The 1767 maps of Robert Rogers and Jonathan Carver: a proposal for the establishment of the colony of Michilimackinac.

From: Michigan Historical Review | Date: September 22, 2004| Author: Widder, Keith R. | Copyright information

In 1767, while Major Robert Rogers and Captain Jonathan Carver were at Michilimackinac, each man prepared a manuscript map of the region bordering on the western Great Lakes. These two cartographic images are important snapshots of part of Great Britain's expanded North American empire soon after its conquest of Canada. The maps and related documents evince the growing strength of British imperial authority and commerce in the region since the arrival of British traders and troops ...

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