jacob: This map of Brookland is from 1766. One of the more incredible things about it is how defined most of Manhattan already was, over almost three centuries ago. Where can I find more like this?
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jacob:

This map of Brookland is from 1766. One of the more incredible things about it is how defined most of Manhattan already was, over almost three centuries ago.

Where can I find more like this?

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  1. salmonbits reblogged this from petervidani
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  3. puffy answered: bit.ly/13QF47 LOC’s map collection. I’ve also begun a NYC history tumblr: littleworm.tumblr.com and am doing a bunch of map posts next
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  8. superselect answered: New Amsterdam (1664) nnp.org/vtour/r…
  9. luckychu answered: did you think that almost three centuries ago people were retarded?
  10. scrawlonthestall answered: docs.unh.edu/nhtopos…
  11. proptwits reblogged this from jacob
  12. wonderfulredskies answered: I had a similar observation in a history textbook. It is incredible.
  13. petervidani reblogged this from jacob and added:
    Congress has an enormous collection...maps organized by state. They’re indexed by date and...
  14. paintthetownred reblogged this from poobah and added:
    Interesting that this seems to be a trend. New York magazine just published...what...
  15. nonononss answered: ooomg if you have an iPhone or iPod touch, you gotta get the app Seadragon. Old maps and more!
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  18. jochem answered: tinyurl.com/djebcg + tinyurl.com/cp2l9g
  19. joshuagd answered: I don’t know, but it wasn’t OVER 3 centuries ago. It was 2 centuries, 4 decades, and 3 years. Unless somehow I missed that we’re in 2066.
  20. mrmu reblogged this from jacob
  21. skorch answered: It’s not NY, but here’s a bunch of old London maps - oldlondonmaps.com
  22. esquareda answered: Wikimedia Commons may have some good stuff commons.wikimedia.org/w…
  23. jayrobinson answered: When awesome people get a wealth of knowledge from their many minions and followers, I sure hope they share it with the world.
  24. inky answered: This site is annoying to navigate, but there seems to be a lot of great maps there from the 1800s. xrl.us/beo8xm
  25. rockuboff answered: This is pretty interesting …some old skool Subway maps - nycsubway.org/maps/hi…

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