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Chart of the North-West Coast of America, With the Tracks of the King George and Queen Charlotte in 1786 & 1787

Date: 1788
Description: This map shows the north western coast of North America, including the southern coast of what will be Alaska and parts of the Aleutian Islands. It includes...
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A New Map of the British Colonies in North America: Shewing the Seat of the Present War, Taken from the Best Surveys, Compared with and Improved from Manuscripts of Several Noblemen and Gentlemen

Date: 1777
Description: This detailed map of the American colonies shows cities, villages, roads, mountains, lakes, rivers, swamps, counties, state boundaries, and Native American...
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The Provinces of New York and New Jersey; With Part of Pensilvania, and the Province of Quebec

Date: 1776
Description: Map of New Jersey and New York, showing cities, forts, roads, counties, townships, land grants, rivers, lakes and several topographical features. Much of t...
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A Map of the Susquehanna Company Purchase

Date: 1790
Description: An ink and hand-colored map, showing the land and landowners of the Susquehanna company purchase in Pennsylvania. Rivers are shown and occasionally labeled...
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A Map of South Carolina and a Part of Georgia: Containing the Whole Sea-Coast; All the Islands, Inlets, Rivers, Creeks, Parishes, Townships, Boroughs, Roads, and Bridges

Date: 1780
Description: This map shows the townships, parishes, cities, towns, plantations, lakes, rivers, swamps, and roads near the coast of South Carolina and Georgia. Emphasis...
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Planiglobii Terrestris Mappa Universalis: Utrumq Hemisphærium Orient. et Occidentale Repræsentans ex IV Mappis Generalibus

Date: 1746
Description: This world map from the German mathematician, historian, and geographer Johann Matthias Hase shows the major cities, islands, and the major political divis...
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Mappe-monde: Suivant les Nouvelles Observations

Date: 1769
Description: Double hemispherical map showing the continents, islands, countries, and a few major cities of the world. The routes of a few explorers are depicted and la...
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America Noviter Delineata

Date: 1700
Description: Map of the western hemisphere showing settelments, coastal features, islands, rivers, lakes, and pictoral representations of forests and mountains. The Gre...
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Hemisphere Occidental: Dressé en 1720 pour L'usage Particulier du Roy sur les Observations Astronomiques et Geographiques, Raportées la Même Année dans L'histoire et Dans le Memoires de 'Academie Rle. des Sciences

Date: 1724
Description: Map showing the mountains, rivers, lakes, settlements, islands, and regions of North and South America. Characteristic of de L'Isle, this map is highly det...
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Americae Mappa Generalis: Secundum Legitimas Projectionis Stereographicae Regulas

Date: 1746
Description: Detailed map of the western hemisphere and part of Africa and Europe. Islands, cities, settlements, rivers, lakes, countries, and regions are marked. Mount...
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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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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 Whole Continent of America: Particularly Shewing the British Empire in the Northern Part of America, with the Divisions of the New Governments since the Accession of Canada and Florida

Date: 1780
Description: Map of North and South America, showing the boundaries of colonial territories, cities, settlements, rivers, lakes, and Native American land. Particular em...
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Americae Septentrionalis Tabula

Date: 1709
Description: Map of North America, showing a few of the largest settlements, regions, islands, and a few rivers. The Great Lakes are depicted, but over-sized, and Calif...
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Carte Contenant le Royaume du Mexique et la Floride: Dressez sur les Meilleures Observations & sur les Mémoires les plus Nouveaux

Date: 1719
Description: Map of North America showing political boundaries, areas of Indian habitation, cities, towns, ports, rivers, mines, and other notable for North America fro...
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Le Canada, ou Nouvelle France: La Floride, la Virginie, Pensilvanie, Caroline, Nouvelle Angleterre et Nouvelle Yorck, l'Isle de Terre Neuve, la Louisiane, et le Cours de la Riviere de Misisipi

Date: 1705
Description: Map of America east of the Mississippi River showing boundaries, rivers, portages, forts, cities, villages, and Native American land. Annotations on early ...
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North America: Corrected from the Observation Communicated to the Royal Society at London and the Royal Academy at Paris

Date: 1710
Description: Map of North America showing the European claims, Native American land and villages, rivers, lakes, cities, and notes on explorers, discoveries, and topogr...
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Carte Nouvelle de la Louisiane, et de la Rivière de Missisipi, Découverte par feu Mr. de la Salle

Date: 1713
Description: Map showing the regions explored by Robert de La Salle between 1681 and 1686, as well as the route La Salle, and later Henri Joutel, took, moving north fro...
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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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Carte Particuliere du Fleuve Saint Louis: Dressee sur les Lieux Avec les Noms des Sauvages du Pais

Date: 1719
Description: Map of the Great Lakes and the St. Lawrence river showing French and English cities and villages, trading posts, Indian villages and tribes, portages, for...

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