Collections: Maps

Introduction

The Latin American Library's Maps Collection include more than 4,000 maps and archaeological site drawings. Geographical areas represented most strongly are Mexico, Central America, Peru, and Brazil. In addition to historic maps, the Latin American Library collects national and regional maps of every country in Latin America, and urban maps of national capitals and smaller cities in areas of particular interest.

The Latin American Library Map Database

This online database provides citations and abstracts for over 3,600 maps in the Latin American Library's special collections.

• List of entire contents of the Latin American Library Map Database (.doc)
  

Historic Maps

Most of the Latin American Library's historic maps are also listed in

An inventory of the manuscript collections of the Department of Middle American Research / prepared by Historical Records Survey, Division of Women's and Professional Projects, Works Progress Administration.
Tulane University. Middle American Research Institute. Library.
New Orleans, La. : Department of Middle American Research, Tulane University of Louisiana, 1937-1941.
4 v. ; 27 cm.
F 1421.T955 Howard-Tilton Latin American Library

Volume 3: Maps in the Frederick L. Hoffman Collection (1939) - 852 maps
Volume 4: Maps in the Library of the Middle American Research Institute (1941) - 889 maps.

Online Maps of Latin America

• The Luso-Hispanic World in Maps / Western Hemisphere (Library of Congress)
• Maps of the Americas (University of Texas at Austin, Perry-Castañeda Library)
• Maps [of Latin America] (LANIC - University of Texas at Austin)
• Maps of Nicaragua 1965-1987, A Cartobibliography (by Claire Englander. UC-Berkeley Library)
• National Imagery and Mapping Agency / GEOnet Names Server (National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency)