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A Plan oe [i.e. of] the British lines on Boston Neck in August 1775.

A Plan oe [i.e. of] the British lines on Boston Neck in August 1775.

Scale ca. 1:3,300. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Has watermark. Oriented with north to the bottom. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 915 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a... More

A plan of Louisbourg - Public domain vintage map

A plan of Louisbourg - Public domain vintage map

Scale ca. 1:4,000 and ca. 1:10,000. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Depths shown by soundings. Oriented with north to the left. Has watermark. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 336 Available also thr... More

Plan du rez de chaussée, du corps de logis double, de l'intendance de la Nlle Orléans, pour estre construit en maçonnerie de briques, entre cour et jardin--juin 1749.

Plan du rez de chaussée, du corps de logis double, de l'intendance de ...

Plan of other floor and number annotations on verso. Includes pencil notes in upper margin "Plan of Cabildo" and in lower margin "CT000694" and number annotations. Available also through the Library of Congress... More

S[i]r: This is minuts of the fort at Crown Point and of the redouts built round it; which I took on the mountain to the west of Crown Point abt. a miles distance.

S[i]r: This is minuts of the fort at Crown Point and of the redouts bu...

Scale ca. 1:6,000. Manuscript, pen-and-ink. Has watermarks. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2

Plan de la ville de Quebec - Vintage map, Norman B. Leventhal Collection

Plan de la ville de Quebec - Vintage map, Norman B. Leventhal Collecti...

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

Georges Louis le Rouge - Plan de la ville de Quebec.

Georges Louis le Rouge - Plan de la ville de Quebec.

Scale ca. 1:7,000. Oriented with north to the right. Relief shown by hachures. Shows fortifications. Indexed for points of interest. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 595 Available also through the Library o... More

A plan of the city, and fortifications, of Louisburg

A plan of the city, and fortifications, of Louisburg

Plan of the city and harbour of Louisburg, with the French batteries that defended it and those of the English, shewing that part of Gabarus Bay, in which they landed, and the ground on which they encamped suri... More

A plan of the city, and fortifications, of Louisburg;

A plan of the city, and fortifications, of Louisburg;

Scale ca. 1:3,500. LC copy trimmed to border. Includes text, index to fortification, "The profile," and insets of "A plan of the city and harbour of Louisburg ... during the siege in 1745" and "A map of Gabarus... More

A Sketch of the harbour of Port Francoise on the Island of Hispaniola

A Sketch of the harbour of Port Francoise on the Island of Hispaniola

Scale ca. 1:28,000. Title on verso: 82, Port Francoise in Hispaniola. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor, on tracing paper. Oriented with north toward the lower right. Relief shown pictorially. Soundings sh... More

Carte hydrographique de la baye de la Havane : avec le plan de la ville et de ses forts pour joindre a la Carte de l'isle de Cube

Carte hydrographique de la baye de la Havane : avec le plan de la vill...

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

Plan of the bay, town, fortifications, and environs, of St. Pierre, in the island of Martinique

Plan of the bay, town, fortifications, and environs, of St. Pierre, in...

Scale ca. 1:8,400. Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings. Oriented with north toward the upper left. Stamped on: Hydrographical Office. Includes descriptive index and text. LC Maps of North Americ... More

A survey of Lake Champlain including Crown Point and St. Iohn's on which is fixed the line of forty five degrees north lattit. terminating the boundarys betwe[e]n the provinces of Quebec and New York agre[e]able to his Majesty's proclamation done by order and instruction of the Honourable James Murray, esqr., Governor of the Province of Quebec and the Honourable His Majestys Council

A survey of Lake Champlain including Crown Point and St. Iohn's on whi...

Scale ca. 1:127,000. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Relief shown pictorially and by shading. Sectioned and mounted on cloth backing. In pencil, lower left margin: No. 10. Includes descriptive notes and... More

Draught of an intrenched camp proposed to be erected near Elisabeth Town.

Draught of an intrenched camp proposed to be erected near Elisabeth To...

Scale not given. Title on verso: Fortified camp at Elizh. Town, Jersey ... Manuscript, pen-and-ink. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1290 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster ... More

Plan of Fort George and adjacent works at Pensacola in West Florida.

Plan of Fort George and adjacent works at Pensacola in West Florida.

