1698 | Map Louis Hennepin. A Map of a Large Country Newly Discovered in the Northern America situated between New Mexico and the Frozen Sea, 1698 Images prepared 2002–2005 and used courtesy of the Albert H. and Shirley Small Special Collections Library, University of Virginia.
1718 | Map Guillaume Delisle. Carte de la Louisiana et du Cours du Mississipi, 1718 Images prepared 2002–2005 and used courtesy of the Albert H. and Shirley Small Special Collections Library, University of Virginia.
1722 | Map Daniel Coxe. A Map of Carolana and of the River Meschacebe, 1722 Images prepared 2002–2005 and used courtesy of the Albert H. and Shirley Small Special Collections Library, University of Virginia.
1733 | Map Henry Popple. A Map of the British Empire in America with the French and Spanish Settlements adjacent thereto, 1733 Images copyright 2000 by Cartography Associates.
1750 | Map Robert Sayer. A new map of North America, with the British, French, Spanish, Dutch & Danish dominions on that great continent; and the West India Islands, 1750? Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division.
1751 | Map Joshua Fry-Peter Jefferson. A map of the most Inhabited part of Virginia containing the whole Province of Maryland with Part of Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and North Carolina, 1751 (rev. ed. 1755) Albert H. and Shirley Small Special Collections Library, University of Virginia
1754 | Map Thomas and Emanuel Bowen. A Map of the British American plantations: extending from Boston in New England to Georgia; including all the back settlements in the respective provinces, as far as the Mississippi, 1754 (reprinted 1763, 1775) The Filson Historical Society.
1755 | Map Lewis Evans. A general map of the middle British colonies, in America, 1755 Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division.
1755 | Map John Mitchell. A map of the British and French dominions in North America, with the roads, distances, limits, and extent of the settlements, 1755 Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division.
1755 | Map John Mitchell. A map of the British and French dominions in North America, with the roads, distances, limits, and extent of the settlements, 1755 (1st impression of first ed.) Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division.
1755 | Map Gilles Robert de Vaugondy. Partie de l'Amérique septentrionale, qui comprend le cours de l'Ohio, la Nlle. Angleterre, la Nlle York, le New Jersey, la Pensylvanie, le Maryland, la Virginie, la Caroline, 1755 Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division.
1763 | Map Antoine-Simon Le Page du Pratz. A map of Louisiana, with the course of the Missisipi, and the adjacent rivers, the nations of the natives, the French establishments and the mines, 1763 Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division.
1770 | Map John Henry. A new and accurate map of Virginia wherein most of the counties are laid down from actual surveys, 1770 Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division.
1773 | Map John Ballendine. A Map of Potomak and James Rivers in North America Shewing their several Communications with the Navigable Waters of the New Province on the River Ohio,1773 Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division.
1776 | Map Robert Sayer and John Bennett. A General Map of the Middle British Colonies, in America. containing Virginia, Maryland, the Delaware Counties, Pennsylvania and New Jersey, 1776 Images copyright 2000 by Cartography Associates.
1776 | Map Thomas Pownall. A map of the middle British colonies in North America. First published by Lewis Evans, of Philadelphia, in 1755 Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division.
1778 | Map Thomas Hutchins. A New Map of the Western Parts of Virginia, Pennsylvania, Maryland and North Carolina; Comprehending the River Ohio, and all the Rivers, which fall into it; Part of the River Mississippi, the Whole of the Illinois River, Lake Erie; Part of the Lakes Huron, Michigan &c. And all the Country bordering on these Lakes and Rivers, 1778 Images copyright 2000 by Cartography Associates.
1781 | Map Jonathan Carver. A New Map of North America From the Latest Discoveries,1778 Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division.
1784 | Map John Filson. Map of Kentucke, 1784 Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division.
1786 | Map Thomas Jefferson. A Map of the country between Albemarle Sound, and Lake Erie, comprehending the whole of Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, and Pennsylvania, with parts of several other of the United States of America, 1786 (i.e. 1787) Albert H. and Shirley Small Special Collections Library, University of Virginia.
1794 | Map Samuel Lewis. The State of Virginia from the best Authorities, 1794 Images copyright 2000 by Cartography Associates.
1801 | Map Alexander Mackenzie. A Map of America between Latitudes 40 and 70 North, and Longitudes 45 and 180 West, Exhibiting Mackenzie's Track, 1801 Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division.
1802 | Map Aaron Arrowsmith. A map exhibiting all the new discoveries in the interior parts of North America, additions to 1802. Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division.
1803 | Map Nicolas King. Lewis and Clark map, with annotations in brown ink by Meriwether Lewis, tracing showing the Mississippi, the Missouri for a short distance above Kansas, Lakes Michigan, Superior, and Winnipeg, and the country onwards to the Pacific, 1803 Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division.
1804 | Map Aaron Arrowsmith & Samuel Lewis. "Louisiana." InA New and Elegant General Atlas, Comprising All the New Discoveries, to the Present Time. John Conrad and Company: Philadelphia, 1804. Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division.
1805 | Map George Henri Victor Collot and P.F. Tardieu. Map of the Missouri; of the higher parts of the Mississippi; and of the elevated Plain, 1805 Images copyright 2000 by Cartography Associates.
1811 | Map Aaron Arrowsmith. A map exhibiting all the new discoveries in the interior parts of North America, additions to 1811 Images copyright 2000 by Cartography Associates.
1814 | Map Aaron Arrowsmith. A map exhibiting all the new discoveries in the interior parts of North America, additions to June 1814. Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division.
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