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A map of the British Empire in America (1746) (files.catbox.moe)

submitted 5 months ago by Blaze@reddthat.com to c/map_enthusiasts@sopuli.xyz

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[–] br3d@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago (2 children)

"Sunken land and dismal swamps" - what's in that area now?

[–] Turious@leaf.dance 9 points 5 months ago (3 children)

It's actually got a huge area of land called The Great Dismal Swamp. Lots of park land and wilderness in rural Virginia. Someone from the area may be able to weigh in on it. I passed through years ago and the name struck me as hilarious.

[–] Aviandelight@mander.xyz 5 points 5 months ago

If you've ever been in southern VA in the summer you'll understand the name "Dismal." It is nice that we have protected wetlands though.

[–] TranscendentalEmpire@lemm.ee 3 points 5 months ago

It's actually a wetlands/swamp that stretches from Norfolk into north Carolina. Most people don't really realize that most of the area south of the Mid-Atlantic coast was at one point all swamp/marsh. The Great dismal swamp was nearly 3 times as large only a couple hundred years ago.

[–] br3d@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

Looks like the name stuck!

[–] JimmyBigSausage@lemm.ee 2 points 5 months ago

Mattamuskeet National Wildlife Refuge