Osher Map Library: Percy Map: Resources

	The "Percy Map" The Cartographic Image of New England and Strategic Planning during the American Revolution Checklist of Resources for the Study of Military Maps Available in the Osher Map Library and Smith Center for Cartographic Education, University of Southern Maine The Osher Map Library houses a number of resources useful in the study of military maps. The rare and original collections include both sheet maps and atlases from the American Revolutionary War though World War II. The reference collection at the Osher Map Library offers a variety of valuable resources including maps in facsimile, atlases, books, and other publications useful in the research of military maps and mapping. Please note that most of the reference materials can be found through the University of Maine's URSUS on-line library catalog.
Rare, Original Materials (a) Sheet Maps	[John Green]. A MAP of the most Inhabited part of New England, (London: T. Jefferys, 1768). Originally owned and annotated in ink by General Hugh, Earl Percy. Osher Collection, OCB4. John DeCosta. A PLAN OF THE TOWN AND HARBOR OF BOSTON, (London: DeCosta, 1775). 1911 facsimile reproduced from an original print at John Carter Brown Library, by Henry Stevens, Son & Stiles, London. Smith Collection, uncataloged military maps, vault. Robert Sayer and John Bennett. THE SEAT OF WAR IN NEW ENGLAND, (London: Robert Sayer and John Bennett, 1775). Osher Collection, OCB4 Robert Sayer and John Bennett. THE THEATER OF WAR IN NORTH AMERICA, (London: Robert Sayer, 1776). Smith Collection, S-410(m). Robert Sayer and John Bennett. THE THEATER OF WAR IN NORTH AMERICA with the ROADS and A TABLE OF DISTANCES, (London: Robert Sayer and John Bennett, 1776). Osher Collection, OCB4. A NEW and ACCURATE MAP of the present SEAT OF WAR in NORTH AMERICA, in Royal Magazine, 1759. Osher Collection, OCA1. Samuel Holland. THE SEAT OF ACTION BETWEEN THE BRITISH AND AMERICAN FORCES, (London: Robert Sayer and John Bennett, 1776). Smith Collection, S-404(m). George Louis le Rouge. THEATRE DE LA GUERRE EN AMERIQUE, in Atlas Ameriquain Septentional (Paris, 1778-1792). Smith Collection, S-427; Osher Collection, OCB4. Louis Brion de la Tour. CARTE DU THEATRE DE LA GUERRE ENTRE LES ANGLAIS ET LES AMERICANS (Paris: Louis Brion de la Tour, 1778). Osher Collection, OCB4. CARTE DE LA PARTIE DE LA VIRGINIE ou L'ARMEE COMBINEE DE FRANCE & DES ETATS UNIS DE L'AMERIQUE a fait prisonniere l'Armee Anglaise commandee par Lord Cornwallis le 19 Octobre 1781 Reproduced by the Library of Congress, under the auspices of the Naval Historical Foundation, 1945. Smith Collection, uncataloged military maps, vault. John Fielding. A MAP OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AS SETTLED BY THE PEACE OF 1783 (London: John Fielding, 1783). Smith Collection, S-442(m). John Fielding. NORTH AMERICA INCLUDING THE UNITED STATES AND THEIR BOUNDARIES, AGREEABLE TO THE PEACE OF 1783 (London: John Fielding, 1783). Smith Collection, S-443(m). Paul de Rapin-Throyas. ATTACK of the REBELS upon FORT PENOBSCOT in the Province of NEW ENGLAND in which their FLEET was Totally destroyed and their Army dispersed the 14.th Aug.st 1779 by an Officer present. From, Rapin's Impartial History of England (London, 1785). Osher Collection, OCC1; Ref Drawer C2/ Folder 1. Richard Phillips. A MAP of the Country which was the scene of operations for The NORTHERN ARMY including the WILDERNESS through which General Arnold marched to attack QUEBEC. From John Marshall's Life of George Washington (Philadelphia: C. P. Wayne, 1806). Osher Collection, OCC1; Ref Drawer C2/Folder 3. William Willis. FALMOUTH NECK AS IT WAS WHEN DESTROYED BY MOWATT OCT. 18,1775. From The History of Portland, from its First Settlement (Portland, 1831). Facsimile of map from the Collection of Nicholas Noyes Ref Drawer C2/Folder 3 BATTLEFIELDS OF THE CIVIL WAR, (Washington: National Geographic Society, 1974). includes 11 insets on reverse Ref Drawer C8/Folder 1. PLAN of the Siege of YORKTOWN IN VIRGINIA (Engraved for Lee's Memoirs of the War, 1827). Smith Collection, uncataloged military maps, vault. James Wyld. STRATEGIC WAR POINTS OF THE UNITED STATES (London: James Wyld, 1862). including 4 insets Smith Collection, uncataloged military maps, vault. War Map JAPAN AND OTHER STRATEGIC PACIFIC AREAS (New Jersey: Standard Oil Company, n.d.). Osher Collection; Military map folder, oversize drawer War Map of THE PACIFIC THEATER (New Jersey: Standard Oil Company, n.d.). Osher Collection; Military map folder, oversize drawer.
