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1861 Map of the United States
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| Title: | 1861 Map of the United States |
| Artist: | Theodor Ettling |
| Created: | 1861 |
| Caption: | Map of the United States of North America, Upper & Lower Canada, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia & British Columbia. Mexico, Cuba, Jamaica, St. Domingo and the Bahama Islands. |
| Source: | Library of Congress |
A New Map of our Country
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| Title: | A New Map of our Country |
| Subtitle: | Present and Prospective |
| Artist: | Gaston & johnson |
| Created: | 1856 |
| Caption: | Compiled from government surveys and other reliable sources |
| Source: | Library of Congress |
Map of All the Railroads in the United States in Operation and Progress
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| Title: | Map of All the Railroads in the United States in Operation and Progress |
| Artist: | Poor, Henry V. |
| Created: | 1854 |
| Source: | Library of Congress |
Map of Routes for a Pacific Railroad
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| Title: | Map of Routes for a Pacific Railroad |
| Subtitle: | Compiled to accompany the Report of the Hon. Jefferson Davis, Sec. of War |
| Artist: | G.K. Warren |
| Created: | 1855 |
| Caption: | Note from Mapmaker: "This is A Hurried Compilation of All the Authentic Surveys and is Designed to Exhibit the Relations of the Different Routes to Each Other. An Elaborate Map On Scale of 1:3,000,000 is Being Compiled and is in An Advanced State." |
| Source: | Library of Congress |
Map of the Japanese Islands
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| Title: | Map of the Japanese Islands |
| Artist: | Lieut. W.L. Maury and Lieut. Silas Bent |
| Created: | 1855 |
| Caption: | Map of the Japanese Islands, copied from von Siebolds with slight additions & corrections, by the U.S. Japan Expedition and other authorities. Compiled by order of Commodore M.C. Perry, U.S.N. |
| Source: | Perry, Matthew C. and Francis L. Hawks. Narrative of the Expedition of An American Squadron to the China Seas and Japan. New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1857. |
Reynolds's Political Map of United States
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| Title: | Reynolds's Political Map of United States |
| Artist: | William C. Reynolds |
| Created: | 1856 |
| Caption: | Designed to exhibit the comparative area of the free and slave states and the territory open to slavery or freedom by the repeal of the Missouri Compromise. |
| Source: | Library of Congress |
U.S. Territorial Acquisitions
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| Title: | U.S. Territorial Acquisitions |
| Date: | 1850s |
| Caption: | Map showing major acquisitions of territory by the United States, including areas that were part of the United States at one time but which have since been ceded to other countries. |
| Source: | National Atlas of the United States |
World Map
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| Title: | World Map |
| Artist: | United States Central Intelligence Agency |
| Created: | 2000 |
| Caption: | The United States Central Intelligence Agency developed this world map in 2000. |
