Rhode Island (1799)

The map Rhode Island (1799) appeared in the 18th c. American reference work The New and Universal Gazetteer  by Joseph Scott, and printed in Philadelphia. This book is an early American imprint. It is a reference work known as a modern geographical dictionary. While its maps of other countries, such as those in Europe, Asia and Africa were well established political kingdoms, its maps of the states of the new United States were maps of a new and democratic nation. The 18th c. maps of the original American states appear in Joseph Scott's work,  and today appear more often individually with little reference material.

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