Digital Gallery Historic Map Guide
You can view some of our maps and atlases by clicking the links below:
New York City Antiquarian Maps and Atlases
Links to NYC fire insurance atlases and maps.
NYC Land Atlases (Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, Staten Island)
NYC & vicinity - 1776 / 1777 / 1781 / 1828 / 1835 / 1839 / 1842
1849 / 1849ii / 1873 / 1880 / 1909 / 1911 / 1922
New York Harbor - 1733 / 1733 / 1737 / 1747 or 1767 / 1750?
1775 / 1776 / 1779 / 1781 / 1784-1794 / 1820
1822 / 1828 / 1839 / 1844 / 1844ii / 1845 / 1845ii
[1857] / 1874 / 1879 / 1889 / 1905 / 1912
Manhattan
17th century - 1639 / 1642 / 1661-1664 / 1686
18th century - 1764 / 1766 / 1776 / 1777 / 1778 / 1782 / 1798
19th century -1803 / 1807 / 1808 / 1811 / 1813 / 1817 / 1828
1828ii / 1828 / 1830 / 1831 / 1831 / 1833 / 1834
1836 / 1840 / 1841 / 1842 / 1844 / 1845 / 1846
1849 / 1850 / 1850 / 1851 / 1854 / 1860 / 1879
Brooklyn - 1767 / 1776 / 1843 / 1846 / 1849 / 1855 / 1876 / 1898
New York State and New Jersey Antiquarian Atlases
Links to state and city map atlases.
New York State (whole) - 1829 / 1838 / 1839 / 1841 / 1871 (topographical)
New York State (counties)
Albany (1866) Broome (1876) Cayuga (1875)
Chautaugua (1867) Chemung (1869) Chenango (1875) Clinton (1869)
Columbia (1873) Delaware (1869) Dutchess (1876) Erie (1866) / (1880)
Essex (1876) Franklin (1876) Fulton (1868) Genesee (1876)
Jefferson (1864) Madison (1875) Montgomery (1868) Nassau (1914)
Niagara (1875) Orange (1875) Orleans (1875) Oswego (1868) / (1880)
Otsego (1868) St. Lawrence (1865) Saratoga (1866) / (1876)
Schenectady (1866) Schoharie (1899) Schuyler (1874) Steuben (1873)
Suffolk (1915/17) Tompkins (1866) Wayne (1874)
Westchester (1872) / (1893) / (1910-1911) vol 1; vol 2
New York State (cities & towns)
Albany (1876) Auburn (1882) Babylon, Islip (c1888) Buffalo (1872)
Elmira (1876) / (1896) Oswego (1880) Saratoga Springs (1876)
Troy (1869) / (1881) Utica (1883)
New Jersey (counties)
Hudson (1873) Hunterdon (1873) Monmouth (1873) Passaic (1877)
Hudson River Valley - 1820 / c1891 / 1897 (cyclist's road map)
NY, NJ & CT Antiquarian Maps
Links to New York, New Jersey and Connecticut maps.
New York - 1777 / 1778 / 1779 / 1796 / 1802 / 1804 / 1808 / 1812
1818 / 1819 / 1824 / 1826 / 1827 / 1828 / 1829 / 1830
1831 / 1833 / 1835 / 1836 / 1838 / 1839 / 1840 / 1841
1842 / 1844 / 1845 / 1846 / 1848 / 1850 / 1863
New Jersey - 1682 / 1700 / 1702-1707 / 1703 / 1768 / 1776 / 1777
1778 / 1780 / 1794 / 1795 / 1796 / 1801 / 1812
1828 / 1834 / 1839 / 1842-1845 / 1847 / 1873 / 1877
Connecticut - 1732 / 1794 / 1814 / 1842-1845 / 1863
World Antiquarian Maps
Links to digital images for some of the oldest maps in our collection.
