United States. Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, near Boston. Established in 1636, Harvard is the oldest institution of higher education in the United States. Engraving by Fleury. Panorama Universal. History of the United States of America, from 1st edition of Jean B.G. Roux de Rochelle's Etats-Unis d'Amerique in 1837. Spanish edition, printed in Barcelona, 1850. Later colouration. (Photo by: Prisma/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)