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Beautiful full color example of the Ogilby's map of the the Northeast, extending from the St. Laurence and New England to the Chespeake and centered on Long Island, which is still shown as an island.

The first state of the map, which was later…

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Decorative example of Visscher's important map of the Northeast, with a large inset view of New York City.

This is the first map containing the famous inset view of New Amsterdam, the third known engraved view of New York. Manhattan is correctly…

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Speed's map is one of the earliest maps to illustrate dramatic shift from Dutch to English dominance in the Northeast in the latter part of the 17th Century and one of the earliest to use the term New York for both Manhattan (formerly New Amsterdam)…
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