Early Maps of the American South
— Links to Archives, Libraries, and Digital Collections

This page contains links to additional materials relating to early maps of the American South. The entries are arranged in the following categories:

1. National Libraries and Archives (North America)
2. National Libraries and Archives (Europe)
3. State and Provincial Archives (North America)
4. Other Libraries (North America)
5. University Map Collections
6. Map Dealers
7. Miscellaneous Sites (Maps)
8. Miscellaneous Sites (Historical Narratives)
9. Cartography and Measurement

[The links in this site were compiled by Vincas P. Steponaitis. Please email comments and suggestions to him at vps@email.unc.edu.]
 

• Library of Congress
• Map Collections
• France in America
• Selections from the d'Anville Collection (BNF)
• The Luso-Hispanic World in Maps
• Spain, the United States, and the American Frontier
• Selections from the LC Luso-Hispanic Map collection
• The Hispanic World, 1492-1898
• Lewis & Clark and the Revealing of America
  • Before Lewis and Clark [See maps posted herein.]
• European Explorations and the Louisiana Purchase
• American Revolution and Its Era
• Maps of the Mississippi River Valley, 1700-1799
• U.S. National Archives
• Cartographic and Architectural Records
• Library and Archives Canada
• Archives Search
• New France Archives
• Atlas Moreau de Saint-Méry (ANOM, COL F3 290)
• Fonds du Dépôt des fortifications des colonies (ANOM, 4DFC)
• Transcription cartographique par Guillaume Delisle (AN, MARINE JJ/6/75)
• Canadiana
• Héritage Search (Archival Collections)
• Héritage Catalog (Archival Collections)

• Bibliothèque nationale de France
• France in America
• Gallica: la Bibliotèque Numérique
• Banque d'images
• Catalogue général
• Catalogue collectif de France
• Les Globes du Roi-Soleil (exhibit on Merly Globes)
• Archives Nationales (Paris)
• ARCHIM Database
• Marine JJ list
• Archives Nationales d'Outre-Mer (Aix-en-Provence)
• IREL catalog (manuscripts)
• Ulysse catalog (images)
• Service historique de la Défense (France)
• Les cartes et plans conservés au SHD à Vincennes
• Catalogue des manuscrits conservés à Vincennes
• Bibliothèques SHD (online catalog)
• Département de la Marine (Catalogue général des manuscrits)
  • Cote 204: Amérique, Cartes Générales [formerly BSH 4040a]
  • Cote 205: Amérique Septentrionale, Cartes Anciennes [formerly BSH 4040b]
  • Cote 206: Amérique Septentrionale, Cours d'Eau [formerly BSH 4040c]
  • Cote 207: Amérique septentrionale, par N. Bellin [formerly BSH 4043]
  • Cote 208: Amérique Septentrionale, Canada [formerly BSH 4044b]
  • Cote 209: États-Unis, Cartes Générales [formerly BSH 4044c]
  • Cote 210: États-Unis, Cartes Particuliéres [formerly BSH 4044c]
• French Louisiana 1682-1803 (Ministry of Culture and Communication, France)
• French Louisiana 1682-1803, Resources
• French Louisiana 1682-1803, French Resources
• French Louisiana 1682-1803, English Resources
• French Louisiana 1682-1803, Other Resources
• French Concessions
• France Archives: Portail national des Archives
• Culture.fr: Collections (Ministry of Culture and Communication, France)
• La Nouvelle-France: Ressources Françaises [Click on "Répertoire de ressources", then click on the small links below the "Sommaire" drop-down box to see alphabetical links to finding aids for historical materials on New France. Direct links to some of these finding aids appear below.]
• Bibliothèque historique centrale de la Marine
• Archives du service historique de l'Armée
• Archives du service historique de la Marine
• Archives nationales, Centre des archives d'outre-mer
• Bibliothèque nationale de France
• Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des cartes et plans, Anville collection
• Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal
• Biblioteca Nacional Digital
• Portal de Archivos Españoles (PARES)
• Archivo General de Indias (Seville)
• Online catalog (PARES)
• Biblioteca Nacional de España
• Online catalog
• Biblioteca Digital Hispánica [Click on "Geografía. Biografías. Historia." then "Geografía."]
• Real Academia de la Historia (Madrid)
• Biblioteca Digital
• Biblioteca Digital: Material cartográfico
• Colecciones del Departamento de Cartografía y Artes Gráficas
• Biblioteca Virtual del Patrimonio Bibliográfico (Ministry of Culture, Spain)
• Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale Di Firenze [National Central Library of Florence]
• Carte geografiche
• Public Record Office, National Archives (UK)
• Catalog Search [Search for "map" under department code "CO", "MPG", or "MR."]
• Image Library
• Map Collections
• British Library
• Map Catalogues
• Images Online
• National Maritime Museum (UK)
• Charts and Maps

