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Massachusetts Bay Colony, one of the original English settlements in present-day Massachusetts, settled in 1630 by a group of about 1,000 Puritan refugees from England under Gov. John Winthrop and Deputy Gov. Thomas Dudley.
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A new and accurate map of the colony of Massachusets [i.e. Massachusetts] Bay, in North America, from a late survey.
New and accurate map of the colony of Massachusets BayNew and accurate map of the colony of Massachusetts Bay- Massachusetts--Maps--Early works to 1800- Rhode Island--Maps--Early works to 1800- Connecticut--Maps--Early works to 1800- United States--Massachusetts- Covers eastern Massachusetts, Rhode Island, eastern Connecticut, and small portions of New Hampshire and Vermont.- Relief shown pictorially.- From Universal magazine of knowledge and pleasure, vol. 66, Dec. 1780, opposite p. 281.- Prime meridian: Ferro.Feb 8, 2019 · This was the first printed map to depict a recognizable Massachusetts coastline, including Cape Ann, the Charles River, Boston and Plymouth Harbors, Cape Cod Bay and Cape Cod. Perhaps to encourage colonization, the map shows several nonexistent towns with English names such as “Bristow,” “Fawmouth” (sic), “London,” “Oxford” and “Plimouth” (fig. 3).
New and accurate map of the colony of Massachusets Bay | New and accurate map of the colony of Massachusetts Bay Covers eastern Massachusetts, Rhode Island, eastern Connecticut, and small portions of New Hampshire and Vermont. Relief shown pictorially.
What does Wood's map tell about the settlement of New England in the 1630s? What does Foster's map tell about the settlement in the 1670s? What similarities and differences do you notice in terms of scale, orientation, place names, and the use and meaning of symbols?
The Massachusetts Bay Colony (1628–1691), more formally the Colony of Massachusetts Bay, was an English settlement on the east coast of North America around the Massachusetts Bay, one of the several colonies later reorganized as the Province of Massachusetts Bay. The lands of the settlement were in southern New England, with initial ...
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A new and accurate map of the colony of Massachusets Bay, in North America, from a late survey. This map is also available in American Revolutionary Geographies Online (ARGO), a collections portal especially built for material relating to the American Revolutionary War Era. Visit ARGO to learn more about this item and explore the historical ...
