1681 map of North America Antebellum map of the United States, published by Sidney E. Morse in An atlas of the United States (1823), showing the recent acquisition of Missouri and Louisiana, and the remnant of the Northwest Territory after the establishment of Ohio, Indiana and Illinois Cartography of the United States From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Maps of the New World had been produced since the 16th century. The history of cartography of the United States of America begins in the 18th century, after the declared independence of the Thirteen original colonies on July 4, 1776, during the American Revolutionary War (1775-1783). Later, Samuel Augustus Mitchell published a map of the United States in 1867. The National Program for Topographic Mapping was initiated in 1884 by the United States Geological Survey. Contents ◾ 1 Changes to territories ◾ 2 Footnotes ◾ 3 Further reading ◾ 4 See also ◾ 5 External links Changes to territories As the United States of America changed territorial lines, maps were updated and redrawn, e.g. when the new state Hawaii was added on August 21, 1959. Page 1 of 3 Cartography of the United States - Wikipedia 1/2/2017 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cartography_of_the_United_States Mitchell's 1867 map of the United States Wikimedia Commons has media related to Maps of the United States. Map of the United States of America, showing Hawaii (lower left), which became a U.S. state in August 1959 Some maps show the state lines (boundaries) of the individual states, whereas other maps simply show the national boundaries between the United States and other nations. USA consists of 50 states and covers the total area of 3,679,245 sq. miles. The population of USA was 281,421,906 in 2000 census. There are 79.6 persons on average per square mile. In 2003 the estimated population of the country was 291,587,000. The map of the US shows that it is bordered with Canada on the North, by Mexico on South and the Bahamas on the southeast. Alaska, a state of the USA, is bordered with Canada on the East and Russia on the west. The map also shows the relation of the country with its neighbor hood countries. The names and boundaries of each state are shown in the map. Footnotes Further reading ◾ Susan Schulten, Mapping the Nation: History and Cartography in Nineteenth-Century America. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 2012. See also ◾ Geography of the United States Page 2 of 3 Cartography of the United States - Wikipedia 1/2/2017 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cartography_of_the_United_States ◾ Territorial evolution of the United States ◾ United States National Grid ◾ United States territorial acquisitions External links ◾ Media related to Maps of the United States at Wikimedia Commons ◾ 125 Years of Topographic Mapping (http://nationalmap.gov/ustopo/history.html) Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php? title=Cartography_of_the_United_States&oldid=756560548" Categories: Cartography by country Geography of the United States Cartography stubs ◾ This page was last modified on 25 December 2016, at 04:21. ◾ Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License; additional terms may apply. By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Wikipedia® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization. Page 3 of 3 Cartography of the United States - Wikipedia 1/2/2017 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cartography_of_the_United_States