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- Map Showing Routes of Communication between Dearborn, Michigan and Fordlandia, Brazil, circa 1928 - Henry Ford established Fordlandia and Belterra in the Brazilian rainforest to supply rubber for automobiles. He began shipping machinery and supplies to the Amazon in 1928. This map traced the routes by which materials were sent from Ford's facilities in Dearborn, Michigan, to Fordlandia, some 3,600 miles away. The plantations failed and Ford Motor Company abandoned the project in 1945.
- circa 1928
- Collections - Artifact
Map Showing Routes of Communication between Dearborn, Michigan and Fordlandia, Brazil, circa 1928
Henry Ford established Fordlandia and Belterra in the Brazilian rainforest to supply rubber for automobiles. He began shipping machinery and supplies to the Amazon in 1928. This map traced the routes by which materials were sent from Ford's facilities in Dearborn, Michigan, to Fordlandia, some 3,600 miles away. The plantations failed and Ford Motor Company abandoned the project in 1945.
- Legend for Map Showing Routes of Communication Between Dearborn, Michigan and Fordlandia, Brazil, circa 1928 - Henry Ford established Fordlandia and Belterra in the Brazilian rainforest to supply rubber for automobiles. He began shipping machinery and supplies to the Amazon in 1928. This map traced the routes by which materials were sent from Ford's facilities in Dearborn, Michigan, to Fordlandia, some 3,600 miles away. The plantations failed and Ford Motor Company abandoned the project in 1945.
- circa 1928
- Collections - Artifact
Legend for Map Showing Routes of Communication Between Dearborn, Michigan and Fordlandia, Brazil, circa 1928
Henry Ford established Fordlandia and Belterra in the Brazilian rainforest to supply rubber for automobiles. He began shipping machinery and supplies to the Amazon in 1928. This map traced the routes by which materials were sent from Ford's facilities in Dearborn, Michigan, to Fordlandia, some 3,600 miles away. The plantations failed and Ford Motor Company abandoned the project in 1945.
- "Die Neuwen Inseln / So hinder Hispanien gegen Orient ven dem land indie ligen," 1550 -
- 1550
- Collections - Artifact
"Die Neuwen Inseln / So hinder Hispanien gegen Orient ven dem land indie ligen," 1550
- "A Map of the British and French Dominions in North America," 1755 -
- February 13, 1755
- Collections - Artifact
"A Map of the British and French Dominions in North America," 1755