The United States of America laid down from the best authorities, agreeable to the Peace of 1783. Relief shown pictorially. Prime meridian: London. The first printed map known to bear the nation's standard, it appeared five months before the signing of the Treaty of Paris, and indicated the national boundaries established by same. The title cartouche is flanked by likenesses of Washington and Franklin, attended by female personifications of Columbia, Liberty and Covers the 13 United States, Louisiana, and parts of Canada and Florida. Shows boundaries, towns and cities, forts, Indian
The United States of America laid down from the best authorities, agreeable to the Peace of 1783. Relief shown pictorially. Prime meridian: London. The first printed map known to bear the nation's standard, it appeared five months before the signing of the Treaty of Paris, and indicated the national boundaries established by same. The title cartouche is flanked by likenesses of Washington and Franklin, attended by female personifications of Columbia, Liberty and Covers the 13 United States, Louisiana, and parts of Canada and Florida. Shows boundaries, towns and cities, forts, Indian villages and tribal territory, rivers, coast shoals and banks, and relief. The boundaries of the states of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia extend west to the Mississippi River. A broken line running north to south through the Appalachian Mountains is identified as the "Boundary of the back settlements of Indian nations." -- cf. LC Maps of North America, , United States
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