Keywords: surveyor's compass
Item 14610
Surveyor's compass, Fort Kent, ca. 1890
Contributed by: Fort Kent Historical Society Date: circa 1890 Location: Fort Kent Media: Metal, glass
Item 11772
Surveyor's Vernier Compass, ca. 1840
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1840 Media: Brass, glass and pine
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The boundaries of Maine are the product of international conflict, economic competition, political fights, and contested development. The boundaries are expressions of human values; people determined the shape of Maine.
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Colonial Cartography: The Plymouth Company Maps
The Plymouth Company (1749-1816) managed one of the very early land grants in Maine along the Kennebec River. The maps from the Plymouth Company's collection of records constitute some of the earliest cartographic works of colonial America.
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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Measuring Rock
"… the last house, then followed a west-north-west compass route and crossed the Sandy River at about what we now call the New Sharon Village."
