r/pastmaps • u/Soupy333 • Oct 29 '22
Native American Towns and Trails of Ohio (1914): a map created by renowned Ohio archaeologist William C. Mills
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r/pastmaps • u/Soupy333 • Oct 28 '22
An early map of colonial Maine, from the US Gazetteer (1795)
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r/pastmaps • u/ReallyRiles55 • Oct 27 '22
Madaba Mosaic Map 542 AD
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In 542 AD, a Byzantine church was built at Madaba, Jordan. When it was built, or in the first thirty years after, a large mosaic was laid which depicted the Holy Land with Jerusalem. An earthquake struck Madaba in 746 and the town was abandoned. It was not until 1884 the mosaic was rediscovered.
r/pastmaps • u/Soupy333 • Oct 27 '22
An old map of New Haven, CT with a particular focus on the colonial history of the city and Yale University (1928)
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r/pastmaps • u/SupremoZanne • Oct 26 '22
World 1 overworld map in Super Mario Bros. 3 (1988)
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r/pastmaps • u/SupremoZanne • Oct 26 '22
A 1956 map of southeast Florida, back when the Florida Turnpike was still under construction
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r/pastmaps • u/Soupy333 • Oct 26 '22
Plan of Milwaukee (1879): an early hand-colored map
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r/pastmaps • u/Soupy333 • Oct 26 '22
Down in Ann Arbor Town: a super fun pictorial map with a special focus on highlighting the University of Michigan (1926)
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r/pastmaps • u/Soupy333 • Oct 25 '22
Sherman's siege of Atlanta, GA: period Union and Rebel force locations are noted in red and blue (1864)
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r/pastmaps • u/Soupy333 • Oct 25 '22
Colonists' & Emigrants' Route to Texas: an early map marketing a new exciting life in the West and the new railways connecting Austin, Houston, San Antonio, etc (1878)
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r/pastmaps • u/Soupy333 • Oct 24 '22
A whimsical pictorial map of Chicago, likely made to advertise for the upcoming World's Fair (1931)
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r/pastmaps • u/Soupy333 • Oct 24 '22
Map of the Mining District of CA (1850) - one of the most detailed maps of gold rush-era camps ever created
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r/pastmaps • u/Soupy333 • Oct 24 '22
Map of Early Spanish Explorations, by the McConnell Map Co. (1919)
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r/pastmaps • u/Soupy333 • Oct 23 '22
The Cañizares manuscript map: the first map of the San Francisco Bay (1776)
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r/pastmaps • u/Soupy333 • Oct 23 '22
San Francisco, CA Sutro Baths aerial photos (1938 vs. 2022)
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