Atlas Plate No. 12: Map of Upper Cape Cod, Massachusetts – Vintage Map Wall Art
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Atlas Plate No. 12: Map of Upper Cape Cod, Massachusetts comes to life in this antique map, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. It is part of the Snapshots of the Past archive, gathered over 25 years of research.
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Atlas Plate No. 12: Map of Upper Cape Cod, Massachusetts
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Plate 12 covers the upper end of Cape Cod, the group of towns nearest the mainland and the Cape Cod Canal, which was not completed until 1914 and turned the peninsula into a near-island. Atlas maps of this kind typically recorded roads, village centers, and the names of property holders, so they offer a snapshot of how these settlements were laid out before summer tourism reshaped the region. Sandwich, founded in 1637, is the oldest town on the Cape, and its early street patterns are worth tracing. Note how the shoreline bends and how many ponds and harbors are drawn with care, since fishing and shipping shaped daily life here.
| Original scan | 11,146 × 7,779 px · prints to 37 × 26 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | Plate 12 1891 UpperCape |
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