A New Map of Part of the United States of North America, exhibiting The Western Territory, Kentucky, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia & C. Also, the Lakes Superior, Michigan, Huron, Ontario & Erie; with Upper and Lower Canada & C. From the Latest Authorities.

Published by John Cary in 1805, this is one of the most interesting and attractive maps of the American Frontier and the Great Lakes to emerge in the first years of the 19th century. Covers from Lakes Superior south along the Mississippi River as far as Kentucky and Tennessee. Extends eastward to include the Western Territory, Virginia, Pennsylvania, Ontario, and parts of New York, North Carolina and Maryland. This wonderful map was produced during a period of rapid westward expansion toward the Mississippi River and attempts address a general fascination with this largely unexplored territory. One of this map’s most compelling features is the massive “Western Territory” encompassing all of modern day Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, Wisconsin, Illinois and parts of Minnesota. Offers copious notations and comments throughout, most of which are extremely interesting. A note in Kentucky, for example, referencing the frontiersman Daniel Boon, reads “Kentucky, this Colony was first discovered by J. Macbride & others in the Year 1754. Col. D. Boon explored it in 1769 & with his family & five other began the first settlement in 1773.” Also indicates the “Indian Boundary Line” through modern day

Date

1805

Place

the Midwestern United States

Archive

Wikimedia Commons

Type

atlas page

Original size

5,000 × 4,516 pixels

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