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BMC 39--Amerika of de Nieuwe Weerld, circa 1492
- Decorative map of America, showing California as an Island, prepared to illustrate Vander Aa's Dutch translation of the report of Columbus' first voyage to America. Includes an incomplete Great Lakes, unknown Northwest Coast of America, highly inaccurate mapping of the Mississippi River, the 7 Cities of Cibola and a largely incomplete knowledge of the region which would become New Zealand and Australia. South America misprojected in a very wide fashion.
1492
BMC 53--Massachusetts and Provinces of New Hampshire and Maine, circa 1760
- Map of Massachusetts and Provinces of New Hampshire and Maine. Notes "line of scouts and lodgements posted by Governor Pownall." Marks sites of numerous forts throughout the provinces, including Fort Halifax on the Kennebec River. Depicts area from Lake Champlain and Fort William Henry to Penobscot Bay in Maine. Cartographer is unknown and map is undated. Thomas Pownall was Governor of Massachusetts 1757-1760.
1760
BMC 61--A Survey for Six Townships On East Side of Penobscot River, 1713
- Map of six Townships on east side of Penobscot River, 1713. Neskeag Point, Cape Rosier, Fort Pownal, fort ruins at Castine, Blue Hill, Placentia Bay, and Mount Desert River are depicted. Cartographer unknown.
1713
BMC 31--Casco Bay Fort in the Province of Main[e] in America, 1705
- Casco Bay Fort in the Province of Main[e] in America, Latitude 44-00. Sepia print of the original compiled by J. Redknap. 1 inch to approx. 15 feet. A key identifies individual structures within the fort.
1705
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