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The Town of Boston in New England by John Bonner is the first printed map of Boston, Massachusetts. Bonner (circa 1643-1726) was a captain, navigator, and shipwright. A wealth of information about pre-Revolutionary Boston is available through Bonner's map, including street layouts, churches, and public buildings.
The maps presented include twenty-four manuscript maps of local towns and counties dating from 1637-1809 and eight iconic printed maps of Massachusetts and Boston. Seventy-two meticulously drawn manuscript maps by Samuel Chester Clough (1873-1949) present a wealth of information about property owners in Boston during the 17th and late 18th ...
The map maker notes the numerous fires and smallpox epidemics in Boston since its founding as a town. For UNREST IN BOSTON 1765–1776 • Mapping America’s Road from Revolution to Independence • Norman B. Leventhal Map Center
Feb 8, 2019 · When revised and reissued in the 1620s however, it became the first printed map to show an actual Massachusetts town, namely the settlement at Plymouth. Other surviving place names from Smith’s original map include “Cape Anna” and “The River Charles.”
Oct 1, 2018 · Boston was first settled in 1625, five years after the colony's first settlement was established in Plymouth. Boston became a town in 1630, and later became a city in 1822.
Boston Over Time : filling in the land 1630 - present Description: Beneath Our Feet: This modern map illustrates the various "land making" projects that have shaped Boston over the past three centuries, along with locations where the five artifacts on display here were unearthed.
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Aug 6, 2022 · History of Boston City. The history of Boston is rich and glorious owing to manifold reasons. In 1629, Reverend William Blackstone was the first English immigrant who settled in Boston. The next year John Winthrop and his Puritan settlers of the Massachusetts Bay Colony settled at Boston.