Map of Colonial North America
by Jonathan Carver
Title
Map of Colonial North America
Artist
Jonathan Carver
Medium
Painting - Oil On Canvas
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A New Map of North America Showing the Latest Discoveries by Jonathan Carver published by C. Dilly, London, 1781. Jonathan Carver was an early American explorer who, by 1763 became familiar with surveying and mapping techniques. His first personal expedition was launched in 1766 and he traversed much of Wisconsin, Iowa and Minnesota. He was not paid for his expediton and in 1769 left for England to pursue payment by the government. There he published a book of his travels in 1778 and died two years later. This map was produced the next year and proports to show the territories that Clark had explored.
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