Specifications for the fourth USS Franklin… an extremely rare piece of American naval history #mapporn #cartography #maps #oldmaps #raremaps #frigate #Manuscript #USNavy

Colton’s map of the United States early in the Civil War, colored to highlight the seceded and border slave states #mapporn #cartography #maps #oldmaps #raremaps #casemap #Confederacy #JosephHutchinsColton #thematicmap

Extremely rare map of Montana and Wyoming, produced for use by the Army at the very end of the decades-long Indian Wars #mapporn #cartography #maps #oldmaps #raremaps #cyanotype #DepartmentofDakota #IndianWars #textile #USArmy

Military map of western North Dakota, produced during the Army’s response to the Ghost Dance ritual and just weeks before Wounded Knee #mapporn #cartography #maps #oldmaps #raremaps #cyanotype #HaydenSCole #Indianreservations #IndianWars #Sioux #USArmy

Military map of Sioux reservations in North and South Dakota, issued just weeks before Wounded Knee #mapporn #cartography #maps #oldmaps #raremaps #cyanotype #Indianreservations #IndianWars #NativeAmericans #Sioux

“Game of the Sociable Snake”... an early and unrecorded American game #mapporn #cartography #maps #oldmaps #raremaps #game

[offensive material] [racist caricature] A rare “Bobalition” broadside mocking New York City’s first Emancipation Day #mapporn #cartography #maps #oldmaps #raremaps #bobalition #broadside #emancipation #racism #satire #slavery #woodcut

Significant archive from the American occupation of Bavaria, 1945-1950 #mapporn #cartography #maps #oldmaps #raremaps #archive #BerlinAirlift #USAirForce #USArmy

Norris’ innovative “Cyclopedic Map and Geographic Games”, rare in such complete condition #mapporn #cartography #maps #oldmaps #raremaps #education #game

Collection of Cold War-era civil defense maps: Duck and cover, or run like hell? #mapporn #cartography #maps #oldmaps #raremaps #atomicbomb #civildefense #nuclearwar #thematicmap

Gordon Michael-Scallion's prophetic "Future Map of the United States" #mapporn #cartography #maps #oldmaps #raremaps #futurism #GordonMichaelScallion #Persuasivemap #prophecy #pseudoscience

Archive of top-secret IX Tactical Air Command documents and maps from the run-up to D-Day #mapporn #cartography #maps #oldmaps #raremaps #archive #BIGOT #DDay #USAirForce

The key sheet to Henry Popple’s landmark map of North America #mapporn #cartography #maps #oldmaps #raremaps #HenryPopple #WarofJenkinsEar

Faden's rare 1777 map of “The British Colonies”, revealing much about the causes of the Revolution #mapporn #cartography #maps #oldmaps #raremaps #QuebecAct #WilliamFaden

Iconic 1861 map charting the distribution of slavery, much consulted by President Lincoln #mapporn #cartography #maps #oldmaps #raremaps #AbrahamLincoln #CoastSurvey #Confederacy #Persuasivemap #Propaganda #slavery #thematicmap

War Resisters League persuasive map highlighting the omnipresence of the American military #mapporn #cartography #maps #oldmaps #raremaps #Persuasivemap #USAirForce #USArmy #USNavy #WarResistersLeague

Archive of sketches by “rediscovered” marine artist Milton J. Burns #mapporn #cartography #maps #oldmaps #raremaps #archive #drawing #illustration #Manuscript #marine #maritime #sketch #USSConstitution

Charming “Game of the Ocean Liners” by Charles Watilliaux, remarkably complete #mapporn #cartography #maps #oldmaps #raremaps #game #maritime #Watilliaux

Archive of 19th-century British soldier, sailor, reformer, inventor and schemer Adderley Wilcocks Sleigh, consisting largely of unrecorded print materials #mapporn #cartography #maps #oldmaps #raremaps #archive #invention #Manuscript #maritime

Cyprian Southack’s Correct Map of the Coast of New England #mapporn #cartography #maps #oldmaps #raremaps #CyprianSouthack #navigationchart #seachart #TheEnglishPilot