Category: Imagery

American Revolution and Its Era: Maps and Charts of North America and the West Indies, 1750-1789

Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division

Commercial
Yes
Format
Several
Coverage
United States (thirteen colonies and early states), with Canada and the West Indies
Last updated
Added to findgis 31 Oct 2026 · Update frequency Irregular

The set documents mapping during the American Revolution and its era, drawn from a 1981 Library of Congress guide.

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Source and attribution

Publisher
Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division
License
See publisher
Commercial use
Yes
Attribution required
No
Modification allowed
See publisher
Redistribution allowed
See publisher
Share-alike
No
Publisher rights statement (loc.gov collection Rights & Access, Geography and Map Division, read via ?fo=json): "The content of the Library of Congress Geography and Map Division digitized collections is free to use and reuse unless a Rights Advisory statement is present that indicates otherwise." Credit line requested: "Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division." Free-to-use wording, commercial use yes; the maps are not federal works, so the label is See publisher, not Public domain. Check an item's Rights Advisory before reuse.License text
Type
Raster
Time
1750–1789
Extent
-179.217.6-64.571.4West, south, east, north. Approximate region extent.

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