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=Historian Seminar= October 8, 2009

//Mapping Immigration and Settlement in New England//
Ronald E. Grim, Curator, Norman B. Leventhal Map Center at the Boston Public Library Debra Block, Director of Education, Norman B. Leventhal Map Center at the Boston Public Library ==


 * Readings**
 * An Exhibition Collection of the Norman B. Leventhal Map Center at the Boston Public Library, 2008 //Boston and Beyond: A Bird’s Eye View of New England//

Electronic Prompt(s)

 * 1) What is the difference between a bird’s-eye map and a topographical map?
 * 2) How does a bird’s-eye map of Boston during the nineteenth century show the changes that occurred in the city over time, and how can these changes be used to examine the history of nineteenth century immigration to the city?