The Chesapeake Bay Colonies.

A map of parts of New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania showing General Washington's campaign in the winter of 1776-1777.

A map of the Ohio country where in 1778-1779 George Rogers Clark led the Illinois Campaign to capture the British stronghold at Vincennes, marking an end to British power in the west.

A map of the Adirondack Mountains, southern Lake Champlain, eastern Lake Ontario, and Hudson River Valley south to Peekskill showing the important battle sites of the area during the American Revolutionary War.

A facsimile of Gabriel Thomas's map (1698) of eastern Pennsylvania and West New Jersey, showing the Delaware Bay and Delaware River to Bucks County, the northern reach of the Chesapeake Bay, Philadelphia, and early settlements in the area.

A map of the Chesapeake Bay and Delaware Bay region in 1652 showing the early European settlements of Providence (Annapolis), Fort Christina, and Fort Nassau, and the areas of the Kent Company, Anne Arundel Company, Charles Company, and...

A map of the Ohio country where in 1778-1779 George Rogers Clark led the Illinois Campaign to capture the British stronghold at Vincennes, marking an end to British power in the west. The map shows Clark's route from Pittsburgh along the...

A map of New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, and Maryland showing the Philadelphia Campaign route(1777) of British commander General William Howe from Long Island to the Chesapeake Bay, his landing site at Elkton (Head of Elk) Maryland,...

A facsimile of an early map from the Arcano del Mare (Robert Dudley, 1642) of the Nova Belgia (New Amsterdam) and New England coastline from Long Island to east of the St. Croix River.

A map of North America showing the routes of early French exploration of the Mississippi Valley from the Great Lakes to the Gulf of Mexico in the 1600's. The map shows the routes of Father Jacques Marquette (with Louis Jolliet) and...

A series of three maps of the British colonies in North America showing the types of colonial governments between 1682, 1692, and 1730, and the shift from charter colonies electing their own governors to the colonies with councilors...

A map of the United States east of the Mississippi River showing the State claims between 1783-1802. The map shows the western territorial boundary established by the Treaty of 1783 between Britain and the United States, the State claims...

A map of the American colonies and territories west to the Mississippi River between the end of the French and Indian War of 1763 and the beginnings of westward expansion of the trans-Appalachian colony proposed in the Vandalia Project...

A map showing the development of the Carolinas from the land grant of Charles II in 1663 to the establishment of the Province of Georgia by charter in 1732. The map shows the area of Carolina as established by the Patent of 1665...

A map of the area from the Delaware Bay to the Connecticut River showing the territory claimed by the Dutch as New Netherlands (1614-1664) and the territory around the Delaware Bay and Delaware River claimed by Sweden as New Sweden...

A map of the early colonies of Virginia and Maryland showing the first settlements of Jamestown (1607) and St. Mary's (1634). The future sites of Baltimore (1729) and Washington (1790) are also shown.

A map of West Florida as a British possession between 1763 and 1780. In 1763, the King of Great Britain by royal proclamation limited West Florida on the west by the Mississippi River, on the north by the 31st parallel, on the east by...

A map of the southern Colonies showing the area of General Nathaneal Greene's campaign (1781) against the British under Charles Cornwallis in the closing years of the American Revolution. The map shows the important sites of Cowpens,...

A map of southern Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia showing the scene of operations in the South during the American Revolutionary War from 1779-1781. The map shows the route of Greene's retreat from Cowpens to the...

A map of the Appalachian Mountain region showing the three primary routes of the early 1700's through the natural barrier from the English colonies to the Mississippi Valley. "The Appalachian ranges separated the French and the English,...

A facsimile of a map of the Mississippi Delta showing the explorations of the French Canadian Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville in 1700. The map shows Lake Pontchartrain, Fort Biloxi, and the channels of the Mississippi River.

A map of New Netherlands in the 1600's showing New Amsterdam and Dutch Fort (Albany) established in 1623, the English Settlements on the Connecticut River (Hartford) and the New Haven Colony, and the southern Dutch and Swedish...

A map showing the route of Colonel George Rogers Clark's Campaign in the Northwest (1778-1779) during the American Revolutionary War. The map shows Clark's starting point at Fort Pit, and route along the Ohio River to the British Fort...

A map of the vicinity of Springfield, New Jersey, showing the battle site during the American Revolutionary War (June 23, 1780). "The stream with branches, and running in a southerly direction, is the Rahway River; (a) is the house of...