John Melish

John Melish
Born(1771-06-13)June 13, 1771
Scotland
DiedDecember 30, 1822 (1822-12-31) (aged 51)[1]
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania[1]
Occupation(s)Geographer, cartographer
Known forFirst coast-to-coast map of the United States
1823 Melish map of the United States and portions of Mexico from the Atlantic Ocean to the area west of the Rocky Mountains.

John Melish (June 13, 1771 – December 30, 1822) was a Scottish mapmaker who published some of the earliest maps of the United States (US). In 1816, he created the first map of the United States extending to the Pacific Ocean.[2][3][4]

  1. ^ a b Simpson, Henry (1859). The Lives of Eminent Philadelphians, Now Deceased. Philadelphia: W. Brotherhead. pp. 690.
  2. ^ "John Melish". monticello.org. Retrieved June 15, 2013.
  3. ^ "Imagining Expansion". Exploring the West. Stanford University. Archived from the original on June 16, 2013. Retrieved June 15, 2013.
  4. ^ "John Melish". Geographicus. Archived from the original on June 16, 2013. Retrieved June 16, 2013.