• Bibliothèque et Archives nationales Québec
  • Maps and Plans: Collection Numérique
• Musée de la Civilisation, Québec
  • Collections Search (Archives)
• Louisiana Digital Library
• Louisiana State Museum Historical Map Collection
• Maps of Louisiana Collection (LSU Libraries)
• Maps from the Historic New Orleans Collection
• Louisiana Historical Center (Louisiana State Museum)
• Map Collection
• Manuscript Collections
• Colonial Documents
• French Colonial Documents, "Black Books": 1613-1813
• Spanish Colonial Document Index Books: 1769-1804
• Louisiana Colonial Documents Digitization Project
• New Orleans maps (on Flickr)
• Mississippi Department of Archives and History
• Historical Map Collection
• Inventory of Historic Maps of Mississippi
• Maryland State Archives
• Map Collections
• Charting the Chesapeake, 1590-1700
• North Carolina State Archives
• Manuscript and Archives Reference System (MARS)
• North Carolina Maps
• Colony and State Maps (on Internet Archive)
• South Carolina Electronic Records Archives
• Map Collection
• Georgia Archives
• Historic Maps
• Florida Memory
• Early Maps to 1800
• Kentucky Historical Society Map Collection

• Newberry Library
• Online Catalog
• Louis C. Karpinski Map Collection
• Pierre Margry Manuscript Map Collection
• Edward E. Ayer Digital Collection
• Cartes Marines [See sheets 77-86 for manuscript maps of French Louisiana.]
• Maps and the Beginnings of Colonial North America
• The French Colonial Empire, 1500-1800
• Historic Maps in K-12 Classrooms
• Birmingham [Ala.] Public Library: Cartography Collection
• Boston Public Library: Norman B. Leventhal Map Center
• New York Public Library: Digital Gallery [Search for "louisiane" or "mississipi."]
• David Rumsey Map Collection [To search on Google, specify "site:davidrumsey.com").]
• Antique Atlases
• Mississippi River maps
• Historic New Orleans Collection
• Online Catalog
• Maps from the Historic New Orleans Collection (Louisiana Digital Library)
• Vieux Carré Digital Survey
• Maps
• Guide to French Louisiana Manuscripts (Surrey Calendar)
• Guide to Louisiana Resources in Spanish Archives
• Touchton Map Library (Tampa Bay History Center)
• Library of the American Philosophical Society: A Catalogue of Maps
• Huntington Library
• Huntington Digital Library - Maps
• Inventory of the Louis Charles Karpinski Collection, 1500-1799
• Musée de la Civilisation (Québec)
• Collections Search

