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Sturgeon Bay

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Description: Aerial view of harbors and bridge. Farm fields are on either side of the bridge. The city of Sturgeon Bay is in the distance. There are docks along the sho...
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A New General Chart of the Atlantic or Western Ocean and Adjacent Seas

Date: 1786
Description: One half of a four sheet nautical chart, showing the coastlines of the north-west hemisphere. The interior lands are left bare, even of basic features such...
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Carte Particuliere de l'Amerique Septentrionale: Ou sont Compris le Destriot de Davids, le Destroit de Hudson, &c.: Dressé sur les Relations les plus Nouvelles

Date: 1698
Description: A sea chart of Hudson's Bay, Greenland, and the Canadian Arctic. This map shows rhumb lines extending from various points including two compass roses. Coas...
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Chart of the North-West Coast of America, With the Tracks of the King George and Queen Charlotte in 1786 & 1787

Date: 1788
Description: This map shows the north western coast of North America, including the southern coast of what will be Alaska and parts of the Aleutian Islands. It includes...
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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 de la Louisiane

Date: 1752
Description: Map of the the coast line of Louisiana, focusing on the Mississippi, the Arkansas, the Red, the Osage, and the Missouri River. An inset map along the righ...
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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...
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A Map of Virginia According to Captain Iohn Smith's Map Published anno 1606: Also of the Adjacent Country Called by the Dutch Niew Nederlant, anno 1630

Date: 1735
Description: Map of the Chesapeake Bay region and surrounding areas, with north oriented towards the right. A few forts, rivers, and bays are labeled, as are the region...
Map or Atlas

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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Chart and Plan of the Harbour of New York & the County. Adjacent, from Sandy Hook to Kingsbridge: Comprehending the Whole of New York and Staten Islands, and Part of Long Isladn & the Jersey Shore

Date: 11 1781
Description: Map of New York, Staten Island, and Long Island, showing the placements of forts, and the movement of troops in 1776. The map also includes towns, cities, ...
Map or Atlas

The State of New Jersey: Compiled from the Most Authentic Information

Date: 1795
Description: Map of New Jersey showing counties, cities, towns, mills, landowners, roads, mountains, bays, rivers, and lakes. A few annotations dot the map, describing...
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Nova Virginiae Tabula

Date: 1667
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,...
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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 Map of Virginia and Maryland.

Date: 1676
Description: Map of Virginia and Maryland, based on John Smith's 1612 map and Augustine Herman's 1673 seminal map. It shows borders, counties, Native American land, tri...
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A Map of the New Governments of East & West Florida

Date: 1763
Description: Map showing the new British territories of East and West Florida following the Treaty of Paris at the end of the French and Indian War. It shows boundaries...
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A Map of East and West Florida, Georgia, and Louisiana: With the Islands of Cuba, Bahama, and the Countries Surrounding the Gulf of Mexico, With the Tract of the Spanish Galleons, and of Our Fleets Thro' the Straits of Florida, from the Best Authorities

Date: 1781
Description: Map of the Southeastern part of the British Colonies in North America, Gulf Coast and Caribbean. It illustrates the of the Spanish and English fleets, part...
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Map of the Province of West Florida

Date: 1781
Description: Map of the British territory of West Florida, extending from the Mississippi River to the Apalachicola River. It shows the borders, cities, towns, forts, h...
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A New Map of the River Mississipi: From the Sea to Bayagoulas

Date: 1761
Description: Map covering southern Louisiana from Lake Ponchetrain to the Golf of Mexico and from Woods Bay in the west to the islands just east of Bay St. Louis. It sh...

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