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| Keywords: 1818 Pinkerton Map of the Northern United States - Geographicus - USANorthernPart-pinkerton-1818.jpg John Pinkerton's highly decorative and important map of the northern parts of the United States published 1818 Covers from Lake Huron eastward as far as New Brunswick and southwards as far as the Chesapeake Bay Includes the states of New York New Jersey Pennsylvania Connecticut Rhode Island Vermont New Hampshire Maryland Delaware and Virginia Also includes the districts of Maine parts of the Western Territory including Michigan and Ohio and adjacent portions of Canada Pinkerton's map is full of interesting detail from the American Indian lands in the western portions of the map to notations on river navigation to the configuration of the early states Notes Connecticut's Western reserve in what is today Ohio This territory was a legacy of Connecticut's original coast to coast charter and we settled in the early 19th century by New England emigrants Drawn by L Herbert and engraved by Samuel Neele under the direction of John Pinkerton This map comes from the scarce American edition of Pinkerton ™s Modern Atlas published by Thomas Dobson Co of Philadelphia in 1818 1818 undated Size in 28 20 5 object history credit line accession number USANorthernPart-pinkerton-1818 Pinkerton J <i>A Modern Atlas from the Lates and Best Authorities Exhibiting the Various Divisions of the World with its chief Empires Kingdoms and States; in Sixty Maps carefully reduced from the Larges and Most Authentic Sources </i> 1818 Philadelphia Thomas Dobson Edition Geographicus-source PD-old-100 Maps by John Pinkerton Old maps of the United States 1818 maps Old maps of Canada | ||||
