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CollectionMilitary Battles and Campaigns This category contains maps showing campaigns of major military conflicts including troop movements, defensive structures and groundworks, roads to and from sites of military engagements, campsites, and local buildings, topography and vegetation. Some of the maps are manuscripts drawn on the field of battle, while others are engraved including some that have manuscript annotations reflecting the history of the battle or campaign. A significant…- Date: 1570
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Map[Composite atlas of maps by Gerard Mercator]
Title from Phillips: Atlas sive Cosmographicae meditationes de fabrica mvndi et fabricati figvra Composite atlas containing 58 of the 107 maps published in the 1595 Atlas sive Cosmographicae. Some of the maps may be from the parts published in 1585 and 1589 rather than from the complete atlas issued in 1595. Relief shown pictorially. Title provided by cataloger. Lacks all title pages and indexes, except for "Index locorvm tabvlae generalis Belgii Inferioris" bound between maps 27 and…- Contributor: Mercator, Gerhard
- Date: 1595
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MapThe English pilot, describing the sea-coasts, capes ... in the northern and southern navigation, shewing the courses and distances ... and many other necessary things belonging to the practical part of navigation, … According to the preface, Seller had planned the work in 4 books. The Brit. Mus. Cat. v. 218, 698 lists a copy with the third book of which 24 pages were published. Each volume also has special title page. Vol. 1 has 25 maps of which the 3d is in duplicate; the 12th (as recorded in P. L. Phillips, A list of geographical atlases.…- Contributor: Darby, John - Seller, John - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1671
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MapThe Province of Ulster Surveyed by Sir William Petty.
The Province of Ulster Surveyed by Sir William Petty. Divided into its counties and the counties into their severall barronies, wherein are distinguished the archbishopricks, bishopricks, citys, places that return parliament men, also the roads and bridges This map of Ulster (present-day Northern Ireland), published in London in 1689, is based on the Down Survey of Ireland undertaken in 1656--58. As indicated in the subtitle, the map shows the counties and baronies of the province, archbishoprics, cities, roads and bridges, and the distribution of seats in parliament. Relief is shown pictorially. The map has two distance scales, Irish miles and English…- Contributor: Berry, William - Petty, William, Sir
- Date: 1689-01-01
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MapA plan of the west line or parallel of latitude, which is the boundary between the provinces of Maryland and Pensylvania : a plan of the boundary lines between the province of … "This map shows the original Mason-Dixon Line, traditionally thought of as the divide between North and South in the United States and, before the Civil War, between the slaveholding and non-slaveholding states. In the 1700s, a boundary dispute arose between the British colonies of Maryland and Pennsylvania. They agreed to resolve the dispute by having two English astronomers, Charles Mason (1728-86) and Jeremiah Dixon…- Contributor: Dixon, Jeremiah - Mason, Charles - Kennedy, Robert - Smither, James
- Date: 1768
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MapTo the Hone. Jno. Hancock, Esqre. president of ye Continental Congress, this map of the seat of civil war in America, is respectfully inscribed by his most obedient humble servant, B. Romans. Scale ca. 1:320,000. Hand colored. Relief shown pictorially. Indexed for points of interest. Insets with indexes: Plan of Boston and its environs, 1775.--A view of the lines thrown up on Boston Neck; by the ministerial army. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 880 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2- Contributor: Hancock, John - Romans, Bernard
- Date: 1775-01-01
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Map[An accurate map of North and South Carolina, with their Indian frontier, shewing in a distinct manner all the mounta]ins, rivers, swamps, marshes, bays, creeks, harbours, sandbanks and soundings on the coasts; … Scale ca. 1:530,000. Hand colored. Imperfect: Part of title wanting. Prime meridian: London. Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings. Shows precinct boundaries. Insets: The harbour of Port Royal [ca. 1:200,000]--The bar and harbour of Charlestown [ca. 1:75,000] LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1394 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2- Contributor: Robert Sayer and John Bennett (Firm) - Mouzon, Henry
