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Map of Wisconsin-Minnesota Region

Date: 1769
Description: Manuscript map. Scale: about 80 British statue miles to 1 inch.
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Partie Occidentale du Canada

Date: 1776
Description: In French: "Partie Occidentale du Canada et septentrionale de la Louisiane avec une partie de la Pensilvanie." A map showing graticule and six European sca...
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Map of the Northern Part of the United States

Date: 1798
Description: Uncolored. No scale. One of the earliest maps to show the proposed division of the northwest territory into states.
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A Map of the British and French dominions in North American with the Roads, Distances, Limits, and Extent of the Settlements

Date: 1755
Description: From "A map of the British and French dominions in North American with the roads, distances, limits, and extent of the settlements".
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Wisconsin and Minnesota

Date: 1733
Description: From "A map of the British Empire in America with the French and Spanish settlements adjacent thereto". This is the Wisconsin and Minnesota section.
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British dominions in North America, according to the treaty in 1763

Date: 1772
Description: Scale: about 180 miles to 1 in.
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Map of English and French Territories in North America

Date: 1755
Description: Color map of North American territories owned by the English and by the French. Scale: about 115 milles d'Angleterre to 1 inch. French title is "Carte des ...
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A Plan of the Straits of St. Mary and Michilimakinac

Date: 1761
Description: A plan of the Straits of St. Mary and Michilimakinac, to shew the situation and importance of the two westernmost settlements of Canada for the fur trade. ...
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Map of United States

Date: 1784
Description: Map of The United States of America according to the Treaty of Peace of 1784.
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Partie occidentale de la Nouvelle France ou Canada / Par Mr. Bellin, ingenieur de la marine.

Date: 1755
Description: Hand-colored. Paris: 1755. Scale [ca. 1:3,000,000].
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Carte des lacs du Canada, pour servir à l’Histoire générale des voyages / par M.B. ing. de la Mar

Date: 1757
Description: The Canadian Lakes. Scale [ca. 1:6,500,000]. Paris: 1757.
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Paese de' selvaggi Outagamiani, Mascoutensi, Illinesi, e parte delle VI Nazioni

Date: 1778
Description: This Italian map from 1778 depicts the upper portion of the Old Northwest. Rivers and lakes are identified and relief, real and imagined, is depicted picto...
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Plan of the City of Washington

Date: 1792
Description: Map of Washington D.C. Labeled on the map are all the main streets, the site of the Capitol and the President's House. The map also shows the relationship ...
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An Exact Map of the Five Great Lakes with Part of Pensilvania, New York, Canada, and Hudsons Bay Territories : From the Best Surveys

Date: 1760
Description: This map shows lakes, rivers, forts, settlements, and Native American tribal territory. The southern boundary of the Hudsons Bay Company is labeled. Relief...
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A Map of Virginia According to Captain Iohn Smith's Map Published anno 1606: Also of the Adjacent Country Called by the Dutch Niew Nederlant, anno 1630

Date: 1735
Description: Map of the Chesapeake Bay region and surrounding areas, with north oriented towards the right. A few forts, rivers, and bays are labeled, as are the region...
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A Map of the Country in Which the Army Under Lt. General Burgoyne Acted in the Campaign of 1777: Shewing the Marches of the Army & the Places of the Principal Actions

Date: 1780
Description: Detailed topographical and political map of the area from Lake Champlain to Albany and the Hudson River. Relief is shown through hachures. The map shows ci...
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A Map of the Tennassee Government, Formerly Part of North Carolina

Date: 1795
Description: Map of the new state of Tennessee. It shows borders, numerous boundary lines (particularly Native American boundaries), towns (European and Native American...
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A Map of the Tennassee [sic] Government: Formerly Part of North Carolina from the Latest Surveys

Date: 1796
Description: Map of the new state of Tennessee. It shows borders, numerous boundary lines (particularly Native American boundaries), towns (European and Native American...
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Map of the state of Kentucky with the Adjoining Territories, 1795

Date: 1795
Description: Detailed map of Kentucky and most of Tennessee. The map shows the borders, counties, cities, towns, Native American towns, forts, roads, mountains, lakes, ...
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Kentucky, Reduced from Elihu Barker's Large Map

Date: 1795
Description: Detailed map of Kentucky showing counties, cities, towns, Native American towns, forts, salt licks, roads, prairies, mountains, lakes, and rivers. Numerous...

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