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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Coast of Maine, 1884

For Students 9th - 10th
A sketch map from 1884 of the Maine coastline showing early settlements, and is keyed to show: Shows locations of: (1) Portsmouth; (2) York (Gorgiana, 1641); (3) Agamenticus; (4) Saco; (5) Richmond Island; (6) Casco; (7) Sabino (Popham's...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Fort Pentagoet, Maine, 1626

For Students 9th - 10th
A sketch map of the eastern shoreline of Penobscot Bay, Maine, showing the location of the early French settlement and fort Pentagoet (Fort Pentagouet), or Castine at around the time the British from the Plymouth Colonies rousted the...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Eastern Massachusetts, 1919

For Students 9th - 10th
A road map of eastern Massachusetts in the vicinity of Plymouth, Weymouth, and Brockton from the Official Automobile Blue Book (1919), keyed to show the best auto routes, other auto routes, unreported roads, railroads, and canals.
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Etc: English Settlements Around Massachusetts Bay, 1620 1652

For Students 9th - 10th
A map of Massachusetts Bay showing the early English settlements from Plymouth to Haverhill on the Merrimac River.
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Etc: Maps Etc: The Dominion of New Zealand, 1912

For Students 9th - 10th
A map of New Zealand from 1912 showing provinces, cities, towns, ports, mountain ranges, rivers, lakes, and coastal features. The map notes that the provincial system of government was established in 1852, and abolished in 1875. An inset...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: King James' Patent, 1606

For Students 9th - 10th
A map of eastern North America showing the territory of the King James Patent of 1606. The map is color-coded to show the territory granted the Plymouth Company and the London Company by King James I of England, which divided the...
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Etc: Various English Grants in North America, 1625 1733

For Students 9th - 10th
A map of the east coast of North America showing the various British land grants after the Plymouth Company and London Company issued by King James in 1620. The map shows settlements and forts with dates of establishment given.
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Smithsonian Institution Archives: Maud Slye (1879 1954)

For Students 9th - 10th
Maud Slye (1879-1954) was a pathologist and noted cancer researcher at the University of Chicago. A descendant of John Alden of the Plymouth Colony, Slye had attended the University of Chicago in 1896 with little money but, as her New...
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Massachusetts: Cole's Hill

For Students 9th - 10th
Cole's Hill is the site of the burial ground of the Pilgrims. Those who died in the first winter of the Plymouth Colony (1620-21) were buried there.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Maine: Cushnoc Archeological Site

For Students 9th - 10th
Located near Fort Western, this site encompasses the remains of a 17th-century Plymouth Colony trading post.
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Insula Hyspana, 1494

For Students 9th - 10th
Numerous visual images of artifacts from English settlements at Jamestown and at Plymouth, and from Spanish settlement in Hispaniola, and three original accounts of each of those early settlements that describe the possibilities and the...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Edward Winslow

For Students 9th - 10th
Edward Winslow was a pilgrim and a leader of the Plymouth colony.
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Siteseen

Siteseen: Land of the Brave: The Pilgrims

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides an illustrated overview of the history of the Pilgrims and the Mayflower voyage.
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Siteseen

Siteseen: Land of the Brave: Mayflower Compact

For Students 9th - 10th
Detailed facts and an overview of the purpose and signing of the Mayflower Compact.
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Wikipedia: Mayflower Compact Signatories

For Students 9th - 10th
This Wikipedia entry highlights the signers of the Mayflower Compact. Each signatory is listed along with a short bio.
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Kidport

Kidport Reference Library: The British Colonies

For Students 3rd - 6th
A very brief description of the earliest English settlements in the New World followed by a list of the thirteen English colonies.
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Syracuse University

Syracuse University: Map of New England, 17th Century

For Students 9th - 10th
A map that shows the seventeenth-century migration routes of the Puritans from England to New England. Early population centers are designated as well as some interregional migrations.
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Edmund Andros

For Students Pre-K - 1st
An image of Edmund Andros.

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