Printed below the title in French, "Dedicated to the honorable Congress of the United States of America and his excellency George Washington, Commander in Chief of the army by their very humble servant, John Filson." The map, which is...
Map, bounded by the Ohio River on the north and east, Cumberland Mountains on the west, and Green and Cumberland Rivers on the south, shows only three Kentucky counties: Fayette, Jefferson and Lincoln. Details include rivers, creeks, mountain...
From Hierakonpolis, Egypt. "In Predynastic times, Egypt was divided geographically and politically into Upper Egypt (the southern, upstream part of the Nile Valley), a narrow tract of grassland that encouraged hunting, and Lower (northern)...
