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| Date: | 1720 |
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| Description: | Double hemispherical world map showing routes of Tasman, Magellan, Mendana, etc. Relief shown pictorially. Title in oak wreath cartouche. Map between four ... |
| Date: | 1740 |
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| Description: | Engraved and hand-colored map of the Iberian peninsula as a theater of war during the War of the Spanish Succession (1701-1714). The map is dedicated to Ki... |
| Date: | 02 01 1793 |
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| Description: | Text in the upper right corner reads, "A Map of The Western Part of the Territories belonging to the United States of America. Drawn from the best authorit... |
| Date: | 06 19 1775 |
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| Description: | The front page of a letter written to Col. William Preston from Thomas Lewis. From Preston and Virginia Papers [Calendar series Volume 1]: "Letter t... |
| Date: | 06 19 1775 |
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| Description: | The second page of a letter written to Col. William Preston from Thomas Lewis. From Preston and Virginia Papers [Calendar series Volume 1]: "Letter ... |
| Date: | 08 11 1781 |
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| Description: | The front page of a letter written by Thomas Lewis to William Preston. From Preston and Virginia Papers [Calendar series Volume 1]: "Rockingham. Let... |
| Date: | 08 1781 |
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| Description: | The second page of a letter written by Thomas Lewis to Col. William Preston. From Preston and Virginia Papers [Calendar series Volume 1]: "Rockingha... |
| Date: | 08 31 1779 |
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| Description: | A handwritten "list of different inhabitants that consented to furnish the troops belonging to the state of Virginia." |
| Date: | 1760 |
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| Description: | This map shows lakes, rivers, forts, settlements, and Native American tribal territory. The southern boundary of the Hudsons Bay Company is labeled. Relief... |
| Date: | 1792 |
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| Description: | This map depicts the fixed boundaries by a peace treaty between the United States and the Spanish Dominions. |
| Date: | 1760 |
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| Description: | A map of the world in two hemispheres, with the borders of the continents hand-colored. This map contains 14 spherical diagrams of the cosmos, portraying t... |
| Date: | 1715 |
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| Description: | A map of the countries and islands surrounding the Gulf of Mexico. The hand-colored borders separate the territories of England, France, Spain, and Holland... |
| Date: | 1721 |
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| Description: | A map of North and South America with an elaborately illustrated cartouche depicting Native Americans in upper left corner. The map is fairly detailed, dep... |
| Date: | 1735 |
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| Description: | A map of the western hemisphere, including parts of western Europe and Africa. Portraits of explorers, such as Jacques Marquette, Louis Joliet, and Robert ... |
| Date: | 1739 |
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| Description: | This map shows the territorial claims of the western hemisphere by the European powers, as well as the names of major cities, geographical features, and pa... |
| Date: | 1746 |
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| Description: | A map of the western hemisphere, including parts of western Europe and Africa, showing the division of the Americas by the European powers. Weapons and fol... |
| Date: | 1761 |
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| Description: | This map shows the western hemisphere. Much of the north-west coast of North America is left blank, but the rest of the map lists the names of rivers, citi... |
| Date: | 1786 |
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| Description: | This map is an updated version of d'Anville's 1761 map of the western hemisphere. He included more details to the north west coast of North America, partic... |
| Date: | 1710 |
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| Description: | A seminal and fairly accurate map of the Great Lakes Region up to Baffin's Bay in Northern Canada. This is possibly the first printed map to locate Detroit... |
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