The vast opportunities unfolding west of the Mississippi River are clearly evident in this magnificent map. Both the Santa Fe Trail and the Oregon Trail – called routes on this map – are recorded, as are the newly discovered Gold Fields in California. The Republic of Texas had become the 28th state, and Upper or New California had been added after the Mexican American War. The southern border of the United States was the Rio Grande and Gila Rivers in the southwest. This map dates from a very small window in time; the Gadsden Purchase added over 29,000 square miles – what is now southern Arizona – in 1853, just four years after this map was drawn. Click here for more...

Unframed: 36" x 29"
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