- Date: 1775-01-01
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MapCharles-Town, capitale de la Caroline. Scale ca. 1:12,500. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1540 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2: 440; 651/1- Date: 1780-01-01
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MapPlat of the partition of Moore & Beckley survey of 170,038 a. in the counties of Giles & Logan, Virginia. "Surveyed for Andrew Moore & John Beckley, Nov. 2nd, 1794." Shows names of some residents. Pen-an-ink and pencil over col. grid, mounted on cloth. Includes notes. In upper right corner in red ink: Moore & Beckley patent. "Plat copied from bundle of 'cases ended." In the lower left corner: Sev. P. Ker. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), H327 In pencil on verso: 223.…- Date: 1794-01-01
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MapPlats of the Wilson Cary Nicholas surveys (from the originals) made in Wythe and Russell Counties, Virginia, now Mercer, Raleigh, Wyoming, McDowell, and Logan counties, West Virginia Pen-and-ink on tracing linen, mounted on cloth. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), H217 Available also through the Library of Congress web site as raster image.- Contributor: Hotchkiss, Jedediah
- Date: 1795-01-01
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Map[Map of portion of Fredericksburg, Spotsylvania County, Virginia] One of a series of five maps drawn by Col. Normand Smith showing battle lines. Original maps are included in Personal Papers Collection, accession 24417, Gaines Family Papers, 1776-1905. Oriented with north toward the upper left. 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 Library…- Contributor: Smith, Normand
- Date: 1800-01-01
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Map[Swift Creek area, Chesterfield and Prince George Counties, Virginia] One of a series of five maps drawn by Col. Normand Smith showing battle lines. Original maps are included in Personal Papers Collection, accession 24417, Gaines Family Papers, 1776-1905. 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 Library of Congress web site as raster image.…- Contributor: Smith, Normand
- Date: 1800-01-01
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MapCold Harbor [Hanover County, Virginia] One of a series of five maps drawn by Col. Normand Smith showing battle lines. Original maps are included in Personal Papers Collection, accession 24417, Gaines Family Papers, 1776-1905. 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 Library of Congress web site as raster image.…- Contributor: Smith, Normand
- Date: 1800-01-01
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Map[Map of the Chaffin's Bluff area of Henrico County, Virginia] Additional annotations made in pencil. Map shows federal and Confederate positions September 28, 1864. One of a series of five maps drawn by Col. Normand Smith showing battle lines. Original maps are included in Personal Papers Collection, accession 24417, Gaines Family Papers, 1776-1905. This item is in the Map Collection of the Library of Virginia; please contact the Library's Archives Research Services department for…- Contributor: Smith, Normand
- Date: 1800-01-01
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MapAffair of the Wmsbg Road or Fair Oaks No. 2, Oct. 26-27-28/64
Affair of the Williamsburg Road or Fair Oaks No. 2, October 26-27-28, 1864 One of a series of five maps drawn by Col. Normand Smith showing Civil War battle lines. Original maps are included in Personal Papers Collection, accession 24417, Gaines Family Papers, 1776-1905. 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 Library of Congress web site as…- Contributor: Smith, Normand
- Date: 1800-01-01
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MapGeographical history of the rail road regiment, 89th regiment of Illinois vols. infantry. [1862-1865] Scale 1:633,600. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 77.6 Map of parts of Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama, and Georgia showing the operations of the 89th regiment of Illinois volunteers. The regiment was first attached to the 6th Brigade, 2nd Division, Right Wing, Army of the Ohio and later to the 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 4th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland. Included are a "muster-in"…- Contributor: Merritt, Isaac N.
