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Plan of the city of Washington

Description:

Thackara & Vallance Sc.

Compass rose.

Coordinates approximate and based on Greenwich meridian.

French military engineer and architect Major Pierre Charles L'Enfant was invited by George Washington to lay out the new capital for the United States.

Published in the Universal asylum, and Columbian magazine, v. 4, March 1792.

Resource Link:

https://purl.stanford.edu/gj277vt1733

Identifier:

https://purl.stanford.edu/gj277vt1733

Language:

eng

Creator:

Ellicott, Andrew, 1754-1820 and L'Enfant, Pierre Charles, 1754-1825

Publisher:

Thackara & Vallance

Provider:

Stanford

Resource Class:

Maps

Resource Type:

Digital maps

Subject:

City planning and City blocks

Date Issued:

1792

Spatial Coverage:

Washington (D.C.) and Potomac River

Rights:

Image from the Warren Heckrotte Map Collection courtesy Stanford University Libraries. This item is in the public domain. There are no restrictions on use. If you have questions, please contact the David Rumsey Map Center at rumseymapcenter@stanford.edu.

Rights Holder:

This work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights. You can copy, modify, distribute and perform the work, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission.

Access Rights:

Public

Format:

JPEG2000

Georeferenced:

false