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Containing areas of settlement, this layer is fascinating because when isolated, it more clearly suggests purposes behind the accumulated locations. These reasons may include aesthetic preferences or for strategic (military or for trade) uses.

This pictorial map depicts the history of the United States, with history seeming to be defined as colonial activity -- or even more broadly, white history (although it does record the historical locations of several Native American tribes). It…

Map of California Roads for Cyclers. This Map Engraved by the California Photo-Eng. Co. Wasp B'ld'g., 513 Market St., S.F. Designed & Drawn by Geo. W. Blum. Edward Denny & Co. 207 Montgomery St. Sole Agents. Published and Copyrighted by Geo. W. Blum,…

Map of Greater Cleveland's Neal Fireproof Storage Facilities, in 1925.

This atlas map of Europe is included as it is an excellent example of a persistent problem that cartographers of Europe faced after German unification: how to label the quasi-federal German Empire. Interestingly, the label for Prussia -- the dominant…

This map, named The Map of the Borderlines of China and Russia, is a selected translation from one 1884 Russian map. Hong Jun (1839-1893), who had been the Qing Empire’s emissary, bought the original map in Russia and translated place names into…

This map is a survey of the city of New York showing the location of farms, estates, street names and the high water lines. This survey is interesting as it shows the survey lines of the Manhattan grid dashed beneath the boundary lines of original…