- Date: 1800-01-01
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MapMap of a portion of Missionary Ridge, illustrating the positions of Baird's & Wood's div's., Nov. 23, 24 and 25, 1863. Scale ca. 1:11,800. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 398 Shows topography by contours, drainage, roads, railroads, and dwellings with names of inhabitants. Names of corps and commanding officers are given. Arrows indicate battle movements. Description derived from published bibliography. Available also through the Library of Congress web site as raster image.- Contributor: Julius Bien & Co
- Date: 1800-01-01
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MapPlan of Gettysburg with the battlefield of July 2nd & 3rd, 1863 and the National Cemetery. Scale 1:7920. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 343 Inset: [Plan of the] National Cemetery. Uncolored. 26 x 16 cm. Shows troop positions, roads, railroads, streams, and a few houses. Description derived from published bibliography. Available also through the Library of Congress web site as raster image.- Contributor: Meisel, Augustus
- Date: 1800-01-01
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Map[Plan of Fort Powhatan, Prince George County, Virginia Original map located in House of Delegates, Office of the Speaker, Executive Communications, Oversized, Box 9, Folder 14. Although included in a report of 1821, this plan represents the fort as it looked in 1819, before the cannon was removed. 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…- Contributor: Brown, Elijah
- Date: 1819-01-01
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Map[Plan of Fort Atkinson, Nebraska].
Defence [sic] at St. Louis Title supplied by cataloger. Misidentified in the 1st ed. of Stephenson's Civil War Maps under CW 303. Pen-and-ink and watercolor. Includes 4 profiles. On verso in pencil at upper left: Catalogued W. Imperfect: Fold-lined, mounted on cloth, edged with cloth tape. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.- Contributor: Talcott, Andrew
- Date: 1819-01-01
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MapNewberry District, South Carolina "Approved, C. R. Suter, 1st Lt., U.S. Engrs., Chf. Engr., D. S." Pen and ink tracing of a map in Robert Mills's Atlas of the State of South Carolina . . . Baltimore, F. Lucas, Jr. [1825] LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), S149 Description derived from published bibliography. Available also through the Library of Congress web site as raster image.- Contributor: Mills, Robert - Coate, Marmaduke
- Date: 1820-01-01
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Map[Orangeburgh District, South Carolina] Title, date, and scale from Stephenson's Civil War Maps, 1989. Relief shown by hachures. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), S150 Incomplete; the eastern and western portions of the map are wanting. Pen and ink tracing of part of a map in Robert Mills's Atlas of the State of South Carolina . . . Baltimore, F. Lucas, Jr. [1825] Available also through the Library…- Contributor: Mills, Robert - Busby, B.
- Date: 1820-01-01
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MapPendleton District, South Carolina Relief shown by hachures. "Approved, Chas. R. Suter, Lt. & Chf. Engr., D. S." "Traced by B. Schelten, Comp. A, 103 Reg., N.Y.S.V. Pen and ink tracing of a map in Robert Mills's Atlas of the State of South Carolina . . . Baltimore, F. Lucas, Jr. [1825] LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), S151 Available also through the Library of Congress web site…- Contributor: Mills, Robert - Schelten, B. - Scribling
- Date: 1820-01-01
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MapRichland District, South Carolina LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), S152 "[A]pproved, Chas. R. Suter, 1st Lt., U.S. Engrs., Chf. Engr., D. S." Pen and ink tracing of a map in Robert Mills's Atlas of the State of South Carolina . . . Baltimore, F. Lucas, Jr. [1825] Available also through the Library of Congress web site as raster image.- Contributor: Mills, Robert - Coates, Marmaduke
- Date: 1820-01-01
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MapSpartanburgh District, South Carolina LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), S153 In lower right corner: Traced by A. Cheville, Compagnie K. 47 N.Y.V. In lower left corner: Eng. by H. S. Tanner & Assistants. "Approved, Chas. R. Suter, Lt. & Chf. Engr., D. S." Pen and ink tracing of a map in Robert Mills's Atlas of the State of South Carolina Baltimore, F. Lucas, Jr. [1825] Available also…- Contributor: Mills, Robert - Whitten, T. - Tanner, Henry Schenck - Cheville, A.
- Date: 1820-01-01
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