Creating the United States

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First Map to Display the United States Flag

First Map to Display the United States Flag (105)

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Published in London shortly after the signing of the Paris Peace Treaty, this map is one of the first published in Europe to recognize the new nation's independence and the first to incorporate the United States flag into the iconography of the map's cartouche.  Also included in the cartouche are the likenesses of George Washington paired with a figure representing Liberty and Benjamin Franklin paired with the figures of Wisdom and Justice.
Published in London shortly after the signing of the Paris Peace Treaty, this map is one of the first published in Europe to recognize the new nation's independence and the first to incorporate the United States flag into the iconography of the map's cartouche. Also included in the cartouche are the likenesses of George Washington paired with a figure representing Liberty and Benjamin Franklin paired with the figures of Wisdom and Justice.