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7th October 2012

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Map: Boston Harbor, Bathymetric Survey from the 1770s originally posted to the BIG Map Blog.

Map: Boston Harbor, Bathymetric Survey from the 1770s originally posted to the BIG Map Blog.

Tags: boston boston harbor bostonharbor massachusetts maritime sailing boating nautical map maps mapping cartography geography history

28th September 2012

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Map: Map of Boston Harbor (1905) originally posted to the BIG Map Blog.

Map: Map of Boston Harbor (1905) originally posted to the BIG Map Blog.

Tags: boston boston harbor bostonharbor nautical maritime sailing massachusetts map maps mapping cartography geography history

13th June 2012

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Map: Lighthouses in Puerto Rico (1900s) originally posted to the BIG Map Blog.

Map: Lighthouses in Puerto Rico (1900s) originally posted to the BIG Map Blog.

Tags: puertorico puerto rico nautical maritime lighthouse lighthouses map maps mapping cartography geography history

30th May 2012

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Map: Murphy’s map of Boston Harbor (1905) originally posted to the BIG Map Blog.

Map: Murphy’s map of Boston Harbor (1905) originally posted to the BIG Map Blog.

Tags: boston nautical maritime map maps mapping cartography geography history massachusetts

23rd May 2012

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Map: The Alaska Line: The All-American Route (1936) originally posted to the BIG Map Blog.

Map: The Alaska Line: The All-American Route (1936) originally posted to the BIG Map Blog.

Tags: alaska map maps mapping cartography geography history nautical maritime

17th May 2012

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Map: New York City’s harbor (1892) originally posted to the BIG Map Blog.

Map: New York City’s harbor (1892) originally posted to the BIG Map Blog.

Tags: nyc new york city newyorkcity new york battery park batterypark manhattan map maps nautical maritime history geography

20th January 2012

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Map: Sable Island: Known shipwrecks since 1583 originally posted to the BIG Map Blog.

Map: Sable Island: Known shipwrecks since 1583 originally posted to the BIG Map Blog.

Tags: sable island sableisland canada nova scotia novascotia map maps cartography shipping nautical sailing shipwreck shipwrecks history geography

11th December 2011

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Map: Koch’s Seattle, Washington Birdseye Map (1891) originally posted to the BIG Map Blog.

Map: Koch’s Seattle, Washington Birdseye Map (1891) originally posted to the BIG Map Blog.

Tags: seattle washington pnw map maps mapping maritime nautical history geography cartography birdseye beautiful illustration

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Map: San Diego, California Historical Map (1802) originally posted to the BIG Map Blog.

Map: San Diego, California Historical Map (1802) originally posted to the BIG Map Blog.

Tags: sandiego san diego california map maps mapping cartography geography history nautical sailing maritime

7th December 2011

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Map: JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA Birdseye Map (1874) originally posted to the BIG Map Blog.

Map: JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA Birdseye Map (1874) originally posted to the BIG Map Blog.

Tags: jacksonville florida nautical map maps mapping cartography geography history birdseye

23rd November 2011

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Map: Three transit-style maps of the Mississippi River system by Daniel Huffman of “somethingaboutmaps” in the style of Beck’s London “Tube Map”. Amazing detail; 95+ megapixel images [12,000px × 8,000px]. Originally posted to the BIG Map Blog.

Map: Three transit-style maps of the Mississippi River system by Daniel Huffman of “somethingaboutmaps” in the style of Beck’s London “Tube Map”. Amazing detail; 95+ megapixel images [12,000px × 8,000px]. Originally posted to the BIG Map Blog.

Tags: Mississippi mississippi river mississippiriver Daniel Huffman somethingaboutmaps map maps mapping cartography geography history transportation transit nautical river rivers river systems

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Map: Peak’s Island, Portland Harbor, Maine (1886) originally posted to the BIG Map Blog.

Map: Peak’s Island, Portland Harbor, Maine (1886) originally posted to the BIG Map Blog.

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