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., ...

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 ...

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 ...

In the new art exhibition “Codeswitch” at the California African American Museum, LA native Sanford Biggers takes antique quilts from pre-1900 and ... and he made two quilt works that showed maps and ...

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 ...