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  • 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...
  • Golden Gate International Exposition (1939 World's Fair) Golden Gate International Exposition - 1939 World's Fair - Fire Insurance Map Date: 1940 Author: Sanborn Map Co Dwnld: Full Size (10.46mb) 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 San Francisco that you might want to check out. Sanbourn Fire Map prepared for...0May 30, 2012

    Golden Gate Int’l Exposition, 1939 World’s Fair

    Golden Gate International Exposition (1939 World's Fair) Golden Gate International Exposition - 1939 World's Fair - Fire Insurance Map Date: 1940 Author: Sanborn Map Co Dwnld: Full Size (10.46mb) 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 San Francisco that you might want to check out. Sanbourn Fire Map prepared for...
  • The Atlas of the United States Printed for the Use of the Blind Atlas of the United States Printed for the Use of the Blind Date: 1837 Author: Cray, Howe & Ruggles Dwnld: Full Size 01 || 02 Source: DRMC 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....0May 22, 2012

    DRMC: Amazing “U.S. Atlas for the Blind”

    The Atlas of the United States Printed for the Use of the Blind Atlas of the United States Printed for the Use of the Blind Date: 1837 Author: Cray, Howe & Ruggles Dwnld: Full Size 01 || 02 Source: DRMC 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....
  • Photograph of San Francisco in ruins from Lawrence Captive Airship, 2000 feet above San Francisco Bay Lawrence's Kite Photo of Post-Earthquake San Francisco in 1906 Date: 1906 Author: George R Lawrence Dwnld: Full Size (11.41mb) 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 San Francisco that you might want to check...4April 18, 2012

    Kite Photo of Post-Quake San Francisco (1906)

    Photograph of San Francisco in ruins from Lawrence Captive Airship, 2000 feet above San Francisco Bay Lawrence's Kite Photo of Post-Earthquake San Francisco in 1906 Date: 1906 Author: George R Lawrence Dwnld: Full Size (11.41mb) 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 San Francisco that you might want to check...
  • Relief map of territory served by lines of the Pacific Electric Railway. Largest electric railway system in the world. Pacific Electric map of Los Angeles (1920) Date: 1920 Author: unknown Dwnld: Full Size (8.68mb) Source: Flickr user “jeremy!” Print Availability: See our Prints Page for more details pff This map isn't part of any series, but we have other maps of Southern California that you might want to check out....0April 13, 2012

    Pacific Electric map of Los Angeles (1920)

    Relief map of territory served by lines of the Pacific Electric Railway. Largest electric railway system in the world. Pacific Electric map of Los Angeles (1920) Date: 1920 Author: unknown Dwnld: Full Size (8.68mb) Source: Flickr user “jeremy!” Print Availability: See our Prints Page for more details pff This map isn't part of any series, but we have other maps of Southern California that you might want to check out....
  • Carte figurative et approximative des quantitiés de coton en laine importées en Europe en 1858 et en 1861 Minard's Map of European Cotton Imports during the Civil War (1866) Date: 1866 Author: Charles Joseph Minard Dwnld: Full Size (16.27mb) 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 by Minard that you might...0April 12, 2012

    Minard’s Map of European Cotton Imports (1866)

    Carte figurative et approximative des quantitiés de coton en laine importées en Europe en 1858 et en 1861 Minard's Map of European Cotton Imports during the Civil War (1866) Date: 1866 Author: Charles Joseph Minard Dwnld: Full Size (16.27mb) 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 by Minard that you might...
  • New York Williams' map of Manhattan (1879) Date: 1879 Author: J.W. Williams Dwnld: Full Size (16.50mb) 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 New York City that you might want to check out. J.W. Williams' map of New York City [gmap] in 1879. For more map resources and imagery from this...2April 11, 2012

    Williams’ map of Manhattan (1879)

    New York Williams' map of Manhattan (1879) Date: 1879 Author: J.W. Williams Dwnld: Full Size (16.50mb) 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 New York City that you might want to check out. J.W. Williams' map of New York City [gmap] in 1879. For more map resources and imagery from this...
  • Scott's great snake Civil War Map: Scott's Great Snake (1861) Date: 1861 Author: J B Elliott Dwnld: Full Size (4.93mb) 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. Civil War that you might want to check out. Here's a fairly famous Civil War-era map that pops up in textbooks...0April 10, 2012

    Civil War Map: Scott’s Great Snake (1861)

    Scott's great snake Civil War Map: Scott's Great Snake (1861) Date: 1861 Author: J B Elliott Dwnld: Full Size (4.93mb) 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. Civil War that you might want to check out. Here's a fairly famous Civil War-era map that pops up in textbooks...
  • Pony express route April 3, 1860 - October 24, 1861 The Pony Express Route in 1960 Date: 1960 Author: William Henery Jackson Dwnld: Full Size (4.44mb) 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. Tomorrow is the 152nd anniversary of the first parcel...0April 2, 2012

    The Pony Express Route (1960)

    Pony express route April 3, 1860 - October 24, 1861 The Pony Express Route in 1960 Date: 1960 Author: William Henery Jackson Dwnld: Full Size (4.44mb) 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. Tomorrow is the 152nd anniversary of the first parcel...
  • USGS High-resolution airphoto of St Louis in 1968 USGS North St Louis airphoto (1968) Date: 1968 Author: USGS Dwnld: Full Size (15.97mb) Source: USGS pff This map isn't part of any series, but we have other maps of St Louis that you might want to check out. Forty years ago today, on March 16th, 1972, building A–16 in the notorious Pruitt-Igoe public housing complex was imploded with dynamite. Great significance...0March 16, 2012

