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AbigailP
This layer shows the outlines of continents, both known and unknown. The only color on the map traces the known coasts of North America (yellow), Greenland and nearby land (green), and Asia (pink). The relatively unknown coasts of the land around…
Tags: 18th century, Alaska, colored outlines and shading, continent outlines, european exploration, French, geopolitical divisions, human presence on land, illustrations, Kamchatka, labels of tribal lands, lakes, native americans, Navigation, North America, notes on time and captains of voyages, Pacific, ports, positional knowledge (level of accuracy?), rivers, ship routes, theoretical geography, transportation network, treatment of the unknown, waterways, well-defined geographic information
JosiahC
Full title: “Department Of The Interior General Land Office N.C. McFarland, Commissioner. Territory Of Dakota. 1882. Compiled from the official Records of the General Land Office and other sources by C. Roeser, Principal Draughtsman G.L.O. Photo lith…