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Its title is modest, but the sheet captures a landscape of exceptional regional character, where village, lake, mountain, and forest are rendered through the disciplined language of topography.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe US Geological Survey has long occupied a central place in American mapmaking, combining scientific fieldwork, geodetic control, and public utility into a national cartographic project. Founded in the nineteenth century, the agency became synonymous with the detailed topographic map, a format prized by surveyors, engineers, hikers, planners, historians, and collectors alike. This 1987 New London sheet reflects that tradition: contour lines articulate the rise and fall of the land, roads and pathways trace human movement, and symbols identify significant natural and built features. As a provisional map, it also suggests the mapmaking process in motion, preserving geographic information with an immediacy that gives the sheet both technical value and historical texture.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAt the heart of the map is New London, a town known for its elevated setting, educational associations, and proximity to some of New Hampshire’s most attractive lake and hill country. The map situates the populated place within a broader rural framework, showing West New London, nearby Wilmot, and Danbury in relation to the network of roads and landforms that connect them. Rather than isolating the town as a simple dot on a regional plan, the topographic treatment reveals how settlement responds to terrain: roads curve around slopes, habitations gather near accessible routes, and open spaces yield to woods, ridges, and water. The result is a richly legible record of local geography as it stood in 1987.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePleasant Lake is one of the map’s defining features, its shoreline offering a graceful counterpoint to the angular precision of roads and contour intervals. The lake anchors the surrounding landscape both visually and geographically, suggesting recreation, settlement, drainage, and scenic identity in a single form. Nearby hills and natural features, including Coon Mountain, are expressed through tightly arranged contour lines that convey elevation and relief with elegant economy. These lines give the map its sculptural quality: valleys open, slopes steepen, and high ground emerges not through illustration but through measurement. Forested areas and natural terrain deepen the sense of place, placing New London within the rugged, water-rich environment characteristic of inland New Hampshire.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs a historical document, this map captures New London and its environs at the close of the 1980s, before later decades of development, road alteration, and land-use change further reshaped the region. Its value lies not only in naming places, but in preserving relationships between them: the position of roads, the outline of Pleasant Lake, the contours of hills, and the distribution of wooded and settled land. For those drawn to New Hampshire’s landscapes, it offers a compelling intersection of science and memory. For collectors, it stands as an example of late USGS topographic practice—restrained, authoritative, and quietly beautiful—transforming a familiar local terrain into a finely ordered geographic record.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eCities, towns and places on this map\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNew London\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePleasant Lake\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWilmot\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDanbury\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWest New London\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCoon Mountain\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eVarious roads and pathways indicated throughout the map\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNearby forests and natural features\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eHistorical context \u0026amp; cartographic details\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eProduced by the US Geological Survey; shows historical data from 1987; classified as a provisional map.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCreated in 1987.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePublished by the US Geological Survey (USGS), a scientific agency of the U.S. government known for mapping and geological studies.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEmploys traditional topographical features, including contour lines to represent elevation changes, a legend for clarity, and specific markers for roads and other significant features.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRendered at a scale of 1:24,000, providing detailed topographical features including hills, valleys, water bodies, and roadways.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eReflects geographical and infrastructural details from 1987, capturing a moment in the developmental history of New London and its surroundings.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLooking for a particular place?\u003c\/strong\u003e Review the detailed images to confirm that the town, landmark or feature you have in mind appears on the map. If you are unsure, \u003ca target=\"”_blank”\" href=\"\/pages\/contact-us\"\u003eask our workshop to check before you order\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDetailed maps are especially rewarding at larger sizes, where names, boundaries and decorative features have more room to be appreciated. Use the close-up preview and size guide to choose the right scale for your wall.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis map looks amazing at sizes all the way up to 50in (125cm). If you are looking for a larger map, please \u003ca href=\"\/pages\/contact-us\"\u003eget in touch\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe model in the listing images is holding the 16x20in (40x50cm) version of this map.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhere personalisation is available, you can add a short title or dedication, mark one meaningful place, or request one considered visual detail. \u003ca target=\"”_blank”\" href=\"\/pages\/map-personalisation\"\u003eSee personalised map examples\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eEvery piece is printed to museum-grade archival standards using fade-resistant pigment inks on acid-free matte paper. Choose an unframed map print, framed map or canvas using the finish options above. 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