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Historically accurate map of Colonial Virginia

Historically accurate map of Colonial Virginia
Hampton Roads history and penny postcard tour

Colonial Virginia Map

Description (front): "From Williamsburg to Jamestown, on James River, 6 miles: From Williamsburg to Yorktown, on York River, 12 miles; from Williamsburg to Mariner's Museum, 18 miles.
Yorktown: Site of the final battle of the Revolution where Cornwallis surrendered to General Washington in 1781. This map is historically accurate.
Jamestown: Site of the first permanent English settlement in America and capital of Virginia until the great fire in 1676.
Williamsburg: Colonial capital of Virginia from 1676 until the Revolution."
Description (back): "The large map from which this card is made is on exhibit at the 'Sign of the Bull's Head', a privately owned hostelry on Duke of Gloucester St., Williamsburg, Va."

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