Colonial explorers created elaborate maps to track where they were going and to pinpoint their finds as they moved into the “New World.” The maps also made for good propaganda. They showed ...

Frenchman Jacques Cartier, for example, navigated the St. Lawrence River in the 1530s, and his compatriots founded colonies in Canada by the early 17th century. Simultaneously, the Dutch and ...

From 1619 on, not long after the first settlement, the need for colonial labor was bolstered by the importation of African captives. At first, like their poor English counterparts, the Africans ...

A new exhibition at Colonial Williamsburg is showcasing maps and prints of early America. The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation says the exhibition called "More Than Meets the Eye: Maps and Prints ...

as it was the day the congregation built it in the early 1800s.” Gary also said the input of the descendant community will be at the center of how Colonial Williamsburg proceeds with the project ...

an early ambassador of Gov. Stuyvesant of New-Netherlands, who received from Cecilius Calvert, the second Lord Baltimore, in return for a highly interesting and singularly accurate map of Maryland ...

Meehan’s observations were then produced for their first external audience - the colonial government. It’s here we start to see the colony’s priorities. Many of the map labels highlight the ...