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Minots Ledge off Boston Harbor : showing the proposed site of a light ...

Beneath Our Feet: Mapping of the features beneath the ocean’s surface began in Europe in the late-16th century, with cartographers using simple symbols such as soundings (numbers that indicate depth in fathoms)... More

Vessels destroyed at Norfolk 1861. - Public domain map

Sketch map of "U.S. Navy Yard" vicinity at Portsmouth (Va.) showing buildings, shipbuilding docks, drydock, buoys, and locations of the scuttled U.S. ships "Pennsylvania", "Columbia", "Raritan", and "Delaware".... More

A diagram of the triangulation for the survey of the coast of the Unit...

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

A diagram of the triangulation for the survey of the coast of the Unit...

Shows triangulation lines connecting base points in southwestern Connecticut, western Long Island, and New York City vicinity. Rubber-stamped at foot of title: Copyright secured according to law. Annotated/sign... More

Map of the Potomac & Anacostia rivers between Washington D.C. & Alexan...

Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings. "Copied from the tracining [sic] of original and sent to Com'd'r J.A. Dahlgren U.S.N., M.S. Smith, Cap't of Top'l Eng'rs Asst. C.S. in charge of Office, Coas... More

Plan of the Inner Harbor of Boston nautical chart

Published the same year as Edmund Blunt's small chart of Boston Harbor, this large-scale harbor chart was based on recent surveys conducted by the U.S. Coast Survey and showed considerably more detail for the i... More

Nantucket Harbor - Vintage map, Norman B. Leventhal Collection nautica...

Public domain image of a nautical map, chart, navigation pilot guide, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A chart exhibiting the normal course & velocity of the tidal current a...

Preliminary sketch showing the positions of Davis's Shoal and other da...

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

Map of the Straits of Florida and Gulf of Mexico : to accompany a repo...

[Chart no. 1422]. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. LC copy signed on verso: Millard Fillmore. Sectioned into 18 and mounted on cloth, folding to 24 x 15 cm.

Map of parts of Boston Harbor and its tributaries

Compiled from manuscript maps prepared by the U.S. Coast Survey in 1847 and updated to 1854, this was one of four maps that accompanied the first report of the Commissioners on Boston Harbor and the Back Bay. T... More

Sketch of Boston Harbor and Bay - Vintage map, Norman B. Leventhal Col...

Sketch G showing the progress of the survey in section no. VII, from 1...

Available also through the Library of Congress web site as raster image.

Chart of Orchard Shoal, Lower Bay, New-York / nautical chart

Depths shown by contours and soundings. India and col. inks. Originally drawn on 2 sheets. Rubber-stamped, labels affixed to recto, titles added in margins in red crayon by later hand. Includes notes. Available... More

City of San Francisco and its vicinity, California

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

From Muskeget Channel to Buzzard's Bay and entrance to Vineyard Sound,...

Muskeget Channel to Buzzards Bay and entrance to Vineyard Sound, Mass | Coast of the United States | Monomoy and Nantucket Shoals to Block Island Courtesy of Boston Public Library

[Planning map for proposed Cape Cod Ship Canal] /

Relief shown by contours. Title supplied by cataloger. Pen-and-ink in red and blue inks and pencil on tracing paper. Imperfect: Brittle, soiled, creased, small tears along edges. Available also through the Libr... More

New Haven Harbor Historic map, Library of Congress

[Scale 1:30,000]. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 117.15 Another copy with annotations. Harbor chart annotated in red to show the number and sectors of fire for guns situated at Oyster Point and Fort Hale, Connect... More

New chart of Boston Harbor - Vintage map, Norman B. Leventhal Collecti...

Public domain image of a nautical map, chart, navigation pilot guide, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

New Haven Harbor Historic map, Library of Congress

Scale 1:30,000. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 117.1 Harbor chart annotated in red to show the sector of fire for guns situated at Oyster Point and Fort Hale, Connecticut. Information added to chart probably refl... More

Eclipse Harbor, Labrador - Vintage map, Norman B. Leventhal Collection

Sketch showing the geology of the Coast of Labrador Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Cedar Keys, Florida Historic map, Library of Congress nautical chart

Scale 1:50,000. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 117.35 From its Report of the Superintendent of the Coast Survey showing the progress of the survey during the year 1861 (Washington, Government Printing Office, 186... More

Preliminary chart of Escambia and Santa Maria de Galvaez [i.e., East] ...