Scale 1:1,800; 150 ft. to an in. Manuscript; pen-and-ink and watercolor. Relief shown by shading and hachures. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1659 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site a... More

Plan of Charles Town, with the intrenchments, and encampment of His Majesty's troops, after the action of the 17th. June 1775.
Plan of the rebels works on Prospect-Hill. Plan of the rebels works on Winter-Hill.

Plan of the rebels works on Prospect-Hill. Plan of the rebels works on...

Scale not given. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 917 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2

Exact plan of General Gage's lines on Boston Neck in America.

Exact plan of General Gage's lines on Boston Neck in America.

Scale ca. 1:3,500. Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by form lines. "Engrav'd for the Pennsylv[ani]a magazine." Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. LC Maps of North A... More

Major Genl. Howe's encampment on Bunkers Hill at Charles T., June 1775.

Major Genl. Howe's encampment on Bunkers Hill at Charles T., June 1775...

Scale not given. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Relief shown by hachures. Shows position of troops and fortifications. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. LC Maps... More

[Plan of the Neck and environs. - Public domain old map

[Plan of the Neck and environs. - Public domain old map

Scale ca. 1:12,000. Title in brackets on verso. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Oriented with north to the bottom. Relief shown by hachures. Shows fortifications at the Boston Neck and ranges to differe... More

Plan of the heights of Charles Town, &c.

Plan of the heights of Charles Town, &c.

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

Plan of Boston & vicinity. - Public domain old map

Plan of Boston & vicinity. - Public domain old map

Scale ca. 1:24,000. Title from verso, legible only with back lighting. Alternate title from Philip Lee Phillips' A list of maps of America: Boston and environs, showing entrenchments. Manuscript, pen-and-ink an... More

[Plan of the "Neck" and fortifications] Delivd. to H.E. Gl. Gage, June 30th. 1775.--J.M.

[Plan of the "Neck" and fortifications] Delivd. to H.E. Gl. Gage, June...

Scale ca. 1:5,650. Title from P. L. Phillips' A list of maps of America, p. 148. Alternate title from Peter Force's catalog of manuscript maps: Works for defense of Boston. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolo... More

Boston, S. West part. No. 25. - Public domain old map

Boston, S. West part. No. 25. - Public domain old map

Scale ca. 1:5,600. Title in pencil; matches title in Peter Force's catalog of manuscript maps. Manuscript, pen-and-ink. Oriented with north toward the upper right. Relief shown by hachures. Shows fortifications... More

A new and correct plan of the town of Boston, and provincial camp.

A new and correct plan of the town of Boston, and provincial camp.

Scale ca. 1:7,200. "Engrav'd for the Pennsylva. magazine" v. 1, 1775, p. 29. Relief shown pictorially. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes inset of provincial cam... More

Boston, its environs and harbour, with the rebels works raised against that town in 1775,

Boston, its environs and harbour, with the rebels works raised against...

Scale ca. 1:24,000. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 911 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site ... More

A draught of the towns of Boston and Charles Town and the circumjacent country shewing the works thrown up by His Majesty's troops, and also those by the rebels, during the campaign: 1775.

A draught of the towns of Boston and Charles Town and the circumjacent...

Scale ca. 1:26,500. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Watermark: J. Whatman. Relief shown by shading. Depths shown by soundings. "N.B. The rebels entrenchments are express'd as they appear from Beacon Hil... More

Plan of the peninsula of Charles Town shewing the three posts that His Majesty's troops have kept and fortified with buildings therein for guard rooms, Boston, 3th. [sic] Decr. 1775. To His Excellency Major General Howe, Commander in Chief of His Majesty's forces, &c.

Plan of the peninsula of Charles Town shewing the three posts that His...

Scale ca. 1:4,860. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Relief shown by hachures and shading. Dedication is in different ink from drafting of map. Includes index to major fortifications. LC Maps of North Ame... More

A plan of the town of Boston and its environs, with the lines, batteries, and incampments of the British and American armies.

A plan of the town of Boston and its environs, with the lines, batteri...

Scale ca. 1:24,000. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings. LC Maps and Charts, 1750-1789, 930 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a r... More

Carte von dem Hafen und der Stadt Boston mit den umliegenden Gegenden und der Lägern sowohl der Americaner als auch des Engländer,

Carte von dem Hafen und der Stadt Boston mit den umliegenden Gegenden ...

