US Southeast

Historical maps and views of the American Southeast.

Archival Category: Regional Cartography | Era: 19th Century | Geography: North America | Holdings: 27 items.

Cataloged Works in this Collection

  • A NEW MAP OF ARKANSAS with its CANALS ROADS & DISTANCES

    Cartographer / Artist: Henry Schenck Tanner (H. S. Tanner)

    Date: 1836

    Medium: Engraving with original hand coloring

    Dimensions: 15.8 x 17.3 inches

    Location: Arkansas, United States

    A detailed early map of Arkansas published around the time of its statehood in 1836, featuring county divisions, steamboat routes, proposed rail and canal lines, and distance tables.

  • ARKANSAS.

    Cartographer / Artist: Thomas Gamaliel Bradford / George Washington Boynton (engraver)

    Date: 1838

    Medium: Engraving with original hand color

    Dimensions: 11.5 x 14.5 inches

    Location: Arkansas, United States

    Published shortly after Arkansas achieved statehood in 1836, this early map by T.G. Bradford delineates early county boundaries, river networks, settlements, and adjacent Indian Territory in delicate hand coloring.

  • MAP OF THE STATE OF KENTUCKY AND PART OF TENNESSEE.

    Cartographer / Artist: Unknown (American School)

    Date: c. 1835–1845

    Medium: Map

    Dimensions: 10.9 x 7.7 inches

    Location: Kentucky and Tennessee, United States

    A detailed mid-19th-century regional map depicting the state of Kentucky along with the northern portion of Tennessee, highlighting early counties, towns, river systems, and topography.

  • TENNESSEE & KENTUCKY

    Cartographer / Artist: Thomas Gamaliel Bradford / G. W. Boynton

    Date: 1835

    Medium: Map

    Dimensions: 12.3 x 8.6 inches

    Location: Tennessee and Kentucky, United States

    Engraved by G. W. Boynton for T. G. Bradford's 1835 atlas, this detailed map depicts early county configurations, river networks, canals, and nascent rail lines across Kentucky and Tennessee.

  • Johnson's Kentucky and Tennessee

    Cartographer / Artist: A. J. Johnson

    Date: 1865

    Medium: Map

    Dimensions: 14 x 22 inches

    Location: Kentucky and Tennessee, United States

    A vibrant mid-19th-century map by A.J. Johnson depicting county configurations, topography, river systems, and rail networks across Kentucky and Tennessee at the close of the American Civil War.

  • KENTUCKY AND TENNESSEE.

    Cartographer / Artist: W. & A.K. Johnston / A. & C. Black

    Date: c. 1870

    Medium: Map

    Dimensions: 18.2 x 11.2 inches

    Location: Kentucky and Tennessee, United States

    A detailed late 19th-century map depicting county divisions, rail lines, and topography across Kentucky and Tennessee, engraved by W. & A.K. Johnston for A. & C. Black's general atlas series.

  • VIEW OF THE CITY OF CHATTANOOGA, TENNESSEE, FROM THE NORTH SIDE OF THE TENNESSEE RIVER.

    Cartographer / Artist: Harper's Weekly

    Date: 1863

    Medium: Print

    Dimensions: 15.6 x 10.1 inches

    Location: Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States

    Published during the American Civil War in *Harper's Weekly*, this wood engraving depicts a panoramic view of Chattanooga, Tennessee, featuring Lookout Mountain, the Tennessee River, a military pontoon bridge, and Union soldiers resting in the foreground.

  • KENTUCKY AND TENNESSEE

    Cartographer / Artist: Sidney E. Morse & Samuel Breese

    Date: 1845

    Medium: Map

    Dimensions: 16.5 x 12.5 inches

    Location: Kentucky and Tennessee, United States

    A detailed mid-19th-century cerographic map of Kentucky and Tennessee showing county divisions, towns, transportation routes, rivers, and canals during a period of rapid regional development.

  • A New Map of Tennessee with its Roads and Distances from place to place along the Stage & Steam Boat Routes

    Cartographer / Artist: Henry S. Tanner (Engraved by J. & W. W. Warr)

    Date: 1836

    Medium: Map

    Dimensions: 17.0 x 13.8 inches

    Location: Tennessee, United States

    A detailed 1836 pocket-style map of Tennessee from Tanner's Universal Atlas, showing county lines, stage roads, steamboat routes with distance tables, and inset maps of Nashville and Knoxville.

