The only
comprehensive listing of early map image sites. The
monthly additions are indicated thus, e.g. {March
2002} at the end of the
entry. Since the symbols { } are not used elsewhere, you can search on
those elements [enter Ctrl+F]; e.g. 2002} will find entries added
at any time in that year)
Please notify any corrections or additions to the editor, Tony
Campbell:
Make sure to consult its copyright statement
before using any of the images you find
'American
Shores: Maps of the Middle Atlantic Region to 1850' (over 750
maps (1660-1850), in medium or high res. MrSID format; access is
via text-supported sections (select 'Geographical Area') or by searching,
or you can browse a thumbnail listing by selecting 'Map Collection in
Image Gate' then 'Browse this collection' - New York Public Library)
{December, 2002}
Baedeker's Old Guide Books (
high res. scans of the 33 maps and 48 town plans from Baedeker’s The United States (with Excursions to Mexico, Cuba, Porto Rico, and Alaska, 1909 - Alan
Gresley: ‘Baedeker's Old Guide Books’) {September, 2006}
'Broer Map Library: Historic Map
Collection' (2,850 scans of 19th and 20th century maps [as described on the Updates page],
covering various parts of the world, and including '1,300 historic USGS topographical maps from
45 states', enlargeable via Zoomify to high res. - Dave Broer, Ellington, Conn.) {October, 2006}
De
Bry. 'Les habitants du Nouveau Monde' (enlargeable, medium res.
details from De Bry's engravings of the native Americans of eastern N.
America, with details of the map, 1590-96, from the New York Public
Library copy - Bibliothèque Nationale de France) {July, 2002}
+ 'Exodus and Exile: the Spaces of Diaspora' (about 50 low to medium res. images of
assorted maps and plans, 15th century to present, illustrating the experiences of the
Jews and African-Americans - 2002 exhibition at the Osher Map Library, University of
Southern Maine) {January, 2004}
'Atlas Maps' (parts or all of atlases of North America or the World, 1795-1856, as
high res. pdf images - Family History 101) {August, 2005}
Harvard University. Hollis Catalog (entering "Harvard Map Collection digital maps" into the 'Search For:' box retrieved 264
hits [the collection is growing], mostly covering Boston, Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Maine; it is not possible to sort the list with
the oldest first; select a map and find image information in the 'INTERNET LINK' line in the map description - the maps are zoomable in
sections to very high res.). [For detailed access instructions see the message from David Cobb to the MapHist list, 4 April 2007] {February, 2006}
'Historical county
lines' (links to early maps arranged by state [most from sites
otherwise listed on these pages] - John Robertson) {March,
2001}
Historical
maps of the US and the Americas (a good selection of high res. images, viewable
with JPEG or MrSID Plugin - University of Alabama. It is recommended that
you look at their Help page)
{April, 2001}
Lewis and
Clark (GIS Browser) (about 30 high res.
19th century maps geo-referenced with modern USGS maps, satellite
imagery, etc., including interfaces for the GIS novice and expert -
David
Rumsey) {November, 2002}
'Links to historic maps' (a large selection of links to maps from various sources
relating to the United States [mostly from the Hargrett
Library], arranged by period and topic, and then by state - Digital History) {July,
2005}
'Louisiana: European Explorations
and the Louisiana Purchase' (a search for 'maps' produced 70 hits (out of 119 items), enlargeable to high res. via
JPEG2000; covering 'the region of North America that stretched from as far east as Alabama into what is now the state of Montana';
with an accompanying 118-page PDF essay by Michael Klein, illustrated with low res. images - Library of Congress, American Memory) {September, 2007}
United States. 'Historic Topo Maps' ("this
collection overlays 1,000’s historic USGS Topographic Maps into Google Earth. I’m adding more all the time. I did not scan these
maps and have obtained them from many different sources" [listed]) {November, 2007}
'United States Topographic Maps 1:250,000' (1943-94,
high res. - 'an ongoing project to scan and make available online the U.S. Geological Survey 1:250,000 series of
topographic maps. Each revision of each sheet will be included. Maps scanned are from the collections of the University of Texas
Libraries. Alaska and Hawaii will be included. Satellite Image Maps and Radar Image Mosaics issued as part of this series will be
included. Date for completion of this project is November 2007') {September, 2007}
'Westward the Course of Empire Takes Its Way' (four medium res. illustrations to one of the
'Popular Cartography Exhibits' from the 2004 Reading Popular Cartography Seminar at the Hermon
Dunlap Smith Center for the History of Cartography, Newberry Library, Chicago) {September,
2005}
Aviation. 'Airchive.com: the webseum of
commercial aviation' (includes 'Timetables and route maps: the history of over 30 airlines
told through their schedules and maps', with high res. scans; mostly relating to the USA
- Chris Sloan) {November, 2005}
Baseball ('a repository of historic pictures of American
baseball fields. These pictures are found on panoramic maps, in which small details are meticulously drawn, including, in most
cases, the players on the field. Please note that all of the maps here are from the Library of Congress American Memory panoramic
map database. The complete maps can be found online at the American Memory panoramic map website') {December, 2007}
Cities & Towns (a large, alphabetically-arranged, assortment of high
res. plans of US cities, mostly 1890-1920 - Perry-Castañeda Library
Map Collection, University of Texas at Austin)
Cities & Towns.
