administrative and political divisions

Karte von der Insel Grenada und den Grenadillen in Nord America, unter...

Scale ca. 1:65,000. Relief shown pictorially. Hand colored. Pictorial map. Appears in Christoph H. Korn's Geschichte der Kriege in und ausser Europa. 1780. [v. 3] no. 142. Shows administrative boundaries. LC Ma... More

Plan of village of Newtown (Elmhurst) showing places of historical int...

Map of Elmhurst (Queens, N.Y.C.) as in late 18th cent. Shows buildings, lot lines, and 1908-period historic sites with index numbers. In lower margin: Map no. II., Excursion XI., City History Club. Removed from... More

Carta de la isla de la Jamayca; dividida en diez y nueve parroquias ó ...

Scale ca. 1:690,000. Relief shown pictorially. Soundings shown in fathoms. Prime meridian: Madrid and Pico de Teyde. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1934 Available also through the Library of Congress Web ... More

A new plan of the island of Grenada, from the original French survey o...

Scale ca. 1:34,000. Hand colored. Relief shown by hachures. Shows administrative areas, sugar mills, and coffee and cocoa plantations. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. ... More

Tableau général des Isles Britanniques : comprenant les royaumes dA̓ng...

Relief shown pictorially. Includes tables for England, Scotland, and Ireland listing the counties or shires, their major cities and towns, a chronological genealogy of the kings of England, Scotland, and Irelan... More

A topographical map of the State of New Hampshire

This rare map of New Hampshire was prepared from surveys by Samuel Holland - famed engineer who entered British service during the French and Indian War (1754-1763). The map depicts New Hampshire in great detai... More

An accurate map of the State and Province of New-Hampshire in New Engl...

Scale ca. 1:633,600. Hand colored. Prime meridian: London. Relief shown pictorially. Shows area from the Hudson River-Lake Champlain to Penobscot Bay. Includes inscription to "John Hancock, Esqr. Gov.," text, a... More

A map of the Federal Territory from the western boundary of Pennsylvan...

Scale ca. 1:650,000. "Longitude west from Philadelphia." LC copy annotated in black ink. Shows lands granted to Army companies and the proposed town of Marietta, Ohio. Includes historic notes and inset "A plan ... More

Bowles's new pocket map of the Seven United Provinces : with their dep...

General-content map of the Netherlands showing the seven constituent provinces. Hand colored to distinguish the areas and boundaries of the provinces. Prime meridian: Ferro. When affixed to the cloth backing th... More

Novai︠a︡ karta Rossīĭskoĭ Imperīi razdi︠e︡lennai︠a︡ na nami︠e︡stniches...

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Plan of the city of New York. - Public domain old map

Scale ca. 1:13,000. Hand colored. Shows ward boundaries. Includes index to buildings. Wheat & Brun. Maps and Charts (1978 ed.) 387 LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1113 Available also through the Library of... More

Map of the early settlements of Delaware County, Penna.

Shows landholders' names and townships (ca. 1790) as after the separation of Delaware County from Chester County in 1789. Does not show boundary lines of real-property tracts. Removed from textual publication: ... More

A map of the state of Pennsylvania - Public domain map

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A map of the state of Pennsylvania - Public domain map

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A map of the State of Pennsylvania - Public domain map

Scale ca. 1:325,000. Facsimile. Relief shown by hachures. Shows minor civil divisions. From the Pennsylvania archives, 3d ser., appendix I-X, 1894-96. Includes text and statement of dedication. Available also t... More

An accurate map of North and South Carolina with their Indian frontier...

France divided into circles and departments - Vintage map, Norman B. L...

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Connecticut, from the best authorities.

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Vermont, from actual survey. - Public domain old map

Connecticut, from the best authorities.

Scale ca. 1:460,000. Relief shown pictorially. Prime meridian: Philadelphia. "Engraved for Carey's American edition of Guthrie's Geography improved." Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a... More

Jeu géographique de la République Française : présenté à la Convention...

