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The Mitchell Map. The Mitchell Map is a map made by John Mitchell (1711–1768), which was reprinted several times during the second half of the 18th century. The map, formally titled A map of the British and French dominions in North America &c., was used as a primary map source during the Treaty of Paris for defining the boundaries of the newly independent United States.
They built on Aaron's A map exhibiting all the new discoveries in the interior parts of North America 1811 version which was heavily based on information provided by the Hudson's Bay Company, Indian maps, and British Navy sea charts [1] to produce and publish an updated map: North America in 1821. [2]
These are marked and numbered on each map, the miles further being divided into furlongs. [8] At that period, the measurement of many minor roads had used a locally defined mile rather than the standard mile of 1760 standard yards which Ogilby adopted in his atlas, thus setting the standard for road maps in future.
John Mitchell (April 13, 1711 – February 29, 1768) was a colonial American physician and botanist.He created the most comprehensive and perhaps largest 18th-century map of eastern North America, known today as the Mitchell Map.
Present-day road segment number Present-day road segment name Distance covered Remarks York, Pennsylvania (estab. 1741); Codorus Creek ford (now a bridge) PA-462: Market St: 4 miles (6 km) US-30: 1.4 miles (2.3 km) Historic Fork of the Great Wagon Road; Junction of PA-116 at US-30: The later Great Wagon Road (built 1747) continued on from here ...
The King's Highway was a roughly 1,300-mile (2,100 km) road laid out from 1650 to 1735 in the American colonies. It was built on the order of Charles II of England, who directed his colonial governors to link Charleston, South Carolina, and Boston, Massachusetts.
Maps of the New World had been produced since the 16th century. The history of cartography of the United States begins in the 18th century, after the declared independence of the original Thirteen Colonies on July 4, 1776, during the American Revolutionary War (1776–1783). Later, Samuel Augustus Mitchell published a map of the United States ...
Boston Post Road or King's Highway First ride to lay out Post Road January 1, 1673. [2]San Antonio-San Diego Mail Line (1857–1861) San Antonio, Texas to San Diego, California