Map of the Territory of Wisconsin
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- Created Date
- 1836
- Description
This map was created to accompany a congressional report and shows the then Wisconsin Territory, including present-day states of Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, and parts of North and South Dakota. Although not part of the Wisconsin Territory the map also includes northern Illinois. The map shows Native American tribal regions, land cessions and General Land Office districts. Lake Michigan, Lake Superior, rivers, other lakes, and major geographical features are labeled. The map includes annotations in blue.
- Creator
Burr, David H., 1803-1875
- Partner
- Recollection Wisconsin
- Contributing Institution
- Wisconsin Historical Society
- Collection
- Maps Collection
- Publisher
- Unknown
- Type
- image
- Format
- Reference map
- Language
- English
- Rights
- We believe that online reproduction of this material is permitted because its copyright protection has lapsed or because sharing it here for non-profit educational purposes complies with the Fair Use provisions of the U.S. Copyright Law. Teachers and students are generally free to reproduce pages for nonprofit classroom use. For advice about other uses, or if you believe that you possess copyright to some of this material, please contact us at asklibrary@wisconsinhistory.org.
- Chicago citation style
- Burr, David H., 1803-1875. Map of the Territory of Wisconsin. 1836. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://content.wisconsinhistory.org/cdm/ref/collection/maps/id/13781. (Accessed April 19, 2024.)
- APA citation style
- Burr, David H., 1803-1875, (1836) Map of the Territory of Wisconsin. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://content.wisconsinhistory.org/cdm/ref/collection/maps/id/13781
- MLA citation style
- Burr, David H., 1803-1875. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America <http://content.wisconsinhistory.org/cdm/ref/collection/maps/id/13781>.