Washington DC Map Chronology Includes URL for Library of Congress images and descriptions available on line.
1802 Mathew Carey's 1802 map was the first one to name the stretch of land west of the Capitol as "The Mall.". Compare to Territory of Columbia by Andrew Ellicott above. 1816 Latrobe's Plan for the mouth of the Tiber. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g3852m.ct001111 Plan of the west end of the public appropriation in the city of Washington, called the Mall : as proposed to be arranged for the site of the university / to the Committee of the H. of R. of Congress, BHLatrobe, Surveyor of the City of Washington, Jan'y 1816. 1818 Map produced by Robert King, surveyor of the City of Washington. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g3850.ct001437 A map of the city of Washington in the District of Columbia : established as the permanent seat of the government of the United States of America / taken from actual survey, as laid out on the ground, by R't King, surveyor of the City of Washington ; engraved by C. Schwarz, Wash'n. 1820 A "Correct Map of the City of Washington" engraved by W.I. Stone http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/dgkeysearchresult.cfm?word=17470&s=1¬word=&f=13&sScope=Name&sLabel=Force%2C%20Peter&cols=4 1829 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g3850.ct000744 Plan of the city of Washington : seat of government of the United States / drawn from the original plan adopted and signed by J. Adams, president of the U.S., by W. Elliot. 1840 William Morrison 1846 William Morrison http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g3850.ct000505 Map of the city of Washington / drawn by F.C. De Krafft, city engineer. CREATED/PUBLISHED: Wm. M. Morrison, 1846. 1862 Johnson and Ward http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g3850.ct000155 Johnson's Georgetown and the city of Washington : the capital of the United States of America / by Johnson and Ward. 1873 Exhibit chart showing streets & avenues of the cities of Washington and Georgetown, improved under the Board of Public Works, D.C. : Nov. 1st 1873 : sewers. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g3851n.ct001354 CREATED/PUBLISHED[Washington? : s.n., 1873] (Washington : J.F. Gedney) 1875 This map was produced by S. Augustus Mitchell in 1875 for his New General Atlas. http://www.rare-maps.com/details.cfm?type=maps&rid=1565760 1887 Map of Washington, D.C., and environs : with marginal numbers and measuring tape attachment for instantly locating points of interest within a radius of twenty miles from the Capitol / by Axel Silversparre, C.E. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g3850.ct000647 CREATED/PUBLISHED Washington : R.E. Whitman, c1887. Continue

Washington DC Map Chronology

Includes URL for Library of Congress images and descriptions available on line.

1802
Mathew Carey's 1802 map was the first one to name the stretch of land west of the Capitol as "The Mall.". Compare to Territory of Columbia by Andrew Ellicott above.

1816

Latrobe's Plan for the mouth of the Tiber.

http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g3852m.ct001111
Plan of the west end of the public appropriation in the city of Washington, called the Mall : as proposed to be arranged for the site of the university / to the Committee of the H. of R. of Congress, BHLatrobe, Surveyor of the City of Washington, Jan'y 1816.

1818

Map produced by Robert King, surveyor of the City of Washington.

http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g3850.ct001437
A map of the city of Washington in the District of Columbia : established as the permanent seat of the government of the United States of America / taken from actual survey, as laid out on the ground, by R't King, surveyor of the City of Washington ; engraved by C. Schwarz, Wash'n.

1820

A "Correct Map of the City of Washington" engraved by W.I. Stone

http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/dgkeysearchresult.cfm?word=17470&s=1¬word=&f=13&sScope=Name&sLabel=Force%2C%20Peter&cols=4

1829

http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g3850.ct000744
Plan of the city of Washington : seat of government of the United States / drawn from the original plan adopted and signed by J. Adams, president of the U.S., by W. Elliot.

1840

William Morrison

1846

William Morrison

http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g3850.ct000505
Map of the city of Washington / drawn by F.C. De Krafft, city engineer.
CREATED/PUBLISHED: Wm. M. Morrison, 1846.

1862

Johnson and Ward

http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g3850.ct000155
Johnson's Georgetown and the city of Washington : the capital of the United States of America / by Johnson and Ward.

1873
Exhibit chart showing streets & avenues of the cities of Washington and Georgetown, improved under the Board of Public Works, D.C. : Nov. 1st 1873 : sewers.

http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g3851n.ct001354
CREATED/PUBLISHED[Washington? : s.n., 1873] (Washington : J.F. Gedney)
1875

This map was produced by S. Augustus Mitchell in 1875 for his New General Atlas.

http://www.rare-maps.com/details.cfm?type=maps&rid=1565760

1887
Map of Washington, D.C., and environs : with marginal numbers and measuring tape attachment for instantly locating points of interest within a radius of twenty miles from the Capitol / by Axel Silversparre, C.E.

http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g3850.ct000647
CREATED/PUBLISHED Washington : R.E. Whitman, c1887.

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