'Paisajes Urbanos de América y Filipinas' (illustrated with sample, low res. urban
plans of North, Central and South America, the Antilles and the Philippines from the Archivo
General de Indias de Sevilla, Sección de Mapas y Planos) {November, 2005}
Civil War. 'Harvard Map
Collection digital maps. Civil War' (14 maps, some MS, 1862-5, of various parts of the SE USA, enlargeable to very high
res.; a selection from a collection given to the Harvard Map Collection by the Massachusetts Order of the Loyal Legion of the
United States (MOLLUS) - Harvard College Library) {September, 2007}
Civil War Maps ("approximately 2,240 Civil War maps and charts and 76 atlases and
sketchbooks that are held within the Geography and Map Division, 200 maps from the Library of
Virginia, and 400 maps from the Virginia Historical Society" [December 2004] - high res. MrSID images,
with the ability to zoom, enlarge and select details - Library of Congress,'American Memory')
Civil War (select 'Type' - 'Civil
War'; for 394 high res. images of charts, maps and plans - NOAA. 'Historical Map and Chart Collection')
Civil
War maps (31 enlargeable, low res. images - Hargrett Library Rare
Map Collection, University of Georgia Libraries)
Fire Insurance (high res. details of
six Sanborn maps, highlighting, e.g., the OK Corral - American Treasures of the Library of Congress) {December, 2007}
Fire Insurance
(useful links from 'Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet') -
see also under the specific state in US States & Regions{July,
2002}
Geological maps. ‘National Geologic
Map Database’ (select ‘Geologic Map Image Library' for "2000+ maps online", of various
dates, enlargeable to high res.; select ‘Geoscience Map Catalog’ for descriptions of
69,000 maps; using the Comprehensive search it is possible to limit by date, e.g. ‘1800-1899’ produced
244 hits; it is not clear how to link that facility with a general search of the Catalog -
U.S.G.S) {December, 2004}
'Geologic Atlas of
the United States' (the 'atlas' comprised 227 folios produced 1894-1945; 'Each folio
includes both topographic and geologic maps for each quad represented in that folio, as well as
geologic reports with information on the geology and economic geology on that area' - Texas A &
M University Libraries) {December, 2006}
Highways see under Road maps below, and under the names of individual States in the next
section
'Homicide in Chicago. Hull House Maps and Papers (1895)' (select 'View Maps' for high res. distribution maps for 'nationality' and 'wages', based on information gathered by Florence
Kelley for the United States Department of Labour - Northwestern University School of Law) {March, 2008}
'Immigration to the United
States, 1789-1930' (a keyword search for 'map' retrieved 259 items (the Introduction mentions '200 maps'; 'a
web-based collection of selected historical materials from Harvard's libraries, archives, and museums that
documents voluntary immigration to the US from the signing of the Constitution to the onset of the Great
Depression' - Harvard University, Open Collections Program) {February, 2008}
Indian
Land Cessions in the U.S., 1784 to 1894 (67 high res. MrSID state maps by Charles C. Royce, from the Eighteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1896-1897 - Library of Congress)
Indian
Lands. ’American Indian Collection’ (low res. images illustrating a commercial CD-ROM; most
of the maps are of Indian Reservations, a few are by Native Americans - US Historical Archive){July, 2004}
Indian Trails. 'The Indian Trails
Project' (text and a selection of maps enlargeable to medium res., mostly about the Cherokee Nation in northern Georgia)
{January, 2008}
Louisiana Purchase. 'Louisiana:
European Explorations and the Louisiana Purchase' (a search for 'maps' produced 70 hits (out of 119 items), enlargeable to
high res. via JPEG2000; covering 'the region of North America that stretched from as far east as Alabama into what is now the
state of Montana'; with an accompanying 118-page PDF essay by Michael Klein, illustrated
with low res. images - Library of Congress, American Memory) {September, 2007}
National Parks. Mapping the
National Parks (Acadia, Grand Canyon, Great Smoky Mountains,
Yellowstone: Library of Congress - high res.
