L'Enfant Map – Antique Wall Map
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Description
A window into the past: L'Enfant Map, preserved in this antique map. It comes from the Snapshots of the Past collection, curated over 25 years for its historical value.
Order it framed and ready to hang, or unframed to match a frame you already love. Perfect for a home, office, library or classroom wall, and a gift with a story behind it. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Since 2001, Snapshots of the Past has shipped historic prints to tens of thousands of customers around the world.
L'Enfant Map
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Few maps shaped an American capital as directly as this one. Its radiating avenues, cut diagonally across a regular street grid and named for the states, meet at the Capitol and the President's House. Pierre Charles L'Enfant, a French-born military engineer, drew the basic design in 1791 at George Washington's request, but his dispute with the commissioners overseeing the project led to his dismissal in early 1792. The engraved version that circulated afterward was completed by Andrew Ellicott, and it became the reference for how the city was laid out.
| Original scan | 4,817 × 3,064 px · prints to 16 × 10 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | L'enfant Map |
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