Shell Highway Map of Western United States.

Shell Highway Map of Western United States.

1 : 4752000 Shell Oil Company

United States

A New Map of Texas Oregon and California With The Regions Adjoining.

1 : 6652800 Mitchell, Samuel Augustus

United States - western section.

1 : 5000000 John Bartholomew & Co.

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Geographischer Atlas über alle Theile der Erde Ziegler, Jakob Melchior Verlag von Dietrich Reimer

Gray's Geological Map of the United States

from New illustrated atlas of Dutchess County, New York. / Compiled & drawn from personal examinations, surveys etc. under the personal supervision of O.W. Gray & Son and F.A. Davis, and published under the superintendence of H. L. Kochersperger.

United States

Cordilleras.

1 : 3801600 King, Clarence

North America, 1710.

1 : 13500000 Senex, John

54. Areas irrigated 1889.

1 : 7000000 Gannett, Henry, 1846-1914; United States. Census Office

A New Map of Texas Oregon and California With The Regions Adjoining.

1 : 6652800 Mitchell, Samuel Augustus

Black and White Mileage Map of the United States (western half).

1 : 5132000 Rand McNally and Company

Carte Militaire des Etats - Unis (Partie Occidentale).

1 : 5800000 Jouvet et Cie.

California, Oregon, Washington, Utah, New Mexico.

1 : 6600000 Mitchell, Samuel Augustus

Missouri Territory formerly Louisiana.

1 : 9900000 Carey, Mathew

Missouri Territory formerly Louisiana.

1 : 10000000 Carey, Mathew

Colton's Map of the Pacific States California & Oregon with the territories of Nevada, Utah, New Mexico, Colorado & Washington in connection with British Columbia, etc.

Colton's Map of the Pacific States California and Oregon, etc. Although the majority of the American Civil War took place east of the Mississippi River, the West played its own part in the conflict. Territorial expansion westwards and the issue of whether slavery would be established in new regions was one of the main causes for fierce debate in the decades leading up to the Civil War. The map, Colton’s Map of the Pacific States of California and Oregon, published by Colton in 1862, not only details the Pacific Coast, but the territories of Nevada, Utah, New Mexico, Colorado and Washington, as well as a portion of British Columbia. California, which gained statehood in 1850, contains many settlements and detail that is striking by comparison to the near empty territories eastwards. Union troops were positioned on this side of the country, mostly to defend communication routes and railway lines from Confederate sabotage, as well as occasional skirmishes with indigenous Native American tribes. There are several little notes on the map that highlight this was intended not just for general interest but for potential settlers. For example, in Utah Territory, already settled in parts by Mormons, ‘low rolling hills and fine pastorage for cattle’ is described, one of several comments about how fertile the land would be for agricultural development. An ‘emigrant road’ is marked, along with the names of Native American tribes across the map, and in Arizona, the map mentions that ‘silver is found in this region’. This map demonstrates that America’s expansion was not going to be stopped by events in the eastern half of the country.