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Oct 19, 2023 · United States Westward Expansion. Expansion of the United States moved steadily westward from the late 18th to the mid 19th centuries. This territorial movement displaced most of the Native American peoples who lived in those lands for thousands of years before the arrival of European colonists.
The 19th century map of the United States offers a captivating glimpse into America’s historical geopolitical landscape. Exploring this intricate map takes us on a journey through the events and changes that shaped the country during this pivotal time period.
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Contains 623 maps chosen from more than 3,000 railroad maps and about 2,000 regional, state, and county maps, and other maps which show \\"internal improvements\\" of the past century. The maps presented here are a selection from the Geography and Map Division holdings, based on the popular cartobibliography, Railroad Maps of the United States: A Sel...
The Railroad maps represent an important historical record, illustrating the growth of travel and settlement as well as the development of industry and agriculture in the United States. They depict the development of cartographic style and technique, highlighting the achievement of early railroaders. Included in the collection are progress report s...
The Library's holdings include railroad maps issued for a variety of purposes. Among the collections are official printed government surveys conducted to determine the most practical railroad routes, Pacific Railroad Surveys, U.S. General Land Office maps which show land grants to railroads, surveys for specific rights-of-way, and general surveys p...
The list includes only separate printed and manuscript maps preserved in the Geography and Map Division. Excluded are photocopies, facsimiles, atlases, and maps which are included in annual railroad company reports or which illustrate volumes classed elsewhere in the Library of Congress.
Dec 15, 2009 · The westward expansion of the United States is one of the defining themes of 19th-century American history, but it is not just the story of Jefferson’s expanding “empire of liberty.”
Feb 1, 2024 · At the onset of the 19th century, as Meriwether Lewis, William Clark, and the Corps of Discovery made their way up the Missouri River and followed the Columbia River to the shores of the Pacific Ocean, the image of western North America evolved from an almost empty and simple interior with a theoretical single mountainous divide, to a complex la...
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The 19th century in the United States was marked by a series of defining events that shaped the nation’s history. A comprehensive timeline of this era reveals the major milestones and turning points that influenced political, social, and economic developments.
The 19th century saw the rise of the labor movement, Jacksonian democracy and powerful Gilded Age men like Cornelius Vanderbilt and J.P. Morgan.
