Historical Chart and Map Collection

http://chartmaker.ncd.noaa.gov/csdl/ctp/abstract.htm

This site, created by the US Office of Coast Survey (OCS) provides access to historic coastal charts and maps dating mainly from the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. The maps and charts available on the site predominantly cover the United States. (A smaller selection of material covering Antarctica, Guam, Puerto Rico and the Gulf of Mexico is also provided). The maps and charts can be browsed by state/region or by type. Separate sections on new additions to the site and on charts created by the U.S. Coast Survey cartographers for the Union Army during the Civil War can also be browsed. For each image listing the year of publication of the map and a description is given. It is possible to view the images in two different ways; they can either be viewed as a gif file on a browser or downloaded as a tif file.