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Keywords: Maps-to 1800.

Historical Items

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Item 4318

Androscoggin River above Lewiston, ca. 1750

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1750 Location: Turner; Livermore; Wayne; Leeds Media: Ink on paper

Item 4317

Cathance Mill lots, Topsham, 1759

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1759-01-05 Location: Topsham Media: Ink on paper

Item 6665

Pascatway River in New England, ca. 1890

Contributed by: Maine State Archives Date: circa 1670 Media: Paper

Online Exhibits

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Exhibit

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.

Exhibit

The Shape of Maine

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.