"GIF" of actual map of the District of Columbia in 1876

W.I. Stone's Correct Map of the City of Washington,1820.

John Ogilby's map of Maryland was published as part of his America: Being the Latest, and Most Accurate Description of the New World (London, 1671). The orientation of the map showing North to the rightreflects the purpose of the chart design. It is a Portolan, or port-finding chart, used by ship captains approaching the entrance of the Chesapeake Bay from the sea. The cartographer probably copied this map fromCaptain John Smith's influential map of 1608.

John Farrer's A map of Virginia discovered to yeHills, 1651.

Benjamin Henry Latrobe's Plan of the Mall and theCapitol Grounds, 1815.

Robert King's Map of the City of Washington in theDistrict of Columbia, 1818.

The first explicit attempt to utilize the vaguely classical Beaux-Arts architectural style, which emerged from the World'sColumbian Exposition of 1893, for the explicit intent of beautification and social amelioration was the Senate Park Commission's redesign of the monumental core of Washington D.C.

With the outbreak of the American Civil War, Washington, DC turned into the training ground, arsenal, supply depot, and nerve center for the Union cause.

Olmsted's 1874 plan to expand the Capitol building. According to the Architect of the Capitol

Virginia A.D. 1607 and Cherokee county prior to 1776.

Image map of District of Columbia