown pictorially. Pictorial map. Shows Chinese Eastern Railroad built by Russians passing through Harbin. Also shows new immigrant... More

Jarvis' Pictorial map of Washington, D.C.

E11319 U.S. Copyright Office Covers city center. Selected points of interest shown pictorially. Alternate title in upper margin and cover title: Jarvis' free pictorial map and guide to Washington. Includes note... More

Zhaotong Fu yu tu. - Public domain geographic map

Scale ca. 1:20,000. Relief shown pictorially. Pictorial map. Shows garrison troops, garrison posts, roads connecting various stations in walled city of Zhaotong Fu, Yunnan Province. Hummel purchase 1930, no. 27... More

Il tricolore Italiano in Tripolitania e Cirenacia : diario illustrato ...

Italian propaganda map of the Italo-Turco war in Libya in 1912. "1° Novembre 1911." Includes text, shows troop position by oversize Italian and Turkish flags. Available also through the Library of Congress Web ... More

Pictorial map of Washington / - Public domain map

Selected points of interest shown pictorially. Covers city center. Cover title: Free map and guide to Washington : see Washington right. "Copyright, 1914, by J.F. Jarvis." Timetable correction slip tipped into ... More

Pictorial map of Washington, D.C. - Public domain map

F24620 U.S. Copyright Office Covers central Washington and adjacent part of Arlington (Va.). Selected points of interest shown pictorially. Includes notes and ill. LC copy laminated and mounted on cloth backing... More

Scharf's International pictorial map of central Washington.

F35114 U.S. Copyright Office Major buildings shown pictorially. English and Spanish. Alternate title at lower left: Mapa foto-pictórico de la parte central de Washington / por Emilio L. Scharf, Ph.D. "Publisht ... More

A map of New York which is published by the Washington Square Bookshop

Map of New York Courtesy of Boston Public Library

19th annual convention of the National Association of Real Estate Boar...

Pictorial map of the United States showing realtors traveling to Tulsa. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

The Commonwealth of Connecticut - Vintage map, Norman B. Leventhal Col...

Public domain image of the vintage map from Norman B. Leventhal Map Center. The Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center at the Boston Public Library is a special collections center in Boston, Massachusetts w... More

A map of Cape Cod - Vintage map, Norman B. Leventhal Collection

Public domain image of the vintage map from Norman B. Leventhal Map Center. The Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center at the Boston Public Library is a special collections center in Boston, Massachusetts w... More

The new map of the world - Vintage map, Norman B. Leventhal Collection

Public domain image of the vintage map from Norman B. Leventhal Map Center. The Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center at the Boston Public Library is a special collections center in Boston, Massachusetts w... More

A map of Concord, the old Musketaquid Plantation

Public domain image of an artwork, medieval, renaissance, 14th, 15th, 16th-century art - Picryl description.

A map of the Bermuda Islands : ya des demonios, isles of the devils

Women were very active in the production of pictorial maps in the early 20th-century. These whimsical maps frequently focused on travel and tourism. Bordered by a ribbon of ocean creatures, this 1930 map of Ber... More

Historical map of Watertown, 1630-1930 - Vintage map, Norman B. Levent...

Mary Hotz designed this map as a high school student in 1930, for a poster contest celebrating the 300th anniversary of Watertown, Massachusetts. Her map of historical Watertown, complete with Native Americans,... More

Xiang xing Zhonghua Minguo ren wu yu di quan tu = Map of China

Relief shown pictorially. Includes illustrations. Insets: January isotherms -- July isotherms. LC Copy: Sectioned to 16 panels to enable folding. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

A descriptive map of the region within one hundred miles of the capita...

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

The townships of Dedham, Westwood, Needham, Dover, Sherborn, Norwood, ...

Public domain scan of a vintage map, city plan, atlas, cartoghraphy, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

Being a cartograph of Ohio : the oldest state west of the thirteen ori...

Public domain image of the vintage map from Norman B. Leventhal Map Center. The Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center at the Boston Public Library is a special collections center in Boston, Massachusetts w... More

A hysterical map of the Grand Coulee Dam (to be the world's largest co...

A panoramic view. Relief shown pictorially. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Inset map of dam area with north oriented towards the lower right.

Racing routes of the Yankee clippers - 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

Orange County before 1810 / - Public domain map drawing

Pictorial history map with drawings of early buildings/settlers/events and with names of early settlers/landowners. Relief shown pictorially. "Buildings marked * are standing in 1935." "Copyright Jan. 1, 1936."... More

A cockeyed hysterical map of the Grand Coulee Dam, Grand Coulee and Dr...

A panoramic view. Relief shown pictorially. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Inset map of dam area with north oriented towards the lower right.

World wonders : a pictorial map - Vintage map, Norman B. Leventhal Col...

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

PWA rebuilds the nation - Vintage map, Norman B. Leventhal Collection

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

A hysterical map of the Grand Coulee Dam : all connected up with runni...

Relief shown pictorially. Title printed around the border. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes legend and tourist attractions.

