A New Map of Part of the United States of North America, Exhibiting The Western Territory; Kentucky, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia &c. Also, the Lakes Superior, Michigan, Huron, Ontario & Erie; With Upper and Lower Canada &c. From the Latest Authorities. By John Cary; Engraver 1805

After the Revolution, Virginia offered to cede lands northwest of the Ohio River to the newly formed Federal Governent. This area became known as the Northwest Territory which was organized in 1787 by the Northwest Ordinance. Despite the adoption of Ohio's statehood in 1803, this map depicts that region as The Western Territory. This map was originally published in 1805, but this particular copy was originally included in "Cary's New Universal Atlas" (1808).