Perry-Castañeda Library
Map Collection

Historical Maps of the United States

Early Inhabitants Exploration and Settlement Territorial Growth Military History Later Historical Maps Other Historical Map Sites


Early Inhabitants (From The National Atlas of the United States of America (Arch C. Gerlach, editor). Washington, D.C.: U.S. Dept. of the Interior, Geological Survey, 1970)

Exploration and Settlement (Except as noted, from The National Atlas of the United States of America (Arch C. Gerlach, editor). Washington, D.C.: U.S. Dept. of the Interior, Geological Survey, 1970)

U.S. Territorial Growth

Military History Maps (Except as noted, from American Military History, United States Army Center of Military History, 1989)

Later Historical Maps

For Additional Maps: U.S. Historical Maps on Other Web Sites