Mapping a New Nation: Abel Buell’s Map of the United States, 1784
Exhibition Items
- John Mitchell (1711–1768). A Map of the British, French, and Spanish Dominions in North America, with the Roads, Distances, Limits, and Extent of the Settlements. . . . [London]: Millar, 1755. Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress (001.00.00)
- Carington Bowles (1724–1793). North America, and the West Indies; A New Map, wherein the British Empire and its Limits, According to the Definitive Treaty of Peace, in 1763, are Accurately Described, and the Dominions Possessed by the Spaniards, the French, & other European States. London, 1774. Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress (002.00.00)
- Thomas Hutchins (1730–1789). A New Map of the Western Parts of Virginia, Pennsylvania, Maryland, and North Carolina. . . . London, 1784. Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress (003.00.00)
- William Faden (1750–1789). The Province of New Jersey. . . . London, 1777. Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress (004.00.00)
- Abel Buell. A New and Correct Map of the United States of North America: Layd down from the Latest Observations and Best Authorities Agreeable to the Peace of 1783. . . . New Haven, Connecticut: Abel Buell, 1784. On deposit to the Library of Congress from David M. Rubenstein (005.00.00)
- William McMurray (fl. 1782–1786). The United States According to the Definitive Treaty of Peace Signed at Paris Sept. 3d 1783. 1784. Map Subscription, October 24, 1783. Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress (006.00.00 and 006.00.01)