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

Fort on Fort Hill in Boston. - Public domain old map

Fort on Fort Hill in Boston. - Public domain old map

Scale 1:1,584; 132 ft. to 1 in. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Has watermark. Relief shown by hachures. On verso, in a different hand: W. H. Spooner, No. 4. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 925 Ava... More

[New York Island. Military; unfinished.

[New York Island. Military; unfinished.

Scale ca. 1:9,500. Title from manuscript catalog of Peter Force map collection. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Has watermarks. Shows fortifications and redoubts north of the vicinity of Hell Gate befor... More

Plan of The Narrows, shewing the channel, shoal, depth of water, and the several battery's proposed on each side to prevent an enemy's sailing up to New York.

Plan of The Narrows, shewing the channel, shoal, depth of water, and t...

Scale 1:6,000; 500 ft. to an in. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Has watermarks. Relief shown by shading. Depths shown by soundings. Includes "Explanation." LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1155 Ava... More

Fort on the first hill in Dorc̃ester. Fort on the second hill in Dorc̃ester.

Fort on the first hill in Dorc̃ester. Fort on the second hill in Dorc̃...

Scale 1:480; 40 ft. to 1 in. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Relief shown by hachures. One of a series of 5 drawings, in the same hand, of fortifications around Boston after rebuilding by American force... More

Fort on Noddles Island. - Public domain architectural plan drawing

Fort on Noddles Island. - Public domain architectural plan drawing

Scale 1:3,168; 264 ft. to 1 in. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Relief shown by hachures. One of a series of 5 drawings, in same hand, of fortifications around Boston after rebuilding by American forces... More

Fort on Dorc̃ester Point. - Public domain architectural plan drawing

Fort on Dorc̃ester Point. - Public domain architectural plan drawing

Scale 1:480; 40 ft. to 1 in. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Has watermark. Relief shown by hachures. One of a series of 5 drawings, in the same hand, of fortifications around Boston after rebuilding by... More

[Rough draught of Boston and harbour.

[Rough draught of Boston and harbour.

Scale ca. 1:18,500. Title from William Faden's Catalogue of a curious and valuable collection of original maps and plans. 1862. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Has watermark. Shows location of troops a... More

A plan of the Narrows of Hells-gate in the East River, near which batteries of cannon and mortars were erected on Long Island with a view to take off the defences and make breaches in the rebel fort on the opposite shore to facilitate a landing of troops on New York Island.

A plan of the Narrows of Hells-gate in the East River, near which batt...

Scale ca. 1:2,400. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Has watermarks. Relief shown by shading. In upper margin: no. 6. Includes "References." LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1154 Available also throug... More

Carte du port et havre de Boston avec les côtes adjacentes, dans laquel on a tracée les camps et les retranchemens occupé, tant par les Anglois que par les Américains.

Carte du port et havre de Boston avec les côtes adjacentes, dans laque...

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Fort on Charlestown Point. - Public domain architectural plan drawing

Fort on Charlestown Point. - Public domain architectural plan drawing

Scale 1:3,168; 264 ft. to 1 in. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Has watermark. Relief shown by hachures. On verso, in a different hand: W. H. Spooner, No. 1. One of a series of 5 drawings, in the same h... More

A plan of Boston in New England with its environs : including Milton, Dorchester, Roxbury, Brooklin, Cambridge, Medford, Charlestown, parts of Malden and Chelsea with the military works constructed in those places in the years 1775 and 1776

A plan of Boston in New England with its environs : including Milton, ...

This most important battle plan of the New England theater of war shows, in detail, the American fortifications on Dorchester Heights forcing the British to leave Boston in 1776. This was the best printed plan ... More

Sketch of the Heights of Kingsbridge 1777, with the proposed redoubts coloured orange. Old rebel works coloured black.

Sketch of the Heights of Kingsbridge 1777, with the proposed redoubts ...

Scale ca. 1:7,000. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Has watermarks. Relief shown by hachures and shading. Oriented with north to the left LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1165 Available also through ... More

Sketch of the Heights of Kingsbridge, with the proposed redouts couloured yellow.

Sketch of the Heights of Kingsbridge, with the proposed redouts coulou...

Scale ca. 1:7,000. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Has watermark. Oriented with north to the left. Relief shown by hachures and shading. Shows proposed British redoubts, "rebel redout," and "Fort Indepe... More

A plan of Boston in New England with its environs : including Milton, Dorchester, Roxbury, Brooklin, Cambridge, Medford, Charlestown, parts of Malden and Chelsea with the military works constructed in those places in the years 1775 and 1776

A plan of Boston in New England with its environs : including Milton, ...

