The United States of America, showing the boundaries fixed in 1782, five years before the ratification of the Constitution : from a contemporary copy of Benjamin Franklin's red-line map identified in Spain by the Library of Congress at Washington.

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Title

The United States of America, showing the boundaries fixed in 1782, five years before the ratification of the Constitution : from a contemporary copy of Benjamin Franklin's red-line map identified in Spain by the Library of Congress at Washington.

Identifier

21198_zz0028tr8x

Collection

United States

Description

Facsimile of map published in Paris by Le Rouge and dated 1777. Relief shown pictorially. Inset letters of Aranda and Franklin printed in facsimile reflect the official use of the map in establishing United States boundaries. "Reprinted 1838 by U.S. Geological Survey." Includes text and inset: Nouvelle carte de la Baye dHudson et de Labrador selon las dernieres cartes levées sur les lieux. "This map is one of a series of similar colored maps, depicting the 13 original states from New Hampshire to Georgia at the time of the formation of the Constitution."

Publication date

1938

Creator

John, Mitchel, 1711-1768

Publisher

Washington, D.C. : United States Constitution Sesquicentennial Commission, [Washington, D.C.] : U.S. Geological Survey

Physical size

44 × 62 cm

Scale

1 : 6860480