09.10.08 Added an image for map 1763.7 and a new 1703 map with image. Added an item to the Pittsburgh 250 page and a 1942 map to State Road Maps. Other minor changes.

07.13.08 Added an image for map 1735.2. Added links for Library of Congress copies on the Wall Maps page and a few other pages. Removed map 1755.37, a manuscript map listed also as 1755.35.

07.03.08 Added slideshows using Google Picasa Web Albums for: 1) the 1908 Pittsburgh souvenir folder accessed from the Pittsburgh 250 page; 2) courthouse views accessed from the County Seats & Courthouses page; 3) 19th century maps accessed from the 19th Century Maps page; 4) oil company road maps accessed from the Oil Company Road Maps page. All slideshows can be seen at the link http://picasaweb.google.com/mapsofpa,

06.15.08 Added a 1928 trip map to the Early Gulf Road Maps of Pennsylvania article.

05.18.08 Added material to the Pittsburgh 250 page including all of a 1908 souvenir folder. Other minor changes.

04.20.08 Added a new page showing maps of Pittsburgh because 2008 is the city's 250th anniversary.

04.03.08 Added an image for map 1782.17. Other minor changes.

02.10.08 Added a 1782 map attributed to Brion de la Tour and a circa 1792 Spanish map which is a copy of map 1783.7. Added an image for map 1657.3. Manuscript maps for 1641, 1699, and 1754 from a new reference by Hayes were added that have not been seen illustrated elsewhere.

01.10.08 Expanded the 1920s Oil Company Road Maps page to include more maps. Added an 1877 map of the Oil Belt of Clarion County to the County Wall Map list page. Added an image for map 1796.9.

12.22.07 Added an additional image for map 1775.6 and a new image for map 1766.1. Added an Italian map for 1787. Added four new maps to the article on Gulf road maps. Reloaded all pages, some with minor changes.

11.25.07 Added a new image for map 1759.6 and revised the description. Added an image for map 1791.5. Added a 1794 map from Morse's geography. Other minor changes.

11.10.07 Added an 1883 Opperman oil fields map to the Wall Map List page. Added an image for map 1758.6.

09.15.07 Moved a 1785 map of the Delaware River to 1778 as date of first appearance and added an image for it. Added an image for map 1790.4. Deleted the 1626 Samuel Purchas map Virginia et Florida as not extending far enough north to include the state. Added a new image for the 1933 state road map and a new map for the 1906 General Road Maps section. A manuscript map of 1683 with image was added. Other minor changes.

08.5.07 Added several maps to the Early Gulf Road Maps of Pennsylvania article. Moved 2 maps in this article previously dated 1923 back to 1922 as a better date estimate.

07.15.07 Added an image for map 1792.3. Moved a 1778 map to 1777 as date of first appearance. Added a couple maps to the Gulf road map article. Other minor changes.

07.01.07 Added a 1928 map to the Gulf road map article. Added a 1695 manuscript map.

06.15.07 Added a couple printed maps and several manuscript maps from the Revolutionary War period listed in Guthorn (1972). Other minor changes.

05.27.07 Added an image for map 1798.4. Added a couple circa 1779 manuscript maps, and a 1795 map.

05.15.07 Added an article titled Lubrication Ads on Old Road Maps. Added an image for map #1783.11. Other minor changes.

04.25.07 Added a new map for 1755 from London Magazine and one for 1780 from Universal Magazine. Other minor changes.

04.08.07 Moved a 1700 map of New Jersey to 1677 as date of first appearance. Removed a previously added 1683 Hennepin map as it shows all of North America and hence does not meet the definition of a Pennsylvania map used here. Added new maps for 1624,1676,1677,1678,1681,1682,1697, most obscure playing card maps. A new map for Kittanning added to County Seats & Courthouses section. Added images for maps 1780.4, 1781.2. Other minor changes.

03.15.07 Added an image for map 1777.12, and a 1799 map with image.

03.01.07 Continued installing higher resolution images on 19th century maps. Added new maps for 1862, 1875, 1881, 1892, 1894, 1895. Added views of old courthouses taken from Day to the County Seats & Courthouses pages.

02.15.07 An anonymous circa 1785 French map added. Continued installing higher resolution images on 19th century maps up to 1850. The 1821 map was moved to 1825, its apparent date of first appearance. A new 1821 map added. New maps added for 1830, 1833, 1834, 1839, 1841, 1849. Other minor changes.