North America
North America (whole)
16th century - 1550
17th century - 1631 / 1639 / 1650 / 1669 / 1679 / 1680 / 1682
18th century - 1700-1720 / 1708 / 1708-1725 / 1709 / 1719
1720 / 1721 / 1722 / 1736 / 1742 / 1744 / 1746
1752 / 1757 / 1758 / 1760-1780 / 1761 / 1762
1763 / 1766 / 1770 / 1772 / 1774 / 1775 / 1776
1777 / 1778 / 1780 / 1783 / 1785 / 1787-1810
19th century - 18-- / 1800 / 1804 / 1806 / 1810 / 1814 / 1820
1821 / 1822 / 1825 / 1828 / 1829 / 1842 / 1849
Canada - 1656 / 1679 / 1689 / 1730 / 1745 / 1794 / 1836 / 1842 / 1863
Mexico - 1670 / 1671 / 1679 / 1681 / 1701 / 1713 / 1722 / 1771 / 1785
1811 / 1814 / 1842-1845 / 1876
United States
17th century - 1639 / 1646-1648 / 1664 / 1666 / 1676 / 1682
18th century - 1715 / 1718 / 1719 / 1744 / 1755 / 1763 / 1782
1783 / 1784 / 1785 / 1786 / 1794 / 1794 / 1795
19th century - 1801 / 1806 / 1809 / 1810 / 1812 / 1813 / 1814 / 1815
1816 / 1817 / 1818 / 1820 / 1821 / 1822 / 1824
1825 / 1826 / 1827 / 1828 / 1830 / 1830 / 1831
1833 / 1834 / 1835 / 1836 / 1839 / 183- / 1840
1841 / 1842 / 1843 / 1843-1861 / 1844 / 1845 / 1846
1848 / 1849 / 1850 / 185- / 1857 / 1863 / 1871
1873 / 1874 / 1875 / 1876 / 1877 / 1880 / 1883 / 1885
Arkansas - 1863
California - 1657 / 1672 / 1863 / 1869 / 1890
Colorado - 1863
Delaware - 1795 / 1801 / 1812 / 1814 / 1824 / 1838 / 1842
Hawaii - 1835
Idaho - 1863
Illinois - 1863
Indiana - 1863
Iowa - 1863
Kansas - 1863
Maryland -1757 / 1796 / 1812 / 1814 / 1833 / 1842
Massachusetts - 1782 / 1842 / 1863
Michigan - 1863
Minnesota - 1863
Missouri - 1863
Nebraska - 1863
Nevada - 1869
New Hampshire - 1794 / 1842 / 1863
North Carolina - 1590 / 1650 / 1682 / 1709 / 1794 / 1807 / 1863
Oklahoma - 1889
Pennsylvania - 1770 / 1792 / 1796 / 1801 / 1812 / 1830 / 1863
Rhode Island - 1794 / 1814 / 1842 / 1863
South Carolina - 1638 / 1682 / 1703 / 1794 / 1807 / 1814 / 1863
Texas - 1844 / 1845 / 1846 / 1863
Utah - 1863
Vermont - 1777 / 1814 / 1818 / 1842 / 1863
Virginia - 1618 / 1636 / 1676 / 1709 / 1761 / 1794 / 1828 / 1842
West Virginia - 1863
Wisconsin - 1863
Caribbean (whole) - 1666 / 1670 / 1671 / 1672 / 1680 / 1681 / 1696
1702-1707 / 1720 / 1727 / 1731 / 1733 / 1736
1777 / 1786 / 1814 / 1876 / 1889
Antigua and Barbuda - 1702-1707 / 1745
Bahamas - 1702-1707 / 1754 / 1777
Barbados - 1671 / 1700 / 1702-1707 / 1719 / 1745
Bermuda - 1669 / 1671 / 1700 / 1702-1707 / 1745 / 1778 / 1863
Cuba - 1702-1707 / 1777 / 1863
Dominican Republic - 1556 / 1702-1707 / 1731 / 1777 / 1853
Guadeloupe - 1702-1707
Haiti - 1556 / 1702-1707 / 1731 / 1777 / 1814 / 1853
Jamaica - 1671 / 1700 / 1702-1707 / 1719 / 1778 / 1863 / 1900
Martinique - 1702-1707
St. Kitts and Nevis - 1702-1707
U.S. Virgin Islands - 1777 (St. Thomas) / 1777 (St. Croix)
Central America - 1671 / 1679 / 1702-1707 / 1713 / 1731 / 1785 / 1786
South America
South America (whole)
16th century - 1550
17th century - 1630 / 1662 / 1663 / 1675 / 1700
18th century - 1710 / 1717 / 1736 / 1757 / 1760 / 1786 / 1794
19th century - 1825 / 1863 / 1876
Argentina - 1672 / 1702-1707 / 1814
Brazil - 1671 / 1672 / 1681 / 1814 / 1834-1839 / 1863
