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Effigy Mound at Mendota Mental Health Institute

Date: 01 25 2015
Description: Small patches of snow are covering the grass and dead leaves on an American Indian effigy mound. Trees are in the background.
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Nova Virginiae Tabula

Date: 1671
Description: Map of Virginia depicting the discoveries detailed by John Smith in his exploration of the region. It shows Jamestown, Native American tribes and villages,...
Map or Atlas

A New Map of Virginia, Mary-Land, and the Improved Parts of Pennsylvania & New Jersey

Date: 1719
Description: Map of Maryland and surrounding states. It shows the boundaries, counties, cities, towns, rivers, and bays. Mountains, forests, and swamps appear pictoria...
Map or Atlas

An Accurate Map of New Hampshire in New England, from a Late Survey

Date: 1781
Description: Map of New Hampshire and surrounding regions. It shows borders, regions, cities, numerous forts, the country of the Iroquois, mountains, rivers, and lakes....
Map or Atlas

Etats Unis de l'Amerique

Date: 1800
Description: Map of the United States. It shows the states, including Tennessee, cities, towns, Native American land, mountains, lakes, and rivers. Lead mines appear ju...
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États Unis

Date: 1805
Description: Map of the United States. It shows the states, cities, towns, Native American land, mountains, lakes, and rivers. Tennessee, Kentucky, and Ohio are labeled...
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A Map of the Western Part of the Territories Belonging to the United States of America: Drawn from the Best Authorities

Date: 1795
Description: Map of the United States east of the Mississippi River. It features roads, cities, towns, early settlements, Native American land, forts, mountains, rivers...
Map or Atlas

A New and General Map of the Southern Dominions Belonging to the United States of America: Viz North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia with the Bordering Indian Countries, and the Spanish Possessions of Louisiana and Florida

Date: 1794
Description: Extremely detailed map of the south-eastern states, south from Virginia and east of the Mississippi River. It shows roads and paths, cities, towns, forts, ...
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A Map of the Northern and Middle States: Comprehending the Western Territory and the British Dominions in North America from the Best Authorities

Date: 1792
Description: Map of the United States east of the Mississippi River and north of the Ohio River. It shows the borders between the north eastern states, Canada and the U...
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An Accurate Map of the United States of America: According to the Treaty of Peace of 1783

Date: 1794
Description: Map of the United States east of the Mississippi River. It shows borders, treaty lines, forts, cities, towns, Native American land, mountains, swamps, lake...
Map or Atlas

Carte de la Louisiane et du Cours du Mississipi Avec les Colonies Anglaises

Date: 1782
Description: Map of America covering the Rio Grande to the Atlantic Ocean, showing boundaries, the colonies, cities, settlements, Native American lands and villages, m...
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A New Map of North America

Date: 1780
Description: Detailed map of America east of the Louisiana region. It shows forts, cities, borders and boundary lines, Native American land, the post road, mountains, w...
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Amplissimæ Regionis Mississipi seu Provinciæ Ludovicianæ: A R. P. Ludovico Hennepin Francisc Miss in America Septentrionali anno 1687

Date: 1720
Description: Detailed, ornate, and comprehensive map of America from the east coast to present day Texas. Numerous features appear throughout the map, including Native ...
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Carte de la Louisiane, et de la Floride

Date: 1780
Description: Map of Florida and the south eastern States. The map shows cities, towns, forts, Native American land, mountains, rivers, and lakes. A small inset map of t...
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Charte Über de XIII Vereinigte Staaten von Nord-America

Date: 1784
Description: Detailed and ornate map of the newly formed United States. The borders of the southern states extend to the Mississippi River, though the states are only c...
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Die Vereinigten Staaten von Nord-America: Nach der von Wm. Faden 1783 Herausgegebenen Charte

Date: 1783
Description: Map of the newly formed United States showing borders, regions, Native American land, cities, mountains, lakes, and rivers. It includes a small inset map o...
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Theatre de la Guerre en Amérique

Date: 1777
Description: Map of Colonial America east of Lake Michigan showing regions, cities, forts, Native American land, mountains, lakes, and rivers. Crossed swords and small ...
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Louisiana, as Formerly Claimed by France: Now Containing Part of British America to the East & Spanish America to the West of the Mississipi

Date: 1765
Description: Detailed map composed for the London Magazine of the Mississippi River Valley at the conclusion of the French and Indian War. The British colonies themselv...
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Carte de la Louisiane, Maryland, Virginie, Caroline, Georgie, avec une Partie de la Floride

Date: 1758
Description: Regional map of south eastern America, based largely on D'Anville's map of North America in 1755. It shows the borders, regions, cities and towns, Native A...
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Partie de l'Amérique Septentrionale: Qui Comprend le Cours de l'Ohio, la Nlle. Angleterre, la Nlle York, le New Jersey, la Pensylvanie, le Maryland, la Virginie, la Caroline

Date: 1755
Description: Map of colonial America, showing the lands north of South Carolina and west of the Mississippi River. An inset map of the Carolinas and Georgia sits in the...

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