01.15.07 Added an image for maps #1736.1, #1799.11. Added a 1760 map with image. Higher resolution images were installed for several maps up to 1800. Added a circa 1820 map of Huntingdon County to the Early County Maps page. Added a new map for 1803 and began installing higher resolution images for 19th century maps.

12.15.06 Reconfigured the Early County Maps page to include only maps up to 1840, and the County Wall Maps page to include maps from 1840 to 1900. This results in two 1840s wall maps moved to the Wall Maps page. Added images for maps #1765.2, 1777.34, 1785.7, 1796.3. Added improved images for several maps taken from Winsor. Added a 1683 French map by Hennepin with image, and a 1527 manuscript map with image. Added a favicon to the address line. All pages reloaded, some with minor changes.

11.06.06 A 1584 map titled La Florida appearing in later editions of Ortelius' atlas was added, although it can only figuratively be said to include the state. A new image added for map #1794.6. Revised road maps for sale table on Shameless Sales page. Other minor additions.

10.22.06 A couple additional maps added to the Early Gulf Road Maps of Pennsylvania article. Other minor changes.

10.07.06 Google ads inserted on some pages. Other minor changes.

09.12.06 A number of manuscript maps listed in Docktor were added to the Checklist. Other minor changes.

08.25.06 An article titled Cartobibliography of Pennsylvania Maps Prior to 1800 by John W. Docktor was added to the articles section. Added an image for map 1795.8, and some additional references. Added a couple Philadelphia maps to Checklist. Other minor changes.

08.15.06 Installed a new section called County Seats & Courthouses of Pennsylvania, which shows a map of each county seat and a view of its courthouse.

08.10.06 Replaced 1967 map in General Road Maps section.

07.30.06 Added images for maps 1755.27, 1767.2, 1771.4, 1777.19. Added new 1777, 1779 maps. Added a 1923 map to the Early Gulf Road Maps of Pennsylvania article.

07.15.06 An image was added for map 1719.7, 1783.7, 1784.4. Other minor changes.

06.30.06 Added images for maps 1778.3, 1778.29. Since some of the web pages are long, added a link at the page top that goes directly to the page bottom without scrolling. Added a 1989 map to general road maps section. Other minor changes.

05.30.06 Added images for maps 1791.1, 1784.11, and 1785.6. Other minor change.

04.30.06 Added a couple circa 1830 county maps published by H. S. Tanner to the Early County Maps page. 1930's and 1940's map pages added to Twentieth Century maps.

04.15.06 Added a 1590 manuscript map online at the National Maritime Museum collections. Also added to item 1782.9 that the same book contains a page of small maps, one of which is Philadelphia. Added an image for item 1757.5. Other minor changes.

03.10.06 Condensed the Atlas Sampler onto one page, nothing new added. Added an enhanced image for a 1764 Bellin map. Other minor changes.

02.25.06 Added two new circa 1793 maps and an image for a 1747 map. Added a 1923 map to the Early Gulf Road Maps of Pennsylvania article. Added an 1826 map to the Early Maps page in General Road Maps and a 1944 map. Added a 1987 map to Oil Company Road Maps. Other minor changes.

01.30.06 Added an image for a 1616 map. Revised article on Gulf road maps with some new images. Other minor changes.

01.12.06 Added a 1746 map and more detailed images for 1671 Montanus, 1774 Bonne, and 1784 Moser maps.

12.20.05 All pages reloaded, some with minor changes. Added images for 1774, 1784 maps. Added new road maps for 1934, 39, 45.

11.22.05 Added a 1685 map of the Caribbean which includes an inset map of the middle Atlantic region, and a 1784 manuscript map of Pittsburgh recently sold at auction.

10.30.05 Added an 1822 map of the old National Road to the Early Maps page in Road Maps. Other minor changes.

10.15.05 Added a new map with image for 1785. Added images for 1729, 1758, and 1799 maps. Other minor changes.

09.16.05 Added an article The Early Gulf Road Maps of Pennsylvania. Added new maps for 1726, 1782. Several manuscript maps for the years 1732, 1742, 1743, 1747, 1750, 1755, 1757, 1758, 1759, 1763, 1769, and 1770 listed in the American Philosophical Society map archives added. The maps for 1606 and 1607 were removed. Although these maps show land above the Chesapeake, the latitude markings extend only to 39 degrees and so the maps do not include Pennsylvania. Added a 1597 map of the Hudson Bay region which appears to extend far enough south and east to include the state. Added a 1609 map of New France which appears to extend far enough south and west to include the state. Other minor changes.

