A History of America in 100 Maps

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62 A HISTORY OF AMERICA IN 100 MAPS The heart of the map is the interior shown at right, where Coronelli described the discoveri ...

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I n 1700 the French, Spanish, and British all competed for the upper hand in North America. The French and British sought access ...

River, and at the same time sowed the seeds of American independence. The colonists believed that the ejection of the French wou ...

66 A HISTORY OF AMERICA IN 100 MAPS THE WAR OF THE MAPS Guillaume de L’Isle, “Carte de la Louisiane et du Cours du Mississipi,” ...

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68 A HISTORY OF AMERICA IN 100 MAPS Herman Moll, “A New Map of the North Parts of America Claimed by France,” 1720 (pages 70–1) ...

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72 A HISTORY OF AMERICA IN 100 MAPS Though it lacks a formal title, the lengthy description of this map tells us much: “This map ...

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74 A HISTORY OF AMERICA IN 100 MAPS In 1713 the Spanish granted the British the exclusive right to supply their New World coloni ...

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76 A HISTORY OF AMERICA IN 100 MAPS A century before John James Audubon thrilled Americans with his Birds of America, the Englis ...

IMPERIALISM AND INDEPENDENCE 77 armed by the Spanish to help protect St. Augustine. The Stono Rebellion terrified British slaveh ...

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IMPERIALISM AND INDEPENDENCE 79 If the Cherokee map on page 72 showed us a native perspective on trade and diplomacy, this gives ...

80 A HISTORY OF AMERICA IN 100 MAPS The British were disturbed by the growing French presence in the Ohio Valley during the 1740 ...