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The Russian Discoveries from the Map Published by the Imperial Academy of St. Petersburg: North America and the Russian Far East

Date: 1775
Description: This map shows the northern Pacific Ocean along with north eastern Asia and western North America. The interior of Asia contains detailed engravings of pla...
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A New Map of the British Colonies in North America: Shewing the Seat of the Present War, Taken from the Best Surveys, Compared with and Improved from Manuscripts of Several Noblemen and Gentlemen

Date: 1777
Description: This detailed map of the American colonies shows cities, villages, roads, mountains, lakes, rivers, swamps, counties, state boundaries, and Native American...
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Carte Générale des Découvertes de l'Amiral de Fonte Representant la Grande Probabilité d'un Passage au Nord Ouest

Date: 1772
Description: Map of the north west portion of America and Canada, as well as a small section of eastern Russia. Lakes, rivers, Native American land and the occasional ...
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Carte Nouvelle de l'Amérique Angloise: Contenant Tout ce que les Anglois Possédent sur le Continent de l'Amerique Septentrionale Savoir le Canada, la Nouvelle Ecosse ou Acadie, les Treize Provinces Unies qui Font

Date: 1776
Description: Map showing the English claims in America at the outbreak of the Revolutionary War. Lotter labels each of the thirteen colonies (both in the map and in the...
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Partie Orientale du Canada Avec la Nouvelle Angleterre, l'Acadie, et la Terre-Neuve

Date: 1776
Description: Map showing New England, Nova Scotia, and Newfoundland, based on the seminal work of D' Anville, as well as the works of Belllin and de Vaugondy. It shows ...
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An Exact Map of New Jersey, Pennsylvania, New York, Maryland & Virginia, from the Latest Surveys

Date: 1778
Description: Detailed map of the Chesapeake Bay region and surrounding states. It shows a detailed account of the borders, cities, towns, islands, swamps, mountains, ri...
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A Plan of New York Island, with Part of Long Island, Staten Island & east New Jersey, with a Particular Description of the Engagement on the Woody Heights of Long Island, between Flatbush and Brooklyn, on the 27th of August 1776

Date: 10 1776
Description: Broadside map showing the British invasion of New York city in August and September of 1776. The map shows important cities, forts, roads, hills, mountains...
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A Plan of the Operations of the King's Army under the Command of General Sr. William Howe, K.B. in New York and East New Jersey

Date: 02 1777
Description: Map depicting the campaigns of October and November 1776, in Manhattan, Westchester, and part of New Jersey, published only a few months after the conclusi...
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A New and Accurate Map of North Carolina in North America

Date: 1779
Description: Map of North Carolina showing counties, cities, towns, chapels, courthouses, Quaker meeting houses, forts, mountains, swamps, inlets, lakes, and rivers. A ...
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A New and Accurate Map of the Province of South Carolina in North America

Date: 1779
Description: Map of South Carolina showing boundary lines, Native American land, precincts, townships, cities, towns, forts, roads, mountains, hills, swamps, islands, a...
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A New and Accurate Map of the Province of Georgia in North America

Date: 1779
Description: Map of colonial Georgia showing cities, towns, Native American land and towns, forts, roads, trading paths, islands, mountains, swamps, and rivers. Annotat...

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