Matthew Carey
The Northwestern Territories of the United States, 1812
8 x 10 in
20 x 25 cm
20 x 25 cm
USA9862
A rare map of the upper Midwest, or the Northwestern Territories as they were known at the time, including Michigan, Illinois Wisconsin, Minnesota, and the Great Lakes region. Chicago and...
A rare map of the upper Midwest, or the Northwestern Territories as they were known at the time, including Michigan, Illinois Wisconsin, Minnesota, and the Great Lakes region. Chicago and Detroit are named on the map and the existence of Fort Mackinaw mentioned, though the fort itself is not named.
The map extends westwards, speculatively, to Lake of the Woods and Lake Winnipeg. Only a rough depiction of the rivers, lakes, and mountain ranges of these unknown western regions are included on this early map.
This map was published in both Warner & Carey's rare atlas of 1812 and in a gazetteer atlas by Richard Brookes from the same time period. This is typical for early American mapmaking, there being a great deal of cooperation between American cartographers in the decades after Independence. This example was printed in "Brookes's General Gazetteer Improved" in Philadelphia and Richmond.
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The map extends westwards, speculatively, to Lake of the Woods and Lake Winnipeg. Only a rough depiction of the rivers, lakes, and mountain ranges of these unknown western regions are included on this early map.
This map was published in both Warner & Carey's rare atlas of 1812 and in a gazetteer atlas by Richard Brookes from the same time period. This is typical for early American mapmaking, there being a great deal of cooperation between American cartographers in the decades after Independence. This example was printed in "Brookes's General Gazetteer Improved" in Philadelphia and Richmond.
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