Bünting, Heinrich, Die gantze Welt in ein Kleberblat (1581)

Fries, Lorenz, ca. 1490-1531, Ptolemy, Grüninger, Johann, d. 1532?, Pirckheimer, Willibald, and Regiomontanus, Joannes. The World (1525)

Williams, Richard, A plan of Boston and its environs (1775)

Page, Thomas Hyde, A plan of the Action at Bunkers Hill, on the 17th of June 1775... (1778)

O.H. Bailey & Co. View of Springfield, Mass. (1875)

Walling, Henry Francis. Map of the town of Concord (1852)

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1. Boston and New England Maps

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Description:: The primary geographical focus of the Norman B. Leventhal Map Center's pre-20th-century Boston and New England Maps Collection is the local region, encompassing Boston, Massachusetts, and New England. The collection consists of more than 600 maps of the city of Boston and approximately 1,000... more

2. Maritime Charts and Atlases

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Description:: A significant component of the Norman B. Leventhal Map Center's pre-20th-century cartographic holdings is an extensive collection of nautical charts and atlases pertaining to the world and particularly North America. The core of this collection consists of 25 atlases dating from the 17th and... more

3. Urban Maps

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Description:: The Norman B. Leventhal Map Center's pre-20th-century cartographic holdings contain approximately 2,000 urban-related maps, with a special focus on maps and atlases depicting Boston and other Massachusetts cities and towns. Included are examples of the major types of urban mapping that were... more

4. American Revolutionary War-Era Maps

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Description:: With the first battles of the American Revolution occurring in the Boston area, one of the most important historical time periods represented in the Norman B. Leventhal Map Center's pre-20th-century holdings is the American Revolutionary War era, defined broadly as 1750 to 1800. This collection... more

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