MrSID images, with the ability to zoom, enlarge and select details)
NOAA. 'Historical Map and Chart Collection' (over 21,000, high res.
MrSID images of charts, maps and plans, mostly 19th century, searchable in the Image Catalog
by region, map type, date or keyword; these include a large number of topographic
maps). [The main page also here]
Panoramic
Maps 1847-1929 (Library of Congress - high res. MrSID images,
with the ability to zoom, enlarge and select details)
Panoramic
Maps (select 'Historical Maps' for 68 high res. zoomable
images of late 19th and early 20th century U.S. towns - National
Geographic 'Map Machine') {April, 2002}
Railroads. 'History of Railroad Maps' (five medium res. maps illustrating an introductory
text, "adapted from Andrew M. Modelski, Railroad Maps of North America: The First Hundred Years
(Washington: Library of Congress, 1984), pp. ix-xxi" - World Maps Online). [Also here].
{May, 2005}
Railroads
(select 'Historical Maps' for 26 high res. zoomable 19th century
images - National Geographic 'Map Machine') {April, 2002}
Railroads. 1948
U.S. Railroad Atlas (high res. scans from the Rand McNally atlas, featuring
the 48 lower states, 4 metropolitan areas, and close ups of the Albany and Hudson Valley
regions- AJ Kleipass) {December, 2003}
Road maps
(medium res. images of the covers of US road maps c. 1940-70 - the-forum
On-line Antiques Mall) {September, 2002}
Road
maps. 'Caught Mapping' (a 9-minute black and white documentary about the updating
process for printed road maps in the USA c. 1940. It is available as a download in various
formats or streamed over the Internet - link available via the Cartography blog) {July,
2006}
Road
maps. 'Maps from History' (high res. maps of the U.S. and
specific regions, but 'due to space limitations, only a few historic road
maps will be scanned and posted at any given time' - Robert V. Droz)
+ 'Road
maps: the American Way' (high res. images of U.S. road maps
and their covers - Osher Map Library and Smith Center for Cartographic
Education, University of Southern Maine - exhibition curated by Robert
French) {May, 2001}
Road maps, see also under the names of individual States in the next section
Sea charts. ‘Sea
Heritage’ (fairly high res. pdf scans - a commercial site selling over 1000 19th and 20th
century nautical charts ‘from around the world, including the entire coastal United States’)
{February, 2005}
Slavery.
'The Atlantic slave trade and slave life in the Americas' (select 'Maps: Africa, New World,
Slave Trade' for 30 images, enlargeable to medium res., mostly of original maps or details
focusing on western Africa, with bibliographical commentary - Jerome S. Handler and Michael L.
Tuite Jr., the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities and the Digital Media Lab at the
University of Virginia Library) {August, 2005}
Soil erosion. 'The Reconnaissance Erosion
Survey of the State of Oklahoma' (high res. scans of the map created by the Oklahoma Erosion Survey in 1934 and
published by the U.S. Soil Conservation Service. 'It carefully delineates the types and levels of erosion that existed in
Oklahoma' - Oklahoma Department of Libraries) {September, 2007}
+ Washington.