• Historical Map Archive (University of Alabama)
• North America: Before 1750
• United States: Before 1750
• United States: 1751-1775
• United States: 1776-1800
• Southeast Region: Before 1750
• Southeast Region: 1750-1800
• Warner Map Collection (University of Alabama)
• John Carter Brown Library (Brown University)
• Image Collections
• Map Collection
• Archive of Early American Images
• Calisphere: Maps (University of California)
• University of Florida Digital Collections
• Florida Map Collections
• Florida Maps: Pre-1800
• Historic St. Augustine Collection
• Unearthing St. Augustine’s Colonial Heritage
• Cutter Map Collection (Fort Lewis College)
• William L. Clements Library (University of Michigan)
• Image Bank: Maps
• Fortification Plans from 18th-Century America
• Stephen S. Clark Library (University of Michigan)
• Maps
• C. Harrison Mann, Jr. Digitized Map Collection (George Mason University)
• Hargrett Map Collection (University of Georgia)
• Mapping Louisiana: Louisiana Maps from 1513-1900 (Tulane University)
• John H. W. Stuckenberg Map Collection (Gettysburg College)
• Digital History: Historic Maps (University of Houston)
• Historical Maps Online (University of Illinois)
• W. H. Pugsley Collection of Early Canadian Maps (McGill University Libraries)
• Centre for Newfoundland Studies: Digitized Maps (Memorial University)
• Old Florida maps (University of Miami Libraries)
• James Ford Bell Library: Historical Maps (University of Minnesota)
• Bodelian Library Map Room (Oxford University)
• Darlington Digital Library: Maps (University of Pittsburgh)
• Biblioteca Digital Puertorriqueña: Colección de Mapas raros (Universidad de Puerto Rico)
• University of South Florida Libraries
• Florida Map Collection
• Early Printed Map Collection
• New York State Historical Maps (SUNY-Stony Brook)
• North Carolina Maps (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
• Cartographic Connections (University of Texas at Arlington Library)
• Colonial and Federal Era Maps (U.S. Military Academy)
• Lewis and Clark: Maps of Exploration, 1517-1814 (University of Virginia Library)
• Digitized Kansas Maps (Wichita State University) [Contains many regional and continental maps.]
• Glenn A. Black Laboratory of Archaeology Ethnohistory Map Collection (Indiana University)/a>
• Archives of the University of Notre Dame
• Diocese of Louisiana and the Floridas, 1576-1803
• Yale University Library
• Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library: Digital Collections
• YUL Digital Maps
• North America Historical Maps
• Biblioteca Estense Universitaria (Italy)
• Estense Digital Library
• Mappe e carte geografiche
• Carte geografiche (Maps by shelfmark)

• Geographicus Fine Antique Maps
• Martayan Lan
• PBA Galleries
• George Ritzlin Antique Maps and Prints
• Barry Lawrence Ruderman Antique Maps
• William R. Talbot Fine Art

• National Library of Australia
• Digital Collections: Maps
• Trove search engine: maps [Includes maps from BNF and other repositories.]
• American Geographical Society Digital Map Library
• General Land Office Records (Department of the Interior) [Works best with Internet Explorer.]
• National Historical Geographic Information System (University of Minnesota)
• United States Digital Map Library (US GenWeb Project)
• St. Augustine: Historic Maps
• Exploring Florida Maps (University of South Florida)
• Mapas Históricos de Costa Rica
• Institut Cartogràfic de Catalunya
• Colleccions de mapes
• Memory of the Netherlands
• Maps and Atlases
• Digmap Portal
• Links
• Coin des Cartes Anciennes [Contains many high-resolution maps from BNF.]
• Historic Map Works
• Wikipedia Commons: Maps
• Old maps
• Maps by century
• 18th century maps
• Historical Topographic maps (Maptech)
• MapForum Magazine
• Checklist of Printed Maps of SE America (vol. 1, no. 7)
• The Map Database: Historical Maps on the Web
• Know LA: French Colonial Louisiana (1682-1762), Image Gallery
• La Mesure d'un continent: Atlas historique de l'Amérique du Nord, 1492-1814 (Septentrion)
• Earliest Chicago Maps (Carl J. Weber)
• Renaissance Maps: 1490-1800 (James Siebold)
• MEDEA-CHART Database (Nautical atlases and charts)
• Hispanic Society of America (New York)
• Maps

• Text Archive (Internet Archive)
• The Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents (Internet Archive, indexed by UNC-Chapel Hill)
• The Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents (Library and Archives Canada, by subscription)
• American Beginnings (National Humanities Center)
• American Journeys (Wisconsin Historical Society)
• Natchez Trace Research Collection (University of Southern Mississippi)
• "Le Page du Pratz and Dumont de Montigny: Historians of French Lousiana" by Gordon Sayre
• Antoine-Simon Le Page du Pratz
• Jean-François Benjamin Dumont de Montigny
• "du Pratz, History of Lousiana" by John C. Van Horne

• Map History / History of Cartography
• Conversion factors for old French measurement units (Châteauguay County GenWeb)
• A Dictionary of Units of Measurement (Russ Rowlett, UNC-Chapel Hill)