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Not happy with the resolution, but...
Maps from US Library of Congress
The library of Congress has an exhibit titles Mapping a New World. I was able to take a few pictures while visiting today, thought some of you might like. Lighting and other conditions are poor, so the color is off on many of these. I suspect someone could find better images of these maps, and I might go looking for them myself, but thought to share what I have.
These are all early American and western hemisphere maps.
Schoner's Celestial Globe, printed 1517
Not happy with the resolution, but...
This one was not so red, it's the lighting
This is part of a map of St. Augustine, Florida, 1595.
Venice, though I couldn't tell you why this one was in the collection. Kids were dragging me out. Again, not naturally red, it's the museum/archive lighting.
Cordova. Same as above, thought this was an interesting perspective.
John Mitchell's map of the American Colonies 1755. Used to draw the boundaries on the 1783 Treaty of Paris.
A British version similar to the John Mitchell map. I can't make out the placard on this one
Trans-Allegheny Region (Mississippi & Ohio River Valleys) by Thomas Hutchins 1778.
This one was titled "The Second Map Made and Printed in the United States" The placard says that until recently it was said to have been the first map of the US (as an independent country), but has been relegated to second.