This most important battle plan of the New England theater of war shows, in detail, the American fortifications on Dorchester Heights forcing the British to leave Boston in 1776. This was the best printed plan ... More

Plan and sections of the redoubt at Billingsfort and plan of the rebel fort marked yellow.

Plan and sections of the redoubt at Billingsfort and plan of the rebel...

Scale ca. 1:2,450. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Has watermark. Relief shown by shading. "F." Includes 3 col. cross sections. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1276 Available also through the Libra... More

A plan of the town of Boston, with the intrenchments &c. of His Majestys forces in 1775: From the observations of Lieut. Page of His Majesty's Corps of Engineers; and from the plans of other gentlemen.

A plan of the town of Boston, with the intrenchments &c. of His Majest...

Scale ca. 1:9,700. Includes "References to the lines &c." and "References to the town." Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 934 Vault ... More

A plan of Boston in New England with its environs, including Milton, Dorchester, Roxbury, Brooklin, Cambridge, Medford, Charlestown, parts of Malden and Chelsea with the military works constructed in those places in the years 1775 and 1776.

A plan of Boston in New England with its environs, including Milton, D...

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

A plan of the town of Boston with the intrenchments &ca. of His Majesty's forces in 1775, from the observations of Lieut. Page of His Majesty's Corps of Engineers, and from those of other gentlemen.

A plan of the town of Boston with the intrenchments &ca. of His Majest...

Scale ca. 1:9,600. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Relief shown by hachures. "N.B. Since the evacuation of Boston ... " LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 933 Available also through the Library of Con... More

A Temporary project for a star redout [sic] to contain 150 men.

A Temporary project for a star redout [sic] to contain 150 men.

Scale not given. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. "No. 53." On verso, partly illegible and in a different hand: Boston ... part of the ... project for the war ... Drawing of a fortification on the road t... More

[Disposition of British troops, with fortifications north of Fort Knipehausen, i.e. Fort Washington to Fort Independence.

[Disposition of British troops, with fortifications north of Fort Knip...

Scale ca. 1:10,600. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Has watermarks. Shows military unit members. "No. 31." Stamped on label on verso: Montresor. Includes table "Cantoonments between Fort Knypehausen and... More

Plan of Genl Du Portail. Plan of the position of Valley Forge after Jany. 1778.

Plan of Genl Du Portail. Plan of the position of Valley Forge after Ja...

Scale not given. Relief shown by hachures. Title from verso. Manuscript, pen-and-ink. Annotated in pencil to show some distances. Annotated bar scale shows scale ca. 14,000. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789,... More

A Plan of the works on Spikendevil Hill with the ground in front, protracted from a scale of 200 feet to an inch.

A Plan of the works on Spikendevil Hill with the ground in front, prot...

Scale 1:2,400. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Has watermarks. Oriented with north to the right. Relief shown by shading. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1169 Available also through the Library of ... More

Boston, its environs and harbour, with the rebels works raised against that town in 1775,

Boston, its environs and harbour, with the rebels works raised against...

Scale ca. 1:24,000. Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 913 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2

Plan de la barre et du havre de Charles-Town d'après un plan anglois levé en 1776.

Plan de la barre et du havre de Charles-Town d'après un plan anglois l...

Scale ca. 1:45,000. Hand colored. Relief shown pictorially. Depths shown by soundings. Shows points of defense. Oriented with north to the right. "No. 2." "No. 1 et 2. Ensemble." Includes sailing "Instruction."... More

[Map of Stony and Verplanck Points on the Hudson River as fortified by Sir Henry Clinton June 1779.

[Map of Stony and Verplanck Points on the Hudson River as fortified by...

Scale ca. 1:20,400. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Has watermark. Relief shown by hachures. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1198 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster... More

Plan de la ville et du port de Louisbourg levé en 1756

Plan de la ville et du port de Louisbourg levé en 1756

Scale ca. 1:8,000. Oriented with north to the right. Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings. "333" located below lower right corner of border. Indexed for fortifications. LC Maps of North America, ... More

Plan de la ville et du port de Louisbourg levé en 1756

Plan de la ville et du port de Louisbourg levé en 1756

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Plan de la ville de du port de Louisbourg levé en 1756

Plan de la ville de du port de Louisbourg levé en 1756

Scale ca. 1:8,000. Hand colored. Oriented with north to the right. Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings. Indexed for fortifications. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 341 Available also throug... More

Sketch of Stoney & Verplank's Points upon the North River, as taken possession of, and fortified by His Excellency Sir H: Clinton in June 1779.

