Keywords: Geographical Map
Item 104601
Contributed by: Osher Map Library and Smith Center for Cartographic Education Date: circa 1676 Media: Ink on Paper
Item 104600
Map of the District of Maine, 1815
Contributed by: Osher Map Library and Smith Center for Cartographic Education Date: 1815 Media: Ink on Paper
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
Looking Out: Maine's Fire Towers
Maine, the most heavily forested state in the nation, had the first continuously operational fire lookout tower, beginning a system of fire prevention that lasted much of the twentieth century.
Site Page
Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Maps
The maps were created using Google Earth, GIS (Geographic Information Systems) and GPS (Global Positioning Systems) software.
Site Page
Maine's Road to Statehood - Maine in the 17th Century
… help they could receive.[3] Likely due to geographic distance than any conscious or malicious decision-making, second-class status remained a…
