Historical Maps
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Historical Maps
Items in the Historical Maps Collection
Karte der Flussläufe des Delaware Rivers und des Susquehanna Rivers mit Nebenarmen und Abzweigungen mit Angabe des Grenzverlaufs zwischen Maryland und Pennsylvania
Detailed map of the Susquehanna and Delaware Rivers and the Chesapeake and Delaware Bays and the disputed border between PA and MD in 18th century
1612 John Smith Map
Captain John Smith created the first detailed map of the Chesapeake Region. His masterpiece map of Virginia, published in 1612, remained in active use for seven decades and opened this part of North America to European exploration, settlement, and…
1733 Confluence Map
A Map of the British Empire in America with the French and Spanish Settlements adjacent thereto. by Henry Popple. C. Lempriere inv. & del. B Baron Sculp. To the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty This Map is most humbly Inscribed by Your Majesty's most…
To The Honerable Thomas Penn And Richard PEnn, Esqurs., True & Absolute Proprietaries & Governours of the Province of Pennsylvania & Counties of New-Castle, Kent & Sussex on Delaware This Map of the Improved Part of the Province of Pennsylvania
This is one of the most famous maps of the state and sometimes considered the first to present all of the state itself, but it only extends west to just past the Allegheny Front and north to the Wyoming Valley. It also appeared as several plates in A…
A Map of the Middle British Colonies In North America_1
A nice example of the second edition of Evans' map, corrected and extended by Pownall.
Along with Mitchell's map issued in the same year, the Evans is considered the most important American map of the 18th Century. Both maps were intended to spur…
Along with Mitchell's map issued in the same year, the Evans is considered the most important American map of the 18th Century. Both maps were intended to spur…