Sketch of Stoney & Verplank's Points upon the North River, as taken po...

Scale ca. 1:11,140. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Has watermarks. Relief shown by hachures. Shows "Rebel works" as well as additions made by the British. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1199 Avai... More

Sketch of the rebel works at West Point as taken from the description of them given by a deserter who came to Stoney Point, 9th June, 1779.

Sketch of the rebel works at West Point as taken from the description ...

Scale ca. 1:11,000. Manuscript, pen-and-ink. Has watermarks. Relief shown by hachures. Shows fortifications and amounts of ordnance. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1203 Available also through the Library ... More

Plan of the road from Elizabeth Town Point to Elizabeth Town : shewing the rebel works raised for its defence /

Plan of the road from Elizabeth Town Point to Elizabeth Town : shewing...

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

[Savannah & its fortifications. Historic map, Library of Congress

[Savannah & its fortifications. Historic map, Library of Congress

Scale ca. 1:5,000. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and pencil. Oriented with north toward the lower right. Relief shown by hachures. Shows fortifications. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1580 Available also throug... More

Plan de West-Point du nord, levé a vue.

Plan de West-Point du nord, levé a vue.

Scale ca. 1:17,000. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Has watermarks. Relief shown by shading. Oriented with north toward the lower right. Shows fortifications. Sectioned and mounted on cloth backing. LC ... More

Nord de l'Ile de New-York. - Public domain old map

Nord de l'Ile de New-York. - Public domain old map

Scale ca. 1:19,000; 600 t[oises] = 93 mm. Alternate title: Nord de l'Isle de New-York. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Oriented with north to the right. Relief shown by hachures. Indexed for military po... More

Plan de West-Point du Sud. - Public domain old map

Plan de West-Point du Sud. - Public domain old map

Scale ca. 1:18,000. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Sectioned and mounted on cloth backing. Relief shown by shading. Lists artillery included in batteries at West Point. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1... More

Reconnoissance de King's bridge. I. - Public domain map

Reconnoissance de King's bridge. I. - Public domain map

Scale ca. 1:7,900; 600 toises = 97 mm. Title from label on verso. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Has watermarks. Oriented with north to the right. Relief shown by shading. Shows forts and redoubts. Tit... More

[Plan de New-York et les environs. - Public domain map

[Plan de New-York et les environs. - Public domain map

Public domain scan of an 18th-century map, vintage, old, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

Plan des ouvrages de Portsmouth en Virginie.

Plan des ouvrages de Portsmouth en Virginie.

Scale ca. 1:3,220. Title on verso: Ouvrages faits à Portsmouth en Virginie par les Anglais, et rasé en 1781 par les François. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Oriented with north to the right. Relief sho... More

Reconnoissance des ouvrages du nord de l'Isle de Newyork dont on a déterminé géometriquement les principaux points le 22 et le 23 juillet.

Reconnoissance des ouvrages du nord de l'Isle de Newyork dont on a dét...

Scale ca. 1:10,300; échelle de 600 toises = 94 cm. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Has watermark. Relief shown by hachures. Shows forts and redoubts. Indexed. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1215 A... More

Plan de West-Pointe du nord levé a vue.

Plan de West-Pointe du nord levé a vue.

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A plan of Portsmouth Harbour in the province of Virginia shewing the works erected by the British forces for its defence, 1781.

A plan of Portsmouth Harbour in the province of Virginia shewing the w...

Scale ca. 1:95,000. Manuscript, pen-and-ink (black and red) and watercolor. Oriented with north toward the lower right. Relief shown by shading. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a rast... More

Plan of Savannah & its environs in 1782.

Plan of Savannah & its environs in 1782.

Scale ca. 1:12,000; 1,000 ft. to an in. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Has watermark. Oriented with north toward the lower right. Relief shown by hachures. Available also through the Library of Congres... More

Position des Armées amériquaine et françoise à Kings-ferry, Peaks-hill, Crompond et Hunts-taverne du 17. septembre au 20 octobre 1782.

