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1720 United States

Annapolis Royal, Canada, 1740

1740 Annapolis Royal, Canada

Antigua and Barbuda, 1740

1740 Antigua and Barbuda

Oriented with north toward the upper right.

Shows North Atlantic Ocean with ship routes to Spain and England from Latin America.

7 in upper right corner.

Oriented with north to the bottom.

1740 Havana, Cuba

Prime meridian: Paris.

1744 Louisiana, United States

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1746 United States

D'Anville, the French royal geographer during the mid-18th century, compiled over 200 maps, including this one of North America. Although this particular copy is dated 1746 reflecting the map's original…

The massive French fortress of Louisbourg on Cape Breton Island controlled access to Canada and provided a base for raiding the northern British colonies. It was thus a great triumph for New England when…

1746 Louisbourg, Canada

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This chart was published in John Harris's "Navigantium atque Itinerantium Bibliotheca, or A Complete Collection of Voyages and Travels". Although the chart also includes the eastern coast of the Americas,…

Maps of individual colonies were compiled using the most accurate and recent information. They consulted published maps in combination with data from surveys of local geographical features, such as roads,…

1750 West Virginia, United States

Maps of individual colonies were compiled using the most accurate and recent information. They consulted published maps in combination with data from surveys of local geographical features, such as roads,…

1750 Virginia, United States

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Prime meridian: [London?].

Duxbury, Massachusetts, United States, 1750

1750 Duxbury, Massachusetts, United States

Although no border between French and Spanish territory is indicated on this map (no official border existed until 1777), the uneasy sharing of the island of Hispaniola, or Santo Domingo, by the French…

This mid-18th-century map by the French royal geographer, Robert de Vaugondy, depicts the West Indies, the chain of islands enclosing the Caribbean Sea. Stretching in an arc from southern Florida to the…

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Part of West Africa showing River Sanaga and its tributaries.

Shows rivers, lakes and settlements.

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At lower left, within neat line: 3e "carte."

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1752 United States

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1754 United States

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1754 Virginia, United States

Just a year after producing a map supporting the Brunswick Proprietors’ claim, Thomas Johnston issued this plan supporting the position of their opponents in the Plymouth Company. The map depicts the…

1754 Maine, United States

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1755 Boston, Massachusetts, United States

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1755 United States

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1755 Virginia, United States

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Boston mapmaking was influential in forming Great Britain's perception of the New England colonies. For example, though William Douglass made his map of New England for local consumption, London publisher…

1755 Fort Albany, Canada

Oriented with north to the right.

1755 Quebec, Canada

Includes "Renvois" indicating 10 important buildings as seen from the east.

1755 Quebec, Canada

Appears in the author's Recueil des plans de l'Amerique Septentrionale.

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1755 Annapolis Royal, Canada

Appears in the author's Recueil des plans de l'Amerique Septentrionale.

1755 Charleston, South Carolina, United States

Oriented with north toward the lower right.

1755 Port Royal, Jamaica

Appears in the author's Recueil des plans de l'Amerique Septentrionale.

1755 Veracruz, Veracruz, Mexico

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