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Originally Posted by Rattlesnake Gal
I found this wonderful map of New England that was published in 1771. It is fascinating to see what the cartographers came up with back then. I picked out a goodly portion of The Lakes Region to share with you. It would have been wonderful to get the whole map, but it is huge and past my computer's abilities. For some reason the LoC links are temporary, so if you want to look at the full map, you will have to search for it. Sorry!
Other interesting items of notice:
Offippa Pond, which I suspect would be Ossipee
What other things do you notice about this map?
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In that time period, what we would read now as a small 'f' really was the "long s" and it was pronounced like an 's'. A good example is here, check the spelling of "Paradise Lost" in this picture:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Milton_paradise.jpg.
So Offipa on that map would have been pronounced like Ossipa. See also Epfom and Barnftead on the map, which would have been pronounced like Epsom and Barnstead.
- Frank