John E. Riley Library: Government Information: Historic Maps

Historic Maps Online

David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
"The David Rumsey Historical Map Collection has over 17,400 maps online. The collection focuses on rare 18th and 19th century North American and South American maps."

There are a number of websites that provide excellent access to digitized and born digital maps. Here are just a few:

Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection
The University of Texas at Austin has an excellent collection of digitized maps from around the world.
Library of Congress Map Collections
"The Geography and Map Division of the Library of Congress holds more than 4.5 million items, of which Map Collections represents only a small fraction, those that have been converted to digital form."
Indian Land Cessions in the United States, 1784-1894
Maps from the Eighteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology as scanned by the Library of Congress
University of Alabama Historical Map Archive
Historical maps of Montana viewable as a jpeg or zoomable pulgin.

Online Maps of General Interest

Maps of The World
Maps of Africa
Maps of The Americas including United States, Canada and Mexico
Maps of Asia
Maps of Australia and the Pacific
Maps of Europe
Maps of The Middle East
Maps of Polar Regions and Oceans
Maps of Russia and the Former Soviet Republics
Maps of The United States including National Parks and Monuments

NOAA Historical Maps and Charts

The Office of Coast Survey's Historical Map & Chart Collection contains over 20,000 maps and charts from the late 1700s to present day. The Collection includes some of the nation's earliest nautical charts, hydrographic surveys, topographic surveys, geodetic surveys, city plans and Civil War battle maps.

To locate a map visit https://www.nauticalcharts.noaa.gov/csdl/ctp/abstract.htm