The Mapping the States Through History series, produced from the archives of the Library of Congress and edited by Vincent Virga, offer a glimpse into the history of the United States through rare historical full-color maps, narrative captions, and short essays. This volume contains fifty rare, beautiful, and diverse maps of the Bay State from the collections of the Library of Congress. A foreword by Vincent Virga about the Library of Congress collection along with informative captions about the origins and contents of those maps and essays on state history, make this book a collectible for cartography buffs and a celebration of Massachusetts for residents, former residents, and visitors.
