1876 Map of Washington, D.C
"GIF" of actual map of the District of Columbia in 1876
ID Number :
1532
John Ogilby's map of Maryland
John Ogilby's map of Maryland was published as part of his America: Being the Latest, and Most Accurate Description of the New World (London, 1671). The orientation of the map showing North to the rightreflects the purpose of the chart design. It is a Portolan, or port-finding chart, used by ship captains approaching the entrance of the Chesapeake Bay from the sea. The cartographer probably copied this map fromCaptain John Smith's influential map of 1608.
ID Number :
6076
Map of the City of Washington
W.I. Stone's Correct Map of the City of Washington,1820.
ID Number :
6080
Plan of the Mall and the Capitol Grounds
Benjamin Henry Latrobe's Plan of the Mall and theCapitol Grounds, 1815.
ID Number :
6079
Robert King's Map of the City of Washington DC
Robert King's Map of the City of Washington in theDistrict of Columbia, 1818.
ID Number :
6078
The 1901 Plan for Washington D.C.
The first explicit attempt to utilize the vaguely classical Beaux-Arts architectural style, which emerged from the World'sColumbian Exposition of 1893, for the explicit intent of beautification and social amelioration was the Senate Park Commission's redesign of the monumental core of Washington D.C.
ID Number :
6084
The Civil War Defenses of Washington, D.C.
With the outbreak of the American Civil War, Washington, DC turned into the training ground, arsenal, supply depot, and nerve center for the Union cause.
ID Number :
6087
The U.S. Capitol Building
Olmsted's 1874 plan to expand the Capitol building. According to the Architect of the Capitol
ID Number :
6083




