A new map of the United States of America-1854
My initial response to this map was that there was an inclusion of Cuba, a country that America has had an embargo on for the past 50 or so years. I wouldn’t have thought of them in this inclusion of a map no matter the year. Of the 31 states admitted by this time, this map shows all, as well as the 31 states included there are the territories of Oregon, New Mexico, and Utah. Something that is also surprising to me is that there aren’t any specified waterways or bodies of water, which was a good way of transporting goods.
To me this really signifies the end of an era, it was 70 or so years removed from the Revolutionary war and just a few years before the Civil War will be taking place. The Civil War was the single most destructive act in America’s young history and something that we should learn from. Another thing that I am talking away from this map is the inclusion of Cuba as I mentioned before, it just shows how relations with other countries were not only frequent but important.
http://www.libs.uga.edu/darchive/hargrett/maps/1854w5.jpg
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