Scale 1:30,000. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 117.4 United States Coast Survey, no. 489. General chart showing soundings and coast vegetation. Chart is based on "long[itude] east from Public Square, Pensacola." ... More

Sketch of the coast of North Carolina from Oregon Inlet to Ocracoke In...

Scale 1:200,000. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 306.5 At head of title: U.S. Coast Survey, A. D. Bache. Supdt. Chart of Cape Hatteras and environs showing soundings, lighthouses, and bottom contours at 6, 12, and... More

Preliminary chart of North Landing River (head of Currituck Sound), Vi...

Scale 1:40,000. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 592.5 From its Report of the Superintendent of the Coast Survey, showing the progress of the survey during the year 1861 (Washington, Government Printing Office, 186... More

Sketch showing the positions of the beacons on the Florida reefs

Scale 1:400,000. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 117.6 (Its no. 464) At head of title: U.S. Coast Survey, A. D. Bache, Supdt. "No. 464 price 15 cents" is printed in the upper margin. Inset: Plan of beacons devised... More

New York Bay and Harbor - Public domain vintage map

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

Preliminary chart of the northeastern part of the Gulf of Mexico, incl...

Scale 1:600,000. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 17.75 At head of title: U.S. Coast Survey, A. D. Bache, Supdt. Chart of the coast from Mobile Bay, Alabama, to St. Lucie Inlet, Florida, indicating soundings and bo... More

Hampton Roads, Virginia : from a trigonometrical survey under the dire...

A reconnaissance of the Potomac River from Point Lookout to Washington...

Scale 1:200,000. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 17.85 At head of title: U.S. Coast Survey, A.D. Bache, Supdt. Pencil note in the bottom margin reads "This is the first chart of the Potomac River issued by the Coa... More

Preliminary chart of the northwestern part of the Gulf of Mexico. Unfi...

Scale 1:600,000. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 17.8 At head of title: U.S. Coast Survey, A. D. Bache, Supdt. Chart of the Gulf coast from Pensacola Bay to the Rio Grande (Rio Bravo del Norte) showing soundings a... More

General chart of the coast. No. IV, from Cape May to Cape Henry. From ...

Scale 1:400,000. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 33.7 From its Report of the Superintendent of the Coast Survey, showing the progress of the survey during the year 1862 (Washington, Government Printing Office., 18... More

Chesapeake Bay Historic map, Library of Congress nautical chart

Nautical chart of part of the Chesapeake Bay between the Magothy River (at north) and Kent Point (at south) including the Annapolis city region. Relief shown by hachures; depths shown by shading and soundings. ... More

Oregon Inlet, N. Carolina - Public domain vintage map

Scale 1:20,000. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 316.9 From its Report of the Superintendent of the Coast Survey, showing the progress of the survey during the year 1862 (Washington, Government Printing Office, 186... More

Map of the state of Virginia - Public domain old map

"Lith. by Chas. G. Krebs." Also shows Delaware, Maryland, West Virginia and parts of adjacent states. Includes table: Distances by railroads. Red overprint of railroad routes. Relief shown by hachures. This ite... More

Military map of south-eastern Virginia

Description derived from published bibliography. Gives fortifications used during the Seven Days battles, roads, railroads, towns, drainage, and some vegetation. Includes list of authorities in lower left corne... More

Hydrographic reconnaissance of James River, Virginia, from entrance to...

General nautical chart. Depths shown by soundings and contours. At head of title: A.D. Bache Supt. Copy 1 is hand col. in blue watercolor to show shallow waters, in red and black inks to show buoys, in pink ink... More

Preliminary chart of the Atlantic coast : from the entrance of Chesape...

Depths shown by soundings. This item is in the Map Collection of the Library of Virginia; please contact the Library's Archives Research Services department for more information. Available also through the Libr... More

Coast of North Carolina & Virginia - Public domain map

Scale 1:200,000. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 305a.2 At head of title: U.S. Coast Survey, A. D. Bache, Supt. Map is printed in two sheets which have been joined together to form a continuous map. The northern s... More

Preliminary chart of Calibogue Sound and Skull Creek forming inside pa...

Scale 1:40,000. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 368a.4 From its Report of the Superintendent of the Coast Survey, showing the progress of the survey during the year 1862 (Washington, Government Printing Office, 1... More

Coast of South Carolina from Charleston to Hilton Head.

