Used with
permission of Maiken Naylor, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, USA,
http://ublib.buffalo.edu/libraries/units/sel/exhibits/stamps
This U.S. Bicentennial stamp shows Benjamin Franklin (1706-90) with an early map of North America, though not one of his own. Franklin published maps of the newly founded United States and he also mapped the currents of the gulf stream during his frequent crossings to Europe.