Position des Armées amériquaine et françoise à Kings-ferry, Peaks-hill...

Scale ca. 1:27,000. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Has watermarks. Relief shown by hachures. Kings Ferry operated between Verplank Point and Stony Point. "Peaks-hill" was about 3 miles south of the cen... More

Plan du port de Portsmouth levé à vue.

Plan du port de Portsmouth levé à vue.

Scale ca. 1:38,000. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Relief shown by hachures. Shows fortifications and premier anchorage areas for ships. Indexed for points of interest. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1... More

Plan of Savannah and its fortifications in 1782.

Plan of Savannah and its fortifications in 1782.

Scale 1:6,000; 500 ft. to an in. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Oriented with north toward the lower right. Relief shown by hachures. Has watermark. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1586 Available ... More

Sketch of West Point. - Public domain vintage map

Sketch of West Point. - Public domain vintage map

Scale ca. 1:20,000. Manuscript, pen-and-ink on tracing paper. Oriented with north to the right. Relief shown by hachures. Shows fortifications. Based on John Hinncks' West Point. 1783. LC Maps of North America,... More

West Point. Historic map, Library of Congress

West Point. Historic map, Library of Congress

Scale ca. 1:20,000. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Oriented with north to the right. Has watermarks. Relief shown by shading. Shows fortifications. Includes profiles of "Fort Putnam" and "Fort Willit."... More

Plano de la plaza y ciudad de Santo Domingo, capital de la isla Española;

Plano de la plaza y ciudad de Santo Domingo, capital de la isla Españo...

Scale ca. 1:6,000. Hand colored. Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings. Oriented with north toward the upper left. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1910 Available also through the Library of C... More

Plan of the city of Washington in the territory of Columbia : ceded by the states of Virginia and Maryland to the United States of America, and by them established as the seat of their government, after the year MDCCC

Plan of the city of Washington in the territory of Columbia : ceded by...

Shows proposed streets, block numbers, and proposed government buildings; also shows proposed "University" area (which does not appear on the original 1792 edition). Relief shown by hachures; depths shown by so... More

This plan of the city of Philadelphia and its environs (showing the improved parts) /

This plan of the city of Philadelphia and its environs (showing the im...

Relief shown by hachures. Also shows all buildings, names of wharves and landings along the Delaware riverbank, wooded areas, and tract lines beyond the city borders. Available also through the Library of Congr... More

The Bear Garden, the Globe Theatre, Abraham Ortelius

The Bear Garden, the Globe Theatre, Abraham Ortelius

Published two centuries after his death, this small print depicts Shakespeare's round, open-air Globe Theater situated on the Southwark side of the Thames River, as well as a neighboring arena, The Bear Garden.... More

A plan of Andover taken for the town, Pendleton's lithography, Boston

A plan of Andover taken for the town, Pendleton's lithography, Boston

Ward Reservation in Andover is a place to discover the unique geology of the Merrimack Valley. Comprised of three major hills – Holt, Shrub and Boston – the property contains more than 700 acres for hiking and ... More

Plan des forts, batteries et poste de West-Point, 1780

Plan des forts, batteries et poste de West-Point, 1780

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

A map of the incorporated village of Poughkeepsie, Dutchess County, state of New York /

A map of the incorporated village of Poughkeepsie, Dutchess County, st...

Relief shown by hachures. Shows all buildings, cadastral lot/tract lines, selected landowners' names, and wooded areas. Published: Poughkeepsie, September 1834. LC copy imperfect: Darkened, brittle, cracked, to... More

Plan of Boston with parts of the adjacent towns

Plan of Boston with parts of the adjacent towns

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

Plan of Boston with parts of the adjacent towns

Plan of Boston with parts of the adjacent towns

Public domain scan of a architecture diagram, settlement map, plan, or drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

The village of Flushing, Queens County, L.I. : nine miles east of the city of New York : lat. 40° 45ʹ 1ʺN, lon. 73° 09ʹ 58ʺW /

The village of Flushing, Queens County, L.I. : nine miles east of the ...

Cadastral map of the incorporated village of Flushing showing lot lines, dimensions, buildings (residential/non-residential), landholders' names, marshlands, and village boundary. Oriented with north to the lef... More

Illustrations of Shakespeare's house and school - Vintage map, Norman B. Leventhal Collection

Illustrations of Shakespeare's house and school - Vintage map, Norman ...

