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1823 Melish map of the United States and portions of Mexico from the Atlantic Ocean to the area west of the Rocky Mountains. John Melish (June 13, 1771 – December 30, 1822) was a Scottish mapmaker who published some of the earliest maps of the United States (US). In 1816, he created the first map of the United States extending to the Pacific ...
Image:Blank US Map with borders.svg, a blank states maps with borders. Image:BlankMap-USA.png, a map with no borders and states separated by transparency. Image:US map - geographic.png, a geographical map. On Wikimedia Commons, a free online media resource: commons:Category:Maps of the United States, the category for all maps with subcategories.
1820s in the United States by state or territory (42 C) 1820s disestablishments in the United States (27 C) 1820s establishments in the United States (44 C, 2 P)
The cartography of the United States is the history of surveying and creation of maps of the United States. 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 ...
Date: 31 December 2008 (Original); 2009-01-16 (Current): Source: This image was adapted from File:ElectoralCollege1804.svg, itself adapted from File:Map of territorial growth 1775.svg and File:ElectoralCollege1964.svg (both based off File:Blank_US_Map.svg) using data from File:ElectoralCollege1820-Large.png, File:United States 1820-1821-07.png, the original version uploaded by AndyHogan14 and ...
The United States expropriated from Panama additional areas around the soon-to-be-built Madden Dam and annexed them to the Panama Canal Zone. [367] [375] Caribbean Sea: May 3, 1932 The United States adjusted the border at Punta Paitilla in the Canal Zone, returning a small amount of land to Panama. This was the site for a planned new American ...
February 6 – 86 free African American colonists sail from New York City to Freetown, Sierra Leone. March 3 & 6 – Slavery in the United States: The Missouri Compromise becomes law. March 15 – Maine is admitted as the 23rd U.S. state (see History of Maine).
The United States agrees to buy the colony of La Louisiane from the French Republic for the price of $15 million. Dec 20: The United States officially takes control of Louisiana, an enormous area of imprecise boundaries extending from the Mississippi River west to the Rocky Mountains, more than doubling the land area of the new nation. 1804: May 14