Peoples of the Pacific - Vintage map, Norman B. Leventhal Collection

Public domain image of the vintage map from Norman B. Leventhal Map Center. The Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center at the Boston Public Library is a special collections center in Boston, Massachusetts w... More

United Air Lines mainliner vacation map : the main line airway to the ...

Mainliner vacation map Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Total war battle map - Vintage map, Norman B. Leventhal Collection

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Second World War.

World War 2 in the North Sea area / Training Aids.

Covers northwestern Europe (North Sea region) including Iceland, northern Russia, Germany, northern France, and intervening land and sea areas. Shows aircraft invasion routes from U.S./U.K., German invasion rou... More

The story map of flying : being a chronicle of man's conquest of the a...

Public domain image of the vintage map from Norman B. Leventhal Map Center. The Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center at the Boston Public Library is a special collections center in Boston, Massachusetts w... More

Mercator map of the world united : a pictorial history of transport an...

Map of the world united Courtesy of Boston Public Library Public domain scan of a map - Picryl description

William Gropper's America, its folklore.

Bohrod's America, its history / - Public domain map

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

Paul Sample's America, its soil / - Public domain map

Pictorial map. Shows scenes of land use and farming superimposed on a map of the United States. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

Map of the island of Tangerina and Wild Island

Children’s fantasy often includes animals and toys, emulating stories children invent with their own playthings. In My Father’s Dragon, a stray cat tells young Elmer Elevator about a baby dragon who is being fo... More

A Texan's map of the United States [of Texas]

Public domain image of the vintage map from Norman B. Leventhal Map Center. The Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center at the Boston Public Library is a special collections center in Boston, Massachusetts w... More

The pictorial map, United States stamps - Vintage map, Norman B. Leven...

United States stamps Courtesy of Boston Public Library

World freedom : a factual & pictorial map - Vintage map, Norman B. Lev...

Factual & pictorial map | Factual and pictorial map Courtesy of Boston Public Library

A pictorial stamp map of navigation and exploration

Picryl description: Public domain image of postal stamp, free to use, no copyright restrictions

The adventures of Huckleberry Finn from the book by Mark Twain : [Miss...

Covers Mississippi River from Hannibal, Mo. to "Pikesville," Miss. Pictorial map. Includes July 1959 to June 1960 calendar. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. LMP

White Mountain National Forest, New Hampshire, Maine /

Pictorial map. Relief shown pictorially and by spot heights. Title from panel. At lower left: Culverwell -- Ted Ray. Includes location map, notes, text, and ill. Text and ill. on verso. Available also through t... More

Tourist map of Baku : [Baku, panoramnyĭ plan 1970g.].

Facsimile. Selected points of interest shown pictorially. Place names in romanized Russian or cyrillic Russian. Original version: [Baku, panoramnyĭ plan 1970 g.]. [Baku? : s.n., 1970]. Insets: [Skhema bakinskog... More

A new chart of the sea coast of SCOTLAND with the Island thereof

Public domain image of a sailing ship, caravel, harbor, sea, naval battle, 16th-17th century maritime seascape, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Long Island: an interpretive cartograph

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

Industrial map of New York City : showing manufacturing industries, co...

Public domain scan of a vintage map, city plan, atlas, cartoghraphy, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

Plan of New York City of New-York and its environs to Greenwich . . .T...

Public domain scan of a vintage map, plan, atlas, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

A plan of Alfred, Maine - Public domain architectural plan drawing

Shows buildings pictorially. Pen-and-ink and watercolor. Oriented with north to the right. Folded vertically, with losses in the upper half. Profiles on verso: The hill east & west -- The hill north & south -- ... More

Serii︠a︡ plakatov "Grazhdanskai︠a︡" voĭna v 10 listov : Sovetskiĭ Soi︠...

Series of 10 pictorial wall maps issued as posters to illustrate the military successes of the Red Army in the Russian Civil War of 1917-1922. Some maps cover the entire Soviet Union, some cover only the Europe... More

A plan of Alfred, Maine - Public domain map drawing

Shows buildings pictorially. Pen-and-ink and watercolor. Oriented with north to the right. Folded vertically, with losses in the upper half. Profiles on verso: The hill east & west -- The hill north & south -- ... More

Serii︠a︡ plakatov "Grazhdanskai︠a︡" voĭna v 10 listov : Sovetskiĭ Soi︠...

Series of 10 pictorial wall maps issued as posters to illustrate the military successes of the Red Army in the Russian Civil War of 1917-1922. Some maps cover the entire Soviet Union, some cover only the Europe... More

A plan of Alfred, Maine - Public domain drawing

Shows buildings pictorially. Pen-and-ink and watercolor. Oriented with north to the right. Folded vertically, with losses in the upper half. Profiles on verso: The hill east & west -- The hill north & south -- ... More

Serii︠a︡ plakatov "Grazhdanskai︠a︡" voĭna v 10 listov : Sovetskiĭ Soi︠...

Series of 10 pictorial wall maps issued as posters to illustrate the military successes of the Red Army in the Russian Civil War of 1917-1922. Some maps cover the entire Soviet Union, some cover only the Europe... More