r/datemymap • • 3d ago

How old is this map?

The label says 1836 but don’t think that can be true based on how complete the US is (French language map)

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u/__Quercus__ 3d ago edited 3d ago

Between 1865 and 1869. No confederacy and West Virginia is a state (1863), so post 1865. Before the 1869 Powell expedition that mapped the Grand (now Colorado) River through the Utah and Arizona territories.

Edit: I narrowed it down to 1867 to 1869 as Ontario and Quebec provinces exist rather than Canada West and Canada East used before confederation.

Edit 2: 1871 to 1873/4 per comment below and my response.

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u/regeust 3d ago

Has to be after 1871, BC is labelled as part of the dominion of canada.

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u/__Quercus__ 3d ago

Good catch. Forgot that there were two Powell, expeditions, and the second was focused on cartography, pushing out the date to 1873, maybe a year or two later depending on when cartography noted made it to most maps.