Mapping the Republic - Conflicting Concepts of the Territory and Character of the U.S.A., 1790-1900

Authors

Osher Map Library and Smith Center for Cartographic Education

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Description

Mapping the Republic.

May 13, 2003 to May 29, 2004

Nineteenth-century maps of the U.S.A. embodied a truly important conflict in how Americans understood the republic: is it a collection of sovereign states or an expansive Union?

Curated by Prof. Matthew H. Edney.

Document Type

Book

Publication Date

5-2003

Publisher

Osher Map Library - University of Sothern Maine

City

Portland, Maine

Keywords

Cartography of the United States, Early American Maps, Manifest Destiny, Early American Gazetteers and Atlases

Disciplines

Geography | History | Political History | United States History

Recommended Citation

Osher Map Library and Smith Center for Cartographic Education, "Mapping the Republic - Conflicting Concepts of the Territory and Character of the U.S.A., 1790-1900" (2003). Osher Map Library Exhibition Catalogs. 5.
https://digitalcommons.usm.maine.edu/oml_exhibits/5

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