REFINE     Who What Where When     REMOVE New York 1962 WHAT Pictorial map (1) Separate Map (1) WHO Ayres, Sidney E. (1) Mrs. Walter A Henricks (1) Penn Yan Print. Co. (1) Plaisted, Charles Maxwell (1) Romance Map of Finger Lak … (1)

REFINE  Browse All : Images of New York from 1962 1-1 of 1 Ayres, Sidney E.; Plais... A Romance Map of the Fi... 1962 Separate Map   Author [Ayres, Sidney E., Plaisted, Charles Maxwell] Note Color pictorial map. First issued in 1934 and revised in 1962, A Romance Map of the Finger Lakes Region of Central New York brings to life the fascinating and important history of upstate New York's Finger Lakes region, done in a 1930's comic strip style by Charles Maxwell Plaisted, with decorative title cartouche, supplemented with more detailed textual sidebars. Map covering several major themes in New York State history, such as: pre-Colombian Native American culture and the Six Nations of the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) confederacy; French and English colonialism in the New World; the American Revolution and post-war settlement; religious missionaries, the "Second Great Awakening," and the "Burned Over District;" agriculture and natural wonders; the Erie Canal and early aviation; hoaxes and other elements of popular culture; and the birthplaces and homes of politicians, leaders of the women's and civil rights movements, and the inventors and scientists who became American industrial giants. 1-1 of 1

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