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Source Description
America Transformed: This large wall map details the United States at the onset of the 19th century. The young nation’s western boundary is the Mississippi River, based on the 1783 Paris Peace Treaty. In addition to the original 13 states, three new ones appear: Vermont, Kentucky, and Tennessee. As Euro-American settlers moved across the Appalachian Mountains, they encountered Native and French communities, including the Tsalagi (Cherokee), Chikasha (Chickasaw), Chahta (Choctaw), and Mvskoke (Creek) who inhabited expansive ancestral lands in the southern portion of this trans-Appalachian region. An image of Niagara Falls, which became part of the nation’s popular iconography, adorns the cartouche.
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Document identity
localId
8049g933r
label
A map of the United States of North America
core
obj
dtoType
map
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
8049g933r
contentType
map
stage
normalized
title
A map of the United States of North America
description
America Transformed: This large wall map details the United States at the onset of the 19th century. The young nation’s western boundary is the Mississippi River, based on the 1783 Paris Peace Treaty. In addition to the original 13 states, three new ones appear: Vermont, Kentucky, and Tennessee. As Euro-American settlers moved across the Appalachian Mountains, they encountered Native and French communities, including the Tsalagi (Cherokee), Chikasha (Chickasaw), Chahta (Choctaw), and Mvskoke (Creek) who inhabited expansive ancestral lands in the southern portion of this trans-Appalachian region. An image of Niagara Falls, which became part of the nation’s popular iconography, adorns the cartouche.
date
["1802"]
year
1802
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
English
identifierLocal
06_01_006210
creators
Arrowsmith, Aaron, 1750-1823
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
American Revolutionary War-Era Maps
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection
subjects
United States--Maps
Niagara Falls (N.Y. and Ont.)--Maps
subjectsGeographic
Niagara Falls
North and Central America
genreBasic
Maps
typeOfResource
Cartographic
thumbnailUrl
largeImageUrl
pageCount
1
source
import
pubPlace
London
publisher
A. Arrowsmith
Source extras
institutionArkId
sf268508b
collectionArkId
dn39z222j
schema:latitude
43.083333
schema:longitude
-79.066667
extent
1 map on 2 sheets : hand col. ; 123 x 141 cm, sheets 31 x 140 cm.
notes
Relief shown pictorially.
Includes illustrated cartouche of Niagara Falls and textual notes on it.
Outline color.
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no
dcId
8049g933r
type
map
Single page context
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1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
mediaId
5b7ff6638237576e