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March 21, 2006 - 1,048 New Maps Added
Campbell's Atlas of Illinois. View 3 Atlases View 3 Atlases, plus the 1860 Mitchell New General Atlas 8 Atlases of Westchester County and Northern New York City, ranging in date from 1881 to 1914. The atlases show rapid suburban growth over 30 years along the railroad lines running north from New York City. Read full article
April 7, 2007 - 1,041 New Maps Added
View Illustrations Atlas of Hamilton County, Ohio, 1869 Harrison, Robert H.; Titus, Clarence O, Philadelphia 44 maps and views. There are ten detailed maps of Cincinnati. Colton's Ohio map is used without attribution and under Titus' imprint. The plans of towns and counties are typical for the period; no views, except for the last page which has two views and a description of Longview Asylum. View Atlas Report U.S. Read full article
October 15, 2005 - 1,564 New Maps Added
State, County, and City Atlases), 1872-1903 Various Authors Click on each title to view the atlas. G.M. Hopkins & Co. Atlas of the Cities of Pittsburgh and Allegheny, 1872 White, M. Wood; Gamble, William H.; Miller, M.A.. Atlas of the State of West Virginia, 1873 Martinet, Simon J.; Walling, H.F.; Gray, O.W.; Lloyd, H.H. Atlas of the State of Maryland and the District of Columbia, 1873 Fuller, Henry; J.B. Beers & Co. Read full article
March 1, 2001 - 1,406 New Maps Added
Atlas of the State of Illinois, 1876 Warner & Beers 155 maps and views. County maps, detailed Chicago maps, views. Map of North America, 1823 James Wyld Rare, first edition of this important map, noted for its accurate depiction of the Pacific Northwest and its wildly inaccurate showing of the American Southwest. Plus over 100 wall maps of the World and the Americas. Read full article
September 23, 2012 - 2,174 New Maps Added
Lawrence County-New York, Saratoga County-New York, Strafford County-New Hampshire, Ogle County-Illinois, Portage County-Ohio, Beaver County-Pennsylvania, Warren County-Pennsylvania, Winnebago and Boone Counties-Illinois, Marion and Monongalia Counties-West Virginia, Gibson County-Indiana, and Rush County-Indiana. These atlases have county and city maps, views of towns, farms, and industries, portraits and biographies of county leaders, and historical entries. Read full article
June 24, 2012 - 1,828 New Maps Added
County Atlases from the 19th century, this group of 12 includes Jefferson County, New York, Montgomery and Fulton Counties, New York, Rutland County, Vermont, Cumberland County, Maine, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, Schuyler County, New York, Wayne County, Indiana, LaPorte County, Indiana, Montgomery County, Illinois, Yates County, New York, Auglaize County, Ohio, and Columbia County, Wisconsin. Read full article
April 4, 2015 - 15,342 New Maps Added
Illinois 1871; Adams County Illinois 1872; Hudson Co. New Jersey 1873; Des Moines Co. Iowa 1873; Louisa Co. Iowa 1874; Ottawa Co. Ohio 1874; Elkhart Co. Indiana 1874; Oneida Co. New York 1874; Pike Co. Missouri 1875; Lehigh Co. Pennsylvania 1876; Greene Co. Pennsylvania 1876; Clarion Co. Pennsylvania 1877; Aroostook Co. Maine 1877; Miami Co. Indiana 1877;Franklin Co. Indiana 1882; Sedgwick Co. Kansas 1882; Providence, Rhode Island 1882; Wood Co. Read full article
August 19, 2013 - 5,359 New Maps Added
View Maps 7 County and City Atlases, 1872 - 1913 Various Authors, Various Places A group of seven county and city atlases. Includes Beer's Westchester County, 1872; Pictou County, Nova Scotia, 1879; Saratoga and Ballston, New York, 1876; Newport, Rhode Island, 1876; Halifax, Nova Scotia, 1878; Will County, Illinois, 1873; and Rand McNally's Chicago, 1913. Read full article
April 1, 2004 - 1,218 New Maps Added
View Atlas Historical Atlas Map of Fresno County California, 1891 Thompson, Thos. H., Tulare, California 105 Maps, views, and plans. Thompson made several county atlases of the counties around San Francisco Bay, but this (with Tulare County below) was the only county atlas made elsewhere in California. View Atlas Historical Atlas Map of Tulare County California, 1892 Thompson, Thos. H., Tulare, California 164 Maps, views, and plans. Read full article
December 14, 2002 - 831 New Maps Added
