Sujet

Map of the territory of the United States from the Mississippi to the Pacific Ocean..., (1858?). Creators: Gouverneur Kemble Warren, Edward Selmar Siebert.

Légende

Map of the territory of the United States from the Mississippi to the Pacific Ocean; ordered by Jeff'n Davis, Secretary of War to accompany the reports of the explorations for a railroad route, (1858?). The United States gained vast territories in the West through the Mexican War of 1846-48 and the 1846 Oregon Treaty with Great Britain. By the early 1850s, government and commercial interests were debating the possibilities of building a transcontinental railroad to the Pacific. The Army Appropriations Act of 1853 provided for the completion of railroad surveys to determine possible routes. This map, issued in 1858 by Secretary of War Jefferson Davis, depicts the United States west of the Mississippi on the eve of the Civil War. California and Texas were at this time the only Western states.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Notre référence

HRM24A00_102

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

572,3Mo (33,0Mo) / 120,0cm x 119,5cm / 14175 x 14112 (300dpi)

Mots clés

transport transportation ocean library historical railways politics map country exploration geography railway railroad color Pacific Ocean route political war text location century Mississippi exploring cartography concept survey lettering Library of Congress politician United States of America Colour 19th century politicians 1840s American Civil War nineteenth century American history historic America USA 1850s geographical feature map-making TGN Pacific Railroad Mexican-American War map Mapmaking united states Jefferson Davis Jefferson Davis Secretary of War Congressional Library Secretary at War Heritage Art 19th-century Mexican War cartographic Meeting of Frontiers Gouverneur Kemble Warren Warren Gouverneur Kemble Warren G. K. Gouverneur K. Warren Warren Gouverneur K. Edward Selmar Siebert Siebert Edward Selmar