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Charte von den vereinigten Staaten von Nord-America nach murdochischer Projection und den neuesten astronomischen Ortsbestimmungen entworfen und gezeichnet von F. L. Güssefeld, 1805 ; nach den Entdeckungen der Hrn. Lewis, Clarke u. Pike berichtigt im Septbr. 1812 und nach der neuesten Staateneintheilung begräntzt im J.1817

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Title: Charte von den vereinigten Staaten von Nord-America nach murdochischer Projection und den neuesten astronomischen Ortsbestimmungen entworfen und gezeichnet von F. L. Güssefeld, 1805 ; nach den Entdeckungen der Hrn. Lewis, Clarke u. Pike berichtigt im Septbr. 1812 und nach der neuesten Staateneintheilung begräntzt im J.1817
Creator: Güssefeld, F. L. (Franz Ludwig), 1744-1807, creator
Güssefeld, F. L. (Franz Ludwig), 1744-1807, cartographer
Contributor: Geographischen Instituts, publisher
Lewis, Meriwether, 1774-1809
Clark, William, 1770-1838
Pike, Zebulon Montgomery, 1779-1813
Kashnor, Leon, 1880-1955, seller
Museum Book Store
Date Created and/or Issued: 1817-09
Contributing Institution: Huntington Library
Collection: Maps
Rights Information: For information on use of Digital Library materials, please see Library Rights and Permissions: https://www.huntington.org/library-rights-permissions
Description: Kashnor notes, "Probably the earliest map issued in Europe defining the boundaries of the new state of Illinois. It shows the course of the Missouri through the Rockies." In spite of Kashnor's note, this map was actually printed a year before Illinois actually became a state. Lake Michigan is displaced eastward and Michigan narrowed. Prime meridian: Ferro. Relief: hachures. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Pseudocylindrical. Watermark: Crowned fleur-de-lis Lachendorf. Printing Process: Engraving. Verso Text: Ms note: 402.
Type: image
Extent: 1 map ; outline col. ; 46 x 68 cm., sheet 49 x 69 cm.
Identifier: 093:402 M
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15150coll4/id/10436
Language: German
German
Subject: North America--Maps
Time Period: 1817
Place: North America
United States
W 100°
W 65°/N 50°
N 28°
Source: Huntington Rare Book Maps
Maps, Huntington Digital Library
Provenance: Purchased en bloc by HEH from the Museum Book Store, April, 1924.

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