  • JOHNSON'S KENTUCKY AND TENNESSEE

    Cartographer / Artist: A. J. Johnson & Benjamin P. Ward

    Date: 1862

    Medium: Map

    Dimensions: 26.3 x 18.3 inches

    Location: Kentucky and Tennessee, United States

    A detailed Civil War–era map of Kentucky and Tennessee highlighting county divisions with original hand coloring and vignettes of the State House in Nashville and the Entrance to Mammoth Cave.

  • Mississippi River - Sheet No. 2 (25 to 41 miles above Cairo)

    Cartographer / Artist: A fascinating hydrographic chart documenting the complex sandbars, chutes, and channels around Powers Island during the later stages of the Civil War.

    Date: 1865

    Medium: Map

    Dimensions: 📐 16.2 × 23.9 in / 41.1 × 60.7 cm

    Location: Cairo, Illinois, United States

    A fascinating hydrographic chart documenting the complex sandbars, chutes, and channels around Powers Island during the later stages of the Civil War.

  • Mississippi River - Sheet No. 4 (62 to 78 miles above Cairo)

    Cartographer / Artist: A highly intricate chart mapping the challenging river navigation channels around Tower Island, Evans Landing, and Sheffield.

    Date: 1865

    Medium: Map

    Dimensions: 📐 16.0 × 24.0 in / 40.6 × 61.0 cm

    Location: Mississippi River, United States

    A highly intricate chart mapping the challenging river navigation channels around Tower Island, Evans Landing, and Sheffield.

  • Mississippi River - Sheet No. 5 (78 to 96 miles above Cairo)

    Cartographer / Artist: A stark, beautifully rendered survey highlighting the precipitous geography along the river banks, including Devil's Backbone and Fountain Bluffs.

    Date: 1865

    Medium: Map

    Dimensions: 📐 17.0 × 25.6 in / 43.2 × 65.0 cm

    Location: Grand Tower, Illinois, United States

    A stark, beautifully rendered survey highlighting the precipitous geography along the river banks, including Devil's Backbone and Fountain Bluffs.

  • Parts of Missouri, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi and Arkansas

    Cartographer / Artist: Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (SDUK) / J. & C. Walker

    Date: 1833

    Medium: Engraving with original hand coloring

    Dimensions: 13.5 x 16.0 inches (34 x 41 cm)

    Location: Central United States

    Published in London by Baldwin & Cradock for the SDUK, this finely engraved regional map depicts the central Mississippi River Valley, highlighting county lines, early roads, post offices, and indigenous villages across seven mid-southern states.

  • North America Sheet XIII: Parts of Louisiana, Arkansas, Mississippi, Alabama & Florida

    Cartographer / Artist: Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (SDUK) / J. & C. Walker

    Date: 1833

    Medium: Steel engraving with hand-colored outlines

    Dimensions: 13.5 x 16.25 inches

    Location: Southern United States (Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Arkansas, Florida)

    Engraved by J. & C. Walker for the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, this highly detailed 1833 map illustrates the Deep South and Gulf Coast, highlighting parish/county boundaries, major waterways, early transportation routes, and Native American tribal lands.

  • North America. Sheet XII. Georgia with parts of North & South Carolina, Tennessee, Alabama & Florida.

    Cartographer / Artist: Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (SDUK)

    Date: c. 1833

    Medium: Steel plate engraving with hand-colored outline

    Dimensions: 13.5 x 16.25 inches

    Location: Georgia, United States

    A finely engraved 19th-century map of Georgia and neighboring Southeastern states, illustrating early county formations, Cherokee territories, topographical features, and postal routes.

  • MISSISSIPPI & ALABAMA

    Cartographer / Artist: Thomas Gamaliel Bradford

    Date: c. 1835

    Medium: Engraving with original outline hand color

    Dimensions: 11 x 14 inches

    Location: Mississippi and Alabama, United States

    A detailed early 19th-century map depicting the states of Mississippi and Alabama, highlighting early county divisions, Native American territories, rivers, and planned railroad and canal routes during a period of rapid antebellum development.

  • Johnson's Kentucky and Tennessee

    Cartographer / Artist: A. J. Johnson & Benjamin P. Ward

    Date: 1862

    Medium: Hand-colored steel engraving

    Dimensions: 18.0 x 24.5 inches

    Location: Kentucky and Tennessee, United States

    A finely detailed Civil War-era map of Kentucky and Tennessee featuring Johnson & Ward's signature decorative fretwork border and three vignette engravings depicting the Nashville State House, Iron Works, and Mammoth Cave.

