History of Jacksonville, FL: Maps of Jax

Floridae Americae provinciae by Jacques Le Moyne de Morgues, 1591. Source: Yale Library

Virginia item et Floridae Americae provinciarum, nova descripto by Jodocus Hondius, ca 1606. Source: Yale Library 

Figure et descrition de la terre reconue et habitee par les Francois en la Floride et audeca, gisante par los 30-31 et 32-degrez by M. Marc Lescarbot, 1618. Source: Yale Library.

Florida, et regiones vicinae, 1640. Source: Yale Library

Virginiae partis australis, et Floridae partis orientalis, interjacentiumq[ue] regionum nova descriptio by Willem Janszoon Blaeu, 1640.
Source: USF Digital Collections.

A new discription of Carolina by order of the Lords proprietors by James Moxon, 1671. Source: Yale Library

La Floride by Pierre Duval d'Abbeville, 1675. Source: BnF Gallica

 La Floride Françoise dressée sur la relation des voiages que Ribaut, Laudonier, et Gourgues y ont faits en 1562, 1564 et 1567 by Pierre Duval, 1677.
Source: BnF Gallica

Names and approximate locations of La Florida's Franciscan missions at the end of the 16th century. Source: Murder and Martyrdom in Spanish Florida: Don Juan and the Guale Uprising of 1597.

Regni Mexicane seu Novae Hispanie Ludovicianae N. Angliae Carolinae Virginiae et Pensylvanie neenom insularum archipelagi Mexicani in Amerrica Septentrionali by Baptista Homanno, 1720. Source: Biblioteca Nacional de España (via Flickr).

A map of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands with the adjacent parts by Mark Catesby, ca. 1731. Source: Yale University Library.

Coast from St. John's River to Savanna, 1740. Source: John Carter Brown Library at Brown University.

A New Map of Georgia, with Part of Carolina, Florida and Louisiana. Drawn from Original Draughts assisted by the most approved Maps and Charts by Emanuel Bowen, 1748. Source: Stanford University Library

Spanish Trail Map of Florida by Archer Butler Hulbert, 1750. Source: Florida Memory.

A new & accurate map of the provinces of North & South Carolina, Georgia &c. by Emanuel Bowen, 1752. Source: Library of Congress

A new & accurate map of Louisiana, with part of Florida and Canada, and the adjacent countries by Emanuel Bowen, 1752. Source: Library of Congress

Carte de la Louisiane et des pays voisins, dédiée à M. Rouillé, sécretaire d'État, ayant le Département de la marine by Jacques Nicholas Bellin, 1755.
Source: Library of Congress

A Map of Georgia and Florida. Taken from the latest and most accurate surveys. Delineated and drawn by a scale of 69 English miles to a degree of Latitude by Thomas Wright, 1763. Source: Digital Library of Georgia

East Florida by Thomas Jeffreys, 1769. Source: University of South Florida Digital Commons

An accurate map of North America. Describing and distinguishing the British, Spanish and French dominions on this great continent; exhibiting the present seat of war, and the French encroachments. Also all the West India Islands belonging to, and possessed by the several European princes and states. The whole laid down according to the latest and most authentick improvements by Emanuel Bowen, John Gibson, and Robert Sayer, 1755. Source: Library of Congress.

The West-India atlas, or, A compendious description of the West-Indies : illustrated with forty correct charts and maps, taken from actual surveys : together with an historical account of the several countries and islands which compose that part of the world, their discovery, situation, extent, boundaries, product, trade, inhabitants, strength, government, religion, &c. by Thomas Jeffreys, 1775. Source: Library of Congress

A general map of the southern British colonies in America, comprehending North and South Carolina, Georgia, East and West Florida, with the neighboring Indian countries, from the modern surveys of Engineer de Brahm, Capt. Collet, Mouzon, & others, and from the large hydrographical survey of the coasts of East and West Florida by Bernard Romans, 1776. Source: Yale University Library

Portefeuille 138 du fonds du Service hydrographique de la Marine consacré aux côtes de Floride et de Louisiane by John William Gerard de Brahm, 1779. Source: BnF Gallica

Plano numero 1. de la barra, y Rio de San Juan desde su entrada hasta dos millas mas arriba del paso de San Nicolas, manifestandose en su curso todos los baxos, sacatales, caños, y ys. las que comprehende, y tambien la de la barra chica, situacion do los reductos, y colocacion de los barcos para su defenza, y caminos que deven tomarse para la retirada los defensores by Mariano de la Rocque, 1791. Source: Library of Congress

Map of the Southern Dominions of the United States by Laurie & Whittle, 1794. Source: Georgia Archives

Map of Florida by Charles Black Vignoles and Henry Schenck Tanner, 1823. Source: Library of Congress.

NOTE: This is the first map we were able to locate on which Jacksonville appears under that name.

