San Diego Union-Tribune

Vt. towns finally settle colonial map boundaries

ST. GEORGE, Vt.ST. GEORGE, Vt. — A Colonial-era boundary dispute between two Vermont towns that were never exactly sure where one ended and the other began is finally going to be settled. But it was ...
Hyperallergic

How Cartography Helped Make Colonial Empires

If you want to claim a territory, it’s good to have a map to show what’s yours. Defining Lines: Cartography in the Age of Empire at the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University examines how maps were a ...
New Hampshire Public Radio

Springfield museum exhibit focuses on Colonial-era maps and the stories they tell — or don't tell

1 of 5 — Springfield Museums We Have a Story to Tell At the Springfield Museums in western Massachusetts, the most recent exhibit connected to an aspect of the region’s Native American culture is on ...
PBS

Resources on Historical Maps, Colonialism and Indigenous People

At the Spokane ANTIQUES ROADSHOW in August 2007, a guest named Maurice brought in a large and weathered-looking atlas, which he explained to appraiser Stephen Massey had passed down to him from his ...
Albuquerque Journal

FBI returns stolen colonial map of Santa Fe to Mexico

A stolen map, dating from the 1700s, was recently recovered by the FBI and returned to the National Archives of Mexico at a ceremony in Albuquerque on Tuesday. Speaking at the Consulate of Mexico, ...
Daily Press

Marketing tool to bring more settlers to New World: Colonial Williamsburg art museum exhibit showcases colonial, early American maps

When European settlers mapped the American continents, they also faced the challenge of charting a course — and a reason — for others to follow suit. Starting Oct. 17, visitors to Colonial ...