Plan of the city of Washington in the territory of Columbia, ceded by the States of Virginia and Maryland to the United States of America, and by them established as the seat of government after the
Scale ca. 1:20,000. Has watermarks of 1794 appearing in each corner of the map. Shows block numbers and proposed government buildings. "In order to execute this plan, Mr. Ellicott. made the bases on which the whole plan was executed." Based on Samuel Hill's Plan of the city of Washington, 1792. Same as other 1792 ed. (98-689552) except that it has the statement "Engraved for Encyclopædia Perthensis" removed from bottom of printing plate. Includes text and notes. Vault DCP AACR2
- Date
- 1794
- Mapmaker / publisher
- Ellicott, Andrew; Hill, Samuel
- Scale
- 1:20,000
- Archive
- Library of Congress (via Wikimedia Commons)
- Type
- map
- Original size
- 6,132 × 5,048 pixels
Public domainsafest
Reason: its maker died more than 100 years ago.
Read from: Commons licence category: PD-old-100-expired; no CC BY, CC BY-SA, GFDL or deletion tag on the file page.
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"Plan of the city of Washington in the territory of Columbia, ceded by the States of Virginia and Maryland to the United States of America, and by them established as the seat of government after the" (1794). Ellicott, Andrew; Hill, Samuel. Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division, via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Plan_of_the_city_of_Washington_in_the_territory_of_Columbia,_ceded_by_the_States_of_Virginia_and_Maryland_to_the_United_States_of_America,_and_by_them_established_as_the_seat_of_government_after_the_LOC_76696408.jpgNeed maps for a whole project? Add Find Any Map to Claude and ask for this one by its id: 135782.
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