As the offical cartographer of the French government, Jacques Bellin (1703-1772) made hundreds of maps, including dozens for Antoine François Prévost (1697-1763). Prevost's Histoire Générale des Voyag…

Marquette drew this map when he returned from his 1673 journey with Joliet. It is the first European map of the Mississippi Valley. His information quickly began to appear on subsequent European maps…

Relief shown by hachures. Includes indexes. This map has been conserved through the generosity of Albert Milani in honor of his wife Claudia, 2012. [1:9,000,000]

"Based on Timothy Folger’s original annotations ... It would appear that [Benjamin] Franklin added little or nothing beyond the red lines which indicated the portion to be reproduced ..."--De Vorsey,…

Relief shown by spot heights. This economic map of the Democratic Republic of Georgia in French was produced in 1918, the year in which Georgia declared its independence from the Russian Empire under…

Relief shown pictorially. This map has been conserved through the generosity of Richard Osborne, 2012 through the Adopt-a-Map program. Color

When Marquette's report on his 1673 Mississippi River voyage appeared in print for the first time in 1681, it was accompanied by this map. Their publisher, Melchisédec Thevenot, had traveled widely hi…

Relief shown by form lines. Depths shown by contours and soundings. This map has been conserved through the generosity of Pat & Tom Van Alyea, 2011 through the Adopt-a-Map program. Includes text. Copy…

Relief shown pictorially. Bar scale on map given in "Parasanges de 3 au De.", "Parasanges de 22 1/2 au Degre", "Lieues communes de France" and "Lieues Marines". "Livre III, IV et V. No. 18." "Longitud…

Nova Scotia --Maps --Early works to 1800. Acadia --Maps --Early works to 1800. Prince Edward Island --Maps --Early works to 1800. Prince Edward Island --Administrative and political divisions --Maps -…

Map of Madagascar showing geological distribution of Indriidae species.

Near the end of his life Champlain wrote a long account of his three decades of travels in North America. Accompanying his text was the large folding map that can be seen here (reproduced from a 19th-…

Shows part of present day Israel. Shows part of Syria with Damascus. Relief shown by hachures. Engraved by Erhard Schieble. Includes a table of population. "Dressee au depot de la guerre." "Etant Dire…

Engraved and hand-colored map of Egypt. Map title appears as a carving in stone next to a statue of a sphinx.

Map of Florida and the south-eastern states. The map shows cities, towns, forts, Native American lands, mountains, rivers, and lakes. A small inset map of the Missouri River sits near the lower right…

Ethnographic map of West Africa. Color; 1:5,000,000

Manuscript map. Relief shown pictorially. North oriented slightly to the right. Watercolor and ink. This map is nearly identical to a map with the same title held by the Chicago Historical Society and…

Selected buildings shown pictorially on map. Includes inset map "Environs de Paris, Plan d'ensemble des fortifications de Paris," index "Table alphabetique des rues places et passages de Paris" and 28…

Bellin's landmark map of eastern Canada and part of north east America extending from Newfoundland to the borders of Lake Ontario and south to Cape Cod. The map is extremely detailed, showing regions…

Relief shown by hachures and pictorially. Each map includes a note. Color