Scales vary. Hand colored. Relief shown pictorially on some maps. Consists of maps of the departments of France in a spiral arrangement designed as a game. Includes text of game rules and indexed table of admin... More

The State of New Jersey, compiled from the most authentic information.

Scale ca. 1:600,000. Prime meridian: Philadelphia. Relief shown pictorially. Shows towns, county boundaries, and the "Division line of East and West Jersey." "Engraved for Carey's American edition of Guthrie's ... More

Vermont - Vintage map, Norman B. Leventhal Collection

Erdbeschreibung von Amerika Courtesy of Boston Public Library

A map of the seat of war in France : with the country divided into its...

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Massachusetts - Vintage map, Norman B. Leventhal Collection

Erdbeschreibung von Amerika Courtesy of Boston Public Library

China divided into provinces drawn from the best authorities

Relief shown pictorially. At lower right: Engraved by J.C. Russell. "Engraved for Guthrie's New system of geography." Appears in: New system of modern geography, or, A geographical, historical, and commercial g... More

Carte itinéraire de la Républic Française divisée en departments e...

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To the Honorable Thomas Penn and Richard Penn, Esquires, true and abso...

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Imperii Tvrcici Evropaei terra in primis Graecia : cum confinis ad int...

General-content map of the European part of the Ottoman Empire (with emphasis on Greece) and the eastern Mediterranean Sea region. Relief shown pictorially. In Latin (including place-names). Title printed in em... More

Charte der vereinigten Königreiche Grosbritanien und Ireland : nach d...

Published by the Geographische Institut in Weimar, Germany, this map of Great Britain and Ireland shows extraordinary detail for such an early date. The coastal features, rivers, and towns were placed with a hi... More

To David Stone and Peter Brown, Esq. : this first actual survey of the...

Relief shown by hachures. Shows state and county boundaries, names of counties, towns, cities, drainage, roads, railroads, churches, mills and other points of interest. Printed in 3 segments. Prime meridian: Lo... More

China, contains 15 subject provinces, including the islands of Hainan,...

Relief shown pictorially. Plate from unidentified atlas. LC copy stamped on: 626888. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

This map of the city of New York and island of Manhattan, as laid out ...

Relief shown by hachures. Shows ward boundaries, selected buildingsm and landowner's names. "Entered according to act of Congress Novr. 16th 1811." Oriented with north toward the upper right. Haskell, D.C. Manh... More

Wallis's New dissected map of Somerset : engraved from the latest auth...

Relief shown by hachures. Title from paper label affixed to box lid. "Somerset" in title and "John Wallis" on title label signed in ink. LC copy imperfect: Three pieces missing. Includes ill. and index of hundr... More

Essex County ; Worcester County. - Public domain old map

From: Boston gazette ... Monday, March 9, 1812. Shows gerrymander of state senatorial districts. Includes text. LC copy imperfect: Holes, tears, creases, darkening, and stains. Available also through the Librar... More

Map of Boston in the state of Massachusetts : 1814 /

Shows wards. Includes inset of Boston Neck and embellished title cartouche. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Copy imperfect: Brittle, soiled, sectioned and mounted on c... More

Louis Brion de la Tour - Carte de France divisée en 86 departemens

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Map of the state of Maine / - Public domain old map

Relief shown by hachures. Shows minor civil divisions. Prime meridians: Washington and London. Exhibited in Maine, the sesquicentennial of statehood, Dec. 21, 1970-Sept. 6, 1971, no. 45 LC copy imperfect: Stain... More

Haejwa chŏndo. Historic map, Library of Congress

Scale ca. 1:700,000. Wood block print, hand colored. Shows eight provinces of Korea at the time. Relief shown pictorially. Purchase; Langdon Warner; 1929, no. 4. Available also through the Library of Congress W... More

Map of Pennsylvania : constructed from the county surveys authorized b...

General state map showing counties, townships, roads, and settlements. Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings. Also covers New Jersey (sans relief and townships). Prime meridian: Washington D.C. In... More

Map of Pennsylvania : constructed from the county surveys authorized b...

