CUYLER WILLIAM T The United States of America Drawn by Wm T

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CUYLER, WILLIAM T. The United States of America Drawn by Wm. T. Cuyler of Albany. At Lenox Academy. 1817. Manuscript map of the United States in watercolor and ink. 500x550 mm; backed on board, few large tears stabilized by backing, edge faults where previously mounted, dampstain at bottom and right edge. sold as is. (Massachusetts?), 1817 [based on a map of circa 1805]

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This wonderful schoolboy manuscript map features many unusual and noteworthy configurations on the western frontier. Illinois Territory stretches far northward between the Mississippi and above the western tip of Lake Superior. Michigan Territory totally surrounds Lake Michigan. Missouri and Arkansas are unnamed and the area bears the appellation: "New Iberia." The panhandle of Florida extends to the Mississippi delta, and is labeled "W & E Floridas" with no boundary separating the two. The author probably based his cartography on a map that was at least 10 years old in 1817. Robert Wilkinson's maps are a possibility.