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Connecticut, from the Best Authorities

Date: 1795
Description: Map of Connecticut showing counties, townships, cities, roads, islands, swamps, hills, mountains, lakes, rivers, reefs, and numerous other geographical and...
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A Map of the Colonies in Connecticut and Rhode Island, Divided by Counties & Townships, from Best Authorities

Date: 1758
Description: Map of Rhode Island and Connecticut, showing counties, townships, cities, roads, islands, mountains, lakes and rivers. Trees and a frame decorates the titl...
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The State of Massachusetts Compiled from the Best Authorities

Date: 1795
Description: Map of Massachusetts showing counties, cities, roads, islands (including Nantucket and Martha's Vineyard), mountains, hills, lakes, and rivers. Two small e...
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Vermont, from Actual Survey

Date: 1795
Description: Map of Vermont showing counties, townships, cities, roads, mountains, lakes, and rivers. A forest and waterfall scene decorates the title cartouche in the ...
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A Map of New England & Ye Country Adjacent: Extending Northward to Quebec, & Westward to Niagara, on Lake Ontario; Shewing Gen. Shirley and Gen. Johnson's Routs, & Many Places Omitted in Other Maps

Date: 1755
Description: Map of New England, with three inset maps of Fort Oswego, Fort du Quesne, and Fort Frederick. It shows colonies, a few cities, forts (marked as French or E...
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A New Map of North America

Date: 1780
Description: Detailed map of America east of the Louisiana region. It shows forts, cities, borders and boundary lines, Native American land, the post road, mountains, w...
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Amplissimæ Regionis Mississipi seu Provinciæ Ludovicianæ: A R. P. Ludovico Hennepin Francisc Miss in America Septentrionali anno 1687

Date: 1720
Description: Detailed, ornate, and comprehensive map of America from the east coast to present day Texas. Numerous features appear throughout the map, including Native ...
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Partie de l'Amérique Septentrionale: Qui Comprend le Cours de l'Ohio, la Nlle. Angleterre, la Nlle York, le New Jersey, la Pensylvanie, le Maryland, la Virginie, la Caroline

Date: 1755
Description: Map of colonial America, showing the lands north of South Carolina and west of the Mississippi River. An inset map of the Carolinas and Georgia sits in the...
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A New Map of the Most Considerable Plantations of the English in America

Date: 1700
Description: Map of the British colonies in North America at the beginning of the eighteenth century. It includes five inset maps of Nova Scotia, Jamaica, Bermuda, Barb...
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Partie Orientale du Canada Avec la Nouvelle Angleterre, l'Acadie, et la Terre-Neuve

Date: 1776
Description: Map showing New England, Nova Scotia, and Newfoundland, based on the seminal work of D' Anville, as well as the works of Belllin and de Vaugondy. It shows ...
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Partie de l'Amerique Septent? qui Comprend la Nouvelle France ou le Canada

Date: 1783
Description: Map of eastern Canada and part of America, with an inset map of the Great Lakes region in the lower left corner. It shows boundaries, cities, settlements, ...
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Partie Orientale de la Nouvelle France ou du Canada avec l'Isle de Terre-Neuve et de Nouvelle Escosse, Acadie et Nouv. Angleterre avec Fleuve de St. Laurence

Date: 1759
Description: Map of north eastern Canada and parts of New England, showing settlements, cities, portages, Native American land, mountains, lakes, and rivers. The unusua...
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North America: Drawn & Engraved from the Best Maps & Charts

Date: 1770
Description: Map of North America showing the boundaries between French, Spanish, and English claims after the French and Indian War. Kitchin includes numerous place na...
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A Map of the British & French Plantations in North America

Date: 1755
Description: Map of the northeastern portion of America and Canada, east of the Hudson River and south from Labrador. It names regions, colonies, cities, numerous forts...
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Carte de la Nouvelle France: òu se Voit le Cours des Grandes Rivieres de S. Laurens & de Mississipi Aujour d'hui S. Louis

Date: 1719
Description: This extremely detailed and ornate map shows the cities, Native American land, mountains, lakes, rivers, and European claims of North America. An inset map...
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Amérique ou Nouveau Continent Dressée sur les Nouvelles Rélations Découvertes et Observations

Date: 1759
Description: Map of North and South America showing regions, colonies, cities and settlements, rivers, lakes, and Native American land. Near the bottom left an inset ma...
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A Map of the New Continent According to its Greatest Diametrical Length from the River la Plata to Beyond the Lake of the Assiniboils

Date: 1780
Description: This map portrays North and South America at a very unusual angle, with north oriented towards the upper right corner. Colonies, Native American land, a fe...
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Canada, Louisiane, Possessions Angl? par le s. Robert de Vaugondy, Géog? Ord? du Roi; Gravé par E. Dussy

Date: 1778
Description: Map of European claims in North America, with France shown as having claim to the most land, and the British colonies confined to east of the Appalacian Mo...
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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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Map of the European Settlements in North America

Date: 1776
Description: Map of North America east of Mexico showing important cities, the colonies, regions, Native American land, mountains, lakes, and rivers. A series of lakes,...

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