I’m an old Treasure Hunter, prospector from way back. Brought my first metal detector in England in the 1970’s. Found coins on the Thames foreshore, but worked on cruise ships and detected just about all over the world.
You might be interested in our map website on the Internet. I’m also an old University professor who has a love of old maps, like my grandfather before me.
We are the Global leader in high quality historical maps
We have special discounts for teachers & students.
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 Oregon territory.
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 catalogued 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.