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Thomas Jefferys, The Provinces of Massachusetts Bay and New Hampshire. (Southern section)

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Thomas Jefferys, The Provinces of Massachusetts Bay and New Hampshire. (Southern section), 1776

A Map of the most Inhabited part of New England, containing the Provinces of Massachusetts Bay and New Hampshire, with the Colonies of Conecticut And…

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Robert Aitken, A new and correct plan of the town of Boston, and provincial camp

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Robert Aitken, A new and correct plan of the town of Boston, and provincial camp, Boston Public Library, Norman B. Leventhal Map Center, 1755

Engrav'd for the Pennsylva. magazine v. 1, 1775, p. 29.
Relief shown pictorially.

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William Price
John Bonner, A new plan of ye great town of Boston in New England in America, with the many additionall buildings & new streets to the year 1743

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William Price
John Bonner, A new plan of ye great town of Boston in New England in America, with the many additionall buildings & new streets to the year 1743, 1743

A new plan of ye great town of Boston in New England in America, with the many additionall buildings & new streets to the year 1743

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A Map of forty miles north, thirty miles west, and twenty five miles south of Boston : including an accurate draft of the harbour and town

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A Map of forty miles north, thirty miles west, and twenty five miles south of Boston : including an accurate draft of the harbour and town, 1775?

Relief shown pictorially.
Includes "References to the harbour and environs of Boston," reflecting points of general interest and military events…

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Samuel de Champlain, Samuel de Champlain, Carte geographique de la Nouvelle Franse faictte par le sieur de Champlain Saint Tongois cappitaine ordinaire pour le Roy en la Marine. Faict len 1612

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Samuel de Champlain, Samuel de Champlain, Carte geographique de la Nouvelle Franse faictte par le sieur de Champlain Saint Tongois cappitaine ordinaire pour le Roy en la Marine. Faict len 1612, [A Paris] : [Chez Iean Berjon, rue S. Iean de Beauuais, au Cheual volant, & en sa boutique au Palais, {grave}a la gallerie de prisonniers], published 1613

First detailed map of Champlain's explorations of New France: from the eastern seaboard into the Gulf of St. Lawrence, up the St. Lawrence River and…

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John Seller, Hydrographer to the King, A Mapp of New England (1675)

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John Seller, Hydrographer to the King, A Mapp of New England (1675), Seller. Appears in author's Atlas maritimus, or, The sea-atlas. London. 1675., 1675

From Leventhal Map Library:
A foundation in the early history of the mapping of New England, this map is the first printed version of William Reed's…

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Nicolas Sanson, Le Canada, ou Novelle France

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Nicolas Sanson, Le Canada, ou Novelle France, 1657

Copper engraved double page map of Canada and the Great Lakes. Showing political and administrative boundaries, major cities, towns, villages, rivers,…

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Cotton Mather, An Exact Mapp of New England and New York (1702)

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Cotton Mather, An Exact Mapp of New England and New York (1702), Norman B. Leventhal Map Center, Boston Public Library, 1702 (based on 1685 map)

Recognized as the first 18th century map of New England, this map was used to illustrate Cotton Mather's famous history of the Bay Colony, "Magnalia…

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Thomas Jefferys and John Green, A map of the most inhabited part of New England : containing the provinces of Massachusets Bay and New Hampshire, with the colonies of Conecticut and Rhode Island, divided into counties and townships : the whole composed from actual surveys and its situation adjusted by astronomical observations (1774)

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Thomas Jefferys and John Green, A map of the most inhabited part of New England : containing the provinces of Massachusets Bay and New Hampshire, with the colonies of Conecticut and Rhode Island, divided into counties and townships : the whole composed from actual surveys and its situation adjusted by astronomical observations (1774), Boston Public Library, 1777, 1755

This large, detailed map of New England was compiled by Braddock Mead (alias John Green), and first published by Thomas Jefferys in 1755. Green was an…

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