(Image source: Library of Congress Map Collections)
The above map, created by George Washington in 1766, depicts
“A plan of my farm on Little Huntg. Creek & Potomk.” This map, which is publicly viewable at the Library of Congress Map
Collections and downloadable as a high-resolution JPEG2000 file, is included
in the Collections’ “Cultural Landscapes” section, which highlights the ongoing
cultural construction of United States and World landscapes through the ways individuals, communities, and nations modify land. This subsection of the online
Collection places an array of cartographic materials into conversation: a set
of local maps authored by George Washington, a series of maps of Liberia
created by the American Colonization Society, and a store of historical U.S.
atlases.
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