This collection includes maps associated with overland and Pacific exploration, as well as maps documenting settlement and urban growth in the Pacific Northwest.
The historical map collection has over 80,000 maps and images online. The collection includes rare 16th through 21st century maps of America, North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa, Pacific and the World.
This is a collection of “persuasive cartography,” maps intended primarily to influence opinions or beliefs—to send or reinforce messages—rather than to communicate objective geographic information.
Provides live access to federal land conveyance records for the Public Land States, including image access to more than five million federal land title records issued between 1820 and the present. It also has images related to survey plats and field notes, dating back to 1810.
Historical maps from the Sanborn fire insurance map company from 1867 to 1970 that show details of buildings and urban infrastructure.
Historical maps from the Sanborn fire insurance map company from 1867 to 1970 that show details of buildings (including construction materials, use of buildings, and name of owners), streets, lot lines, and neighborhood infrastructure like roads and water mains are included. Because the maps were published at different times, each one shows a snapshot of the neighborhood in a different historical era. Maps of hundreds of Oregon, Washington, and California towns and cities are included.