Thematic Archive

  • Charles Joseph Minard's map of World immigration (French), from 1862. Charles Joseph Minard's map of World immigration Date: 1862 Author: Charles Joseph Minard Dwnld: Full Size (18.1mb) Print Availability: See our Prints Page for more details pff This map isn't part of any series, but we have other thematic maps that you might want to check out. Beautiful and quite brilliant map of world migration by Charles Joseph Minard. If...0May 20, 2013

    Minard’s Map of World Migration (1862)

    Charles Joseph Minard's map of World immigration (French), from 1862. Charles Joseph Minard's map of World immigration Date: 1862 Author: Charles Joseph Minard Dwnld: Full Size (18.1mb) Print Availability: See our Prints Page for more details pff This map isn't part of any series, but we have other thematic maps that you might want to check out. Beautiful and quite brilliant map of world migration by Charles Joseph Minard. If...
  • Map of the Discoveries of the American East, Gulf, and West Coasts Map of the timeline of discovery of the U.S. Coasts (1856) Date: 1856 Author: Johann Georg Kohl Dwnld: Full Size: 01, 02, 03 Source: Library of Congress Print Availability: See our Prints Page for more details pff This map isn't part of any series, but we have other maps of Exploration that you might want to check out....0May 17, 2013

    Map: timeline of discovery of US Coasts (1856)

    Map of the Discoveries of the American East, Gulf, and West Coasts Map of the timeline of discovery of the U.S. Coasts (1856) Date: 1856 Author: Johann Georg Kohl Dwnld: Full Size: 01, 02, 03 Source: Library of Congress Print Availability: See our Prints Page for more details pff This map isn't part of any series, but we have other maps of Exploration that you might want to check out....
  • J.B. Metzler's map of Immigrants to North America (German). From 1922. Immigrants to North America Date: 1853 Author: J.B. Metzler Dwnld: Full Size (13mb) Print Availability: See our Prints Page for more details pff This map isn't part of any series, but we have other thematic maps that you might want to check out. Lots of Germans, it seems, were making their ways to the United States in the mid-19th...4April 30, 2013

    German Immigrants to North America (1853)

    J.B. Metzler's map of Immigrants to North America (German). From 1922. Immigrants to North America Date: 1853 Author: J.B. Metzler Dwnld: Full Size (13mb) Print Availability: See our Prints Page for more details pff This map isn't part of any series, but we have other thematic maps that you might want to check out. Lots of Germans, it seems, were making their ways to the United States in the mid-19th...
  • Map showing the German Kriegsmarine's containment of the British Isles. Author and Date Unknown (to me). The German Navy and the British Isles Date: 194x Author: ?? Dwnld: Full Size (1.9mb) Print Availability: See our Prints Page for more details pff This map isn't part of any series, but we have other military maps that you might want to check out. I'm not a huge WWI/II buff, but this appears,...7February 12, 2013

    German WWII Oblique Map of English Channel (1940s)

    Map showing the German Kriegsmarine's containment of the British Isles. Author and Date Unknown (to me). The German Navy and the British Isles Date: 194x Author: ?? Dwnld: Full Size (1.9mb) Print Availability: See our Prints Page for more details pff This map isn't part of any series, but we have other military maps that you might want to check out. I'm not a huge WWI/II buff, but this appears,...
  • George Hartnell Bartlett's map of the Public Libraries of Massachusetts from 1915. Public Libraries of Massachusetts Date: 1915 Author: George Hartnell Bartlett Dwnld: Full Size (15mb) Print Availability: See our Prints Page for more details pff This map isn't part of any series, but we have other Massachusetts maps that you might want to check out. This charming map was made by Arlington, Massachusetts native George H. Bartlett and engraved...2January 22, 2013

    Map of Massachusetts Public Libraries (1915)

