https://vividmaps.com/land-reclamation-in-boston/ Maps that explain the World Sun, 24 Mar 2024 18:49:22 +0000 hourly 1 https://vividmaps.com/land-reclamation-in-boston/#comment-23894 Sun, 24 Mar 2024 18:49:22 +0000 https://vividmaps.com/?p=35443#comment-23894 Please stop using reclamation as a term for the landmaking that occurred during these periods. Humanity did not reclaim anything as there was not lost land in these areas in the first place. Humans encroached on swamps and marshlands that provided vital ecological balance to the region. I’m not arguing it wasn’t necessary or critical to the growth of Boston, but nothing was reclaimed that was previously owned or used in the same manner.

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