Dates: circa 1670-1901. Size: 2 linear feet in 1 box and 1 oversize folder, includes 21 maps, 5 illustrations. Chicago Public Library, Harold Washington Library Center, Special Collections. The collection contains 21 maps and 5 illustrated views of the Chicago area that punctuate a timeline from the 17th century to the turn of the 20th century. Significant works include maps of the Great Lakes region by European cartographers that recorded the Native American name of “Checagou” or “Chicagou” for the site now known as Chicago, an 1834 real estate plat map and views of notable Chicago buildings and transportation routes were rendered in steel and wood engravings for a 1872 publication called, Picturesque America, or the Land We Live In. [Finding aid]
