"The Norman B. Leventhal Map Center at the Boston Public Library is dedicated to the creative educational use of its cartographic holdings, which extend from the 15th century to the present.
In pursuit of its mission, the Center collects and preserves maps and atlases, promotes research in the collection, and makes its resources available to the public through its website, exhibitions, publications, lectures, and other programs.
The Center has a particular interest in developing innovative uses of maps and geographic materials to engage young people’s curiosity about the world, thereby enhancing their understanding of geography, history, world cultures, and citizenship."
- Lesson Plans & Curriculum Units
- Organized by:
- Grade Level
- Elementary School
- Middle School
- High School
- Location
- United States
- Time Period
- by 100 year increments
- Current Events
- Topics
- American Revolution
- Art and Maps
- Civics and Government
- Current Events
- Empires and Imperialism
- Exploration and Trade
- Geography Matters
- Learning with Maps
- Math and Maps
- Military Engagement
- Map Activities
- Solving Problems with Maps Booklet
- Ages 5-10
- Maps in the Classroom
- "features maps selected from the larger collection, searchable by location and topic, that are particularly useful for K-12 educators. A number of these maps feature full descriptions and many are used in [our] lesson plans"
- Location
- North America (before 1776)
- World (before 1700)
- Topic
- 19th Century European Imperialism
- Age of Exploration
- American Revolution
- Westward Expansion of the US, 1800-1850
- Professional Development
- "All workshops expand educators’ views of the ways in which they can use maps, not simply to teach geography, but opening up the possibilities for using these resources as starting points for a variety of lessons in various subject areas."
- Using our images
- Downloading images from their website
- Using Images in publications or commercially
- Fees for Images
- Form for using or requesting images
- Web Resources
"a curated digital collection of maps and additional online resources related to the American Revolutionary War era, broadly defined as 1750-1800. The Portal is designed to provide wide-ranging access to primary source documents, and features a selection of the finest and most informative printed and manuscript maps from public and private collections in the United States and Great Britain. Nearly 2,000 maps are currently available in the Portal; new partners and their collections will continue to be added."
Organized By:
- Location
- Publisher
- Subject
- Author
- Date
- Projection
Small Selection of Maps Available:
- Carte d'une partie du Nord Amerique dans la quelle se trouvent les isles et les provinces suivantes : l'Isle de la Terre-Neuve avec l'Isle du Cap-Breton ... et le Canada, avec la Baye-Hudson, selon la mappe de Mr. Bellin, ingenieur du Roi très chretian, augmentée deplusieurs remarques
- 1745, French.
- Nova tabula geographica complectens borealiorem Americae partem : in qua exacte delineatae sunt Canada sive Nova Francia, Nova Scotia, Nova Anglia, Novum Belgium, Pensylvania, Virginia, Carolina, et Terra Nova, cum omnibus littorum pulvinorumque profunditatibus
- 1746, Nicolaes Visscher, Dutch.
- Amérique Septentrionale publiée sous les auspices de Monseigneur le Duc d'Orleans prémier prince du sang
- 1746, Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d'Anville, French.
- A new & accurate map of Louisiana, with part of Florida and Canada : and the adjacent countries drawn from surveys assisted by the most approved English & French maps & charts.
- 1750, Emanuel Bowen, English.
- British dominions in America, drawn from the latest and best authorities
- 1750, Thomas Kitchin, English.
- Carte des pays connus sous le nom de Canada : dans laquelle sont distinguées les possessions françoises, et angl?
- 1753, Robert de Vaugondy, Didier, French.
- A map of the British and French dominions in North America with the roads, distances, limits, and extent of the settlements, humbly inscribed to the Right Honourable the Earl of Halifax, and the other Right Honourable the Lords Commissioners for Trade & Plantations
- 1755, John Mitchell, English.
- Carte des possessions Angloises & Françoises du continent de l'Amérique septentrionale = Kaart van de Engelsche en Fransche bezittingen in het vaste land van Noord America
- 1755, Reinier and Joshua Ottens, Dutch/French.
- North America, from the French of Mr. D'Anville : improved with the back settlements of Virginia and course of Ohio : illustrated with geographical and historical remarks
- 1755, Thomas Jefferys, English.
- Partie de l'Amérique septentrionale, qui comprend le cours de l'Ohio, la Nlle. Angleterre, la Nlle York, le New Jersey, la Pensylvanie, le Maryland, la Virginie, la Caroline
- 1755, Gilles Robert de Vaugondy, French.
- A general map of North America, in which is express'd the several new roads, forts, engagements, &c, taken from actual surveys and observations made in the army employ'd there, from the years 1754, to 1761
- 1762, John Rocque, English.
- A map of the British colonies in North America : with the roads, distances, limits, and extent of the settlements, humbly inscribed to the Right Honourable the Earl of Halifax, and the other Right Honourable the Lords Commissioners for Trade & Plantations
- 1775, John Mitchell, English.
- Back to School: Geography in the Classroom
- September 2014-Spring 2015
- View the:
- Exhibition
- Map Collection
- Suggested Reading Lists
- Exhibition Credits
- Bibliography
- Charting an Empire: The Atlantic Neptune
- May 2013- November 2013
- View the:
- Exhibition Part One: Atlantic Canada
- Exhibition Part Two: New England to the West Indies
- Map Collection
- Suggested Reading Lists
- Exhibition Credits
- Bibliography
- Journeys of the Imagination
- March 2006- August 2006
- Map Elements
- Projection
- Orientation
- Scale
- Symbols
- Map Makers
- Bias and Point of View
- Maps in Time
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