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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

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…
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