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The cartography of the United States is the history of surveying and creation of maps of the
125 Years of Topographic Mapping
{{Cartography-stub * Maps of the United States
The cartography of the United States is the history of surveying and creation of maps of the United States
The United States of America (USA), also known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It is a federal republic of 50 U.S. state, states and a federal capital district, Washington, D.C. The 48 ...
. Maps of the New World
The term "New World" is used to describe the majority of lands of Earth's Western Hemisphere, particularly the Americas, and sometimes Oceania."America." ''The Oxford Companion to the English Language'' (). McArthur, Tom, ed., 1992. New York: ...
had been produced since the 16th century. The history of cartography
Cartography (; from , 'papyrus, sheet of paper, map'; and , 'write') is the study and practice of making and using maps. Combining science, aesthetics and technique, cartography builds on the premise that reality (or an imagined reality) can ...
of the United States began in the 18th century, after the declared independence of the original Thirteen Colonies
The Thirteen Colonies were the British colonies on the Atlantic coast of North America which broke away from the British Crown in the American Revolutionary War (1775–1783), and joined to form the United States of America.
The Thirteen C ...
on July 4, 1776
Independence Day, known colloquially as the Fourth of July, is a federal holiday in the United States which commemorates the ratification of the United States Declaration of Independence, Declaration of Independence by the Second Continental ...
, during the American Revolutionary War
The American Revolutionary War (April 19, 1775 – September 3, 1783), also known as the Revolutionary War or American War of Independence, was the armed conflict that comprised the final eight years of the broader American Revolution, in which Am ...
(1776–1783). Later, Samuel Augustus Mitchell published a map of the United States in 1850. The National Program for Topographic Mapping was initiated in 1884 by the United States Geological Survey
The United States Geological Survey (USGS), founded as the Geological Survey, is an agency of the U.S. Department of the Interior whose work spans the disciplines of biology, geography, geology, and hydrology. The agency was founded on Mar ...
(USGS).https://www.esri.com/content/dam/esrisites/sitecore-archive/Files/Pdfs/library/bestpractices/125-years-of-topo-mapping.pdf
See also
* Geography of the United States *Territorial evolution of the United States
The United States of America was formed after thirteen British colonies in North America United States Declaration of Independence, declared independence from the British Empire on July 4, 1776. In the Lee Resolution, passed by the Second Conti ...
* United States National Grid
* Cartography of New York City
References
Further reading
* S. Max Edelson, ''The New Map of Empire: How Britain Imagined America Before Independence.'' Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 2017 * Susan Schulten, ''Mapping the Nation: History and Cartography in Nineteenth-Century America.'' Chicago, Illinois: University of Chicago Press, 2012External links
*125 Years of Topographic Mapping
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