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Map of the United States of America – Antique Map Print

Map of the United States of America — antique map
Map of the United States of America. Antique map from the Across America collection.

(Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

Description

Few images capture their era like this antique map of Map of the United States of America. 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. Since 2001, Snapshots of the Past has shipped historic prints to tens of thousands of customers around the world.

Map of the United States of America

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Unlike the city views around it, this picture shows the entire country, with the individual states and territories laid out as one continental whole. Maps of this kind were widely produced in the 19th century, when commercial publishers sold them to schools, travelers and families and when the nation's borders and population were shifting quickly. Looking closely, you can trace how the outlines of states, rivers and rail lines were drawn to help viewers picture a country that was still growing and filling in.

Original scan12,320 × 10,178 px · prints to 41 × 34 in at 300 dpi
Reference1850

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