    George Hartnell Bartlett's map of the Public Libraries of Massachusetts from 1915. Public Libraries of Massachusetts Date: 1915 Author: George Hartnell Bartlett Dwnld: Full Size (15mb) Print Availability: See our Prints Page for more details pff This map isn't part of any series, but we have other Massachusetts maps that you might want to check out. This charming map was made by Arlington, Massachusetts native George H. Bartlett and engraved...
  • Andrew Pearce Stout's “The Journeys and Deeds of Jesus” with scriptural annotations. From 1881. The Journeys and Deeds of Jesus Date: 1881 Author: Andrew Pearce Stout Dwnld: Full Size (10.3mb) Print Availability: See our Prints Page for more details pff This map isn't part of any series, but we have other featured maps that you might want to check out. Andrew Pearce Stout's ”The journeys, and deeds of Jesus, and...2January 11, 2013

    The Journeys and Deeds of Jesus (1881)

    Andrew Pearce Stout's “The Journeys and Deeds of Jesus” with scriptural annotations. From 1881. The Journeys and Deeds of Jesus Date: 1881 Author: Andrew Pearce Stout Dwnld: Full Size (10.3mb) Print Availability: See our Prints Page for more details pff This map isn't part of any series, but we have other featured maps that you might want to check out. Andrew Pearce Stout's ”The journeys, and deeds of Jesus, and...
  • Verlag von Caesar Schmidt's “Europe Today”. Made in 1887. Das heutige Europa Date: 1887 Author: Verlag von Caesar Schmidt Dwnld: Full Size (0.6mb) Print Availability: See our Prints Page for more details pff This map isn't part of any series, but we have other featured maps that you might want to check out. 19th Century Europe seemed to really like making maps where countries are anthropomorphic depictions of what were...0January 9, 2013

    Anthropomorphic Map “Europe Today” (1887)

    Verlag von Caesar Schmidt's “Europe Today”. Made in 1887. Das heutige Europa Date: 1887 Author: Verlag von Caesar Schmidt Dwnld: Full Size (0.6mb) Print Availability: See our Prints Page for more details pff This map isn't part of any series, but we have other featured maps that you might want to check out. 19th Century Europe seemed to really like making maps where countries are anthropomorphic depictions of what were...
  • The Merchants' Association hotel and theater map. NYC Hotel and Theater map (1906) Date: 1906 Author: NYC Merchants' Association Dwnld: Full Size (6.05mb) Source: Library of Congress Print Availability: See our Prints Page for more details pff This map isn't part of any series, but we have other maps of New York City that you might want to check out. The NYC Merchants' Assoc.'s hotel and theater map of New...0December 12, 2012

    NYC Hotel and Theater map (1906)

    The Merchants' Association hotel and theater map. NYC Hotel and Theater map (1906) Date: 1906 Author: NYC Merchants' Association Dwnld: Full Size (6.05mb) Source: Library of Congress Print Availability: See our Prints Page for more details pff This map isn't part of any series, but we have other maps of New York City that you might want to check out. The NYC Merchants' Assoc.'s hotel and theater map of New...
  • John Smith's map from “Maps for an emerging nation”. Smith's "Historical Geography" (1888) Date: 1888 Author: John F. Smith Dwnld: Full Size 13.38mb Source: Library of Congress Print Availability: See our Prints Page for more details pff This map isn't part of any series, but we have other thematic maps that you might want to check out. Gorgeous map by John F. Smith conflating biblical virtues with the history of...0November 15, 2012

    John F. Smith’s anti-slavery map (1888)

    John Smith's map from “Maps for an emerging nation”. Smith's "Historical Geography" (1888) Date: 1888 Author: John F. Smith Dwnld: Full Size 13.38mb Source: Library of Congress Print Availability: See our Prints Page for more details pff This map isn't part of any series, but we have other thematic maps that you might want to check out. Gorgeous map by John F. Smith conflating biblical virtues with the history of...
  • Telegraph chart, America and Europe Map of Telegraphy, Europe and North America (1858) Date: 1858 Author: Charles Magnus Dwnld: Full Size (10.13mb) Source: Library of Congress Print Availability: See our Prints Page for more details pff This map isn't part of any series, but we have other telegraph maps that you might want to check out. This map's sort of a stinker, if we're just being honest. When I picked...3October 29, 2012