08.30.05 Added a northeast map circa 1759, a circa 1775 Pennsylvania map, and an image for a 1757 Bellin map of the Great Lakes. Several manuscript maps of western forts dating from the French & Indian War period added. Maps of Forts Bedford, Augusta, and Ligonier redated from 1756 to 1758-59. Added a 1946 map to General Road Maps.

08.01.05 Maps for 1803, 1819, 1848 replaced by other maps to broaden the maps shown. A 1797 manuscript map with image added. Other minor changes.

07.15.05 Added an image for a 1754 map. Deleted a 1768 French map as identical to a 1756 map. Replaced 1820, 1865, and 1878 maps with others. Also replaced 1893, 1901, 1902, and 1970 maps in General Road Maps with others.

07.05.05 Added images for 1754, 1783, and 1794 maps. Two 1777 Italian maps were moved to 1763 as date of first appearance. Other minor changes.

06.22.05 Added images for 1737, 1781 French maps, and for 1776 and 1779 maps. Deleted a duplicate manuscript map description; other minor changes.

06.10.05 Moved John Rocque's maps to 1765, the date of publication. Added an 1867 "driving" map to the road map section and an 1876 map to the county wall map list. Added a 1755 French ms. map of Fort Duquesne.

05.27.05 Added 1758, 1761 maps of Fort Duquesne and a 1794 map of the northeast. Added images for 1768, 1778 maps.

05.12.05 Redated a 1775 map by Euler to 1753.

04.23.05 Added images for 1775, 1799 maps. Other minor changes.

03.25.05 Added an image for a 1765 map. Corrected dating on a 1937 road map. Other minor changes.

03.15.05 Added images for 1631 and 1757 maps. Added several new maps to 1750-1800 checklist. Added image gifs for large picture files to speed page downloads.

03.05.05 Refined the checklist from 1750 to 1800, added several new maps and images, and removed a couple duplications.

02.15.05 A first cut at extending the Checklist of Pennsylvania Maps from 1750 to 1800 has been installed. Because of the large number of maps, two pages are now used for each decade after 1750. An image for a 1650 map has been added.

01.05.05 New maps added for 1785 and 1789. The 1777 map was moved to 1750, its date of first appearance. The anonomous and undated German map previously dated 1785 was moved to 1777 as a more accurate dating. A 1992 state road map added and the misdating of a 1989 Gousha road map corrected to 1985.

12.15.04 Manuscript maps from 1519 and 1682 added. A new page of 1920's maps added. All pages reloaded, some with minor changes.

11.20.04 New maps were added for the years 1760, 1781, 1782, 1808, 1812, 1813, 1816, 1829, 1851, 1852, 1868, 1890, 1896, 1904, 1908, 1910; this broadens the map types and issuers presented. A 1923 state road map added.

11.16.04 Added an image for a 1675 map. Other minor changes.

10.31.04 Added an image for a 1687 map. Other minor changes.

09.30.04 Added an image for a 1683 Sanson map. Removed a couple dead links. Other minor changes.

09.15.04 Added a 1716 map image and an 1865 Venango county map to the wall map list. Added images for the 1703 Lahontan maps. Other minor changes.

08.31.04 The site was down from 8/25 - 8/31 while migrating to a new server package. Added a 1744 map that just barely includes Pennsylvania, a 1698 Spanish map, and reference to a 1704 surveyor's manuscript map. Added an article on latter nineteenth century Pennsylvania mapping. Other minor changes.

08.12.04 Added a 1700 manuscript map found in British Library listings and 1708 and 1721 maps by Moll. Deleted 1744 map as identical to 1721 map. Other minor changes.

07.30.04 Added an 1897 bicycle map to the Road Maps section. Other minor changes.

07.15.04 Added a 1747 map of the Chesapeake Bay by Bowen which includes a strip of southeast Pennsylvania. Also added a 1734 French map which is a reduced version of a 1718 map. Other minor changes.

06.30.04 Added a 1705 map by Homann that is an earlier version of a listed 1715 map by Schenk. Other minor changes.

04.30.04 Added a 1716 manuscript map. Added 5 road maps to fill in gaps. Other minor changes.

04.20.04 Added Google search engine to site. Made outside links open in a new window. Other minor changes.

04.01.04 Moved 1688 map from Morden's Geography Rectified to 1680 as date of first appearance. Added improved images for several maps.

