Detail View: JCB Map Collection: A map of the north west parts of the United States of America
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Accession Number:
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15296
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File Name:
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15296
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Call number:
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Cabinet Cj785 /1
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Map title:
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A map of the north west parts of the United States of America
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Place of Publication:
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[Philadelphia]
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Publication date:
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[1785]
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Map size height:
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66.4 cm.
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Map size width:
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51.1 cm.
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Item description:
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engraving, hand coloring
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Geographical description:
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Map of the Great Lakes, including part of Lake Ontario, Lakes Erie, Huron, Superior, and Michigan. Cartographic elements include degrees of latitude and longitude, location of rivers and boundary between the United States and Canada, some topographical details, scale, and compass rose.
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References:
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Phillips, P.L. Rare map of the Northwest; John Carter Brown Library, Annual Report, 1929, p. 31 -34
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Geographic Area:
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North America
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Historical notes:
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John Fitch, an inventor known for his adaptation of James Watt's steam engine for use in a boat in 1787, published this map, the first detailed delineation of the territory west of the Appalachian Mountains, to finance the building of a commercial steamboat on the Delaware River. As early as 1780, Fitch had been employed as a deputy surveyor ; his map, perhaps the only one known to have been made, engraved, and printed by the same person, was instrumental in the eventual development of that territory.Map dedicated to Thomas Hutchins, Esq.
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Normalized date:
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1785
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Creator:
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John Fitch
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