Includes detailed maps of towns and counties, as well as views of farms and businesses. The Official State Atlas of Kansas Compiled from Government Surveys, County Records and Personal Investigations, 1887. L.H. Everts & Co. 491 Maps and views. A mamoth atlas of Kansas, one of the most extensive state atlases published in the 19th century. Maps of cities, towns, counties, as well as views of businesses, farms, and livestock. Read full article
December 15, 2001 - 1,012 New Maps Added
Historical Atlas Map of Alameda County, California, 1878 Thompson & West 109 maps and views. Impressive maps and views of Oakland, Alameda, Berkeley and other more obscure parts of Alameda County. Historical Atlas Map of Solano County, California, 1878 Thompson & West 30 maps and views. This is the scarcest of Thompson & West's California county atlases. Read full article
March 13, 2012 - 1,596 New Maps Added
Also, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania; Franklin County, Pennsylvania; Androscoggin County, Maine; Steuben County, New York; Saint John City and County, New Brunswick, Canada; Logan County, Ohio; Daviess County, Kentucky; Leavenworth County, Kansas; and Cedar County, Iowa. All include maps, views, directories, and other information considered useful at the time. Read full article
November 15, 2004 - 1,035 New Maps Added
Manhattan Island, 1891 Reynolds & Proctor Illustrated Atlas of Sonoma County, California, 1898 Bien, Joseph Rudolf Atlas of Westchester County, New York, 1893 De Pue & Company The Illustrated Atlas and History of Yolo County, California, 1879 Read full article
December 21, 2011 - 1,163 New Maps Added
View Report Historical Atlas Map Of Marion & Linn Counties Oregon, 1878 Williams, Edgar., San Francisco This is the only county atlas made of an Oregon county in the 19th century. Its maps and views are very similar in style to those in the Thompson and West California county atlases. The Edgar Williams Company published no other atlases. Read full article
March 6, 2009 - 1,572 New Maps Added
View Atlas 5 Maps of Yolo County, California, 1900 - 1939 Various authors, various places (Original Not in Rumsey Collection - Original with the Yolo County Records and Archives Center). These maps show the evolution of Yolo County over a 39 year period. View Maps Read full article
August 17, 2002 - 705 New Maps Added
Maps of each county are included, as well as important cities. Read full article
Julius Bien, Master Printer and Cartographer
Atlas of the Metropolitan District and adjacent country comprising the counties of New York, Kings, Richmond, Westchester and part of Queens in the state of New York, the county of Hudson and parts of the counties of Bergen, Passaic, Essex and Union in the state of New Jersey ... From original surveys by J.R. Bien and C.C. Vermeule, the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey and the Geological Survey of New Jersey. Published by Julius Bien & Co. New York. 1891. Read full article
November 28, 2007 - 1,566 New Maps Added
View Atlas Historical Atlas of Augusta County, Virginia, 1885 Hotchkiss, Jed.; Waddell, Joseph Addison, Chicago 39 maps, photographs and text pages. A scarce county atlas based on maps by the famed Civil War cartographer, Jedidiah Hotchkiss. View Atlas Atlas geografico y estadistico de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos, 1886 Garcia Cubas, Antonio, Mexico 32 maps and text pages. Maps of each state of Mexico, the Distrito Federal, and a general map of the entire country. Read full article
June 1, 2003 - 811 New Maps Added
Detailed maps of all 28 Districts (counties) by Henry Tanner. View Atlas (Maps of California and the U.S. West), 1846 - 1859. Mitchell, S. Augustus. 20 Maps. A sequence of maps showing the transformation of the U.S. West from 1846 to 1859. All the maps appeared in various editions of Mitchell's New Universal Atlas. View Maps A Series of Charts (of) The Bay of San Francisco, 1852. Ringgold, Cadwalader. 16 Maps and views. Read full article
September 1, 2001 - 1,040 New Maps Added
.; includes maps of all the counties and a large map of New York City. Atlas fisico y politico de la Republica de Venezuela, 1840 Agustin Codazzi 19 maps, first edition. The first atlas of Venezuela, and the earliest atlas of a South American country listed in Phillips. Atlas de la Republica Mexicana, 1858 Antonio Garcia Cubas 32 maps, first edition. Read full article
