Cartography of the United States
- Cartography of the United States
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1681 map of North America
Mitchell's 1867 map of the US
Maps of the New World had been produced since the 16th century. The history of cartography of the United States begins in the 18th century, after the declared independence of the Thirteen original colonies on July 4, 1776, during the American Revolutionary War (1775-1783). Later, Samuel Augustus Mitchell published a map of the US in 1867. The National Program for Topographic Mapping was initiated in 1884 by the United States Geological Survey.
Changes to territories
As the United States changed territorial lines, then maps were updated and redrawn, such as when adding the new state Hawaii, on August 21, 1959.
Map of the United States, showing
Hawaii (
lower left), which became a
U.S. state in August 1959
Some maps show the state lines (boundaries) of the individual states, whereas other maps simply show the national boundaries between the United States and other nations.
See also
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