Map Collections
Maryland State Archives Map Collections
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Huntingfield Map Collection, MSA SC 1399
Maps relating to the cartography of the Chesapeake Bay. Collection includes A Relation of Maryland, 1635, Popple's A Map of the British Empire in America..., 1733; Blunt's The of the Chesapeake Bay from its entrance to Baltimore, 1804; Smith's Generall History of Virginia, 1612 [1627]; and Ogilby's Noua Terra-Mariae tabula, 1635 [1671]. Reference copies of most maps are available for reference use in the Archives' public search room. See also: Russell Morrison, Edward C. Papenfuse, Nancy M. Bramucci, and Robert J.H. Janson-La Palme, On the Map (Chestertown: Washington College, 1983) and Russell Morrison and Robert Hansen, Charting the Chesapeake (Annapolis: Maryland State Archives, 1990).
Maryland State Archives Map Collection, MSA SC 1427
Hammond Harwood House Atlas Collection of Historical Maps of Maryland, MSA SC 1213
See also: Edward C. Papenfuse and Joseph M. Coale III. Hammond Harwood House Atlas of Historical Maps of Maryland 1634-1908. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1981; and, Edward C. Papenfuse and Joseph M. Coale III. The Maryland State Archives Atlas of Historical Maps of Maryland 1608-1908. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2003.
William T. Snyder Map Collection, MSA SC 2111
Land Surveys, Plats and Other Survey Collections of the Maryland State Archives
For additional geographical surveying and plats, see: Digital Image Reference System for Land Survey, Subdivision, and Condominium Plats.
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Other Finding Aids and Resources
Lourie, Dr. Ira, Johnson U.S. Map Project relating to map editions published by Alvin J. Johnson, A. J. Johnson, Johnson & Browning, or Johnson & Ward maps.
Papenfuse: Atlases and Maps of Baltimore City and County,1876-1915 & Block Maps as of April, 2005
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