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Map of Illinoise, 1818
John Melish's map of "Illinoise" was published in 1818, the year that Illinois became the twenty-first state. Melish was a prolific early-nineteenth-century cartographer who used his influence to encourage the creation of state-financed official state maps, rather than using commercial cartographers. The state was named after a local tribe of Native Americans, the Illini. |