The two volumes have been prepared for the purpose of telling the story of the American Colonies in a manner that ... illustrations, and maps. 12mo. Part I., pp. xii.-442; Part II., ...

The John and Peggy Maximus Gallery at the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History will exhibit antique maps and books from the 17th-19th centuries in a show titled The Kingdom of California ...

While modern viewers might chuckle at historical inaccuracies—such as California depicted as an island until the late 18th century—many of these antique maps were filled with remarkably ...

At first, American forts were less elaborate than those ... who didn’t have artillery to use against the colonizers. “As colonies grew and prospered,” Dunnigan writes, “they began to ...

He had never seen the American continent, and rarely set foot outside London. But his private papers reveal that he closely tracked the war’s path in maps and regiment lists. A man of routine ...