The Norman B. Leventhal Map Center at the Boston Public Library boasts an impressive collection of American Revolutionary War Era Maps. All told, there are nearly 2,000 hand-drawn maps currently available in the Portal, all produced between the years 1750 and 1800. Locations mapped include Boston, wider New England, the rest of Eastern North America, and the West Indies. The collection, which has been called "the most outstanding, expansive, and renowned of the Boston Library's collections," can be viewed in full on the site. Each map is accompanied by a brief description, including the map's author, the date of its completion, the location the map represents, and the map's dimensions. In addition, readers may zoom in and out and download printer-friendly and full-size versions. All maps are searchable by keyword and filtered for a narrow examination by Subject, by Publisher, and by other categories.
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