Rare, Original Materials (b) Atlases	Robert Sayer and John Bennett. The American Military Pocket Atlas. (London: Robert Sayer and John Bennett, 1776). Smith Collection, S-409. Matthew Carey. A General Atlas for the Present War. (Philadelphia: Matthew Carey, 1794). Smith Collection, S-478. John Marshall. Life of George Washington, 5 volumes (Philadelphia: C. P. Wayne, 1804). Smith Collection, S-538. John Marshall. Atlas for Marshall's Life of Washington. (Philadelphia: C. P. Wayne, 1807). Smith Collection, S-549. John Marshall. Atlas for Marshall's Life of Washington. (Philadelphia: J. Crissy, 1832). Smith Collection, S-712. Atlas to Accompany the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies (Washington: Government Printing Office, 1891-1894). Vols. 1, 4-8, 27, 29, and 31. Gift to be Cataloged drawer, workroom.
Reference Materials	Atlas of Early American History: The Revolutionary Era, 1760-1790 (Princeton: Published for the Newberry Library and the Institute of Early American History and Culture by the Princeton University Press, Cartographic Reference G1201 .S3 A8 1976. Kenneth J. Nebenzahl, Atlas of the American Revolution (Chicago: Rand McNally, Cartographic Reference G1201 .S3 N4 1974. David C. Bosse, Civil War Newspaper Maps: A Historical Atlas (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, Cartographic Reference G1201 .S5 B6 1993. William P. Cumming and Elizabeth C. Cumming, "The Treasure of Alnwick Castle," in American Heritage V. XX No. 5 (August 1969). Cartographic Reference GA405.5 C8527 1969. Emerson D Fite and Archibald Freeman, eds., A Book of Old Maps: Delineating American History (New York: Dover Publications, Cartographic Reference GA405 F5 1969. Peter J. Guthorn, American Maps and Map Makers of the Revolution (Monmouth Beach, NJ: Philip Freneau Press, 1969). Cartographic Reference Z6026 H6 G86 c.2. Hammond Inc., American History Through Maps (Maplewood, NJ: Hammond Incorporated, Cartographic Reference G1201 .S1 H323 1984. J. B. Harley, et al., Mapping the American Revolutionary War (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, Cartographic Reference GA 405.5 H 37. Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division, Civil War Maps: An Annotated List of Maps and Atlases in the Library of Congress (Washington, Library of Congress, 1989). Cartographic Reference GA 405.5 .L5 1989. Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division, The Hotchkiss Map Collection: A List of Manuscript Maps, Many of the Civil War Period. (Washington: Library of Congress, Cartographic Reference GA197 .H67 U54 1951. Edward Lynman. British Map and Map Makers (London: W. Collins, Cartographic Reference GA791 .L9 1947. British Library, Map Library, The American War of Independence, 1775-1783: A Commerative Exhibition Organized by the Map Library and the Department of Manuscripts of the British Library Reference Division, 4 July to 11 November 1975 (London: British Museum Publications for the British Library, Cartographic Reference E289 .B84 1975. Douglas W. Marshall and Howard Peckham, Campaigns of the American Revolution: An Atlas of Manuscript Maps (Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, Cartographic Reference G1201 . S3 M25 1976. Noel O'Reilly, Civil War Maps: A Graphic Index to the Atlas to Accompany the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies (Chicago: Newberry Library, 1987). Cartographic Reference G1201 . S5 U6 1891. Charles Oscar Paullin, Atlas of The Historical Geography of the Unites States (Washington: Carnegie Institution of Washington and the American Geographical Society of New York, 1932). Cartographic Reference G1201 . S3 M25 1976. United States, Naval History Division, The American Revolution, 1775-1783; An Atlas of 18th Century Maps and Charts; The Theaters of Operations (Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1972). Cartographic Reference G1201 .S3 U5 1972; Ref Drawer C8/Folder 1. United States War Department, General Staff, Atlas of the World Battle Fronts in Semimonthly Phases, to August 15, 1945 (Washington, 1945). Cartographic Reference G1038 .U6 1945. United States War Department, The Official Military Atlas of the Civil War (New York: Fairfax Press, 1983). Cartographic Reference G1201.S5 U6 1983. Richard Wilkie, ed., Historical Atlas of Massachusetts (Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press, 1991). Cartographic Reference G1230 H5 1991.