Here’s a really old map of the city of Detroit, 29 years after it was incorporated in 1806.
Map of the city of Detroit in the State of Michigan (1835)
Source: Library of Congress
Check out how it compares to today’s version of Google Maps. The orientation is off by about 30 degrees.
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