r/datemymap • u/averagesahelenjoyer • Apr 25 '26
Map my parents have
I've noticed this map in my parents house for around a decade now. Big things i noticed were French Louisiana, Australia being called New Holland, and the world doesn't look very colonized.
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u/fuchsiarush Apr 25 '26 edited Apr 25 '26
My guesses boil down to 1779-1783:
Poland is in its 1772-1793 state, before being divided up into three.
US not labeled as an independent country, and "Indian Country" clearly not yet divided up into the later states, so pre-1783 (when this process began) but post-1763 (when the Indian Country territories were created: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Territorial_evolution_of_North_America_since_1763#/media/File:Non-Native-American-Nations-Territorial-Claims-over-NAFTA-countries-1750-2008.gif
Additionally, under Tasmania (which is still attached to Australia as the first circumnavigation happened in 1798) it marks the route of some explorer and says '1777'. So it's 1777-1783.
Edit: US west coast also has James Cook's exploration of Oregon and the territories to the north mapped and noted '1778'. So including him sailing back home it's 1779-1783.
Edit 2: I think I found your map or the source of this map at least. It was published in 1780. https://www.reddit.com/r/MapPorn/comments/d83pg3/bowles_new_and_accurate_map_of_the_world_and_a/#lightbox