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John Mitchell (April 13, 1711 – February 29, 1768) was a colonial American physician and botanist. He created the most comprehensive and perhaps largest 18th-century map of eastern North America, known today as the Mitchell Map. First published in 1755, in conjunction with the imminent Seven Years' War, the map was subsequently used during ...
The Mitchell Map. The Mitchell Map is a map made by John Mitchell (1711–1768), which was reprinted several times during the second half of the 18th century. The map, formally titled A map of the British and French dominions in North America &c., was used as a primary map source during the Treaty of Paris for defining the boundaries of the newly independent United States.
0950303. Website. Village of Florida New York. Florida is a village in Orange County, New York, United States. The population was 3,049 as of the 2020 census. [2] It is part of the Poughkeepsie - Newburgh - Middletown Metropolitan Statistical Area as well as the larger New York – Newark – Bridgeport, NY- NJ - CT - PA Combined Statistical Area.
Interstate 95 Map of northern New York City and southern Westchester County with I-95 highlighted in red Route information Maintained by NYSDOT, NYSTA and PANYNJ Length 23.50 mi (37.82 km) Existed August 14, 1957 –present NHS Entire route Major junctions South end I-95 US 46 at the New Jersey state line in Manhattan Major intersections US 9 / NY 9A / Henry Hudson Parkway in Manhattan Harlem ...
Recreational activities. The park has more than a mile of sandy Atlantic beachfront, where snorkeling and swimming is possible. Besides the beach and tours of the lighthouse and keeper's quarters, activities include boating, canoeing, kayaking and fishing from the seawall along Biscayne Bay, bicycling, hiking and wildlife viewing.
The Dutchess Quarry Cave Site is located along NY 17A in the Town of Goshen in Orange County, New York. It is midway between the village of Goshen and Florida, at the junction of Quarry Road (Orange County Route 68), built into the side of a 580-foot (177 m) hill known as Mount Lookout. In the 1960s, archaeologists digging at the site found ...
FIPS code. 36-057-26308. Website. Town website. Florida is a town south of the Mohawk River in Montgomery County, New York, United States. The population was 2,696 in the 2010 United States Census. [3] The town was named after the state of Florida. It is located in the eastern end of Montgomery County and is south of the City of Amsterdam ...
The Lucchese crime family (pronounced [lukˈkeːze; -eːse]) is an Italian-American Mafia crime family and one of the "Five Families" that dominate organized crime activities in New York City, within the nationwide criminal phenomenon known as the American Mafia. Members refer to the organization as the Lucchese borgata; borgata (or brugard) is ...