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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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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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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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Map Detail of Pennsylvania Counties

Date: 1775
Description: Detail of Pennsylvania map showing Chester, Philadelphia, and Bucks counties.
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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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Plan Outagamie Palisade Village

Date: 1712
Description: This drawing, based on an 1897 survey, appeared in the 1899 Proceedings of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin, accompanying Publius V. Lawson's arti...
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A New and Correct Map of the World, Laid Down According to the Newest Discoveries, and from the Most Exact Observations

Date: 1712
Description: Engraved double-hemispherical world map by Moll, included in his atlas The world described, or, A new and correct sett of maps: shewing the kingdoms and st...
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Hemisphere Occidental ou du Nouveau Monde: Publié sous les Auspices de Monseigneur Louis Philippe, duc d'Orléans, Premier Prince du Sang

Date: 1761
Description: This map shows the western hemisphere. Much of the north-west coast of North America is left blank, but the rest of the map lists the names of rivers, citi...
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Hémisphère Occidental ou du Nouveau Monde: Publié Sous les Auspices de Monseigneur Louis Philippe, Duc d'Orléans, Premier Prince du Sang

Date: 1786
Description: This map is an updated version of d'Anville's 1761 map of the western hemisphere. He included more details to the north west coast of North America, partic...
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Amérique Septentrionale Publiée sous les Auspices de Monseigneur le Duc d'Orleans Prémier Prince du Sang

Date: 1746
Description: Map of North America from the southern portion of James Bay to Florida. It shows the colonies, cities, Native American land, and topological and geographic...
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Amérique Septentrionale: Dressée sur les Relations les Plus Modernes des Voyageurs et Navigateurs, et Divisée Suivant les Differentes Possessions des Européens

Date: 1758
Description: This map of the north-west hemisphere shows the cities, lakes, rivers, mountains, and political borders. In the upper left corner sits a decorative cartouc...
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Carte de L'Amerique Septentrionale Depuis le 28 Degré de Latitude Jusqu'au 72

Date: 1755
Description: This map shows forts, missions, villages and cities, rivers and portages, and boundaries of the Spanish, English, and French territories, marking the large...
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A Map of the British Plantations on the Continent of North America: According to the Notes and Improvements of Mr. Bolton, Made in the Original of Mr. Danville; With the History of each Colony in the Margin

Date: 1757
Description: This map shows the cities, plantations, lakes, rivers, mountains, Native American territories and colonial borders of the Eastern half of North America, pl...
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Theatrum Belli in America Septentrionali: II. Foliis Comprehensum

Date: 1755
Description: This map shows the eastern half of North America during the French and Indian war, including cities, borders, Native American Land, forts, and detailed geo...
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A New General Chart of the Atlantic or Western Ocean and Adjacent Seas

Date: 1786
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...
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The Russian Discoveries from the Map Published by the Imperial Academy of St. Petersburg: North America and the Russian Far East

Date: 1775
Description: This map shows the northern Pacific Ocean along with north eastern Asia and western North America. The interior of Asia contains detailed engravings of pla...
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The Theatre of War in North America: With the Roads and a Table of the Distances

Date: 1776
Description: This was one of the first maps available for the general British populace featuring America during the Revolutionary War. It includes forts, cities, topogr...
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The West Indies, Including Part of Virginia, North Carolina, East Florida, South Carolina, West Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, and the Gulf of Mexico, with Part of the Coast of South America

Date: 1782
Description: Map of the West Indies and south eastern North America, remarkably detailed, showing cities, mountains, rivers, lakes, mines, plantations, forts, banks, an...

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