"Carte du Canada ou de la Nouvelle France" by Guillaume Delisle, 1703
This map locates and names Detroit for the first time on a printed map, two years after its founding.

Use the "+" and "-" buttons in the bottom left corner of the map to zoom in and out. Once zoomed in, click and hold down your mouse button near the edge of the image to pan left and right, up and down.

Courtesy of the Osher Map Library and Smith Center for Cartographic Education at the University of Southern Maine

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