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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: The United States, 1800
A map of the United States in 1800 showing the original thirteen states with the additions of Vermont (1791), Kentucky (1792), and Tennessee (1796), the State claims to western lands by South Carolina and Georgia, the extent of the...
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Etc: Maps Etc: The Country East of the Mississippi, 1650
A map from 1872 of the country east of the Mississippi for the year 1650, forty-seven years after the settlement of Jamestown. This map shows early commencement of European settlement and the principal Native American tribal lands east...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: The West, 1783 1789
A map of the early United States between 1783 and 1789 showing the territorial State claims west to the Mississippi River, and is keyed to show undefined or disputed boundaries, boundaries of States and territories, and boundaries not...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Route of De Soto, 1539 1542
A map of the supposed route of Hernando de Soto's expedition taken from Tampa Bay (1539) to the Mississippi River, first reached in 1541, and the site of his death in 1542. The map shows the winter quarters of the expedition in northern...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: The United States, 1790
A map of the early United States in 1790 showing the boundary established west to the Mississippi River, and is keyed to show undefined or disputed boundaries, boundaries of States and territories, and boundaries not settled. The map...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Red River Below Alexandria, 1911
A map from 1911 of the diversion of the Red River below Alexandria, Louisiana, showing the old course of the river, and the location of rapids. The map also shows typical drainage features in the Red River and Mississippi River flood...
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Etc: De Soto's March From Tampa Bay to Mississippi, 1539 1542
A map of the route of Hernando de Soto's expedition taken from Tampa Bay (1539) to the Mississippi River, first reached in 1541, and the site of his death in 1542. This map, from 1891, shows a route that has been disputed in later years.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Illinois River System, 1916
A map from 1916 of the Illinois River drainage basin showing the primary and secondary tributaries from Lake Michigan to the Mississippi River.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Vicinity of New Orleans, 1872
A map from 1872 of the vicinity of New Orleans. "New Orleans, now the capital of the state of Louisiana, is on the E. bank of the Mississippi River, 105 miles from its mouth, by the river's course. It was first settled by the French in...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: North America, 1858
A map from 1858 of North America showing the boundaries at the time for Russian America (Alaska), Greenland, British America or New Britain, Canada East and Canada West, the United States, Mexico, Central America, and the West Indies...
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Etc: French Explorations of the Mississippi, 1673 1682
Eastern section of North America, noting the areas along the Mississippi River explored by the French during the late seventeenth century.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: The United Colonies, 1776
A map of the United Colonies at the beginning of the American Revolution (1776) showing colonial land claims to the Mississippi River, including the territories organized after the war. The map shows the Northwest Territory (organized in...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Vicksburg Campaign, 1863
A map detailing the Vicksburg Campaign (1863) of the American Civil War. The map shows cities and towns, roads and strategic railroads, terrain features and tributaries of the Mississippi River, and is keyed to show the march of Grant's...
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Etc: Maps Etc: Forts Jackson and St. Philip, 1862
A map of Fort Jackson and Fort St. Philip, two Confederate forts on the Mississippi River in Louisiana. The map shows the fortifications, batteries, and the chain barrier across the Mississippi. These forts were essential to the...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: West Florida, 1803 1819
A map of the disputed territory of West Florida showing the United States claim after the Louisiana Purchase (1803) and President Madison's annexation (1810) from the Mississippi River to the Pearl River, the occupation to the Perdido...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: United States, 1789
A map of the United States in 1789, showing the State territorial claims, territories, and areas of territorial dispute. The map is color-coded to show States, territories, British possessions, and Spanish possessions, and shows the...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Environs of New Orleans, 1903
A map from 1903 of the Mississippi Delta region showing the site of New Orleans, Lake Pontchartrain, Lake Borgne, and the course of the Mississippi River through the bird's-foot delta to the Gulf of Mexico.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Vicksburg and Vicinity, 1863
The vicinity of Vicksburg, Mississippi during the American Civil War.The map shows the Mississippi River, strategic railroads, and Grant's advances through the area toward the seige and capture of Vicksburg.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: The Vicksburg Campaign, 1863
A map of the vicinity of Vicksburg ob the Mississippi River during the American Civil War showing the fortifications and siege line around Vicksburg, the strategic railroads in the area linking the port on the Mississippi, and the route...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: American Population, 1790
A map of the original thirteen States in 1790 showing the distribution of the European-American population at the time and the general tribal lands of the Native Americans east of the Mississippi River. The map shows the State lines,...
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Etc: Maps Etc: The American Indian Nations, 1776
An early map of the southeastern North America around 1776, showing the American Indian Nations of the region at the time. The map shows colonial boundaries extending from the Atlantic coast to the Mississippi River, towns, forts, and...
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Etc: Maps Etc: Land Claims of the Colonies, 1783
A map of eastern North America showing the land claims of the thirteen original states in 1783, from the Atlantic coast west to the Mississippi River. The map notes that New York claimed all the lands west of the Alleghany mountains....
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Etc: Maps Etc: British Possessions in North America, 1765
A map showing the British possessions in North America in 1765 after the French and Indian War, as defined by the Treaty of 1763, Proclamation of 1763, and the Royal Orders of 1764-1767. The map shows the British Colonies on the...
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Etc: Maps Etc: British Possessions in North America, 1775
A map showing the British possessions in North America in 1775, before the outbreak of hostilities during the American Revolutionary War. The map shows the boundaries of the British Colonies along the Atlantic, the Proclamation Line of...