03.15.04 Added a 1737 map. Added a note on disregarding emails from this site as the work of spammers.

02.10.04 Added an article on 17th century maps.

01.20.04 Added a map for 1809. Added an article on maps and architecture.

12.30.03 Reloaded all pages, some with minor changes. Created a new Articles page to present writing on Pennsylvania mapping, contributions welcome. Removed the 1809 map as mis-identified and the same as the 1815 map. Added an image for a 1683 map.

12.04.03 Moved the 1630 map by Minuet to 1639. Added another 1639 map with image and tried to clarify the different versions of Vingboons manuscript maps thought to derive from the original Minuet map. Added an image for a 1688 map and Moll's 1729 map; also added a new 1729 map. Deleted a 1630 map as identical to a 1628 map and moved the image to that map. Other minor changes.

11.19.03 Removed recently added 1714 map as nearly identical to 1707 map, and added an image for the 1707 map. Revised origin of 1809, 1812 maps.

10.30.03 Added 1714, 1743 maps and a 1702 manuscript map. Added 1701, 1710 maps with image. Added 10 new map images. Removed a 1732 map as identical to a 1719 de Fer map, a 1730 map which did not include anything of Pennsylvania, and a 1677 map which was another issue of a 1653 map. Added oil company road maps for Parco, Enco, and an example of an Independent dealers map. Other road maps reorganized to make room.

08.30.03 Added map images for 1686 and 1744 maps.

08.25.03 Added Samuel Purchas 1626 map and image for 1727 map, and some new references. Other minor changes.

07.15.03 Added a 1744 map of the Great Lakes by Bellin to the list. Other minor changes.

06.20.03 Added images for 1791 and 1717 maps. Other minor changes.

06.15.03 Revised the county wall map and early county map lists.

05.15.03 Added 1727, 1749 map listings. Removed 1705 map as identical to 1702 map. Extended wall map list to 1900. Other minor changes.

04.30.03 Added an example of a Whiteside map to Early County Maps page. Added a new map for 1864 of the Gettysburg Battlefield. Added links to images of several county atlases. Other minor changes.

04.10.03 Added 1696, 1745 maps. Removed a 1747 map as identical to a 1744 map. Added all of the Whiteside manuscript maps to the Early County Maps page. Other minor changes.

03.26.03 Removed 1719 map as identical to 1683 map. Added reference to a couple of 16th century manuscript maps. Added new maps for 1776 and 1802.

03.16.03 Added new maps for 1547, 1683, 1684, along with two new images; modified table graphics to align map thumbnails with description; other minor changes.

03.07.03 Added images for 1682, 1688, 1788. Removed Morden 1700 map because identical to the 1688 map. Replaced previous 1858 map with the geological map of Henry Rogers.

03.02.03 Added images for 1688, 1690, and a 1707 map; other minor changes. Moved discussion of De Vries maps from 1630 to 1655, the date of publication for De Vries' journal.

03.01.03 Added a 1749 map and new reference, other minor changes.

02.19.03 Added a couple 17th and 18th century maps from a new reference, Papenfuse & Coale. Minor editing and redating of a 1690 map to 1684.

01.10.03 Added several general road maps and a 1728 map not listed.

01.06.03 Added an 1809 map image, thus showing an image for every year in the 19th and 20th centuries.

12.30.02 Simplified page graphics. Added a website CD-ROM available for $29.95.

12.15.02 Expanded road map section and divided into three parts. Added several new maps and images. Updated and reloaded all pages.

11.01.02 Added 1732 map. Modified 1670's, 1680's page and added reference.

10.26.02 Added 1639 map.

10.21.02 Removed 1664 Seller map of New Jersey as later date of 1675 is considered first issue.

10.15.02 Added 1689 image.

10.14.02 Added 2 images, revised 1650s, 1690s, 1740s.

10.12.02 Added about 14 new images. Moved Lindstrom maps from 1655 to 1691, the date of his death. Revised 8 pages to accomodate new images.

10.09.02 Removed Visscher and Danckerts 1690's maps as being identical to the 1685 maps.

10.07.02 Added Champlain's maps since they can be considered to show northern Pennsylvania. Added a 1683 image and Jenkins reference.

9.20.02 Minor changes to 1600-1630, 1680, 1730, and Introduction.

9.15.02 Revised to use as checklist of Pennsylvania maps to 1750. Added several new images. Added road maps for sale.

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