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MLA citation style: Smith, John F. Historical Geography. [S.l, 1888] Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2002624023/>. Maps for an emerging nation, 108 Available also through the Library of Congress web site as a raster image.
Dec 13, 2019 · It’s hard not to be shocked by “Historical Geography,” a map by John F. Smith from 1888. By overlaying a strange “tree” shape with such strong (and strange) language, it breaks with...
Aug 22, 2023 · Historical Geography Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1888, by John F. Smith, in the office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington.
This map, entitled Historical Geography, portrays American history as a conflict between two opposing trees struggling to dominate the land. One was the tree of slavery, planted at Jamestown, Virginia, in 1619; the other, planted by the Pilgrims at Plymouth in 1620, was the tree of liberty.
A map, titled “Historical Geography” and created by John F. Smith (1888), that uses the images of two highly stylized trees superimposed onto a map of the United States to depict the spread and triumph of liberty (in the North) over slavery (in the South) from the founding of the United States through the Civil War.
To begin the project, I facilitated an in-class analysis of a map from the late 1800s: John F. Smith’s “Historical Geography” (see Map 1 in the Appendix). The map, as is immediately clear, is focused on the United States,
Feb 10, 2022 · John Smith's Map of Virginia: A Closer Look. Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail. Captain John Smith created the first detailed map of the Chesapeake Bay. In addition to the region’s geography, Smith labelled the locations of dozens of American Indian towns.
