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Thomas Jefferson Letter

Date: 1783
Description: Letter from Thomas Jefferson to George Rogers Clark suggesting a transcontinental expedition.
Map or Atlas

The Russian Discoveries from the Map Published by the Imperial Academy of St. Petersburg: North America and the Russian Far East

Date: 1775
Description: This map shows the northern Pacific Ocean along with north eastern Asia and western North America. The interior of Asia contains detailed engravings of pla...
Map or Atlas

Amérique Septentrionale: Dressée sur les Relations les Plus Modernes des Voyageurs et Navigateurs, ou se Remarquent les Etats Unis

Date: 1790
Description: An updated and corrected version of Robert de Vaugondy's 1750 map "Amérique Septentrionale: Dressée sur les Relations les Plus Modernes des Voyageurs et Na...
Map or Atlas

Chart of the North-West Coast of America, With the Tracks of the King George and Queen Charlotte in 1786 & 1787

Date: 1788
Description: This map shows the north western coast of North America, including the southern coast of what will be Alaska and parts of the Aleutian Islands. It includes...
Map or Atlas

Mappe-monde: Suivant les Nouvelles Observations

Date: 1769
Description: Double hemispherical map showing the continents, islands, countries, and a few major cities of the world. The routes of a few explorers are depicted and la...
Map or Atlas

Hemisphere Occidental: Dressé en 1720 pour L'usage Particulier du Roy sur les Observations Astronomiques et Geographiques, Raportées la Même Année dans L'histoire et Dans le Memoires de 'Academie Rle. des Sciences

Date: 1724
Description: Map showing the mountains, rivers, lakes, settlements, islands, and regions of North and South America. Characteristic of de L'Isle, this map is highly det...
Map or Atlas

Carte Nouvelle de la Louisiane, et de la Rivière de Missisipi, Découverte par feu Mr. de la Salle

Date: 1713
Description: Map showing the regions explored by Robert de La Salle between 1681 and 1686, as well as the route La Salle, and later Henri Joutel, took, moving north fro...
Map or Atlas

A Chart of North and South America: Including the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, with the Nearest Coasts of Europe, Africa and Asia

Date: 1775
Description: This six sheet large format map is one of the most informative maps of its time. It shows cities, Native American land, lakes, rivers, mountains, topograph...
Map or Atlas

Carte Générale des Découvertes de l'Amiral de Fonte, et Autres Navigateurs Espagnols, Anglois et Russes pour la Recherche du Passage à la Mer du Sud

Date: 1777
Description: This important map highlights the frantic desire and search for the north west passage. It shows a few settlements and mountains in Russia, north west Amer...

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