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Jun 12, 2017 · Maps from 1630 to the present show how the city—once an 800-acre peninsula—grew into what it is today.
- Betsy Mason
- Map of Boston, 1723. The Boston we see in this first map hardly resembles the city we know today. An English captain named John Bonner originally created the map in 1721, and it was revised many times throughout the 18th century.
- Boston Begins “Wharfing Out,” 1708. Colonial Boston depended on the ocean for trade, food, and a constant influx of settlers from England. But the shallow water surrounding much of the city was a problem for loading and unloading ships.
- Bulfinch Triangle, 1807. European colonists wanted to build lumber and grist mills, but they were stymied by the physical geography of Eastern Massachusetts, which has few fast-running rivers, and therefore few good sites for mills.
- Back Bay, 1855. Filling in land behind tidal dams not only provided room for new neighborhoods, it also solved an urban planning challenge. Many of the mill dam ponds had become smelly, dirty blights after the dams cut off the natural circulation of water from the ocean, and city residents started using the flats as sewer dumps.
Jan 22, 2024 · Learn how to analyze maps of Boston in 1775 and today and identify how humans have altered the landscape. Explore the population graph, the Venn diagram, and the National Geographic MapMaker to compare and contrast different maps of the Boston area.
Jan 15, 2024 · Step back in time and take a journey through history as we compare the Boston map of 1776 to the bustling metropolis it is today. From the quaint and winding streets of colonial Boston to the sprawling urban landscape of the 21st century, the changes this iconic city has witnessed are fascinating.
Compare historical maps of the Siege of Boston, which lasted from 1775 to 1776 during the American Revolution. See how the British Army was surrounded and bombarded by the Continental Army in Boston.
This map shows the military situation in Boston just after the Battle of Bunker Hill (June 1775) and prior to the British evacuation of the city in March 1776. (This map was published one week before the evacuation).
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See the some of the timeline of history via the USGS series of maps of Boston here, or a more interactive map via MapJunction with an array of base and historical map overlays of Boston, including a cool 4-way slider that allows you to do an overlay left-to-right and control transparency top-to-bottom. A couple of screen shots of these.
