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A zoom in on the Mississippi River, with the Arkansas river to the upper left. Arkansas is spelt how it's pronounced- with a W at the end.

Map of the Month: April 2024

The political boundaries of North America have gone through many changes. As part of New Spain, Central America was known as the Captaincy General of Guatemala, or the Kingdom of Guatemala. The territ...

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close up of one of the linguistic maps with the concentrations of the speakers of the Maya/ Maaya T'aan language depicted by the various shapes. The yellow color of the shapes signifies a 5-25% margin of the local population that is fluent in the given language.

New Web Index: 2005 Indigenous Languages of Mexico

The ASU Library Map and Geospatial Hub is pleased to present a collection of newly digitized maps, accompanied by a corresponding web map index: 2005 Indigenous Languages of Mexico. ...

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Historic map showing Oregon and eastern Missouri Territory. The bold, dashed borders reflect the 1849 boundaries between territories established by the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. Solid, bold lines reflect rivers and tributaries of the territories with several dozen labels of the indigenous tribes located in the region.

Map of the Month: February 2022

Our February Map of the Month is an early edition of this map of “Oregon, Upper California, and New Mexico” published in 1849. It depicts the western United States shortly after the 1848 Treaty of Gua...

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Screen grab of Linguistic Map of Mexico and Central America with pop-up box showing language and language family

New Web App: Linguistic Map of Mexico and Central America

Our latest web app, Linguistic Map of Mexico and Central America, is now live and available to the public. ...

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Map of Mexico and Central American nations featuring color-coded regions denoting speakers of different Indigenous languages

Map of the Month: April 2021

Our April Map of the Month is this 1909 Linguistic Map of Mexico and Central America by Cyrus Thomas and J.R. Swanton. It displays the geographic distribution of a variety of Mesoamerican languages an...

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