Historical Map & Chart Collection of NOAA's Nautical Charts, Hydrographic Surveys, Topographic Surveys, Geodetic Surveys, City Plans, and Civil War Battle Maps Starting from the mid 1700's

Description

The Historical Map and Chart Collection of the Office of Coast Survey contains over 20000 historical maps and charts from the mid 1700s through the late 1900s. These images are available for viewing or download through the image catalog at https://historicalcharts.noaa.gov/historicals/search . The Collection includes some of the nation's earliest nautical charts, hydrographic surveys, topographic surveys, geodetic surveys, city plans and Civil War battle maps. The Collection is a rich primary historical archive and a testament to the artistry of copper plate engraving technology of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Notable offerings include maps of Vancouver's explorations, the "Wilkes Atlas" of the U.S. Whistler's Anacapa Island chart, an extensive Civil War collection, a large scale topographic series of Washington, D.C., city plans, the reengraving of the famous 1792 L'Enfant and Ellicott plan for Washington D.C., and many artistic perspective sketches that were once an integral part of hydrographic surveys and published charts.

Resources

Name Format Description Link
0 The information provided on this page seeks to define how the GCMD Keywords are structured, used and accessed. It also provides information on how users can participate in the further development of the keywords. https://www.earthdata.nasa.gov/learn/find-data/idn/gcmd-keywords
0 View the complete metadata record on InPort for more information about this dataset. https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/39977
21 Main webpage. http://www.nauticalcharts.noaa.gov/csdl/ctp/abstract.htm
33 NOAA Data Management Plan for this record on InPort. https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inportserve/waf/noaa/nos/ocs/dmp/pdf/39977.pdf
0 | File Compression: MrSid Compression http://historicalcharts.noaa.gov/historicals/historical_zoom.asp
0 | File Compression: MrSid Compression http://historicalcharts.noaa.gov/historicals/historical_zoom.asp

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  • topographic maps
  • south america
  • virgin islands
  • national ocean service
  • canada
  • west indies
  • civil war maps
  • oceans
  • nautical charting
  • historical maps
  • doc/noaa/nos/ocs
  • historical charts
  • united states
  • noaa
  • marine navigation
  • aeronautical charts
  • mexico
  • global
  • city plans
  • office of coast survey
  • u.s. department of commerce
  • ocs
  • bathymetric maps
  • hydrographic surveys
  • middle east
  • asia
  • greenland
  • phillipine islands
  • europe
  • africa
  • puerto rico
  • pacific ocean
  • russia

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