American History

Map collections from the American memory project. Highlights include Civil War maps, Revolutionary Era maps, and panoramic maps.

Collected by the Perry-Castaneda Library at the University of Texas.

Over 2,000 maps of New York City, including Manhattan and Brooklyn "fire insurance maps" from the 1850s-1860, showing streets, blocks, tax lots, natural and manmade features, and more. Part of the New York Public Library Digital Library

This collection contains large-scale maps of Vermont villages and cities produced to give fire insurance companies and underwriters accurate information about insured properties. The collection currently includes maps of communities in Chittenden and Franklin Counties that were published from 1869 to 1922. Maps from other Vermont communities will be added in the future.