Antique map of the western United States and Great Lakes – Antique Wall Map
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Description
A window into the past: Antique map of the western United States and Great Lakes, preserved in this antique map. It is part of the Snapshots of the Past archive, gathered over 25 years of research.
Framed, it is ready for the wall; unframed, it is ready for the frame you choose. A conversation-starting piece for home, office, or as a meaningful gift. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Snapshots of the Past, founded in 2001, has served tens of thousands of customers worldwide.
Antique map of the western United States and Great Lakes
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This map pairs the Great Lakes with a western interior that many Americans of its day knew only from rumor and fur traders' reports. Jefferson's presidency is tied to that gap: the Louisiana Purchase of 1803 nearly doubled the nation's size, and the Lewis and Clark expedition that followed was sent largely to map and describe those lands. Maps like this one show how much of the West was still blank or guesswork, and they are worth comparing with later editions as the surveyed outlines of the continent gradually filled in.
| Original scan | 5,040 × 2,293 px · prints to 17 × 8 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | ct000763 |
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