    USGS North St Louis airphoto (1968)

    USGS High-resolution airphoto of St Louis in 1968 USGS North St Louis airphoto (1968) Date: 1968 Author: USGS Dwnld: Full Size (15.97mb) Source: USGS pff This map isn't part of any series, but we have other maps of St Louis that you might want to check out. Forty years ago today, on March 16th, 1972, building A–16 in the notorious Pruitt-Igoe public housing complex was imploded with dynamite. Great significance...
  • USGS 7.5” Topographic Standards and Specifications USGS 7.5” Topographic Standards and Specifications Date: 2002 Author: USGS Dwnld: Full Size (4.16mb) Source: USGS Print Availability: See our Prints Page for more details pff This map isn't part of any series, but we have other USGS maps that you might want to check out. Tomorrow is the United States Geological Survey's 133rd birthday. In honor of one of my favorite institutions (and...0March 2, 2012

    Happy Birthday, USGS! (7.5” Standards and Specs)

    USGS 7.5” Topographic Standards and Specifications USGS 7.5” Topographic Standards and Specifications Date: 2002 Author: USGS Dwnld: Full Size (4.16mb) Source: USGS Print Availability: See our Prints Page for more details pff This map isn't part of any series, but we have other USGS maps that you might want to check out. Tomorrow is the United States Geological Survey's 133rd birthday. In honor of one of my favorite institutions (and...
  • Rozel Point, SW, 7.5” Topo USGS' most fascinating Topo: Rozel Point SW (1969) Date: 1969 Author: USGS Dwnld: Full Size (26.28mb) Source: USGS Print Availability: See our Prints Page for more details pff This map isn't part of any series, but we have other maps of Utah that you might want to check out. The U.S. Geological Survey has been making their flagship paper map – the 7.5-minute quadrangle –...3February 29, 2012

    USGS’ most fascinating Topo: Rozel Point SW (1969)

    Rozel Point, SW, 7.5” Topo USGS' most fascinating Topo: Rozel Point SW (1969) Date: 1969 Author: USGS Dwnld: Full Size (26.28mb) Source: USGS Print Availability: See our Prints Page for more details pff This map isn't part of any series, but we have other maps of Utah that you might want to check out. The U.S. Geological Survey has been making their flagship paper map – the 7.5-minute quadrangle –...
  • (Composite of) City of Yonkers Bien's City of Yonkers, New York in 1893 Date: 1893 Author: Julius Bien and Co Dwnld: Full Size (19.44mb) 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 New York that you might want to check out. I'm a big fan of this Julius Bien map of...1February 27, 2012

    Bien’s City of Yonkers, New York (1893)

    (Composite of) City of Yonkers Bien's City of Yonkers, New York in 1893 Date: 1893 Author: Julius Bien and Co Dwnld: Full Size (19.44mb) 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 New York that you might want to check out. I'm a big fan of this Julius Bien map of...
  • Hollywood starland : official moviegraph of the land of stars, where they live, where they work and where they play Hollywood Star Map (1937) Date: 1937 Author: Boggs Dwnld: Full Size (16.95mb) 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 California that you might want to check out. Well, the Academy...4February 24, 2012

    Hollywood Star Map – Golden Age Celebrities (1937)

    Hollywood starland : official moviegraph of the land of stars, where they live, where they work and where they play Hollywood Star Map (1937) Date: 1937 Author: Boggs Dwnld: Full Size (16.95mb) 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 California that you might want to check out. Well, the Academy...
  • 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...
  • A hysterical map of Death Valley National Monument : and it's lookin' mighty low Lindgren's Humorous Map of Death Valley in 1948 Date: 1948 Author: Jolly Lindgren Dwnld: Full Size (10.20mb) 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 California that you might want to check out. Mr. Lindgren purports this...0February 16, 2012

    Lindgren’s Humorous Map of Death Valley (1948)

    A hysterical map of Death Valley National Monument : and it's lookin' mighty low Lindgren's Humorous Map of Death Valley in 1948 Date: 1948 Author: Jolly Lindgren Dwnld: Full Size (10.20mb) 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 California that you might want to check out. Mr. Lindgren purports this...
  • Vera totius expeditionis nauticae. Hondius' map of the World (1595) Date: 1595 Author: Jodocus Hondius Dwnld: Full Size (11.15mb) 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 World that you might want to check out. Noted Flemish cartographer Jodocus Hondius' map of the world as it was known in 1595.0February 7, 2012

    Hondius’ map of the World (1595)

    Vera totius expeditionis nauticae. Hondius' map of the World (1595) Date: 1595 Author: Jodocus Hondius Dwnld: Full Size (11.15mb) 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 World that you might want to check out. Noted Flemish cartographer Jodocus Hondius' map of the world as it was known in 1595.
  • Birds-eye view of the elevated railroads and the parks and boulevards of Chicago. Elevated railroads in Chicago (1908) Date: 1908 Author: Champion Dwnld: Full Size (14.75mb) 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 Illinois that you might want to check out. Champion's map of elevated railroads in Chicago, Illinois [gmap] in...0February 6, 2012

    Elevated railroads in Chicago (1908)

    Birds-eye view of the elevated railroads and the parks and boulevards of Chicago. Elevated railroads in Chicago (1908) Date: 1908 Author: Champion Dwnld: Full Size (14.75mb) 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 Illinois that you might want to check out. Champion's map of elevated railroads in Chicago, Illinois [gmap] in...
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