Drawing on the holdings of the New York Public Library (in particular the Lawrence H. Slaughter Collection), and sponsored by the National Endowment for the Humanities, this online exhibit is devoted to offering a number of historically significant maps of the Mid-Atlantic region up to 1850. The site begins with a brief essay on the nature of the items featured on the site and continues with three...

Presented by the University of California Berkeley's (UCB) Earth Sciences and Map Library, the Browse Our Digital Map Collection Web site lets visitors do just that. Several thousand scanned maps from the collection are available and can be searched via the UCB Library Pathfinder program. After orientating oneself to the peculiarities of the search program, which seems more daunting than it...

The David Rumsey Map Collection, which is provided by Cartography Associates, "contains to date over 7,180 maps online and focuses on rare 18th and 19th century North and South America cartographic history materials." The vast material provided for viewing and printing for personal use includes atlases, globes, books, maritime charts, and a great deal more. Because of the large number of pieces,...

The New York Public Library has three major digital exhibitions currently running to complement their in-house exhibits. Together, these exhibits constitute a marvelous introduction to Western history via primary documents and images from the era. Heading West examines the exploration and development of the West using maps from the library's collections. The accompanying text is well written and...

What did explorers and others know of the United States in 1784? It's a fine question and one that has fascinated historians, geographers, and others for decades. This gem of an online exhibit looks at a map created in March of 1784 by Connecticut engraver, Abel Buell. It is in fact the very first map of the newly independent United States compiled, printed, and published in America by an...

The latest offering from the Library of Congress (LOC) American Memory project features over 2,000 maps and charts of North America and the West Indies from 1750 to 1789, many from famous mapmakers and major London map publishers. The collection can be searched by keyword or browsed by subject, creator, title, or geographic location. Entries include title, maker, some notes, and a small thumbnail...