The Hargrett Rare Books and Manuscripts Library at the University of Georgia maintains a collection of about 800 historical maps spanning nearly 500 years, from the sixteenth century through the early twentieth century. The Hargrett Library collection provides scholars with a graphic resource for researching this time span. These maps include works of the early cartographers such as Sebastian Munster, Gerard Mercator, and Willem Blaeu. All of our maps are available in this Library in digital format, but only a subset of them are on this site. Of the maps offered through this WWW home page, the organization is by the general time period, location and two miscellaneous categories; city maps from Georgia and transportation maps. The early maps in this collection are of the New World. Early maps of America begin with those of Colonial America, and continue with Revolutionary America. Maps of the state of Georgia begin with Revolutionary Georgia. The first century of America's existence as a nation is reflected in maps from the period of Union and Expansion. The American Civil War is represented by a series of maps depicting historic sites and battles. The next phase in Georgia's history are from the nineteenth century, reflecting the period from Yazoo to the New South. The map collection includes some city maps of Georgia's cities. Georgia's coastal areas are represented by a series of maps representing the Atlantic seaport region from Savannah to Charleston. In the history of this country, transportation played a very important role; this section includes rail, river, and highway maps. These maps were scanned from microfilm negatives at 2400dpi; they are very large JPEG files (400 K average).