General state map showing counties, townships, roads, and settlements. Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings. Also covers New Jersey (sans relief and townships). Prime meridian: Washington D.C. Or... More

Map of the State of New York - Public domain drawing

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Map of the state of Virginia - Public domain old map

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Map of the state of New York : with the latest improvements

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Map of the State of New York : with the latest improvements

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Plan of the city of Philadelphia and adjoining districts

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Map of the county of Oneida / - Public domain old map

Cadastral map showing named patent areas and numbered allotment tracts. Hand colored to emphasize town (township) boundaries and territories; annotated in red lines to show additional roads in northern part of ... More

Mitchell's reference & distance map of the United States.

Scale 1:1,584,000; 25 miles to an in. Cover title: Mitchell's map of the United States. Hand colored. Sectioned and mounted on cloth backing. Relief shown by hachures. Shows longitude west from Washington. "The... More

A map of Georgetown in the District of Columbia /

Cadastral map showing lot numbers. Includes 2 insets and index of selected lots. Stained, missing small sections, annotated in lead pencil, annotated in ink to show city streets east of Rock Creek, extensively ... More

Map of the State of New York - Public domain old map

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Plan of the city of Philadelphia

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The tourist's map of the state of New York : compiled from the latest ...

Williams' Map of New-York Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Map of the state of New York. - Public domain old map

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Map of Bucks County, Pennsylvania / - Public domain map

Hand col. to show township boundaries. Relief shown by hachures. Prime meridian: Philadelphia. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Purchase; Swann Galleries; 2007. LC copy... More

New York - Vintage map, Norman B. Leventhal Collection

New general atlas Courtesy of Boston Public Library

City of New-York - Public domain vintage map

Also shows extent of built-up areas, ward boundaries, and portions of Brooklyn and Williamsburg. "Printed according to Act of Congress in the year 1833 by J.H. Colton & Co. in the Clerk's Office of the District... More

Plan of Springfield - Vintage map, Norman B. Leventhal Collection

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Map of the city of Providence and town of North Providence

Also covers Pawtucket and part of East Providence. Relief shown by hachures. Shows selected individual houses and factories with owners' names. Also shows wards of Providence. Indexed for points of interest. Av... More

Map of the state of New-York : with parts of the adjacent country, emb...

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State of New York - Vintage map, Norman B. Leventhal Collection

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State of New York : in Senate Jany. 7th, 1836.

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Map of the state of New York : compiled from the latest authorities.

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Delaware Historic map, Library of Congress

General content map of the State of Delaware showing minor civil division names and boundaries/names of the hundreds (townships). Hand colored to distinguish the counties. Prime meridian: Washington D.C.--"Long... More

Map of the city of Washington in the District of Columbia : establishe...

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Industrial & political map of Pennsylvania : exhibiting the population...

Printed to show extensive statistical data for each county. Does not show individual industries or minor civil divisions. "Compiled from the returns of the Sixth Census and from other official sources." "The ma... More

[General-content map of several townships in the southern part of Burl...

Shows township boundaries, place-names, roads, villages, mills, streams, houses, and householders' names. Covers areas south of the town of Mount Holly, indicated as Northampton, Southampton, Pemberton, and Was... More

Distance map of the state of New York : containing all the towns in th...

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Map of the state of New York : showing the boundaries of counties & to...

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City of New-York - Vintage map, Norman B. Leventhal Collection

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Map of the state of New York : showing the boundaries of counties & to...

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New Jersey. - Public domain vintage map

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A map showing the Congressional districts of Massachusetts as establis...

Includes table showing district populations and cities and towns. Lacks upper left hand, lower left hand, and lower right hand corners. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

City of New York, 1843. - Public domain drawing

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Map of the city of Albany - Vintage map, Norman B. Leventhal Collectio...

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Map of the state of New York : showing the boundaries of counties & to...

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City of Washington. - Public domain vintage map

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Political map of the United States. - Public domain map

Map of the state of New York : showing the boundaries of counties & to...