'Maps in our lives' (divided into Surveying, GIS, Cartography, Geodesy, and featuring
material from other collections as well, this includes surveys of George Washington's farm
through time - Library of Congress, in association with the American Congress on Surveying and
Mapping, 2006) {March, 2006}
'Weather and Climate' (US daily weather maps
(1871-2002) in high res. DejaVu format; and meteorological and climatological data from the 19th century onwards, both US and
foreign - National Oceanographic Data Center (NOAA)) {March, 2008}
David Rumsey Collection. Several of the titles listed under ’North American Atlases’
cover specific US states or cities [for further details about this site see Large general sites])
I am looking for volunteer 'link-scouts' for individual states or US regions. If you might be interested please contact the editor of this page, Tony Campbell:
+ online exhibitions
United States -
Alabama. 'Fire Insurance Maps' ('3,121 city maps produced by the Alabama Inspection and Rating Bureau (AIRB) of
Montgomery, Alabama, and the Sanborn Fire Insurance Company of New York, New York. The AIRB maps are courtesy of the Alabama
Department of Archives and History. The Sanborn Fire Insurance maps are courtesy of the W. S. Hoole Special Collections Library';
viewable in high res. via ExpressView (Mr.SID); evidently 1880s to 1950s - University of Alabama) {December, 2007}
United States -
Alabama. Historical Map Archive (about 7,000 high res.
images [not all of Alabama or the USA] viewable with JPEG or MrSID Plugin - University of Alabama. It is
recommended that you look at their Help page)
{April, 2001}
United States - Alabama. ‘Rucker
Agee Map Collection’ (687 scans, 16th century onwards, and with general coverage, enlargeable to high res. with
CONTENTdm; the list can be sorted by the column heads - Birmingham (Alabama) Public Library) {February, 2007}
United
States - Alaska. 'Rare Map Collection Gallery' (713, high res. images, mostly
covering Alaska but with a few for other parts of North America and the Polar Regions; with
links to the library's online catalogue; many are also included in 'Alaska's Digital Archives' - Elmer E. Rasmuson
Library, University of Alaska Fairbanks) {June, 2006}
United States -
California. Historic Topographic Maps of California (high res.
MrSID images of USGS maps, 1895-present, accessible via quad name, place
name or clickable map - Earth Sciences & Map Library, University of
California - Berkeley. NB You must set your browser to accept cookies)
{December, 2001}
United States - California. ‘The online
archive of California’ (selecting ‘Images’, then searching for ‘map’, produced 136 hits
(not all relevant), enlargeable only to medium res. via the ‘large image’ option - University
of California) {December, 2004}
United States - California. 'Stanford Geological Survey' ("The Stanford Geological
Survey (SGS) existed for 100 years, from 1895 until 1995. During this time, students and
faculty went into the field to survey and map parts of California, Nevada and Utah...The
project now has over 450 maps and 50 field notebooks online"; high res. images via the
free Luna Insight browser - Leland Stanford Junior University) {June, 2006}
United States - California.
