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Item 11777
Title: Map of Maine, 1905
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society
Date: circa 1905
Media: Ink on paper, map
Item 7489
Title: Nova Anglia, Novum Belgium et Virginia
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society
Date: circa 1642
Media: Map, ink on paper
Item 7492
Title: Novi Belgii: Novaeque Angliae Nec Non partis Virginiae
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society
Date: circa 1655
Media: Map, ink on paper
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Colonial Cartography: The Plymouth Company Maps
The Plymouth Company (1749-1816) managed one of the very early land grants in Maine along the Kennebec River. The maps from the Plymouth Company's collection of records constitute some of the earliest cartographic works of colonial America.
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Settling along the Androscoggin and Kennebec
The Proprietors of the Township of Brunswick was a land company formed in 1714 and it set out to settle lands along the Androscoggin and Kennebec Rivers in Maine.
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The boundaries of Maine are the product of international conflict, economic competition, political fights, and contested development. The boundaries are expressions of human values; people determined the shape of Maine.
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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown
The history of Farmington as depicted by representatives from Farmington Historical Society, Farmington Public Library, Center for Community GIS, University of Maine at Farmington, and the Mallett School. Topics covered include education, culture, early settlers, important residents, agriculture, and a special section on maps.
Site
Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village
The history of a small western Maine community north of Farmington as told by a team consisting of Strong Historical Society, Strong Elementary School, and Strong Public Library. Exhibit topics include Strong's prominence in the wood products industry (it was once the "Toothpick Capital of the World"), the "Bridge that Changed the Map," schools and educational history, clubs and organizations, "Fly Rod" Crosby, the first Maine guide, and a rich student section related to the Civil War and post-Civil War era in the town.