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Combat at Fort McKenzie

Date: 1832
Description: Indians in combat at Fort McKenzie on August 28th, 1833.
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Fort Pierre on the Missouri River

Date: 1832
Description: Black and white engraving showing landscape with Fort Pierre and Indian tipis along the Missouri River.
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Fort Union, on the Missouri

Date: 1832
Description: Fort Union, on the Missouri River in Montana.
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Fort Clark on the Missouri River

Date: 1832
Description: Fort Clark, on the Missouri River, February 1834.
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Spanish and French Battle

Date: 1655
Description: Scene from Laudonnière Expedition in Florida, ca. 1567.
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Map of St. Augustine

Date: 1655
Description: Map from Drake Expedition in Florida, ca. 1585.
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Pocahontas Is Visited by Her Brothers

Date: 1655
Description: Scene from Jamestown Settlement in which the brothers of Pocahontas visit her.
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Chicahominys Become "New Englishmen"

Date: 1655
Description: Scene from near Jamestown Settlement in Virginia, ca. 1614. The Chickahominy tribe's proximity to Jamestown meant they had early contact with the English....
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Fort Mackinack

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Description: Woodcut illustration of Fort Mackinack.
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Theatre de la Guerre en Espagne et en Portugal

Date: 1740
Description: Engraved and hand-colored map of the Iberian peninsula as a theater of war during the War of the Spanish Succession (1701-1714). The map is dedicated to Ki...
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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 United States of North America, with the British & Spanish Territories According to the Treaty

Date: 1783
Description: This map is hand-colored and shows the boundaries of British, Spanish, and the newly recognized American claims, as well as the fishing rights granted to F...
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A General Map of the Middle British Colonies in America: Viz. Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, Pensilvania, New-Jersey, New-York, Connecticut and Rhode-Island: Of Aquanishuonigy the Country of the Confederate Indians Comprehending Aquanishuonigy Proper

Date: 1758
Description: This detailed map of north eastern America shows the boundaries, cities, mountains, rivers, lakes, Native American land and towns, and roads from east of t...
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A Map of the British Empire in America with the French and Spanish Settlements Adjacent Thereto

Date: 1733
Description: This map of North America shows settlements, rivers, lakes, Native American land, trade winds, and numerous topographical features such as forests and moun...
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Canada, Louisiane et Terres Angloises

Date: 1755
Description: Large format map of America and Canada east of the Mississippi River. D'Anville marks the locations of rivers, lakes, settlements, cities, Native American ...
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Regni Mexicani seu Novæ Hispaniæ, Ludovicianæ, N. Angliæ, Carolinæ, Virginiæ, Pensylvaniæ, Necnon Insvlarvm Archipelagi Mexicani in America Septentrionali

Date: 1770
Description: Map of North America from the Great Lakes to the northern portion of South America. It shows cities, Native American land, mountains, swamps, lakes, rivers...
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A Map of the Present Seat of War in North America

Date: 1776
Description: Map of the American colonies and land east of the Mississippi River. Prominent cities, forts, Native American land, mountains, rivers and lakes are all sho...
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Partie Occidentale du Canada, Contenant les Cinq Grands Lacs, Avec les Pays Circonvoisins

Date: 1780
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...
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A New and Correct Map of North America: In Which the Places of the Principal Engagements During the Present War are Accurately Inserted

Date: 1780
Description: Map of North America east of Mexico showing colonial boundaries, forts, cities, Native American land, mountains, waterfalls, lakes, and rivers. Short notes...
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A New and Correct Map of North America: In Which the Places of the Principal Engagements During the Present War are Accurately Inserted, and the Boundaries as Settled by Treaty in 1783 Clearly Marked

Date: 02 1783
Description: Map of the United States and one of the first to show the new boundaries created by the Preliminary Treaty signed on January 20, 1783. The former colonies ...

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