    Map of Telegraphy, Europe and North America (1858)

    Telegraph chart, America and Europe Map of Telegraphy, Europe and North America (1858) Date: 1858 Author: Charles Magnus Dwnld: Full Size (10.13mb) Source: Library of Congress Print Availability: See our Prints Page for more details pff This map isn't part of any series, but we have other telegraph maps that you might want to check out. This map's sort of a stinker, if we're just being honest. When I picked...
  • Taxation on real and personal property per capita: 1890 U.S. Taxation on real and personal property per capita - 1890 Date: 1890 Author: Henry Gannett Dwnld: Full Size (7.33mb) Source: Rumsey Map Collection Print Availability: See our Prints Page for more details pff This map isn't part of any series, but we have other statistical maps that you might want to check out. A handsome choropleth map. Soothing color-ramp. Looks...0October 8, 2012

    U.S. Taxation on real and personal property (1890)

    Taxation on real and personal property per capita: 1890 U.S. Taxation on real and personal property per capita - 1890 Date: 1890 Author: Henry Gannett Dwnld: Full Size (7.33mb) Source: Rumsey Map Collection Print Availability: See our Prints Page for more details pff This map isn't part of any series, but we have other statistical maps that you might want to check out. A handsome choropleth map. Soothing color-ramp. Looks...
  • Motor And Relief Map Of Southern California Motor And Relief Map Of Southern California (1923) Date: 1923 Author: Pac SW Trust and Sav. Bank Dwnld: Full Size (6.93mb) Source: Rumsey Map Collection Print Availability: See our Prints Page for more details pff This map isn't part of any series, but we have other maps of California that you might want to check out. The latest installment of Multi-Map Monday. Two...0July 20, 2012

    Motorist Maps Of Southern California (1923)

    Motor And Relief Map Of Southern California Motor And Relief Map Of Southern California (1923) Date: 1923 Author: Pac SW Trust and Sav. Bank Dwnld: Full Size (6.93mb) Source: Rumsey Map Collection Print Availability: See our Prints Page for more details pff This map isn't part of any series, but we have other maps of California that you might want to check out. The latest installment of Multi-Map Monday. Two...
  • Map showing the distribution of slaves in the Southern States Choropleth Map Depicting Slaves in the Southern U.S. (1860) Date: 1860 Author: A von Steinwehr Dwnld: Full Size (8.50mb) Source: Library of Congress Print Availability: See our Prints Page for more details pff This map isn't part of any series, but we have other maps of the U.S. South that you might want to check out. In honor of Juneteenth...0June 19, 2012

    Choropleth Map of U.S. Slavery (1860)

    Map showing the distribution of slaves in the Southern States Choropleth Map Depicting Slaves in the Southern U.S. (1860) Date: 1860 Author: A von Steinwehr Dwnld: Full Size (8.50mb) Source: Library of Congress Print Availability: See our Prints Page for more details pff This map isn't part of any series, but we have other maps of the U.S. South that you might want to check out. In honor of Juneteenth...
  • Plano de la isla de Puerto-Rico, con el alumbrado maritimo Lighthouses in Puerto Rico (1900s) Date: 1900 Author: Unknown Dwnld: Full Size (2.57mb) Source: Library of Congress Print Availability: See our Prints Page for more details pff This map isn't part of any series, but we have other maps of the Caribbean that you might want to check out. I like this map a lot, and I like this visualization....2June 5, 2012

    Lighthouses in Puerto Rico (1900s)

