American Passages, a website for the American Passages textbook, includes numerous maps, listed by chapter.

From: Harcourt College Publishers

Individual Maps

Caribbean in 1763, a map of the Caribbean in 1763 created by the Woodson Institute's Digital Mapping Project.

From: The Carter G. Woodson Institute for Afro-American and African Studies

Modern Caribbean, a map of the modern Caribbean created by the Woodson Institute's Digital Mapping Project.

From: The Carter G. Woodson Institute for Afro-American and African Studies

Outline Map of the Southeast, for taking notes.

From Scott Foresman

Admission of States and Territorial Acquisition, a map showing the current boundaries of the United States and their origins with the dates of admission of states.

U.S. Bureau of the Census
From: SunSITE Alberta

U.S. Bureau of the Census
From: SunSITE Alberta

Boundaries of the United States, an animated map showing the development of national and state boundaries in the United States.

Created By: Ed Stephan, Western Washington University

The South in the American Revolution, 1778-1781, a map of the South during the American Revolution showing dates and locations of engagements.

American Military History, United States Army Center of Military History, 1989
From: SunSITE Alberta

The United States During the Civil War, 1861-1865, a map of the United States showing Union states and territories in one color and Confederate states in another color.

The Century Atlas of the World, 1900
From: Cultural Resources

Union Occupation During the Civil War, 1861-1865, a map showing Union occupation of the Confederate states during the Civil War.

American Military History, United States Army Center of Military History, 1989
From: SunSITE Alberta

Confederate States of America, a map showing limits of northern control and Federal forts never in Confederate control.

D. W. Meinig, The Shaping of America: A Geographical Perspective on 500 Years of History (New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1993), vol. 2, p. 485.

The Borderlands and Some Fracture Lines, a map showing regions of dissent in the North and the South during the Civil War.

D. W. Meinig, The Shaping of America: A Geographical Perspective on 500 Years of History (New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1993), vol. 2, p. 488.

Map Collections

• The American Revolution and Its Era, 1750-1789, a collection by the Library of Congress of maps of North America and the West Indies during the Revolutionary Era searchable by geographic location.
• South in the Revolution Maps, a collection of maps from the University of Georgia.
• Exploring the West from Monticello, a past map exhibit on Lewis and Clark from Alderman Library at the University of Virginia.
• Railroad Maps, 1828-1900, a collection of railroad maps by the Library of Congress searchable by geographic location.
• Maps of Liberia, 1830-1870, a collection by the Library of Congress of maps of a free black settlement in Africa sponsored by the American Colonization Society.
• Panoramic Maps Collection, 1847-1929, a collection by the Library of Congress of panoramic maps.
• Antebellum South Maps, a collection of maps from the University of Georgia.
• Civil War Maps, a collection of Civil War maps by the Library of Congress searchable by geographic location.
• Civil War Maps, a collection of maps from the University of Georgia.

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