Scale 1:200,000. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 365.7 From its Report of the Superintendent of the Coast Survey, showing the progress of the survey during the year 1862 (Washington, Government Printing Office, 18... More

South West pass of the Mississippi River

Scale 1:20,000. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 36.1 From its Report of the Superintendent of the Coast Survey, showing the progress of the survey during the year 1862 (Washington, Government Printing Office, 1864... More

Historical sketch of the rebellion. - Public domain map

Scale ca. 1:5,850,000. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 35 Another edition. July 1862 Indicates by colored lines the "limits of loyal states in July, 1861, limits occupied by United States forces March 1st 1862... ... More

Plan of Fort Jackson, showing the effect of the bombardment by the U.S...

Annotated in pencil on verso: Plan of Fort Jackson. [1862?]. From the Joseph R. Hawley papers in LC Manuscript Division. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.) 237 Includes explanatory note. Available also through the Lib... More

Map of eastern Virginia, 1862 - Public domain old map

Accompanied by cover: Map of eastern Virginia / compiled in the office of the United States Coast Survey. Washington, D.C. : W.H. & O.H. Morrison. 15 x 10 cm. Also covers Maryland, Delaware, southeastern Pennsy... More

Sketch H. showing the progress of the survey in section no. VIII, from...

Scale 1:600,000. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 35.5 From its Report of the Superindent of the Coast Survey, showing the progress of the survey during the year 1862. (Washington, Government Printing Office, 1864)... More

Coast of North Carolina & Virginia - Vintage map, Norman B. Leventhal ...

Reconnoissance of the Mississippi River below Forts Jackson and St. Ph...

At head of title: U.S. Coast Survey. Prof. A. D. Bache, Supt. Stamped in lower right corner: From collection of David Dixon Porter. Pen and ink manuscript drawn on tracing cloth, covering the environs of forts ... More

Sketch of the eastern part of the U.S., showing territorial extent of ...

Shows areas occupied by the U.S. forces at several times during the early Civil War using blue, green, and red boundary lines. Covers the U.S. westward to approx. 95°W latitude. Relief shown by shading. Transfe... More

South West pass of the Mississippi River /

LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 36.2 From its Report of the Superintendent of the Coast Survey, showing the progress of the survey during the year 1862 (Washington, Government Printing Office, 1864). Map 507. At h... More

Preliminary edition of general chart of the coast no. X, Sraits of Flo...

Scale 1:400,000. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 117.65 From its Report of the Superintendent of the Coast Survey, showing the progress of the survey during the year 1863 (Washington, Government Printing Office, 1... More

Preliminary chart of St. Augustine harbor, Florida

Scale 1:30,000. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 120.3 From its Report of the Superintendent of the Coast Survey, showing the progress of the survey during the year 1862 (Washington, Government Printing Office, 186... More

Metomkin Inlet, Virginia. Historic map, Library of Congress

Scale 1:20,000. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 584.4 From its Report of the Superintendent of the Coast Survey, showing the progress of the survey during the year 1862 (Washington, Government Printing Office, 186... More

Plan of Alexandria. Historic map, Library of Congress

Shows selected buildings and churches. Copy annotated in blue pencil: Printed at the Coast Survey Office, October 25, 1862; authographic transfer from an old map of Alexandria furnished by the U.S. Sanitary Co... More

Stono Inlet, South Carolina - Public domain old map

Scale 1:20,000. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 389.4 Preliminary edition. "The triangulation was executed in 1852; the topography and hydrography were executed in 1862." General chart showing soundings and bottom... More

Historical sketch of the rebellion. May 1862.

Scale ca. 1:5,850,000. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 34 Indicates "limits of loyal states in July 1861," "limits occupied by United States forces March 1st 1862," "limits occupied by United States forces May 15t... More

Potomac River (in four sheets) nautical chart

Chart of the Potomac River from Washington, D.C. to its entrance into the Chesapeake Bay. Chart indicates soundings, tides, lighthouses, and the shoreline configuration. Description derived from published bibli... More

Matomkin Inlet, Virginia / Historic map, Library of Congress

Depths shown by soundings. Lower left corner of the copy is wanting. From its Report of the Superintendent of the Coast Survey, showing the progress of the survey during the year 1862 (Washington, Government Pr... More

Preliminary chart of Hatteras Inlet, North Carolina

Scale 1:20,000. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 316.7 From its Report of the Superintendent of the Coast Survey, showing the progress of the survey during the year 1862 (Washington, Government Printing Office, 186... More

Charleston Harbor and its approaches showing the positions of the Rebe...