‘Union Map Catalog’ (select ‘Images & Stories/Union Catalogue’ for a searchable catalogue
of 3,761 maps, each accompanied by a low or medium res. image of the whole map, some with
high res. details, of California and the West, from three collections (the Huntington
Library, the Pasadena Museum of History and the Altadena Historical Society) developed by Bill
Warren and Mario Einaudi; along with low res. images of 10 notable maps, ranging from the World
to California, with descriptions - California Map Society) {March, 2005; updated October 2006}
United
States - California. Works Progress Administration (WPA) Digital
Archive (searching for 'Works Progress Administration' retrieves 358
medium res. images (each with full catalogue record) from the
1933-39 land use survey of the City of Los Angeles - Archival Research
Center, University of Southern California [originals from the Huntington
Library]) {May, 2002; updated January 2008}
+ United States -
California. 'Los Angeles Mapped' (23 high res. JPEG2000 images with commentary -
Library of Congress exhibit at the Ira Gershwin Gallery, Los Angeles [which funded the
website], 2006-07) {June, 2006}
United States -
California. 'San Francisco GIS' (11 maps of the San Francisco Bay
area (1851-1926), over which geospatial data (roads, lakes, parks, state
boundaries, satellite imagery, etc) can be overlaid - David Rumsey)
{February, 2003}
United States - Colorado. 'Hayden Survey maps
inventory' (a listing, with sample illustrations, of the contents of the Geological and Geographical Atlas of Colorado and
portions of adjacent territory, by F.V. Hayden, 1877 - Center of Southwest Studies) {May, 2005}
United States -
Connecticut (a large selection of high res. images, at
state/county/town, etc., level, from the University of Connecticut MAGIC site
(though many of the images are from other collections), covering the
pre-1800 period, county wall maps, hydrographic charts, and the US Serial
Set, with transportation maps following - JPEG, SID and JAVA options)
{August, 2002}
United
States - Connecticut (select 'Connecticut Georeferenced Historical
Maps' for nine maps (1792-1859), which can be added to a GIS-like ArcView
allowing you to
zoom into your area of interest; there are also Topographic Map Mosaics
from the 1890s onwards - University of Connecticut MAGIC site)
{December, 2002}
United States - eastern states. 'Harvard Map Collection digital maps. Sotzmann maps of east coast states' (a
selection of 10 maps, enlargeable to very high res.; 'Daniel Friedrich Sotzmann was commissioned by Christophe Daniel
Ebeling to produce a series of maps to accompany his Erdbeschreibung von Amerika. Ebeling's death in 1817 ended the
project and Ebeling's map collection was purchased and given to Harvard in 1818 thus beginning the Map Collection')
{September, 2007}
United States - eastern states.
‘Historic maps’ ("This online collection of over 2000 USGS topographic maps includes
complete geographical coverage of New England, New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware and
Maryland from the 1890s to 1950s" - Christopher Marshall and Maptech) {September, 2004}
United States - Florida
(for high res., zoomable images, viewable via Luna Insight, scroll down to ‘USF Florida
Map Collection’ (169 ‘rare’ maps of Florida), and ‘USF Rare Map Collection’ (23 maps) -
University of South Florida, Tampa Library). [This also forms part of the multi-collection Visual Collections site -
select ‘Cartography’] {July, 2004}
United States - Florida. 'Ephemeral Cities' ("the
time is 1880-1920. Ephemeral Cities is an integrated collection of maps, documents, museum objects, photographs, and
ephemera that breathe life into the static renderings of the historic fire insurance maps created by the Sanborn Fire
Insurance Company ... The foot print of a building on a given site in 1880 can be compared with footprint of the
building there in 1900 and 1920, even on the site today...") {April, 2008}
United States -
Florida. 'Exploring Florida' (over 400 high res. maps and
details, arranged by period, of which perhaps 200 are original rather
than historical - Florida Center for Instructional Technology)
{January, 2002}
United States
- Florida. 'Historic Florida' (an [apparently growing] selection of high res.
images of 19th century maps, arranged chronologically - University of Florida, George A.
Smathers Libraries, Map & Imagery Library) {December, 2003}
+ United States.
'Florida, the Making of a State: a Cartographic Adventure' (46
entries, including about 20 shown as low res. images, with descriptions,
in the Exhibition
Checklist; see also texts about the discovery of Florida, etc. and the
Bibliography
- exhibition, curated by James A. Findlay, January-March 2002, Bienes
Center for the Literary Arts, Broward County Libraries Division (Ft.
