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This map was the first to be printed in the British Colonies, and though crude in appearance was for its time the best available map of the region. Based on a 1665 survey by Bostonian William Reed, it was repurposed by Foster to illustrate William Hubbard’s Narrative of the Troubles with the Indians in New England. The Narrative described King Philip’s War of 1675-76, a horrific conflict between New England colonists and Algonquin Indians. By war’s end the native population had been decimated and dozens of colonial towns (shown numbered on this map) ravaged.
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3f462s808
label
A map of New-England, being the first that ever was here cut, and done by the best pattern that could be had, which being in some places defective, it made the other less exact ; yet doth it sufficiently shew the scituation of the countrey, and conveniently well the distance of places
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map
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Source metadata
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3f462s808
contentType
map
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normalized
title
A map of New-England, being the first that ever was here cut, and done by the best pattern that could be had, which being in some places defective, it made the other less exact ; yet doth it sufficiently shew the scituation of the countrey, and conveniently well the distance of places
description
This map was the first to be printed in the British Colonies, and though crude in appearance was for its time the best available map of the region. Based on a 1665 survey by Bostonian William Reed, it was repurposed by Foster to illustrate William Hubbard’s Narrative of the Troubles with the Indians in New England. The Narrative described King Philip’s War of 1675-76, a horrific conflict between New England colonists and Algonquin Indians. By war’s end the native population had been decimated and dozens of colonial towns (shown numbered on this map) ravaged.
date
["[1677]"]
year
1677
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
English
identifierLocal
06_01_009269
creators
Foster, John, 1648-1681
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection
subjects
New England--Maps--Early works to 1800
subjectsGeographic
New England
North and Central America
United States
genreBasic
Maps
typeOfResource
Cartographic
country
United States
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1
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import
Source extras
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sf268508b
collectionArkId
41688024w
schema:latitude
44.2033
schema:longitude
-70.3039
extent
1 map ; 31 x 39 cm.
notes
The "White hills" version of the map.
Probably engraved by: John Foster.
State 2 with additional town symbol between Seaconk and Plimouth.
In: Hubbard, William. A narrative of the troubles with the Indians. Boston. 1677.
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3f462s808
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map
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1
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0
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photo
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0429a8184d9966d0