...thanks to the extensive archive section on Barry Ruderman's web site:<div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.raremaps.com/gallery/archivedetail/19625EG/A_Map_of_the_British_American_Plantations_extending_from_Boston_in_New/Gentleman's%20Magazine.html">http://www.raremaps.com/gallery/archivedetail/19625EG/A_Map_of_the_British_American_Plantations_extending_from_Boston_in_New/Gentleman's%20Magazine.html</a></div><div><br></div><div>and</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.raremaps.com/gallery/archivedetail/19967/An_Accurate_Map_of_the_English_Colonies_in_North_America_Bordering_on_the/Universal%20Magazine.html">http://www.raremaps.com/gallery/archivedetail/19967/An_Accurate_Map_of_the_English_Colonies_in_North_America_Bordering_on_the/Universal%20Magazine.html</a></div><div><br></div><div>New question... Can anyone explain those absurd boundaries? For example, the NC/VA boundary has always been an east--->west line of latitude, and had actually been surveyed in 1728 and 1749, well before these bizarre maps were printed. Though of lesser interest to me, I find it most peculiar that Maryland and New Jersey each have shoelines on the Great Lakes.<span></span></div><div><br></div><div>Thanks in advance for enlightening me.</div><div><br></div><div>Jay L.</div><div><br>On Friday, January 15, 2016, Jay L <<a href="mailto:carolinararemaps@gmail.com">carolinararemaps@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">ISHMappers,<div><br></div><div>There is an 18th century (small?) map of (eastern?) North America/US that shows the North Carolina/Virginia boundary curving north towards what is now Michigan, and the NC/SC boundary curving north into what is now Illinois.<div><br></div><div>Thanks for your help.</div><div><br clear="all"><div><div><div dir="ltr"><div>Jay Lester<br><div><a href="http://blog.ncmaps.org/" target="_blank">North Carolina Map Blog</a></div></div></div></div></div>
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