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Aa0105z003__Evans_1755_PA.jpg
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…

Aa0101z001__1612_JSmith.jpg
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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