Lauderdale)) {August, 2002}
United
States - Florida. 'Visual Collections. World Map Collection' (clicking on 'Browse all
images' produced 5,459 hits, enlargeable to high res. [selecting via
'Geographical Area' found 4,563 relating (in some way) to Florida, 358 to the Caribbean,
89 to Africa, 47 to the Middle East, 32 to South America, with slight coverage of the rest of
the world] - State University System of Florida, PALMM Project) ['World Map Collections' appears to be an
earlier version of the same site; as also
here] {March, 2004 - updated April 2006}
United States - Georgia (select high res. images from various themed sections
or browse 'over 1000' maps of Georgia and America in general, using the DjVu free plug-in - Hargrett
Library Rare Map Collection, University of Georgia Libraries) {February, 2004}
United
States - Illinois. 'Historical Maps Online' (409 high res. MrSID images; select from
a browsing list, or via geographical sections (concentrating on Illinois and the Northwest
Territory but also covering other parts of the US, Canada, Mexico, South America, etc.) - the
University of Illinois Library and the University of Illinois Press, with a selection from the
Newberry Library) {March, 2004}
United States -
Illinois - Chicago. 'Chicago Imagebase' (select 'Table of Contents' for 'Historical Maps of
Chicago', which include USGS and Fire Insurance maps, enlargeable to high res. -
University of Illinois at Chicago) {August, 2005}
United States - Illinois - Chicago. ‘Map Collection (select from,
among others, ‘Chicago in the 1890s’ and ‘Chicago, 1900-1914’ for a selection of themed maps enlargeable to high res. - University
of Chicago Library) {March, 2007}
United States - Iowa. 'Iowa
Digital Library' (select for 'Early Iowa Atlas
Collection'; apparently offering scans with zoom and pan capability (though in an awkward
half-screen) of the contents of the Huebinger atlas of Iowa (1904) and 56 county atlases -
University of Iowa, Map Collection) {December, 2006}
United
States - Kansas. 'A Collection of Digitized Kansas Maps' (over 325
enlargeable, very high res. MrSID images (1556-1900), searchable
via keyword(s) or date range - Wichita State University Libraries,
Department of Special Collections) {May, 2003}
United States -
Kansas. 'Kansas and the Great Plains' (see 'Historical Maps of Kansas', 'Official Atlas of
Kansas ([Phildaelphia: Everts], 1887)' for high res. MrSID images, and 'Links to Kansas
Maps in Other Collections' - Thomas R. Smith Map Collection., University of Kansas)
{December, 2006}
United
States - Kansas. 'Fort Leavenworth History' (searching for 'map' retrieved a selection of
map scans, mostly of Fort Leavenworth, enlargeable to high res. - Combined Arms Research
Library Digital Library, Command and General Staff College) {December, 2006}
United
States - Kentucky. 'Digital Library' (very large pdf files of four atlases: the city of Covington
(1877) and county atlases covering the following counties: Boone, Kenton & Cambell; Bracken &
Pendleton; Carroll & Gallatin (1883-4) - Kenton County Public Library) {November, 2006}
United States - Louisiana (four, sample, medium res. images from the New
Orleans Public Library) {September, 2003}
United States - Louisiana (search either for various 'Map' links, or select 'Map' from Media Format, which provides browsing access to
different collections, all in high res. ContentDM format; the collections include: Louisiana Aerial Photographs ,
Louisiana Coastal Ecology, Louisiana State Museum Historical Map Collection , Maps of Louisiana Collection; a general search for
'map' found 512 entries - Louisiana State University Digital Library) {May, 2002; revised February 2008}
United States - 'Louisiana:
European Explorations and the Louisiana Purchase' (a search for 'maps' produced 70 hits (out of 119 items), enlargeable to
high res. via JPEG2000; covering 'the region of North America that stretched from as far east as Alabama into what is now the
state of Montana'; with an accompanying unsigned 118-page PDF essay, by Michael Klein, illustrated
with low res. images - Library of Congress, American Memory) {September, 2007}
