Map of the United States of America ~Catalog 51~ hand colored by ward

hand colored by ward

Image size is 20 x 26 (inches)

In the four corners of the map are major modes of transportation from their beginning (a horse drawn carriage) to its modern means (the car)

A nice reference

The Famous Switchback Near Trinidad

Map of the United States of America ~Catalog 51~ hand colored by wardAmerique Septentrionale A rich and early map of the Unties States, which ventures past the Mississippi River, into the Missouri Territory, and is full of early roads, towns, settlements and the latest configuration for the states and territories. While above the Missouri River, and west of the Mississippi is a uncharted area simply addresssed as Unexplored Country, below, throughout what is present day Arkansas and southern Missouri, is a rough