Scale ca. 1:30,000. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 382 Another issue. Shows roads, railroads, houses, vegetation, a street plan of Charleston, drainage, soundings, and shoals. Enlarged issue covering all of James... More

Approaches to Fort Butte La Rose, Louisiana : captured by the U.S. fle...

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

Charleston Harbor and its approaches showing the positions of the Rebe...

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

Mountain region of North Carolina and Tennessee

Approaches to Fort Hindman, Arkansas Post, on the Arkansas River : cap...

Annotated in pencil on verso: Approaches to Fort Hindman, Arkansas River, January 11, 1863. Shows Fort Hindman and adjacent areas of the Arkansas River. From the Joseph R. Hawley papers in LC Manuscript Divisio... More

[Mississippi River near Vicksburg and vicinity] - Vintage map, Norman ...

Southern Mississippi and Alabama showing the approaches to Mobile.

Map includes part of west Florida and shows drainage, place names, roads, and railroads. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), 260.1 LC Railroad maps, 140 Description derived from published bibliography. "U.S. Coast Sur... More

Northern Georgia with portions of adjacent states

Atlantic coast of the United States (in four sheets) : sheet no. II, N...

LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), 47.37 Description derived from published bibliography. At head of title: U.S. Coast Survey, A. D. Bache, Supt. From its Report of the Superintendent of the Coast Survey, showing the... More

Map illustrating the operations of U.S. Forces against Vicksburg /

LC copy annotated in pencil on verso: Map illustrating operations against Vicksburg, [1863?]. Also shows the tracks of Genl. Grant, General Blair, and Admiral Porter, and sites of Union victories. Relief shown ... More

Mountain region of North Carolina and Tennessee

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

Map illustrating the operations of U.S. Forces against Vicksburg /

Shows the tracks of Genl. Grant, General Blair, and Admiral Porter, and sites of Union victories. Relief shown by hachures. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.) 288 This map differs from G3984.V8S5 1863 .U55 CW 287 by t... More

Map of a part of Louisiana and Mississippi, illustrating the operation...

Relief shown by hachures. Covers the area from west to east, Alexandria, La. to Pearl River, and from north to south, Vidalia, La. to Atchafalaya Bay. "Track of Gen. Banks" shown in red. LC Civil War maps (2nd ... More

Atlantic coast of the United States (in four sheets) : sheet no. IV, M...

LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), 47.44 Description derived from published bibliography. At head of title: U.S. Coast Survey, A. D. Bache, Supt. From its Report of the Superintendent of the Coast Survey, showing the... More

Charleston Harbor and its approaches showing the positions of the Rebe...

[Scale 1:30,000]. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 380 Another issue. Shows roads, railroads, houses, vegetation, a street plan of Charleston, drainage, soundings, and shoals. Overprinted to show positions occupied... More

Sketch of sea coast of South Carolina and Georgia from Bull's Bay to O...

Signed in ink on front and back "Millard Fillmore, Dec. 6, 1864" LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), 364.1 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes list of "References" to Ci... More

Boston Harbor, Massachusetts nautical chart

The U.S. Coast Survey's first nautical chart of Boston Harbor was published in 1857. The original chart was based on the first truly scientific and comprehensive surveys of the entire harbor. These included ela... More

Map of Montgomery County, Maryland /

General-content military map; also shows rural buildings with householders' names and extensive delineation of ravines (only in Montgomery County in the immediate vicinity of the District of Columbia). Also cov... More

Sketch of sea coast of South Carolina and Georgia from Bull's Bay to O...

Charleston Harbor and its approaches showing the positions of the Rebe...

Anticipating war, the U.S. Coast Survey was one of the few agencies able to provide accurate nautical charts and topographic maps before and during the war. Led by Alexander Dallas Bache, the nation’s foremost ... More

Map of the state of Virginia - Public domain old map

"August 1863." "Lith. by Chas. G. Krebs." Accompanied by cover: Map of Virginia / compiled in the office of the United States Coast Survey. Washington, D.C. : W.H. & O.H. Morrison : 15 x 10 cm. Also covers Dela... More

Atlantic coast of the United States (in four sheets) : sheet no. IV, M...

LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), 47.48 Description derived from published bibliography. At head of title: U.S. Coast Survey, A. D. Bache, Supt. From its Report of the Superintendent of the Coast Survey, showing the... More

Reconnoissance of the Mississippi River below Forts Jackson and St. Ph...

