Lines Across a Young Nation: How the Rectangular Survey Organized the American West
How the Land Ordinance of 1785, field crews, monuments, and public records transformed a geometric idea into the framework of the American landscape.
Maps & Plats
Historic maps, plats, cartography, and the records that describe land.
The Beauty of Maps, Land Surveying and the Art of Cartography
Maps have long been a symbol of human curiosity, exploration, and understanding of the world around us. From the earliest […]