    Plano de la isla de Puerto-Rico, con el alumbrado maritimo Lighthouses in Puerto Rico (1900s) Date: 1900 Author: Unknown Dwnld: Full Size (2.57mb) Source: Library of Congress Print Availability: See our Prints Page for more details pff This map isn't part of any series, but we have other maps of the Caribbean that you might want to check out. I like this map a lot, and I like this visualization....
  • The United Railways and Electric Company of Baltimore, MD. Railway map of Baltimore (1910) Date: 1910 Author: United Railways Dwnld: Full Size (11.89mb) Source: Johns Hopkins Map Library Print Availability: See our Prints Page for more details pff This map isn't part of any series, but we have other maps of Maryland that you might want to check out. United Railway's map of Baltimore, Maryland [gmap] in 1910. A note of...0February 23, 2012

    Railway map of Baltimore (1910)

    The United Railways and Electric Company of Baltimore, MD. Railway map of Baltimore (1910) Date: 1910 Author: United Railways Dwnld: Full Size (11.89mb) Source: Johns Hopkins Map Library Print Availability: See our Prints Page for more details pff This map isn't part of any series, but we have other maps of Maryland that you might want to check out. United Railway's map of Baltimore, Maryland [gmap] in 1910. A note of...
  • Nicknames of the states. H.W. Hill and Co. Decatur Illinois sole manufacturer of Hill's hog ringers U.S. States given porcine nicknames (1884) Date: 1884 Author: Mackwitz Dwnld: Full Size (11.88mb) Source: Library of Congress Print Availability: See our Prints Page for more details pff This map isn't part of any series, but we have other maps of the U.S. that you might want to check out. Mackwitz's map of pig-related...0January 31, 2012

    U.S. States given porcine nicknames (1884)

    Nicknames of the states. H.W. Hill and Co. Decatur Illinois sole manufacturer of Hill's hog ringers U.S. States given porcine nicknames (1884) Date: 1884 Author: Mackwitz Dwnld: Full Size (11.88mb) Source: Library of Congress Print Availability: See our Prints Page for more details pff This map isn't part of any series, but we have other maps of the U.S. that you might want to check out. Mackwitz's map of pig-related...
  • Compiled by William Arthur Deacon; drawn and embellished by Stanley Turner; Printed in Canada by Rous and Mann Limited; Macmillan Company of Canada A Literary Map of Canada (1936) Date: 1936 Author: William Arthur Deacon Dwnld: Full Size (12.51mb) Source: University of Toronto Library Print Availability: See our Prints Page for more details pff This map isn't part of any series, but we have other maps of Canada that you...0January 25, 2012

    Deacon’s Literary Map of Canada (1936)

    Compiled by William Arthur Deacon; drawn and embellished by Stanley Turner; Printed in Canada by Rous and Mann Limited; Macmillan Company of Canada A Literary Map of Canada (1936) Date: 1936 Author: William Arthur Deacon Dwnld: Full Size (12.51mb) Source: University of Toronto Library Print Availability: See our Prints Page for more details pff This map isn't part of any series, but we have other maps of Canada that you...
  • Sable Island Shipwrecks Sable Island: Known shipwrecks since 1583 Date: 1980s Author: Nova Scotia Dept of Edu Dwnld: Full Size (0.72mb) Source: Nova Scotia Dept of Edu Print Availability: See our Prints Page for more details pff This map isn't part of any series, but we have other maps of Canada that you might want to check out. Map of shipwrecks on Sable Island, Nova Scotia [gmap]. Map prepared by the...0January 20, 2012

    Sable Island: Known shipwrecks since 1583

    Sable Island Shipwrecks Sable Island: Known shipwrecks since 1583 Date: 1980s Author: Nova Scotia Dept of Edu Dwnld: Full Size (0.72mb) Source: Nova Scotia Dept of Edu Print Availability: See our Prints Page for more details pff This map isn't part of any series, but we have other maps of Canada that you might want to check out. Map of shipwrecks on Sable Island, Nova Scotia [gmap]. Map prepared by the...
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