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| Date: | 1710 |
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| Description: | A seminal and fairly accurate map of the Great Lakes Region up to Baffin's Bay in Northern Canada. This is possibly the first printed map to locate Detroit... |
| Date: | 1786 |
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| Description: | One half of a four sheet nautical chart, showing the coastlines of the north-west hemisphere. The interior lands are left bare, even of basic features such... |
| Date: | 1777 |
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| Description: | This detailed map of the American colonies shows cities, villages, roads, mountains, lakes, rivers, swamps, counties, state boundaries, and Native American... |
| Date: | 1780 |
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| Description: | Map of North America from Lake Ontario through the Great Plains, and James Bay to Illinois. It shows rivers, lakes, and mountains in great detail, and labe... |
| Date: | 1775 |
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| Description: | Map of Boston and surrounding regions, from Massachusetts Bay to the Connecticut River, and including part of southern New Hampshire. It shows the colonies... |
| Date: | 1735 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 10 1776 |
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| Description: | Broadside map showing the British invasion of New York city in August and September of 1776. The map shows important cities, forts, roads, hills, mountains... |
| Date: | 11 1781 |
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| Description: | Map of New York, Staten Island, and Long Island, showing the placements of forts, and the movement of troops in 1776. The map also includes towns, cities, ... |
| Date: | 1795 |
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| Description: | Map of New Jersey showing counties, cities, towns, mills, landowners, roads, mountains, bays, rivers, and lakes. A few annotations dot the map, describing... |
| Date: | 1795 |
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| Description: | Map of Delaware showing counties, cities, roads, swamps, lakes, and rivers. Numerous features within the Delaware Bay include banks, shoals, and oyster be... |
| Date: | 1776 |
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| Description: | Map of the Delaware Bay, River, their shoreline, made to aid ships in navigating to Philadelphia. It is oriented with north to the right and shows inlets, ... |
| Date: | 1780 |
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| Description: | Map of Maryland and a portion of the surrounding provinces. It shows the boundary lines and borders, counties, cities, towns, roads, mountains, bays, and r... |
| Date: | 1755 |
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| Description: | Map of Virginia and parts of Maryland, North Carolina, and New Jersey. It shows borders, boundary lines, some Native American land, counties, cities, towns... |
| Date: | 1776 |
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| Description: | Map of Virginia and parts of Maryland and Delaware (written "De La War"). It shows borders, counties, cities, towns, plantations (marked by landowners name... |
| Date: | 1762 |
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| Description: | Map of Virginia and parts of Maryland. It shows borders, boundary lines, Native American tribes and land, towns, forts, roads, mountains, waterfalls, bays,... |
| Date: | 1781 |
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| Description: | Map of the southern portion of the Chesapeake Bay and surrounding lands. It shows counties, a few cities and towns, forts, roads, islands, topographical fe... |
| Date: | 1781 |
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| Description: | Map of the Southeastern part of the British Colonies in North America, Gulf Coast and Caribbean. It illustrates the of the Spanish and English fleets, part... |
| Date: | 1759 |
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| Description: | Map of New Orleans at the start of the French & Indian War, including two inset maps entitled "The Course of the Mississipi River from Bayagoulas to the Se... |
| Date: | 1769 |
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| Description: | Map of New Orleans at the start of the French & Indian War, including two inset maps of the Mississippi River Delta and Fort la Balise. It shows streets, r... |
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