Geography

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The Zúñiga chart, a manuscript map of the Chesapeake Bay and Tidewater Virginia, is a copy of a map that was probably originally drawn by Captain John Smith, one of the Jamestown colonists. Named for Don Pedro de Zúñiga, a Spanish ambassador to England, who sent it to King Philip III of Spain in September 1608, the chart is significant for its insight into the locations of Indian villages, the location of Jamestown and the architecture of James Fort, and the concerns and. . .

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Cities–Fry-Jefferson

Cities of Virginia
Culpeper, Thomas, second baron Culpeper of Thoresway (1635–1689)
Exploration, The Age of
Fry-Jefferson Map of Virginia

Late–Shenandoah

Late Woodland Period (AD 900–1650)
Lewis and Clark Expedition, The
Little Ice Age and Colonial Virginia, The
Shenandoah Valley during the Civil War

Wilderness–Zúñiga

Wilderness during the Civil War, The
Zúñiga Chart

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Geography

Cities–Fry-Jefferson

Late–Shenandoah

Wilderness–Zúñiga