Map Topographical Map of Wisconsin Territory.
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Title
- Topographical Map of Wisconsin Territory.
Summary
- This is the first large-scale map of the Wisconsin Territory based on actual surveys. The map was compiled and published by the surveyors Samuel Morrison, Elisha Dwelle, and Joshua Hathaway and engraved on three copperplates. In 1785, the United States Congress passed the Land Survey Ordinance, which provided for a system of square townships six miles on a side, divided into 36 one-square-mile sections. The map shows townships in the Wisconsin Territory surveyed by 1837. Also depicted are roads, trails, natural land forms, vegetation, mill sites, and the lead and copper deposits known at the time. The long lots in Green Bay and Prairie du Chien reflect the French system of land holdings along riverfronts. Maps such as these helped immigrants and settlers understand the survey system and locate the land they bought. A prospective buyer could go to any U.S. Government Land Office and look in tract books that contained detailed descriptions of the land. As the inscription states, the map once belonged to the American writer Eugene Field (1850--95).
Names
- Doolittle & Munson Engraver.
- Dwelle, Elisha Surveyor.
- Hathaway, Joshua Surveyor.
- Morrison, Samuel Surveyor.
- Wisconsin. Board of Commissioners of Public Lands Contributor.
Created / Published
- [place of publication not identified] : Wisconsin. Board of Commissioners of Public Lands, 1837.
Headings
- - United States of America--Wisconsin
- - 1837
- - Topographic maps
Notes
- - Title devised, in English, by Library staff.
- - "Scale 1:200,000. Relief shown by hachures."--Note extracted from World Digital Library.
- - Original resource extent: 1 map : color ; 113 x 90 centimeters.
- - Original resource at: University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries.
- - Content in English.
- - Description based on data extracted from World Digital Library, which may be extracted from partner institutions.
Medium
- 1 online resource.
Source Collection
- American Geographical Society Library Digital Map Collection
Digital Id
Library of Congress Control Number
- 2021668438
Online Format
- compressed data
- image
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Contributor
- Doolittle & Munson
- Dwelle, Elisha
- Hathaway, Joshua
- Morrison, Samuel
- Wisconsin. Board of Commissioners of Public Lands