N.W. parts of New York, no. 156: the Mohawk valley and the country of the Five Nations (anonymous manuscript, c. 1750–1768)
An anonymous manuscript map of the Mohawk valley and the country of the Five Nations to the Genesee, drawn between 1750 and 1768: Indian paths in dotted lines with the miles between towns and the number of houses in each.
Source
| Map | N.W. parts of New York, no. 156 |
|---|---|
| Author | Unknown, 1768 |
| Archive | Library of Congress |
| Rights | Public domain. An anonymous manuscript drawn between 1750 and 1768, held by the Library of Congress, which lists it as free to use and reuse; no copyright applies. Evidence |
| Accuracy | About 16 km (RMS 1.5 km at 44 control points). Placed by hand in a map-queue session and approved by a person. If something sits in the wrong place, members can fix it with Fix placement on the map. |
| Method | Placed by hand: a smoothing thin-plate spline through 44 places read from the scan and matched to their positions today. See the methodology. |
| Version | 1.0.1, updated 2026-10-06 |
| Covers | New York |
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Changelog
- 1.0.1 (2026-10-06): Fix: the sheet’s edges, cut off before, restored (bounds from the warp itself); place names re-placed where the map draws them (they had been set by an approximation of the warp: median 7.9 km, up to 24 km off).
- 1.0.0 (2026-09-30): First release: placed by hand at 44 places. Suggested by a Native Routes member; manuscript found in the Library of Congress Geography and Map Division.
Credits
- Suggested by a Native Routes member; manuscript found in the Library of Congress Geography and Map Division
- Georeferencing: Native Routes
- Scan: Library of Congress
Control points
The full list of control points with residuals is in control-points.geojson. Historic names indexed for search: names.geojson.
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