Map layer 2 - Trees & Forests (Map layer)

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Title:

Map layer 2 - Trees & Forests

Description:

Containing patches of trees to represent forests, this layer is interesting because it shows potential areas to be navigated around, used as possible protection, or used to acquire building resources. As depicted in the multi-perspectival illustrations, fortifications and colonial construction used timber.

Collection:

Map Tracings

Tags:

construction materials, proportions of forests, resources, timber, trade, trees

Item Relations

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is extracted from

Item: Novi Belgii Novaeque Angliae nec non partis Virginiae tabula : multis in locis emenda

Citation

“Map layer 2 - Trees & Forests,” HIST 1952, accessed December 11, 2023, https://hist1952.omeka.fas.harvard.edu/items/show/86.