Chile - 1671 / 1672 / 1809 / 1814
Ecuador - 1672 / 1863 / 1928-1939 / 1928-1939
Paraguay - 1863
Peru - 1671 / 1672 / 1809 / 1814 / 1863
Venezuela - 1666 / 1671 / 1863
Europe
Europe (whole)
17th century - 1603 / 1672 / 1681 / 1700
19th century - 1814 / 1863 / 1871
Belgium - Brabant 1603 / Flanders 1603 / Hainaut 1603 / Liege 1603
Namur 1603 / Flanders 1701 / Flanders 1736 / 1863 / 1928-1939
Bulgaria - 1603
Czech Rep. - (Bohemia) 1603
Denmark - 1603 / 1700 / 1701 / 1702-1707 / 1736 / 1814 / 1863
England - 1603 / 1681 / 1700 / 1710 / 1814 / 1863
Estonia - 1589
Finland - 1700 / 1701 / 1736 / 1814
France - 1603 / 1681 / 1700 / 1701 / 1736 / 1814 / 1826 / 1863
Germany - 1603 / 1681 / 1700 / 1701 / 1712 / 1734 / 1814
Greece - Ancient Greece / 1460 / 1681 / 1700 / 1762
Hungary - 1540 / 1700 / 1712 / 1863 / 1899
Iceland - 1603 / 1672 / 1701 / 1814
Ireland - 1603 / 1681 / 1700 /1701 / 1702-1707 / 1736 / 1814 / 1863
Italy - 1603 / 1700 / 1701 / 1714 / 1733 / 1736 / 1814 / 1863
Latvia - 1589
Lithuania - 1613
Moldova - 1681
Netherlands -1603 / 1681 / 1700 / 1701 / 1736 / 1814 / 1863
Norway - 1700 / 1701 / 1736 / 1814 / 1863
Poland - 1540 / 1558 / 1569 / 1603 / 1648 / 1651 / 1655 / 1668
1681 / 1700 / 1701 / 1736 / 1814 / 1899
Portugal - 1603 / 1700 / 1701 / 1863 / 1928
Romania - 1603 / (Transylvania) 1681
Russia - 1550 / 1603 / 1701 / 1736 / 1863
Scotland - 1603 / 1681 / 1701 / 1702-1707 / 1736 / 1814 / 1863
Spain - 1603 / 1700 / 1701 / 1711 / 1863
Sweden - 1700 / 1701 / 1736 / 1814 / 1863 / 1928
Switzerland - 1603 / 1712 / 1814 / 1863
Africa
17th century - ca.1600 / 1603 / 1670 / 1670ii / 1670iii / 1681 / 1683
18th century - 1736
19th century - 1803 / 1821 / 1830 / 1833 / 1887 / 1898 / 1898ii / 1900
Africa, west - 1556 / 1603 / 1670 / 1681 / 1729 / 1734 / 1745 / 1821
1821ii / 1843 / 1844 / (Nigeria) 1902 / 1906
Africa, north - ca.1460 / (Egypt) 1603 / 1670 / 1683 / (Egypt) 1765 / 1790
Africa, east - 1603 / 1681 / 1710 / 1745
Africa, south - 1670 / 1681 / (Angola/Congo) 1670 / (Madagascar) 1670
1701 / (Angola/Congo) 1733 / (Cape of Good Hope) 1745
(South Africa) 1816 / (Congo) 1885
Asia
17th century - ancient / 1603 / 1603ii / 1681 / 1700 / 1700ii
18th century - 1701 / 1736 / 1736ii
19th century - 1814 / 1863 / 1876
Asia, west - (Levant/Egypt) ancient / (Persia) 1603 / (Arabia)1681
(Turkey/Levant)1700 / 1701 / 1736 / (Arabia) 1745
(Levant) 1830 / (Persia) 1851 / 1863
Asia, south - 1681 / 1701 / 1814 / 1863
Asia, southeast - 1672 / 1681 / 1700 / 1702 / 1814
Asia, east - 1603 / (China) 1603ii / (Japan) 1603iii / (China) 1681
(Japan/Philippines) 1681 / 1700 / 1701 / (China) 1701ii
Map Collection Guides
Guides to our most heavily used antiquarian maps and atlases.
Fire Insurance, Topographic, Zoning and Property Maps of New York City
Early Real Estate Atlas of New York
Maps from the Lawrence H. Slaughter collection
Online Exhibitions
Take a virtual tour of past Map Divsion exhibitions.
Mapping New York's Shoreline: 1609 - 2009 [exhibition catalog]
American Shores: Maps of the Middle Atlantic Region to 1850