Michigan: cartographic perspectives on the "Great Lakes State". From: Michigan Historical Review | Date: March 22, 2005| Author: Danzer, Gerald A. | COPYRIGHT 2005 Clarke Historical Library. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Since the beginning of American statehood, a map of the commonwealth has been an important expression of sovereignty and civic identity. The United States, it was true, cemented together the separate states, a unity created out of many entities, e pluribus unum. In the federal vision, however, individual states, especially new ones carved out of the common domain, also needed ways and means to establish their specific identities. Thus, each of the original states desired a map of i...

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