Isto está acontecendo com vários outros pacotes.
PS: Acabei de instalar o R na minha máquina.
> install.packages(mapdata)
Error in install.packages(mapdata) : object 'mapdata' not found
> install.packages("mapdata")
--- Please select a CRAN mirror for use in this session ---
Warning message:
package ‘mapdata’ is not available (for R version 3.4.2)
> library(mapdata)
Error: package ‘maps’ required by ‘mapdata’ could not be found
Desde já, obrigada!!