United States - Maine. The Maine
Memory Network (by selecting 'Search for historical items and documents' and then
'Nature & Geography: Maps' you are presented with 129 items relating to Maine, the US's
northern boundary, and North America in general; alternatively, a keyword search for
'map' finds a few other items related to cartography; among the search options is date range, and you can zoom in (via the "i" button)
but only to low or medium res. - a growing site: Maine Historical Society) {December,
2003}
United States -
Maryland ('Kent County and Queen Anne's County from Lake, Griffing
and Stevenson's 1877 Atlas: Maps of Delmarva and the Eastern Shore' (28
high res. details) - Craig O'Donnell and Historical Society of
Kent County) {February, 2003}
United
States - Maryland. 'Mapping Maryland' (21 medium to high. res. maps from the pre-
colonial era to the mid-19th century, also featuring Maryland's neighbours and Baltimore
- Digital Library of the Maryland Historical Society) {December, 2003}
United States -
Massachusetts (enlargeable high res. images of Osgood Carleton’s 4-sheet Map of
Massachusetts Proper (1802) - Massachusetts Historical Society) {October, 2004}
United States - Massachusetts. Harvard University. Hollis Catalog (entering "Harvard Map Collection digital maps" into the
'Search For:' box retrieved 264 hits [the collection is growing], mostly covering Boston, Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Maine; it is not
possible to sort the list with the oldest first; select a map and find image information in the 'INTERNET LINK' line in the map description
- the maps are zoomable in sections to very high res.). [For detailed access instructions see the message from David Cobb to the MapHist list, 4 April 2007] {February, 2006}
United States -
Massachusetts towns: Boston, Belmont, Cambridge, Roxbury. 'Maps Over
Time' (a few high res. original maps used in "an Internet
based system that lets you explore the transformation of Boston (and
other cities) by overlaying old, new and future maps." Follow the Tutorial to
learn how to 'paint' one map on top of another, thus highlighting
changes - from futureboston.org) {January, 2002}
United States -
Massachusetts. 'Boston GIS' (18 maps of the Boston area (1776-1897),
over which geospatial data (roads, lakes, parks, state boundaries,
satellite imagery, etc) can be overlaid - David Rumsey) {February,
2003}
United
States - Massachusetts - Boston. 'Boston Streets: Mapping Directory' (a site with GIS
functionality; also select 'Places' for images (enlargeable via the Java Advanced Image Viewer)
of the complete city atlases of 1874, 1898 and 1928 - Digital Collections and Archives, Tufts
University) {November, 2005}
+ United
States - Michigan. 'Mapping Michigan' (low res. images: 'a virtual
presentation developed from an exhibit created by the Clarke Historical
Library', divided into 'Exploration', 'Ownership', 'Transportation' -
Frank Boles and Evelyn Leasher, 1998) {November, 2002}
United
States - Michigan. 'Maps Menu by County' (a selection of 'other' maps, 19th and 20th
centuries, and modern county maps - Internet Railroad History Museum of Michigan)
{September, 2005}
+ United
States - Michigan. 'What's Cool about Maps?' (7 low res. maps from the
exhibition at the Michigan Historical Museum, Lansing, 2001 - select 'The
Maps' for captions of all 29 exhibited maps) {May, 2002}
United States -
Middle Atlantic. 'American Shores: Maps of the Middle Atlantic Region to
1850' (over 750 maps (1660-1850), in medium or high
res.
MrSID format; access is via text-supported sections (select
'Geographical Area) or by searching, or you can browse a thumbnail
listing by selecting 'Map Collection in Image Gate' then 'Browse this
collection' - New York Public Library) {December, 2002}
United
States - Minnesota. 'Minnesota Maps Online' (comprising 'over 3,600' Public Land
Survey plats, created by the U.S. Surveyor General's Office, 1848-1907 and later by the General
Land Office and Bureau of Land Management to 2001, searchable by County or Township/Range, and
five examples from the MHS's 1,350 county atlases and plat books, enlargeable to high res.
