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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? The Library of Congress has an enormous collection of maps organized by state. They’re indexed by date and points of interest. I have a few of my favorites saved in a folder to print some day.

    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?

    The Library of Congress has an enormous collection of maps organized by state. They’re indexed by date and points of interest. I have a few of my favorites saved in a folder to print some day.

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    2. thebeerpirate 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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    9. superselect answered: New Amsterdam (1664) nnp.org/vtour/r…
    10. luckychu answered: did you think that almost three centuries ago people were retarded?
    11. scrawlonthestall answered: docs.unh.edu/nhtopos…
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    13. wonderfulredskies answered: I had a similar observation in a history textbook. It is incredible.
    14. petervidani reblogged this from jacob and added:
      Congress has an enormous collection...maps organized by state. They’re indexed by date and...
    15. paintthetownred reblogged this from poobah and added:
      Interesting that this seems to be a trend. New York magazine just published...what...
    16. think-free answered: ooomg if you have an iPhone or iPod touch, you gotta get the app Seadragon. Old maps and more!
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    19. knowyourcow answered: try this davidrumsey.com the Google Earth stuff is good
    20. jochem answered: tinyurl.com/djebcg + tinyurl.com/cp2l9g
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      incredible. Click through for...see “The Battery”, which was literally that (just
    23. golden-and-delicious 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.
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    25. skorch answered: It’s not NY, but here’s a bunch of old London maps - oldlondonmaps.com
    26. esquareda answered: Wikimedia Commons may have some good stuff commons.wikimedia.org/w…
    27. 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.
    28. 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
    29. rockuboff answered: This is pretty interesting …some old skool Subway maps - nycsubway.org/maps/hi…
    30. berezina answered: Room 117, NYPL, 5th Ave & 42nd St.
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