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Title	United States 1778
Full Title	A new map of the western parts of Virginia, Pennsylvania, Maryland and North Carolina; comprehending the river Ohio, and all the rivers, which fall into it; part of the river Mississippi, the whole of the Illinois River, Lake Erie; part of the lakes Huron, Michigan &c. and all the country bordering on these lakes and rivers / By Thos. Hutchins. Engrav'd by T. Cheevers.
Creator	Hutchins, Thomas, 1730-1789
Contributors	Cheevers, T.
Publication Date	1778
Subject	Ohio River Valley--Maps--Early works to 1800 Mississippi River Valley--Maps--Early works to 1800
Continent	North and Central America
Country	United States
Notes	Relief shown pictorially and by hachures. Prime meridian: Philadelphia and London. Includes historical and descriptive text.
Essay Description of Item	This colonial map was produced by Thomas Hutchins and is considered one of the first detailed depictions of the Midwest and Appalachia. The map shows "Illinois Country" between the Illinois and the Wabash rivers and is one of the only printed maps of the period to show the proposed new colony of Vandalia (here "Indiana), which was projected to take up a large portion of the present state of West Virginia. Hutchins was an accomplished geographer and surveyor and in 1781 he was appointed Geographer to the United States by Congress. Hutchins is credited with establishing the public lands survey system which divides the United States into townships, ranges, and sections.
Type	image
Scale	[ca. 1:1,270,000]
Original Collection	American Geographical Society Library - Maps
Original Item Description	1 map : hand col. ; 92 x 109 cm.
Original Item ID	(AGS) (RARE) 800-c.E2 A-1778
Language	en
Repository	American Geographical Society Library, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries
Digital Publisher	University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries
Rights	The Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System
Digital ID	am005562
Digital Format	image/tif; image/jp2
Date.Digitized	2009-01-01
Digital Collection	American Geographical Society Library Digital Map Collection

Title	Map
Type	image
Original Collection	American Geographical Society Library - Maps
Repository	American Geographical Society Library, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries
Digital Publisher	University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries
Rights	The Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System
Digital Format	image/tif; image/jp2
Digital Collection	American Geographical Society Library Digital Map Collection

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