First Reading of the Emancipation Proclamation of President Lincoln
In this iconic portrait, Carpenter carefully reproduced the Coast Survey’s map of slavery in the lower right corner after noticing Lincoln’s attention to it.
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Carpenter, F. B. (Francis Bicknell), 1830-1900 (1 map)
Disturnell, John, 1808-1877 (1 map)
Agricultural Map of the United States and Canada
By the 1860s mapping agriculture had become commonplace, and spread quickly in the twentieth century.
Hitchcock, Charles H. (Charles Henry), 1836-1919 (1 map)
Geological Map of the United States
This stunning map owed much to its antebellum maps of geology as well as the fine chromolithography of Julius Bien.
Kohl, J. G. (Johann Georg), 1808-1878 (2 maps)
A Map Showing the Progress of Discovery on the West Coast
Kohl innovated the use of color along the coasts to indicate the stages of discovery along the coast as well as the interior.
A Map Showing the Progress of the Discovery of the Gulf of Mexico
Here Kohl carefully identified river voyages as well as coastal discovery, from the sixteenth century to his own day
Ramsay, David, 1749-1815 (1 map)
A Map Historical and Biographical Chart of the United States
At left is Ramsay’s map of the new nation, accompanied by his attempt to “chart” the American past since 1607, directly inspired by the timelines of Joseph Priestley.
Tanner, Henry Schenck, 1786-1858 (1 map)
A Map of the World Exhibiting the Progress of Cholera
Frustrated by what he considered the flawed and misleading maps of cholera, Henry Tanner designed this world map to identify the geographic and chronological phases of the epidemic.
Unknown Creator (1 map)
Freedom and Slavery, and the Coveted Territories
Anti-slavery activist John Jay used this map to alert northerners to the threat of slavery in the west, and to promote the cause of the newly-founded Republican Party in the 1856 presidential election.
Willard, Emma, 1787-1870 (1 map)
American Temple of Time
In the American edition, Willard drew the outline of the continental nation as the backdrop, and asked students to detail the nation’s history and geography on the floor, ceiling, and pillars.
Witzleben, Arthur de (1 map)
German Population. Compiled from Ninth Census
Francis Amasa Walker’s census maps of ethnicity were tailored to each group, and starkly illustrated their patterns of settlement in different parts of the country.