An 18th Century Survey of the Roads of the United States of America
Posted by: Amelia Raines
A few short years after the United States won its independence, Christopher Colles set out to map the roads of the new republic. Created using a perambulator he had invented, his unfinished map series remains a fascinating record of the northeastern American landscape in the late 18th century.
Posted in: 18th century cartography, A250, American History