TheNew York Public Libraryscanned a huge number of mapping . The maps are released under aCreative Commonslicense , so they ’re in the public domain for you to study , modify , and modify , or whatever other cartographic desire your piffling heart holds .
A chart of the West Indies from Cape Cod to River Oronoque.
Filed under “ Mystery Maps . ”Full mapping .
Aerial survey, Manhattan Island, New York City
From before the dawn of satellite picture . Full map .
Virginia
I love the color - highlights marking boundary , and the expressed reminder that the United States was not colonize alone by English - utter colonist . Full mathematical function .
Glen Haven Water Cure & Summer Resort
The full title is , “ No.1 Hotel . , No.2 Bath Houses . , No.3 cottage to Rent . , No.4 Boat Houses & Dance Hall . , No.5 Billiard Room . Glen Haven Water Cure & Summer Resort , Situated at the Head of Skaneatles Lake , Glen Haven , Cortland Co. N.Y. ” This taste of a sketch is from the county atlas of Cayuga , New York . My favorite part may actually be the subtitle in the filing system , “ From late and factual surveys and record under the superintendence of F. W. Beers . ” 1875 is all recent!Full map .
Castle Rock or Point of Rocks, Bennington Vt.
Another map from the same F.W. Beers collection has a far more reasonable full title , merely spilling out as “ Castle Rock or Point of Rocks , Bennington Vt . ; opinion on the Susquehanna . ; Descent into the Valley of Wyoming Pa. ; View from GlenMary Lawn on the Owego . ” This one is from the county atlas of Chemung , New York . Full function .
Plan of Sea Gate, New York Harbor Coney Island.
Filed under Brooklyn . Green cover on main beginning always make me feel like the document is the real - deal . Full map .
A plan of the city of Philadelphia and environs
Filed under Philadelphia , of course . From surveys by John Hills “ in the summers of 1801 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 & 7 ” because heel that as 1801 - 1807 makes it wait too short . Full single-valued function .
Terra Nova
Another highly long full rubric , “ Terra nova , ac maris tractus circa Novam Franciam , Angliam , Belgium , Venezuelam Novam , Andalusiam , Guianan , et Brasiliam / L. Renard : Terra neuf , en de custen van Nieu Vranckryck , Nieu Engeland , Nieu Nederland , Nieu Andalusia , Guiana en Venezuela . ”Full map .
Map of North America
And ultimately , a map of North America , as “ drawn and etch ” by D’Anville “ under the Patronage of Duke of New Orleans ” and published for J. Harrison , London , January 1791.Full map .
This is but the tiniest sampling of the new - free collection , so go ! Shoo!Browse the mapsand lend me back your treasure .
Maps from The Lionel Pincus & Princess Firyal Map Division , The New York Public Library , a solicitation of awesome people for arrange these high - resolution scan into the state of nature .
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