The United States of America laid down from the best authorities, agreeable to the Peace of 1783

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Creator / Contributor: Wallis, J. (John), -1818
Gibbs, George, 1815-1873, associated name
Bacon, J. Barnitz (Jacob Barnitz), 1815-1896, donor
Title: The United States of America laid down from the best authorities, agreeable to the Peace of 1783
Place: London
Publisher: Published, April 3d, 1783, by the proprietor John Wallis, at his map-warehouse, Ludgate Street, London
Date: 1783
[1783]
Physical Description: 1 map : hand colored ; 47 x 56 cm, on sheet 51 x 63 cm.
Description: Hand colored. Relief shown pictorially. Prime meridian: London. The first printed map known to bear the nation’s standard, it appeared five months before the signing of the Treaty of Paris, and indicated the national boundaries established by same. The title cartouche is flanked by likenesses of Washington and Franklin, attended by female personifications of Columbia, Liberty and Justice.
Scale: Scale [ca. 1:6,336,000]
Identifier: M8.1.11
4267435
Subject geographic name: United States--Maps--Early works to 1800
Material type or medium of original: maps (documents)
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