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A later state of this map, issued in 1790, was signed by the engraver Amos Doolittle. See Tooley’s dictionary of mapmakers (1999 ed.), v. A-D, p. 380.
Motto in cartouche above title: Per aspera ad astra.
Covers the United States east of the Mississippi River and much of eastern Canada.
Scale [ca. 1:29,000,000]
Relief shown pictorially.
Prime meridians: London and Philadelphia.

Contained In:

Morse, Jedidiah, 1761-1826. Geography made easy. --New-Haven : Printed by Meigs, Bowen and Dana, [1784]

Original Collection:

Forms part of the Edward E. Ayer Collection at the Newberry Library

Citation

Doolittle, Amos, "A Map of the United States of America", in Jedidiah Morse's Geography Made Easy (New-Haven : Printed by Meigs, Bowen and Dana, [1784]). Ayer 109.5 .M7 1784

Newberry Call Number:

Ayer 109.5 .M7 1784

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Geographic Area Covered:

United States, East

Original Resource:

Digital reproduction of: 1 map : hand col. ; 14 x 14 cm, on sheet 16 x 18 cm, folded to 16 x 9 cm

Digital Image Rights Holder:

Newberry Library

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The United States of America, 1784