Maps

[image] Los Angeles, with an added eye in the vicinity of Encino. @TerribleMaps

[image] 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗙𝗜𝗩𝗘 𝗖𝗜𝗧𝗜𝗘𝗦 𝗧𝗛𝗔𝗧 𝗦𝗛𝗔𝗣𝗘𝗗 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗔𝗠𝗘𝗥𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗡 𝗥𝗘𝗩𝗢𝗟𝗨𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 🇺🇸 🧵 Before the United States became a nation of millions, just five cities dominated life in the American colonies. These were the largest population centers at the start of the

[image] 𝗪𝗛𝗘𝗡 𝗡𝗢𝗥𝗧𝗛 𝗖𝗔𝗥𝗢𝗟𝗜𝗡𝗔 𝗟𝗘𝗗 𝗔𝗠𝗘𝗥𝗜𝗖𝗔'𝗦 𝗙𝗜𝗥𝗦𝗧 𝗚𝗢𝗟𝗗 𝗥𝗨𝗦𝗛 Long before California struck gold, North Carolina was at the center of America's first gold rush. This 1833 map by Henry S. Tanner highlights the state's famous "Gold Region," where

[image] 𝗪𝗛𝗘𝗡 𝗧𝗘𝗫𝗔𝗦 𝗚𝗔𝗩𝗘 𝗨𝗣 𝗔 𝗤𝗨𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗘𝗥 𝗢𝗙 𝗜𝗧𝗦 𝗟𝗔𝗡𝗗 Published in 1852 by Thomas, Cowperthwait & Co. and compiled by J. H. Young, this was the first widely distributed atlas map to show Texas' new boundaries following the Compromise of 1850. Texas

[image] 𝗩𝗜𝗥𝗚𝗜𝗡𝗜𝗔 & 𝗠𝗔𝗥𝗬𝗟𝗔𝗡𝗗: 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗗𝗨𝗧𝗖𝗛 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗥𝗧 𝗧𝗛𝗔𝗧 𝗠𝗔𝗣𝗣𝗘𝗗 𝗘𝗡𝗚𝗟𝗜𝗦𝗛 𝗔𝗠𝗘𝗥𝗜𝗖𝗔 Published in Amsterdam around 1695, this remarkable sea chart by Johannes van Keulen depicts the Chesapeake Bay, Virginia, Maryland, and the surrounding Atlantic

[image] 𝗟𝗢𝗡𝗚 𝗜𝗦𝗟𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗕𝗘𝗙𝗢𝗥𝗘 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗦𝗨𝗕𝗨𝗥𝗕𝗦 — 𝟭𝟴𝟱𝟳 Published by J. H. Colton & Co. in New York, this beautifully hand-colored map captures Long Island at a pivotal moment in American history. Brooklyn was expanding rapidly, while much of the island remained

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