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Map of East Bridgewater, Mass. / - Public domain old map

General map showing selected buildings and householders' names and election districts. Relief shown by hachures. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes text. Copy i... More

A chorographical map of the province of New York in North America : di...

General-content map of eastern New York Province including Vermont and portions of adjacent provinces. Relief shown by hachures. Original title. Prime meridian: New York City. Facsimile. Original version: Londo... More

Map of the state of New York : compiled from the latest authorities.

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Map of the state of New York - Public domain old map

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Colton's township map of the State of Wisconsin

LC copy: Hand colored. Signed in ink script on verso: Millard Fillmore March 1853. "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1851 by J.H. Colton in the Clerk's Office of the Dist. Court for the Southn D... More

Colton's new map of Missouri : compiled from the U.S. Surveys and othe...

Map shows Missouri with county borders and also parts of Nebraska and Indian Territory, colored by counties; shows towns, roads, railroads, rivers, post offices, and many other details. Table shows population n... More

Map of the State of New-York exhibiting the several towns and counties...

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Map of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, with the names of property-hold...

Shows buildings with landowners' names in rural areas; does not show property boundaries. Relief shown by hachures. Hand col. to identify municipalities (townships, boroughs, cities). "Entered according to Act ... More

Carta d'Italia postale, itineraria e amministrativa per uso de viaggia...

Relief shown by hachures. Includes inset. Signed on verso: Millard Fillmore. March 21st, 1856. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

Colton's township map of the State of Iowa

Prime meridian: Washington D.C. LC copy: Hand colored. Signed in ink script on verso: Millard Fillmore March 1853. "Entered according to Act of Congress in the Year 1851 by J.H. Colton in the Clerk's Office fo... More

Plan of the city of New York, 1791 - Public domain map

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New sectional map of the State of Illinois

Prime meridian: Washington D.C. LC copy: Hand colored. Signed in ink script on verso: Millard Fillmore March 1853. LC copy imperfect: Mounted on cloth backing, original sheets sectioned into 24 panels to enable... More

Colton's railroad & township map of the State of Maine, with portions ...

Scale ca. 1:550,000. Hand colored. Relief shown by hachures. Shows longitude from Washington. Includes population statistics and ill. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. AACR2

A map of Massachusetts, showing the congressional districts, as propos...

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Colton's railroad & township map of the state of New York : with parts...

Relief shown by hachures. Hand colored to emphasize state boundaries and county areas. Prime meridian: Washington D.C. "Entered according to Act of Congress in the Year 1852 by J.H. Colton in ... the Southern D... More

Map of Niagara County, New York / - Public domain map

County map showing towns (townships), numbered town subsections, irregular landholdings, rural buildings, and householders' names. Also indicates the vertical and horizontal numbering system of the township/ran... More

[Map of town of Canaan, Connecticut].

General map showing householders' names. Served as basis for 1853 printed version entitled "Map of the town of Canaan, Litchfield Co., Conn." by L. Fagan. Relief shown by hachures. Shows districts of town of Ca... More

J. De Cordova's map of the state of Texas /

Relief shown by hachures. Shows counties. "Entered according to Act of Congress on the 28th day of July 1848 by J. De Cordova in the Clerks Office of the United States District Court for the District of Texas."... More

Collins' railway and telegraph map of Herefordshire, divided into hund...

Collins' railway & telegraph map of Herefordshire Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Map of Milford, Hillsboro' Co., New Hampshire /

General map showing selected buildings and householders' names and election districts. "[Lithography of] Friend & Aub, 80 Walnut St." Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. I... More

An outline of the newly consolidated city, showing the boundaries of t...

Scale not given. Hand colored. "Entered according to act of Congress in February 1854, by R. L. Barnes, in the Clerk's Office of the Distt. Ct. of the Eastn. Dt. of Penna." Includes text. Available also through... More

Map of Putnam County, New-York / - Public domain old map

General-content county map showing towns (townships), hills, rural buildings, and householders' names; the 3 village insets also show buildings and personal names. Relief shown by hachures. Hand colored to emph... More