Map of the United States west of the Mississippi showing the routes to Pike's Peak, overland mail route to California and Pacific rail road surveys. To which are added the new state & territorial
Detailed general map framed in decorative borders showing drainage, state boundaries, cities and towns, and the transportation and communication networks. An excellent example of a promotional map to encourage emigration. From published bibliography
- Date
- 1859
- Mapmaker / publisher
- Mcgowan, D.; Hildt, George H.; Leopold Gast & Brother
- Place
- the United States
- Archive
- Library of Congress (via Wikimedia Commons)
- Type
- map
- Original size
- 8,594 × 6,966 pixels
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Reason: its maker died more than 100 years ago.
Read from: Commons licence category: PD-old-100-expired; no CC BY, CC BY-SA, GFDL or deletion tag on the file page.
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"Map of the United States west of the Mississippi showing the routes to Pike's Peak, overland mail route to California and Pacific rail road surveys. To which are added the new state & territorial" (1859). Mcgowan, D.; Hildt, George H.; Leopold Gast & Brother. Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division, via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Map_of_the_United_States_west_of_the_Mississippi_showing_the_routes_to_Pike%27s_Peak,_overland_mail_route_to_California_and_Pacific_rail_road_surveys._To_which_are_added_the_new_state_%26_territorial_LOC_gm71000833.jpgNeed maps for a whole project? Add Find Any Map to Claude and ask for this one by its id: 17338.
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