Old Cape Cod map, Atlas of Massachusetts 1871 – Antique Map Print
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This antique map of Old Cape Cod map, Atlas of Massachusetts 1871 brings a moment of history to your wall. Drawn from the Snapshots of the Past archive, it is an authentic piece of documented history.
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Old Cape Cod map, Atlas of Massachusetts 1871
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Cape Cod's hooked shape is the first thing a viewer notices on this 1871 map from an atlas of Massachusetts, which shows the peninsula's towns, roads and coastline as they stood after the Civil War. Atlases of this period were built from county surveys and local subscriptions, and they were prized by families, schools and land agents who wanted a reliable picture of each town. Cape Cod in the 1870s was a region of fishing harbors, salt works and coastal villages, with the railroad only recently reaching its towns and shaping where people lived and traded. Today the map is useful for comparing that landscape with the present, especially in tracing shoreline changes and older place names.
| Original scan | 7,965 × 7,161 px · prints to 27 × 24 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | 4 |
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