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This map of Kentucke - drawn from actual observations, is inscribed with the most perfect respect, to the honorable congress of the United States of America, and to His Excell'cy George Washington

Relief shown pictorially. Prime meridian: Philadelphia. Border hand col. Includes inscriptions. Gift and Thomas Touchton, made in memory of his Kentucky-born grandmother, Ruth Embry Touchton; also partially funded by Eric Wolf. Acquisitions control no. 2000-72

Date
1784
Mapmaker / publisher
Filson, John; Pursell, Henry D.; Rook, Ternon
Place
Kentucky
Archive
Library of Congress (via Wikimedia Commons)
Type
map
Original size
5,430 × 5,966 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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"This map of Kentucke - drawn from actual observations, is inscribed with the most perfect respect, to the honorable congress of the United States of America, and to His Excell'cy George Washington" (1784). Filson, John; Pursell, Henry D.; Rook, Ternon. Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division, via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:This_map_of_Kentucke_-_drawn_from_actual_observations,_is_inscribed_with_the_most_perfect_respect,_to_the_honorable_congress_of_the_United_States_of_America,_and_to_His_Excell%27cy_George_Washington,_LOC_2001623605.jpg

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