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This isn't a direct answer, and I'm not sure where Melish got his
information, but that erroneous configuration for Lake Michigan also
appeared in Arrowsmith's 1819 map of the United States:
<http://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/detail/RUMSEY~8~1~200355~3000292:A-Map-Of-The-United-States-of-North?sort=Pub_List_No_InitialSort%2CPub_Date%2CPub_List_No%2CSeries_No>.
The notes speculate that Bradley's postal map of the U.S. might have
been a source:
<http://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/detail/RUMSEY~8~1~224~20038:Map-of-the-United-States,-Exhibitin>.
That particular 1816 issue of the map also shows the erroneous position
of Lake Michigan, as does the 1812 version:
<http://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/detail/RUMSEY~8~1~224~20038:Map-of-the-United-States,-Exhibitin>.
I would assume Melish had access to some similar sources. The 1804
version of Bradley's map also shows similar features (see article by
Caldwell and Buehler in the spring 2010 issue, no. 77, of _The Portolan_.
Joel Kovarsky
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Hello,
I am looking for information regarding the erroneous placement of Lake
Michigan in some of John Melish's early maps showing Indiana. Indiana
was the first of his short lived individual maps of the states, done
in 1817. This 1817 map shows Lake Michigan in the middle of the
northern boundary of the state. He improved the map in 1819 and
places Lake Michigan in the correct north-western corner of the state.
Both of these maps show that the surveys were furnished by Burr
Bradley, perhaps the error was his? I cannot find any literature
about this correction and what led to him misplacing the lake in his
earlier map. Does anyone know of an article that discusses this? If
not I am also curious to hear your theories.
The 1817 Map of Indiana was not the first or only time he had made
this mistake. I also have an 1813 Melish map of the U.S., found in
the front of his 1815 /Traveller's Directory, / which shows Lake
Michigan dipping into Indiana right down the middle of the state.
Thank you in advance
Monique
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Librarian - Indiana Collection
Indiana State Library
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