Includes note describing positions of Union "mortar flotilla" on April 18-21, 1862. Annotated in pencil on verso: Forts of Jackson/St. Philip, [1863?]. "The Forts from data furnished by the Chief Engineer, U.S.... More

Charleston Harbor and its approaches showing the positions of the Rebe...

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

Charleston Harbor and its approaches showing the positions of the Rebe...

Scale 1:30,000. Another issue. Shows roads, railroads, houses, vegetation, a street plan of Charleston, drainage, soundings, and shoals. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 381 Overprinted to show 1/4-mile concentric ... More

Map illustrating the operations of the U.S. forces against Vicksburg /

Relief shown by hachures. Also shows the tracks of Genl. Grant, General Blair, and Admiral Porter, and sites of Union victories. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), 290 Description derived from published bibliography.... More

Map illustrating the operations of the U.S. forces against Vicksburg.

Scale ca. 1:390,000. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 287 "Indicates "Genl. Grant's track," "Union forces surrounding Vicksburg," and "track of Genl. Blair." Roads, railroads, drainage, and towns are shown. "Unio... More

Map illustrating the operations of U.S. Forces against Vicksburg /

Also shows the tracks of Genl. Grant, General Blair, and Admiral Porter, and sites of Union victories. Relief shown by hachures. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.) 289 This issue of the map includes a U.S. flag at Vic... More

Preliminary chart of main entrance to Charlotte Harbor, Florida

Scale 1:40,000. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 117.37 From its Report of the Superintendent of the Coast Survey, showing the progress of the survey during the year 1864 (Washington, Government Printing Office, 18... More

Approaches to Fort Hindman, Arkansas Post, on the Arkansas River : cap...

Atlantic coast of the United States (in four sheets) : sheet no. IV, M...

LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), 47.46 Description derived from published bibliography. At head of title: U.S. Coast Survey, A. D. Bache, Supt. From its Report of the Superintendent of the Coast Survey, showing the... More

Jones Point, Potomac River, near Alexandria, Virginia /

Relief shown by contours, hachures, and spot heights. At head of title: U.S. Coast Survey, A.D. Bache, supdt. At lower right: Coast Survey Office, Washington D.C., April 29th 1863. India ink, red ink, and lead ... More

Map of a part of Louisiana and Mississippi, illustrating the operation...

Scale ca. 1:380,160. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 231 In margin at bottom: Line of marsh [sic] of Gen. Banks corps d'armee April & Mai 1863. Map extends from Natchez, Mississippi, in the north to Marsh Island, ... More

Chesapeake Bay. Sheet 6, from the mouth of York River to the entrance ...

Scale 1:80,000. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 47.52 From its Report of the Superintendent of the Coast Survey showing the progress of the survey during the year 1862 (Washington, Government Printing Office, 1864... More

Map of supplementary reconnaissance of the approaches to Philadelphia ...

Topographic map showing Civil War earthworks and batteries. Relief shown by contours and spot heights. Authorship statement citing Whiting's name is in handwriting (black ink). Pen-and-ink, red ink (contours), ... More

Route of the late expedtion [sic] commanded by Act'g. Rear Admiral D. ...

Scale ca. 1:215,000. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 295 "The shaded bayou shows the route actually travelled by the gun boats. The doted line shows the remaining proposed route." Indicates the location of bridges... More

Sketch of sea coast of South Carolina and Georgia from Bull's Bay to O...

Approaches to Fort Hindman, Arkansas Post, on the Arkansas River : cap...

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

Chesapeake Bay, Sheet no. 1, York River, Hampton Roads, Chesapeake ent...

Scale 1:80,000. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 47.5 At head of title: Coast chart no. 31. Printed in the upper margin: "No. 131" and "Electrotype copy no. 2 by G. Mathiot, U.S.C.S." General chart indicating sound... More

Gulf coast of the United States; Key West to Rio Grande.

Scale 1:1,200,000. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 47.6 (Its no. 5) At head of title: U.S. Coast Survey, A. D. Bache, Supt. "Electrotype copy no. 1 by G. Mathiot, U.S.G.S., no. 5" printed in upper margin. Chart of... More

Map of a reconnaissance of the approaches to Philadelphia showing the ...

Topographic map of northern Philadelphia and small adjacent part of Montgomery County showing Civil War earthworks and batteries. Relief shown by contours and hachures. Signed in handwriting (brown ink): George... More

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