Over 2,000 Pictorial Maps in Online Collection
View Atlas Pictorial Maps by Robert Waldmire, 1981 - 2001 Waldmire, Robert, Rochester (Illinois) Robert Waldmire created dense, unique maps in his own hand drawn style. Each map includes very detailed texts and vignettes about mining, wildlife, labor controversies, sports, businesses, landmarks, history, and more. Read full article
Landmark 1979 California Water Atlas Debuts Online
Maps of a 2 mile by 70 mile strip of land in Fresno County. Shows crop types and the amount of applied irrigation water. View in LUNA Browser or in Flip Book Reader "Chapter 3. The Advent of Human Settlement." Page 15. View of San Francisco in 1873 (by W. Vallance Gray & C. B. Gifford). View in LUNA Browser or in Flip Book Reader "Southern California Urban Delivery Systems." Pages (34)-(35). Read full article
Coordinates Maps and Art Exhibit Opens at Stanford's David Rumsey Map Center
Front and Back Cover of Coordinates Exhibition Catalog (Background) Christo & Jeanne-Claude, Running Fence, Sonoma and Marin Counties, California, 197276. (Foregraound) International Boundary Commission, Linea Divisoria Entre Mexico y Los Estados Unidos, 1901. Boundaries come in all shapes and sizessoft and undulating, hard and contemptuous of natural barriers. Read full article
25 Maps of Silicon Valley And Other Tech Hubs
On the right, a 2005 Bird's-eye view of Silicon Valley and vicinity, including the San Francisco Bay, Golden Gate Bridge, and Marin County. Shows cities and towns, major roads, topography, bodies of water and coastline. Relief illustrated with satellite photography. Includes compass rose, with north oriented toward upper right. Features Silicon Valley company names with website addresses. Read full article
Cartouches, or Decorative Map Titles
Map of Pennsylvania, constructed from the county surveys authorized by the State; John Melish; 1826. Samuel Lewis' simple illustration of a traveler with his dog form the title cartouche for his 1819 map of the United States: The travellers guide. A new and correct map of the United States; Samuel Lewis; 1819. Joseph Bouchette's maps of Canada were surveyed and drawn by him in Canada, but printed in London by William Faden. Read full article
November 20, 2009 - 1,238 New Maps Added
Includes all text pages which have an extensive index of places, railroads, county seats, and more. View Atlas The Royal Atlas Of Modern Geography, 1893 Johnston, Alexander Keith, Edinburgh and London 54 maps. Another edition of Johnston's world atlas, all maps now in printed color. Read full article
19th Century Maps by Children
Another map of the United States--we think made about 1821, based on the geography and boundaries in the map-- was most likely done by a student using the John Melish 1816 United States Map (which covers the entire county coast to coast) as a source. Read full article
Online Rumsey Maps Reach 100,000. Part One - 2016 Additions
Maps showing land offices, townships subdivided, county seats, cities, towns, boundaries of land districts, railroad limits, military reservations, boundaries of counties, and Indian reservations. "Compiled from the official records of the General Land Office and other sources by C. Roeser, Principal Draughtsman G.L.O." View Atlas (The Siege of the Citadel of Saint Martin on the Isle de Re) (1675). 1631. Read full article
April 12, 2010 - 764 New Maps Added
The 1826 edition adds the delineation of topography adjoining the river systems, roads in almost every county, numerous changes in the emerging coal regions in the east central part of the state, more mountains and plateaus. Read full article
February 11, 2013 - 2,745 New Maps Added
Located In Armstrong County Pa., 1850 Franks, Theo.; Brady's Bend Iron Co., Pittsburgh This remarkable large map shows in great detail the works of the Brandy's Bend Iron Co. on the Allegheny River northeast of Pittsburgh. The scale is large and the map is subtly colored. All the buildings, tracks, roads and Collieries are delineated. There is a "Geological Section from Notes by Prof. Shepherd" showing the land on which the Iron Company is built. Read full article