William Shakespeare is believed to have been born on April 23, 1564, in the town of Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, some 100 miles from London. His father John was a glove maker and eventually Mayor of Strat... More

Illustrations of Charlecote Hall, Church of the Holy Trinity, and New Place

Illustrations of Charlecote Hall, Church of the Holy Trinity, and New ...

William Shakespeare is believed to have been born on April 23, 1564, in the town of Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, some 100 miles from London. His father John was a glove maker and eventually Mayor of Strat... More

Map of the city of Brooklyn, L.I. : shewing the streets as at present existing with the buildings and the intended canal and other works : also the village of Williamsburgh /

Map of the city of Brooklyn, L.I. : shewing the streets as at present ...

Shows wards (numbered), building coverage, and lot lines. Hand colored to emphasize ward boundaries. Originally printed on 2 sheets (western/eastern). LC copy imperfect: Rubber-stamped, shellacked, brittle, dar... More

Panorama orografico e pittoresco della città e contorni di Milano preso dalla somità della cattedrale

Panorama orografico e pittoresco della città e contorni di Milano pre...

360° panoramic view, radiating from a diagram of Milan Cathedral, showing surrounding buildings, towns and geographic features. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Paris monumental et ses environs - Vintage map, Norman B. Leventhal Collection

Paris monumental et ses environs - Vintage map, Norman B. Leventhal Co...

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

Map of property situated in the village of Flushing, Queens County, L.I., belonging to Gabriel Winter

Map of property situated in the village of Flushing, Queens County, L....

Cadastral map showing lot lines, dimensions, buildings (residential/non-residential), and some owners' names. Imperfect: Fold-lined, wrinkled, torn at fold lines, annotated in lead pencil/red ink to show additi... More

Map of the township of West Hempfield, Lancaster County Penn'a : from original surveys /

Map of the township of West Hempfield, Lancaster County Penn'a : from ...

General-content township wall map showing rural buildings and householders' names; the Columbia borough inset shows building coverage and occupants' names. Hand colored to emphasize township and borough boundar... More

Map of Cazenovia, Madison Co., N.Y. /

Map of Cazenovia, Madison Co., N.Y. /

Cadastral survey wall map showing buildings, lot lines, and landowners' names. Relief shown by hachures. Originally issued as a wall map; wooden rods removed from top and bottom edges of sheet. Available also t... More

Map of the village of Potsdam, St. Lawrence Co. N.Y. /

Map of the village of Potsdam, St. Lawrence Co. N.Y. /

Cadastral map showing lots, lot numbers, buildings, and landowners' names. Hand col. in blue and green watercolors. LC copy imperfect: Brittle, fold-lined, cracked at edges, missing small sections of margins. I... More

Map of the village of West Flushing in the township of Newtown, Queens Co. Long Island, New York : comprising the parts laid out and described on sectional maps no. 1, 2, 3, and 4

Map of the village of West Flushing in the township of Newtown, Queens...

Cadastral map showing lot lines, lot numbers, lot/street dimensions, railroad line, and extant buildings. Railroad train shown pictorially. Imperfect: Wrinkled, fold-lined, torn at edges, foxed, annotated in pe... More

Lynn, Mass [art original] : west view from near High Rock

Lynn, Mass [art original] : west view from near High Rock

Subject: Highs Rock Cottage and High Rock are depicted in a circular vignette beneath the image. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Vieux Paris et ses monuments (XVIIe siècle) : avec le tracé de ses limites sous Philippe-Auguste, Charles VI, Louis XII et les limites actuelles

Vieux Paris et ses monuments (XVIIe siècle) : avec le tracé de ses l...

Encyclopédie Bouasse-Lebel Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Village of Albion, Orleans Co., New York

Village of Albion, Orleans Co., New York

Wall map. Includes note and ill. of local buildings. Mounted on cloth. Shellacked. Attached to wooden rods along top and bottom of sheet. LC copy imperfect: Minor losses at top-center of map, repaired with clea... More

Gillette's map of Monroe Co., New York : from actual surveys /

Gillette's map of Monroe Co., New York : from actual surveys /

County cadastral map showing towns (townships), numbered town survey divisions, irregular rural property tracts, rural buildings, and rural householders' names. The Rochester and Brockport insets show buildings... More

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