; it seems that you can search for additional (unillustrated?) material via the MHS
catalogue by selecting Maps & Atlases [searching for
'map' produced 1,853 hits] - Minnesota Historical Society and the Office of the Secretary of
State) {April, 2006}
United States - Minnesota - Clay County (select 'Plat Books' [near the end] for high
res. images of maps, 1899-1920 - Clay County Historical Society) {May, 2005}
United States - Minnesota -
Pennington County (a good selection of high res. scans, mostly 20th century,
involving General Inspection Bureau, Fire and Plat maps - Pennington County Historical Society)
{February, 2005}
+ United
States - Missouri. 'Maps of Missouri' (zoomable high res. MrSID images of
selected maps and plans ['approximately 100', though it does not appear that all are on
the web] - a 2001 exhibition at the St. Louis Public Library) {January, 2004}
United States - Missouri. 'Platbooks' ('118 Missouri County plat books published
by W.W. Hickson, and Co. in 1930', enlargeable to very high res. - Special Collections
Department, Ellis Library, University of Missouri-Columbia.) {September, 2005}
United States - Missouri -
Kansas City (a search for ‘map’, in the Local History collection, produced 697
entries (zoomable but still low res., via Flash) - Kansas City Public Library) {March,
2005}
United
States - Nebraska (a gateway site with links to single maps, atlases and other
Nebraska sites - Ted & Carole Miller for NEGenWeb Project) {February, 2005}
United States - Nevada. 'Historical
Maps' (a selection of Highway Maps from 1919, high res. but slow-loading - NevadaDot = Nevada Department of
Transportation) {April, 2008}
United States -
New England (very high res., detailed images of over 1,500 USGS
topographic maps giving complete geographical coverage of New England
from the 1890s to 1950s - University of New Hampshire, Dimond Library)
United States - New England. 'Historic Map Works' (a site for
genealogists, with over 73,000 address-searchable maps of 19th and early 20th century America and 300 directories of different parts of
the USA, enlargeable to high res., with the option to buy an online version; so far covering New York City and Portland,
Maine, and the eight states between Maryland and Maine: 'The map collection is linked with modern mapping technology that
references existing street names and numbers. By simply typing in an address, users can follow the progression of buildings and
neighborhoods through time - in some cases up to 250 years' - Charles Carpenter) {September, 2006; updated December 2007}
United States - New
England. Reisbeschrijvingen Nieuw-Nederland (click on the title-screen map and you
are taken to a medium res. image of Visscher's Novi Belgii, which is handled in an
unusual way with at least 14 hotspots leading to explanatory notes, in Dutch - forming
part of 'De Wereld van Peter Stuyvesant')
United States - New Hampshire
(a commercial site, with annotated, high res. details of a few
18th & 19th century maps)
United
States - New Hampshire. 'Maps' (a high res. selection of maps of the USA, with a
concentration on New England and specifically New Hampshire, with its counties and towns; some
are details - Jalanne C. Barnes, Peavey Resource Center) {August, 2005}
United States - New
Jersey (a good selection of high res. maps, including 1872 and 1895 state atlases, and many links - Rutgers University)
United
States - New Jersey (67 high res. maps from the New Jersey Environmental Digital
Library - part of the multi-collection ‘Visual Collections’ site) {April, 2005}
United States - New Jersey - Weehawken (a selection of maps, from different sources, from 1841, in medium to high res., with additional access to the 1900 Sanborn plan) {May, 2005}
United States - New York City (a search for 'map' produced
6,901 items, which can be enlarged with a plug-in - New York Public Library {October, 2007}
United States - New
York City (low res. 'Historic maps of USA [sic]' - available as
facsimiles from Microcolour.com)
United
States - New York State (five geological maps (1905-06) from the
New York State Museum Bulletin) used for technical experimentation
by Columbia University
United States - New York State (26 maps, from different sources and in different
resolutions - Contentdm Collection) {September, 2005}
United States - New York State - Hudson
River Valley Heritage (a growing body of material from a variety of sources, jointly
searchable via Contentdm; at present a few maps, enlargeable in sections to high res. -
Southeastern NY Library Resources Council) {June, 2006}
United States -
New York State. 'American Shores: Maps of the Middle Atlantic Region to
1850' (over 750 maps (1660-1850), in medium or high
res.
MrSID format; access is via text-supported sections (select
'Geographical Area) or by searching, or you can browse a thumbnail
listing by selecting 'Map Collection in Image Gate' then 'Browse this
collection' - New York Public Library) {December, 2002}
United States - New York State - Cayuga County (scroll down for 'Erie Canal info and maps',
also air and satellite photos of Cayuga and Oswego counties and, under 'Maps', a selection
focusing on Cayuga County and the Western Finger Lakes, 1790-1900, with other maps scattered
further down; high res. details - Bill Hecht) {August, 2005}
United States - New York State - 'Tompkins County GIS' (24
medium res. maps and bird's-eye views of Ithaca and its neighbourhood,
mostly 19th & 20th centuries, and mostly from the DeWitt Historical Society)
{September, 2003}
