Contributed by Osher Map Library and Smith Center for Cartographic Education
Description
The map includes illustrations and text describing the history of Portland. Multiple textual notes reference the treatment of the Wabanaki and enslavement of African-Americans. Also included is a historic note about Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, and a quotation from John Jocelyn in 1671 about the town of Casco.
The map depicts the city's waterline in 1632, 1832, and in 1932 and indicates the parts of the city destroyed during the Fire of 1866 and the bombing of the city by Mowat in 1775.
Among other sources, Dow appears to have gotten some of his historical data from William Willis' "History of Portland" published in 1831 and John Cullum's 1836 map of Portland.
* "Machigonne" is the more common spelling than "Machegonne."
About This Item
- Title: Machegonne : Portland, also called Falmouth, 1932
- Creator: William J. Dow
- Creation Date: 1932
- Subject Date: 1632–1932
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Locations:
- Portland, Cumberland County, ME
- Falmouth, Cumberland County, ME
- Media: Lithograph
- Dimensions: 37 cm x 49 cm
- Local Code: 50372 (FLA-1932-104)
- Collection: Flaherty Sheet Map Collection
- Object Type: Text and Image
Cross Reference Searches
Standardized Subject Headings
- Great Fire, Portland, Me., 1866
- Portland (Me.)--History--Colonial period, 1600-1775--Maps
- Portland (Me.)--History--Maps
- Water boundaries--Maine--Portland
For more information about this item, contact:
Osher Map Library and Smith Center for Cartographic EducationUniversity of Southern Maine, Glickman Library, PO Box 9300, Portland, ME 04014
(207) 780-4850
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