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Mapping a New Nation: Abel Buell’s Map of the United States, 1784
Special Presentation

Abel Buell’s Map of the United States, 1784

Abel Buell’s New and Correct Map of the United States of North America is the first map of the newly independent United States compiled, printed, and published in America by an American. This important early American map is known to exist in only seven copies.

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