Cartographer

Cartography- Kar tag' re fe n. - The art or work of making maps or charts.

- Webster's New World College Dictionary Fourth Edition.

As the cartographer for this project, it is your job to come up with a map for your spy letter. This map must correspond with events and places that existed during the American Revolutionary War. Use the following web sites to help you research your maps. You may print out an historical map from the first web site and fill in your route, but be care to look at the others to see how the spies traveled during the war.

Historical Outline Maps- may be printed to use for route

Routes of American Revolutionary War Spies

Archiving Early America

Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library- Rare Map Collection- Revolutionary America

 

 

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