Map of the territory of Florida, from its northern boundary to lat. 27⁰30ʹN, connected with the delta of the Mississippi : annexed to the report of the Board of Internal Improvement dated Febr. 19th, 1829, relating to the canal contemplated to connect the Atlantic with the Gulf of Mexico and describing the inland navigation parallel to the coast from the Mississippi to the Bay of Espiritu Santo and from St. Mary's Harbour to St. Augustine by William Henry Swift (1829). Source: Library of Congress

Map of Florida by John Lee Williams (1837). Source: Florida Memory

Map of the seat of war of Florida by Colonel John James Abert (1838). Source: Yale Library

"Florida" in A new universal atlas, containing maps of the various empires, kingdoms, states and republics of the world : with a special map of each of the United States, plans of cities, &c., comprehended in seventy sheets and forming a series of one hundred and seventeen maps, plans and sections by Henry Schenck Tanner (1844). Source: Library of Congress

State of Florida by Joseph Goldsborough Bruff (1846). Source: Library of Congress

Map of 1847 Jacksonville by N.R. Child, 1925. Source: History of Jacksonville, Florida and Vicinity, 1513-1924

Map of Jacksonville in the 1850s by T. Frederick Davis, 1925. Source: History of Jackonville, Florida and Vicinity, 1513-1924

Preliminary Chart of the Entrance to St. Johns River, Florida by A.D. Bache, 1856. Source: Florida Memory

Map of the City of Jacskonville, East Florida, 1859. Source: History of Jacksonville, Florida and Vicinity 1513 to 1924

Map of Jacksonville and vicinity, Florida, showing defenses by William H. Dennis, 1864. Source: National Archives

Northern Part of Florida (Olustee {Ocean Pond} and Raids on Jacksonville by U.S. Coast and Geodesic Survey, 1865. Source: Library of Congress

County map of North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and Florida by H.H. Lloyd and Co., Warner and Beers, 1872. Source: University of North Carolina Library

Bird's Eye View of Jacksonville, Florida by Augustus Koch, 1873. Source: Knowol.com

Official map of the city of Jacksonville, Florida by Horace Drew, 1878. Source: New York Public Library

Duval County, Florida, 1885 by Francis Le Baron. Source: Library of Congress

Map of the city of Jacksonville and suburbs, Duval County, Florida by Francis Le Baron, 1885. Source: New York Public Library

Tourist Map of Jacksonville, Florida by Jacksonville, Tampa, and Key West Railway Company, 1885. Source: Florida Memory

Map of Jacksonville, Florida by Francis Le Baron, 1887. Source: Florida Memory

Correct Map of Florida Showing the Jacksonville, Tampa and Key West System, the Tropical Trunk Line and Connections by Matthews, Northrup, & Co., 1891. Source: University of Florida Digital Collections.

Pine (Main) Street Conflagration of August 18, 1891 by T. Frederick Davis, 1925. Source: History of Jacksonville, Florida and Vicinity, 1513-1924

Bird's Eye View of Jacksonville, Florida by Augustus Koch, 1893. Source: Knowol.com

Map of the city of Jacksonville and vicinity by U.S. War Department, 1895. Source: National Archives

Duval County, Florida by Francis Le Baron, 1898. Source: Library of Congress

Map of district burned on May 3, 1901 by T. Frederick Davis, 1925. Source: History of Jacksonville, Florida and Vicinity, 1513-1924

Map of Duval County by Roland Woodward, 1906. Source: Florida Memory.

Duval County by Richard J. Scott, 1914. Source: Jacksonville Public Library

Florida, Jacksonville Quadrangle by U.S. Geological Survey, 1918. Source: University of Florida Digital Collections

Florida (Mayport Quadrangle) by U.S. Geological Survey, 1918. Source: University of Florida Digital Collections

St. Johns River, Jacksonville to the Ocean by Ellis, Curtis, & Kooker, 1925. Source: History of Jacksonville, Florida and Vicinity, 1513-1924

Jacksonville Beach Quadrangle, Florida, 1948. Source: U.S.G.S. TopoView

Map of Jacksonville, Florida by U.S. Geological Survey, 1950. Source: U.S.G.S TopoView

Census Enumeration District - Florida - Duval County - Jacksonville -ED 68.1-299 by U.S. Census Bureau, 1950. Source: National Archives

Census Enumeration District Maps - Florida - Duval County- Jacksonville Urbanized Area - ED 16-10 to 26, 16-37 to 44, 16-50 to 70, 16-92-121 by U.S. Census Bureau, 1950. Source: National Archives

Mayport Quadrangle, Florida-Duval County, 1950. Source: U.S.G.S. TopoView

Jacksonville, Florida by U.S. Geological Survey, 1964. Source: U.S.G.S. TopoView

Jacksonville Beach Quadrangle, Florida, 1964. Source: U.S.G.S. TopoView

Mayport Quadrangle, Florida-Duval County, 1964. Source: U.S.G.S. TopoView

Florida 1:50,000 Jacksonville by U.S. Geological Survey, 1977. Source: University of Florida Digital Collection

Florida 1:50,000 Mayport by U.S. Geological Survey, 1977. Source: University of Florida Digital Collection.

Jacksonville, Florida by U.S. Geological Survey, 1977. Source: U.S.G.S. TopoView

Jacksonville, Florida - Georgia, 1988. Source: U.S.G.S. TopoView

Jacksonville Quadrangle, Florida - Duval County, 1994. Source: U.S.G.S. TopoView

Jacksonville Beach Quadrangle, Florida, 1994. Source: U.S.G.S. TopoView

Mayport Quadrangle, Florida-Duval County, 1994. Source: U.S.G.S. TopoView

Jacksonville Quadrangle, Florida - Duval County, 2012. Source: U.S.G.S. TopoView

Jacksonville Beach Quadrangle, Florida, 2012. Source: U.S.G.S. TopoView

Mayport Quadrangle, Florida-Duval County, 2012. Source: U.S.G.S. TopoView

Jacksonville Quadrangle, Florida - Duval County, 2021. Source: U.S.G.S. TopoView

Jacksonville Beach Quadrangle, Florida, 2021. Source: U.S.G.S. TopoView

Mayport Quadrangle, Florida - Duval County, 2021. Source: U.S.G.S. TopoView