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Maps (documents)

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Use the singular form Map for Digital Object title

Found in 519 Collections and/or Records:

A Portion of the Duck Pond and Stroubles Creek Area, V.P.I. and S.U. Campus

 Collection — Object 1
Identifier: Map-0313
Abstract

Map shows the Duck Pond and Stroubles Creek on the campus of Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. It includes the topography of the area, as well as a legend for the map.

Dates: 1980

A Settlement Map of Franklin County, Virginia, giving the Names and Locations of Many of the Early Settlers from 1786 to 1886

 Collection — Object 1
Identifier: Map-0229
Abstract

Historical map of Franklin County, Virginia, is surrounded by historical notes and bordered by names of significant historical figures.

Dates: 1976

A Settlement Map of Wythe County, Virginia, Giving the Names and Locations of Many of the Early Adventurers in the Territory from 1745 to 1858 (historical map) (2 copies)

 Collection — Object 1
Identifier: Map-0182
Abstract

This historical map of Wythe County, Virginia, was compiled from maps, historical records, and traditions by J. R. Hildebrand. It contains a brief history of the county surrounding the map, and on the map are identified locations for incidents of historical interest. The map is bordered by a list of names of men who, presumably, lived in the county. The bottom left corner contains a map of smaller scale, so one can find Wythe County in wouthwestern Virginia.

Dates: 1974

A Survey of the Northern Neck of Virginia (reproduction)

 Collection — Object 1
Identifier: Map-0036
Abstract

Full title reads: "A Survey of the Northern Neck of Virginia, Being the Lands Belonging to the Rt. Honorable Thomas Lord Fairfax Baron Cameron, Bounded by and Within the Bay of Chesapoyocke and Between the Rivers Rappahannock and Potowmack with: The Courses of the Rivers Rappahannock and Potowmack, in Virginia as Surveyed According to Order in the Years 1736 and 1737." Facsimile numbered, certified, and dated.

Dates: 1737

A Topographical Map of the Guy's Run Iron Lands, Rockbridge Co., Va. (reproduction)

 Collection — Object 1
Identifier: Map-0126
Abstract

Map shows topography of Guy's Run Iron Lands in Rockbridge County, Virginia. Map also gives summary of acreage for different plots in the mapped area.

Dates: 1878

A True Mapp of the Town of Williamsburg (historical reproduction),

 Collection — Object 1
Identifier: Map-0089
Abstract

Map of Williamsburg, with the full title: "A true Mapp of the Town of Williamsburg--incorporated, 1722--at one time the Capital of the Colony of Virginia" Scale is in furlongs. Contains various engravings surrounding the map, showing various events, the seal of the College of William and Mary, and the arms of the Colony. Also contains an explanation of the plate.

Dates: 1940

Abingdon Quadrangle

 Collection — Object 1
Identifier: Map-0816

Alleghany County, Virginia, Showing Primary and Secondary Highway Systems

 Collection — Object 1
Identifier: Map-0224
Abstract

Map shows highways of Alleghany County, Virginia, with a mileage table and some inset maps of individual towns.

Dates: 1940

Americæ Pars, Nunc Virginia (reproduction)

 Collection — Object 1
Identifier: Map-0032
Abstract

Cartouche contains the following text as the full title: "Americae pars, Nunc Virginia dicta, primum ab Anglis inuenta sumtibus Dn. Walteri Raleigh, Equestris ordinis viri Anno Dm. MDLXXXV regm verso Sereniss: notrae Reginae Elisabethae XVII. Hujus vero Historia peculiari Libro discripta est, additis etiam Indigenarum Iconibus." The box on the upper left reads, "Autore Ioanne with Sculptore Theodoro DeBry, Quiet excud."

Map is a photocopy.

Dates: 1585

An Exact Copy of a Plan of the Town of Richmond (reproduction)

 Collection — Object 1
Identifier: Map-0166
Abstract

Hand-drawn map shows layout of Richmond along the James River, with notes identifying which lots had been "taken up." Reproduction was created in 1974.

Dates: 18th century