Washington and Lee University
American Memory -- Map Collections
Thousands of maps from the Library of Congress' collections, including cities and towns, battles and military campaigns, transportation, exploration and discovery, and more.
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Atlas And Survey Of Latin American History
This 2005 volume is "a practical introductory overview of Latin American history and politics through the lens of human and physical geography." Chronologically-arranged essays and maps, plus thematic coverage of the modern era. You can view the table of contents here.
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Census Atlas Of The United States
"First comprehensive atlas of population and housing produced by the Census Bureau since the 1920s... about 300 pages long and containing almost 800 maps. Data from decennial censuses prior to 2000 support nearly 150 maps and figures."
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Concise Dictionary Of World Place Names
Published in 2005. Contains 8,000 entries on the history, meanings, and origin of an enormous range of country, region, island, city, and town names from around the world.
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Digital Sanborn Maps, 1867-1970 -- Virginia
This collection based upon the fire insurance maps of more than 12,000 American towns and cities, created by the Sanborn Map Company, beginning in the 19th century. The original collection included over 1.2 million maps, most of which are available on microfilm in the Library of Congress.
Leyburn Library's subscription to Digital Sanborn Maps provides online access to only the Virginia maps. (We also have microfilm of the Virginia maps.)
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Historical Atlas Of The Islamic World
Concise essays cover a wide variety of themes including philosophy, arts and architecture, the Muslim city, trade, commerce and manufacturing, marriage and family life, ritual and devotional practices, the rise of the modern national state, oil exports and arms imports, and much more. Based on the 2004 volume of the same title, available in print form in our collection.
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Hotchkiss Map Collection
Over 300 cartographic items made by Confederate Army Major Jebediah Hotchkiss, featuring detailed maps of the Shenandoah Valley.
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Internet Catalogue: Maps -- Worldwide
"Maps, spacial data and GIS on the Internet - and how to find them."
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Landmarks Of The American Revolution
State-by-state profiles of hundreds of hsitorical sites and landmarks associated with the American Revolutionary War. Revised edition (2006) of Mark Boatner's 1973 volume.
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LexisNexis Serial Set Digital Set Collection Maps
The Serial Set (described here) includes about 50,000 digitized maps from the first two centuries of the American nation. Most of these maps are included within larger documents.
Please note that the database is still a work-in-progess, so some materials may not be accessible yet.
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Library Of Congress Map Collections: 1500-2004
Hundreds of U.S. historical maps.
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Mapping The National Parks
Documents the history, cultural aspects and geological formations of areas that eventually became National Parks. The collection consists of approximately 200 maps dating from the 17th century to the present, reflecting early mapping of the areas that would become four National Parks, as well as the parks themselves. Can be searched by keyword or browsed by subject, creator, title or location.
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Military Maps
Maps used in teaching by the History Department at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point.
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NationalAtlas.gov
A work-in-progress, this new national atlas databases, with various types of maps, incorporates a reange of U.S. Government data -- political, demographic, geological, environmental, etc.
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Oddens' Maps And Atlases
Enormous collection of links to contemporary and historical maps.
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Periodical Historical Atlas Of Europe
"An atlas depicting in 21 maps the states of this continent at the end of each century from AD 1 to AD 2000."
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Perry-Castaneda Historical Maps
Collection of historical maps from the enormous University of Texas collection.
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Unveiling Of Britain
Online collection of over 800 maps and views of Britain, dating up to 1600.
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