If possible, find out where the original is located and what the archive housing that image can tell you about who produced it. Write an essay, with illustrations, in which you analyze how colonists portrayed their settlements. Part of your analysis might involve researching how city plans were created and laid out. Select several colonies and their key cities to trace changing images of each city over time. You might study changing images over a limited time period, such as the colonial era, or you might chose to compare images over a long span of time, from the colonial era to the present.
Every major city has museums and libraries that feature material on that city.
Visit these institutions or visit their Web sites to begin your research.