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Wisconsin
Map
This map illustrates the early settlement pattern of Wisconsin south of the Fox-Wisconsin waterway. It is unusual in that it includes the mythical Carver Grant or claim, territory supposedly granted to explorer Jonathan Carver by Sioux chiefs during his travels through Wisconsin in 1766-1767. This edition of Tanner's map lacks a legend and post-1842 cartographic details of later editions.
circa 1842
Tanner, Henry Schenck, 1786-1858 (cartographer)
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Wisconsin
1846?
This hand-colored map of Wisconsin shows the counties in the state south and east of the Wisconsin and Fox rivers and the locations of Carver's Claim and Indian lands to the north and west. It show...
Wisconsin Map
circa 1848-1849
In 1849, northern Wisconsin was composed of huge sectional regions such as La Point, Portage, Brown and Crawford counties, whereas southern Wisconsin had settled into the counties we know today. So...
