The old 49er Prospectors although gone have left their impressions everywhere. For instance the Southwest is littered with the remnants of disused mining camps and tailings. The old Santa Fe trail can still be followed across the prairies, but you have to locate the wagon tracks. We have found many of our customers have been looking for these old maps that indicate just these forgotten icons of the past. So we are able to supply this documentary evidence of the original settlers, pathfinders, miners in our gallery or make the effort to locate an item for you.

My suggestion to these healthy, outdoor people is buy some old maps of their area. Although greatly changed by years of progress many of the original trails, although now faded can be even located today. One of the great assets for this type of adventure can be the United States Geological Survey maps. Known Nationwide as Topo maps this can be very detailed survey maps that have been available since their 19th century inception, to the current series. This government "Topo" maps are so accurate, that the early additions would identify even the smallest of human habitat. A common dot was not a blemish on the paper, but would indicate a pioneers shack or cabin. I used these maps for years to find long-forgotten human activity, which would explain small mounds of broken glass of other debris. A good, healthy walk using these cartographic surveys can locate old Indian trails, which can no longer be distinguished on a modern map. In addition, our maps go back prior to the advent of finding gold in California. Gold and other precious metals have been found throughout North America. The Spanish were melting gold into ingots, back in the 16th century before they realized that California was not an ISLAND. Stories of treasure abound throughout our land, as well as hidden hoards of gold buried by the the Jesuit missionaries. Course I can't guarantee you will find a lost mine, but their is still a lot of lost stuff out there--but you got to know where to look.

THAT IS WHAT OLD MAPS DO! IT IS YOUR RESEARCH TOOL! THEY LEAD YOU INTO THE PAST.

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We specialize in county land ownership maps for family genealogists. One of our largest collections containing California property ownership wall maps of the 19th century.



Please visit our website and navigate the progressive gallery of maps, dating back to the 15th century.



We also have a growing collection of Spanish Southwestern & Eastern French, British Colonial period maps, including maps of early surveyed territories.



Maps of the Past, Inc., has become THE destination for family genealogy, historians, geologists, treasure hunters, mineral prospectors and anyone else interested in historical maps. Our current library and archives with numbers reaching 10,000 offers maps from as early as the 16th Century, in categories including, but not limited to: US maps, State maps, County maps, Township maps, City maps, Plat maps or Landowner maps, Railroad maps, Civil War Battle maps, Mining maps, Colonial maps, USGS Topo maps, USCS Nautical Survey maps, River maps, Lewis and Clark maps, Panoramic or Bird's Eye View maps, Territory maps, Statehood maps, Political maps and charts, Census maps, Demographic maps, and Indian Territory maps, including maps of Europe. For the avid genealogist we specialize in one of a kind Land Ownership maps. This is the fulfillment of all dreams to locate an ancestors name on our remarkable list of real estate property maps. Approximately 1500 of these maps have been painstakingly restored, whereas. the remainder are being restored upon request. With access to hundreds of thousands of additional maps, most requests can be fulfilled for maps of areas with populations of 40,000 or more, including old world maps.



We also have the necessary full size printers to produce, outstanding colored prints in our collection.



We are a family business run by a retired university professor, who has been collecting maps forever and his grandfather before him. The majority of the cartographic collection, that represents thousands, have never been cataloged or even scanned.



Our main objective is to restore the historical maps to not quite perfection, for future preservation. We are the Leader in Archival reproductions of high quality HISTORICAL MAPS, of which we sell through auctions, to the general public, commercial and government agencies.



Our maps have been acquired by many prestigious academic institutions, such as Johns Hopkins University.



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