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3 days ago · Quick Tips for using this 1700 Historical Pennsylvania Counties Map tool. There are four ways to get started using this Historical U.S. Counties map tool. Type any PRESENT-day place or address in the “Search places” box above the map and choose the one you want from the auto-complete list. Click the map to see the historical county name for ...
5 days ago · WELCOME. Introduction to Historical Maps of Pennsylvania. WELCOME. The Dutch established the first European settlement along the Delaware River at Lewes in 1631, but it was soon wiped out by the Indians, so the Dutch settled for occasionally manned trading posts. Next came the Finns and Swedes in 1638, who established settlements up and down ...
5 days ago · WELCOME. 1740's Pennsylvania Maps. WELCOME. The decade saw the competition for the Ohio Valley between the British and French intensify. The Lewis Evans map of 1749 was in some ways a propaganda device to alert government officials to the importance of the lands beyond the mountains. York County (county seat at York) was created in 1749, making ...
5 days ago · 1760 to 1764 Pennsylvania Maps. Maps from this decade were largely concerned with how the North American continent looked after the Treaty of Paris in 1763 ended the French and Indian War. 1760.1 A MAP OF CANADA AND THE NORTH PART OF LOUISIANA WITH THE ADJACENT COUNTRYS. By Thos. Jefferys, geographer to His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales.
5 days ago · They would solicit subscriptions for an atlas and if enough people signed up, go ahead and make one. A county wall map and atlas was published for most Pennsylvania counties. A notable history of 19th century map publishing is American Maps and Mapmakers by W. W. Ristow. The first atlases of the state were published in the 1800's including the ...
5 days ago · WELCOME. The ‘very’ earliest county map is the 1687 map of Thomas Holme, A Mapp of Ye Improved Part of Pennsylvania in America divided into Countyes Townships and Lotts. This map showed the counties of Philadelphia, Chester, and Bucks, the founding counties of the state created in 1682. However, it and the subsequent maps of Philadelphia ...
5 days ago · Scale: 1 inch = 30 miles. Size 10.5 x 13 inches. 1886 TUNISON'S PENNSYLVANIA, pages 54, 55 from a Tunison's Atlas circa 1886, this map is undated but has 1880 census data. It has the brilliant color characteristic of Henry Tunison maps, though how he obtained it seems to be something of a mystery.
