A Map of the Tennassee Government from the Latest Surveys, 1810

This map of Tennessee was published by Esther Prentiss Low as part of The New and Complete American Encyclopedia... (aka Well's Encyclopedia). Esther ran the New York printing company for her husband John, who died during the six-year project. While the map is dated 1810, it is known that Low reused older maps in the publication. This map depicts Kentucky but shows Tennessee as the Southwest Territory, suggesting a date before Tennessee's founding in 1796. Of special interest to this exhibit, notice the way the Cumberland River is drawn. It differs greatly from current day mappings of the Cumberland.