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Overview - American Revolutionary War Maps
The American Revolution and Its Era: Maps and Charts of North America and the West Indies, 1750-1789 represents an important historical record of the mapping of North America and the Caribbean. Most ...
Site: LOC.gov web pages Original Format: Map - Web Page Date: 2008-08-04 -
History Of Mapping The Civil War - Civil War Maps
War, like necessity, has been called the mother of invention. The same might be said of cartography, for with every war there is a great rush to produce maps to aid in ...
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Overview - Discovery And Exploration
This category documents the discovery and exploration with both manuscripts and published maps. Many of these maps reflect the European Age of Discoveries, dating from the late 15th century to the 17th ...
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Publication on Renaissance World Maps
The Library of Congress is publishing a new book on two 16th-century maps that fundamentally changed the way the world was viewed.
Site: LOC.gov web pages Original Format: Web Page Date: 2012 -
Maps & Geography
Links to resources of maps and representations of contemporary and historic places for political, geographic and military purposes.
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The 1562 Map Of America - Discovery And Exploration
Created by Diego Gutiérrez The late fifteenth-century landfall by Christopher Columbus on the island of Guanahani, in the Bahamas, forced open the gates to a whole new world for the Spanish and ...
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Guides to the Collections by Theme (Geography and Map Reading Room, Library of Congress)
Guides to the Collections by Theme (Geography and Map Reading Room, Library of Congress)
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Mapping The American Revolution And Its Era - American Revolutionary War Maps
Increased North American exploration in the 18th century created a great demand for improvement in the poor quality of existing maps, charts, and plans. An engraved view of a sea drama published ...
Site: LOC.gov web pages Original Format: Map - Web Page Date: 2008-08-04