Maps

Boston Area, 1775

Map of the Boston area, including the road to Lexington, by John De Costa, London, 1775.

This was the first printed map to show American militia attacking British regulars, and it had an important psychological effect in England.

Map of the Boston area by John De Costa, 1775
[Courtesy the John D. Rockefeller Jr. Library, Williamsburg, VA]

Maps of The Ride

1) Dawes-Revere Routes from Boston to Lexington

Map: The Boston Region of the American Republic (p.77) from "Concise History of the American Republic" edited by Morison, Commager & Leuchtenburg (1977).

By permission of Oxford University Press.

(Note that the date, April 17, on the marker for William Dawes' route is incorrect. It was April 18, 1775.)

Map of Dawes-Revere routes from Boston to Lexington

2) Fagan Map, 1929

Map showing the rides of Paul Revere, Wm Dawes, and Dr. Prescott, April 18-19, 1775, James O. Fagan, 1929.

Fagan map of the rides of Revere, Dawes, and Prescott
[map in the Library of Congress]

Narrative on Fagan map:

Narrative on Fagan map

Fagan map information on the ride:

Fagan map information on the ride

Detail, Fagan map:

Detail of Fagan map — Boston area

Detail of Fagan map:

Detail of Fagan map — Lexington area