  • NORTH CAROLINA, SOUTH CAROLINA, and GEORGIA.

    Cartographer / Artist: Thomas Gamaliel Bradford / Engraved by G. W. Boynton

    Date: 1838

    Medium: Engraving with original hand color

    Dimensions: 10 x 13 inches (25.4 x 33 cm)

    Location: Southeastern United States (North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia)

    An attractive 1838 map of the American Southeast published in Bradford's *Illustrated Atlas*, delineating county boundaries, early railroads, canals, and physical geography across North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia.

  • Neuse River, North Carolina

    Cartographer / Artist: * "3269" written in pencil in the bottom right border.* Rich hachuring and terrain shading details.* Minor handling folds, sheet remains crisp and white.

    Date: circa 1870s

    Medium: Map

    Dimensions: 📐 34.9 × 22.8 in / 88.6 × 57.9 cm

    Location: New Bern, North Carolina, United States

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  • ALABAMA.

    Cartographer / Artist: Thomas Gamaliel Bradford / Engraved by George Washington Boynton

    Date: 1838

    Medium: Engraving with original outline hand color

    Dimensions: 11 x 14.5 inches

    Location: Alabama, United States

    A detailed 1838 map of Alabama published in Thomas G. Bradford's *An Illustrated Atlas*, illustrating early county formations, river systems, towns, and transportation routes during a period of rapid southern development.

  • ALABAMA.

    Cartographer / Artist: Thomas Gamaliel Bradford / Engraved by George Washington Boynton

    Date: 1838

    Medium: Engraving with hand coloring

    Dimensions: 11 x 15 inches

    Location: Alabama, United States

    A finely detailed 1838 map of Alabama by Thomas G. Bradford displaying early county configurations, roads, rivers, and township divisions during the late Jacksonian era.

  • Rice Culture on the Ogeechee, Near Savannah, Georgia

    Cartographer / Artist: Alfred Rudolph Waud (A. R. Waud) / Harper's Weekly

    Date: 1867

    Medium: Wood engraving

    Dimensions: 11 x 16 inches

    Location: Ogeechee River, Savannah, Georgia, United States

    Created by famed Civil War artist Alfred R. Waud for the January 5, 1867 issue of *Harper's Weekly*, this detailed composite wood engraving illustrates the intricate steps and infrastructure of coastal rice cultivation along Georgia's Ogeechee River, featuring vignettes of ditching, reaping, flood gates, and threshing mills.

  • Savannah's Sesquicentennial Celebration

    Cartographer / Artist: Horace Bradley

    Date: 1883

    Medium: Wood engraving

    Dimensions: 11 x 16 inches

    Location: Savannah, Georgia, USA

    This 1883 Harper's Weekly wood engraving features sketches by Horace Bradley depicting key events from Savannah's 150th anniversary, including Oglethorpe's landing, Governor Stephens' speech, and a military parade along Bay Street.

  • View of Tallulah Falls—Ladore Cascade—Georgia [with Portrait of Miss Agnes Robertson]

    Cartographer / Artist: S. Edmon (artist), Milburn (engraver), Frederick Gleason (publisher)

    Date: c. 1852–1853

    Medium: Wood engraving with letterpress

    Dimensions: 11 x 15 inches

    Location: Tallulah Falls, Georgia, United States

    A complete illustrated page from *Gleason's Pictorial Drawing-Room Companion* featuring a fine wood engraving of the Ladore Cascade at Tallulah Falls, Georgia, accompanied by a portrait of Scottish actress Agnes Robertson and contemporary descriptive text.

  • SOUTH CAROLINA.

    Cartographer / Artist: Thomas Gamaliel Bradford (Publisher), George Washington Boynton (Engraver)

    Date: 1838

    Medium: Engraving with original hand coloring

    Dimensions: 11.5 x 14.5 inches (sheet)

    Location: South Carolina, United States

    Published in T.G. Bradford's *An Illustrated Atlas*, this fine 1838 map engraved by G.W. Boynton details South Carolina's antebellum judicial districts, major towns, roads, and coastal features.

  • Johnson's Georgia and Alabama

    Cartographer / Artist: A.J. Johnson

    Date: 1863

    Medium: Lithograph with original hand coloring

    Dimensions: 18.0 x 26.5 inches

    Location: Georgia and Alabama, United States

    A finely detailed Civil War-era map of Georgia and Alabama published in *Johnson's Family Atlas*, displaying county divisions in distinct pastel hand coloring along with early railroad networks, coastal soundings, and major towns.