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1831 World Map by Marianne S. Fernald, Student at Charlestown Female Academy
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This hand drawn map, a cartography school assignment, was created Marianne S. Fernald who signed the work M.A.S. Fernald/1831. It depicts the eastern and western hemispheres as perceived at the time. Included are geographic labels, including continents, regions, islands, and bodies of water. The bottom reads, Charlestown, Female Publick School..
National Museum of American History’s own descriptionCredit line1831 World Map by Marianne S. Fernald, Student at Charlestown Female Academy. 1831. National Museum of American History, Gift of Dr. Richard Lodish American School Collection. CC0.
