4653 x 5234 px | 39,4 x 44,3 cm | 15,5 x 17,4 inches | 300dpi
Date de la prise de vue:
1817
Lieu:
USA
Informations supplémentaires:
Cette image peut avoir des imperfections car il s’agit d’une image historique ou de reportage.
Artist/engraver/cartographer: Drawn & engraved by John & George Menzies for John Thomson's "New General Atlas". Provenance: "A new general atlas", consisting of a series of geographical designs, on various projections, exhibiting the form and component parts of the globe; and a collection of maps and charts, delineating the natural and political divisions of the Empires, Kingdoms, and States in the World", Edinburgh: Printed by George Ramsay and Company, for John Thomson and Company, Edinburgh; Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy, London; and John Cumming, Dublin [Thomson's New General Atlas]. Type: Antique early 19th century atlas map with original hand colouring. The map shows the United States including the first 17 states to acceed, including Tennessee, which had joined in 1796. Ohio, Louisiana and Indiana, which had all joined the Union by the date of publication of the map are not shown as states; Ohio and Indiana are shown as part of "The Western Territory". The "District of Main" (now the state of Maine) and Florida are shown as part of the territory of the United States; the present state of Florida is shown divided into West Florida and East Florida
