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The New Map of Empire

Presented by Fort Pitt Museum at Fort Pitt Museum, Pittsburgh PA

Aug 31 2019
The New Map of Empire

Join the Fort Pitt Museum in welcoming S. Max Edelson, professor of History at the University of Virginia, for a discussion on the British efforts to map America before the American Revolution.

In the generation before the American Revolution, British surveyors drew thousands of new maps of American territories. With ink and paper, they mapped out a new empire, controlled from London, over which American colonists had little influence.

Illustrated by a dynamic digital presentation that features original maps of Florida, the New England coast, the Mississippi River, the Native American frontier, island colonies in the Caribbean, and Fort Pitt, Edelson will explain how Americans reacted ... view more »

LOCATION

Fort Pitt Museum

Point State Park, 601 Commonwealth Place, Pittsburgh, PA 15222