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  • Pre-Contact America, Exploring the Early Americas

    Deals principally with the pre-contact cultures of Mesoamerica, a territory that includes most of the modern countries of Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, western Honduras, and El Salvador.

    Contributor: Aztecs - Incas - Mayas
    Site: LOC.gov web pages
    Original Format: Book - Three Dimensional Object - Map - Photo, Print, Drawing - Web Page

  • Overview - Sanborn Maps

    The Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps Online Checklist provides a searchable database of the fire insurance maps published by the Sanborn Map Company housed in the collections of the Geography and Map Division.

    Contributor: Sanborn (Firm)
    Site: LOC.gov web pages - Main Catalog
    Original Format: Web Page - Map
    Date: 1867-01-01
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  • The Battle Of The Bulge - World War Ii Maps Military Situation Maps From 1944 To 1945

    A timeline of the Battle of the Bulge told through the daily situation maps made for the US Military VIII Corps. December 16, 1944 - In a quick glance at the situation ...

    Site: LOC.gov web pages
    Original Format: Map - Web Page
    Date: 1944-01-01

  • Introduction To The Collection - Sanborn Maps

    (This article was published within the Library's publication, Fire Insurance Maps: in the Library of Congress) Key for interpreting Sanborn fire insurance maps The Sanborn map collection consists of a uniform series ...

    Site: LOC.gov web pages
    Original Format: Web Page - Map

  • Maps Of Arcadia National Park - National Parks Maps

    Early European Maps | British Maps | Nineteenth Century Nautical Charts | Mount Desert Island | USGS Maps | National Park Service Maps of Acadia Map of the Discovery of the East ...

    Site: LOC.gov web pages
    Original Format: Map - Web Page
    Date: 1999-06-02

  • Overview - Railroad Maps 1828 To 1900

    The Railroad maps represent an important historical record, illustrating the growth of travel and settlement as well as the development of industry and agriculture in the United States. They depict the development ...

    Site: LOC.gov web pages
    Original Format: Map - Web Page
    Date: 1998-10-19

  • Overview - American Revolutionary War Maps

    The American Revolution and Its Era: Maps and Charts of North America and the West Indies, 1750-1789 represents an important historical record of the mapping of North America and the Caribbean. Most ...

    Site: LOC.gov web pages - Main Catalog
    Original Format: Map - Web Page
    Date: 2008-08-04
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  • A Question Of Boundaries - Louisiana European Explorations And The Louisiana Purchase

    French and American representatives faced a vexing issue when they met in Paris in April 1803 to negotiate a treaty by which the United States would purchase the province of Louisiana from ...

    Site: LOC.gov web pages
    Original Format: Map - Web Page
    Date: 2007-08-13

  • Mapping The American Revolution And Its Era - American Revolutionary War Maps

    Increased North American exploration in the 18th century created a great demand for improvement in the poor quality of existing maps, charts, and plans. An engraved view of a sea drama published ...

    Site: LOC.gov web pages
    Original Format: Map - Web Page
    Date: 2008-08-04

  • History Of Railroads And Maps - Railroad Maps 1828 To 1900

    Railways were introduced in England in the seventeenth century as a way to reduce friction in moving heavily loaded wheeled vehicles. The first North American "gravity road," as it was called, was ...

    Site: LOC.gov web pages
    Original Format: Map - Web Page
    Date: 1998-10-19

  • Louisiana As A French Colony - Louisiana European Explorations And The Louisiana Purchase

    Difficult Early Years of the Colony From its inception Louisiana faced an inauspicious existence. Its fate was bound to the French economy during the last years of the reign of Louis XIV. ...

    Site: LOC.gov web pages
    Original Format: Map - Web Page
    Date: 2007-08-13

  • Exploring the Early Americas Home

    Explores indigenous cultures, the drama of the encounters between Native Americans and Europeans, and the pivotal changes caused by the meeting of the American and European worlds.

    Contributor: Gerard W. Gawalt - James H. Hutson - Pauline Maier - David McCullough - Garry Wills - Gordon Wood - Cokie Roberts - John Hope Franklin
    Site: LOC.gov web pages
    Original Format: Book - Three Dimensional Object - Map - Photo, Print, Drawing - Film, Video - Manuscript - Web Page

  • Aftermath of the Encounter, Exploring the Early Americas

    The encounter between the Americas and Europe altered both civilizations. This section covers three dramatic changes: Language and Religion, Competition for Empire, and Documenting New Knowledge.

    Contributor: Sir Frances Drake - Amerigo Vespucci - Claudius Ptolemy - Alexander von Humboldt - John Gould - Juan Ponce de León
    Site: LOC.gov web pages
    Original Format: Book - Three Dimensional Object - Map - Photo, Print, Drawing - Manuscript - Web Page

  • Creating the Bill of Rights, Creating the United States Exhibit

    The Bill of Rights, the first ten amendments to the Constitution, passed by Congress in 1789, became the bedrock of individual rights and liberties.

    Contributor: James Madison - Thomas Jefferson - George Washington - John Adams - Abigail Adams
    Site: LOC.gov web pages
    Original Format: Book - Manuscript - Map - Photo, Print, Drawing - Web Page

  • The Louisiana Purchase - Louisiana European Explorations And The Louisiana Purchase

    Napoleonic France Acquires Louisiana On October 1, 1800, within 24 hours of signing a peace settlement with the United States, First Consul of the Republic of France Napoleon Bonaparte, acquired Louisiana from ...

    Site: LOC.gov web pages
    Original Format: Map - Web Page
    Date: 2007-08-13

  • Overview - Rochambeau Maps

    The Rochambeau Map Collection contains cartographic items used by Jean Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau (1725-1807), when he was commander in chief of the French expeditionary army (1780-82) during the ...

    Site: LOC.gov web pages - Main Catalog
    Original Format: Map - Web Page
    Date: 1725-01-01
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  • Exploring the Early Americas Overview

    Features selections from the more than 3,000 rare maps, documents, paintings, prints, and artifacts that make up the Jay I. Kislak Collection at the Library of Congress.

    Site: LOC.gov web pages
    Original Format: Book - Three Dimensional Object - Map - Photo, Print, Drawing - Manuscript - Web Page

  • Louisiana As A Spanish Colony - Louisiana European Explorations And The Louisiana Purchase

    Diplomacy of the French Cession The impetus to cede the French colony of Louisiana to the Spanish was the long, expensive conflict of the French and Indian War, also known as the ...

    Site: LOC.gov web pages
    Original Format: Map - Web Page
    Date: 2007-08-13

  • The Battle Of The Bulge - World War Ii Maps Military Situation Maps From 1944 To 1945

    A timeline of the Battle of the Bulge told through the daily situation maps made for the US Military VIII Corps. December 16, 1944 - In a quick glance at the situation ...

    Site: LOC.gov web pages
    Original Format: Map - Web Page
    Date: 1944-01-01

  • Overview - World War Ii Maps Military Situation Maps From 1944 To 1945

    The World War II Military Situation Maps contains maps showing troop positions beginning on June 6, 1944 to July 26, 1945. Starting with the D-Day Invasion, the maps give daily details on ...

    Site: LOC.gov web pages
    Original Format: Map - Web Page
    Date: 1944-01-01

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