https://mamlj.org/ Explore landmark antique maps plate by plate, five centuries of cartography, and practical guides to collecting, teaching, and visiting map collections. https://mamlj.org/maps/africa-2https://mamlj.org/maps/africa-2Sun, 13 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTStudy Nicolas Visscher's celebrated map of Africa from about 1658, its allegorical cartouches, interior detail, and place in Dutch Golden Age cartography. https://mamlj.org/maps/american-military-pocket-atlashttps://mamlj.org/maps/american-military-pocket-atlasSun, 13 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTExplore Sayer and Bennett's 1776 American Military Pocket Atlas, a wartime set of maps that guided British officers during the Revolutionary War years. https://mamlj.org/maps/second-known-example-leo-belgicushttps://mamlj.org/maps/second-known-example-leo-belgicusSun, 13 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTMeet the Leo Belgicus, the famous lion-shaped map of the Low Countries, and learn how its symbolism expressed Dutch identity and political struggle. https://mamlj.org/maps/hishu-nagasaki-zuhttps://mamlj.org/maps/hishu-nagasaki-zuSun, 13 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTExamine the Hishu Nagasaki-zu woodblock map of Nagasaki harbor, its urban detail, temples, ships, and what it shows about Edo-period old Japan. https://mamlj.org/maps/hysterical-map-grand-canyonhttps://mamlj.org/maps/hysterical-map-grand-canyonSun, 13 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTUnpack the Hysterical Map of the Grand Canyon, a witty pictorial tourist map, and trace the rise of illustrated cartoons that sold the American West. https://mamlj.org/maps/goldfield-mining-district-nye-esmeralda-counties-nevadahttps://mamlj.org/maps/goldfield-mining-district-nye-esmeralda-counties-nevadaSun, 13 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTFollow the detailed mining map of Goldfield, Nevada, with its claims, mills, and rail lines, and see how cartography recorded a desert boomtown. https://mamlj.org/maps/explorations-dacota-country-year-1855https://mamlj.org/maps/explorations-dacota-country-year-1855Sun, 13 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTReview the 1855 Explorations in Dacota Country surveys, their routes, river systems, and how federal mapping opened the northern plains to settlement. https://mamlj.org/maps/prestons-sectional-and-county-map-oregon-and-washington-west-cascade-mountains-compiled-unitedhttps://mamlj.org/maps/prestons-sectional-and-county-map-oregon-and-washington-west-cascade-mountains-compiled-unitedSun, 13 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTRead Preston's sectional map of Oregon and Washington west of the Cascades, with counties, townships, and railroad lands for settlers and migrants. https://mamlj.org/maps/boston-massachusetts-and-vicinityhttps://mamlj.org/maps/boston-massachusetts-and-vicinitySun, 13 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTTrace historic maps of Boston and vicinity, from colonial streets to harbor islands, and learn how urban cartography captured a growing port city. https://mamlj.org/maps/manual-corporation-city-san-francisco-containing-map-cityhttps://mamlj.org/maps/manual-corporation-city-san-francisco-containing-map-citySun, 13 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTStudy San Francisco's municipal manual and folding city map, with wards, streets, and public offices that document a booming post-Gold Rush city. https://mamlj.org/maps/descrittione-universale-della-terra-con-luso-del-navigare-placeholderfinancialshttps://mamlj.org/maps/descrittione-universale-della-terra-con-luso-del-navigare-placeholderfinancialsSun, 13 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTAnalyze an early Italian printed world map, the Descrittione Universale della Terra, and its navigational notes in the age of discovery sailing. https://mamlj.org/maps/map-most-inhabited-part-new-england-placeholder-needs-financialshttps://mamlj.org/maps/map-most-inhabited-part-new-england-placeholder-needs-financialsSun, 13 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTInspect a Revolutionary-era map of New England's most inhabited parts, its towns, roads, and military detail for campaigns around Boston and beyond.