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Etc: Maps Etc: Mexico, Central America, and the West Indies, 1898
A map from 1898 of Mexico, Central America and the West Indies. The map includes an inset map of Cuba and the Isthmus of Nicaragua. "The surface of the Rocky Mountain highland in Mexico is quite similar to that of the great plateau...
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Etc: Expansion of the United States, 1783 1853
A map from 1912 of the United States showing the territorial acquisitions up to the Gadsden Purchase in northern Mexico in 1853. The map is color-coded to show the territory of the original United States and the Northwest Territory...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Pre Colonial Africa, 1885
A map of the African continent prior to the Berlin Conference of 1885, when the most powerful countries in Europe at the time convened to make their territorial claims on Africa and establish their colonial borders at the start of the...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Nebraska, 1903
A map from 1903 of Nebraska showing county borders, cities and towns, rivers, and railroads. This map also shows the rock types in the state. "Nebraska, a central State of the American Union, lies between 40 degrees and 43 degrees N....
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: North American Colonies, 1783
A map of eastern North America in 1783 at the end of the American Revolutionary War, showing the territory of the newly formed United States as proposed by the Treaty of Paris, the Canadian border extending to the Ohio River proposed by...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Western Canada, 1916
A map from 1916 of western Canada (British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba) from the Pacific coastline east to the Ontario border, and from approximately latitude 60 degrees North to the International boundary with the...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Chile and Argentina, 1911
A map from 1911 showing the political boundaries of Argentina, Chile, Paraguay, and Uruguay at the time. Bordering portions of Brazil and Bolivia are also shown. State boundaries are shown in red, and the map includes capitals, major...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Southern South America, 1920
A map from 1920 showing the southern part of South America, including the national, state, and territory borders at the time for Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay, southern Chile, and southern Brazil. The map shows capitals and other major...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Iowa, 1920
A map from 1920 of Iowa showing the State capital of Des Moines, counties and county seats, major cities and towns, railroads, and rivers, including the border rivers of the Mississippi and Missouri. A grid reference in the margins of...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Iowa, 1914
A map from 1914 of Iowa showing the State capital of Des Moines, counties and county seats, major cities and towns, railroads and electric railroads, and rivers, including the border rivers of the Mississippi and Missouri. A grid...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Vicinity of New Orleans, 1872
A map from 1872 of the vicinity of New Orleans. "New Orleans, now the capital of the state of Louisiana, is on the E. bank of the Mississippi River, 105 miles from its mouth, by the river's course. It was first settled by the French in...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: North America, 1920
A map from 1920 of North America showing territory borders, capitals, state capitals, major cities and ports, railways, submarine cable routes, mountain systems, lakes, rivers, and coastal features. An inset map details the Caribbean...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: North America, 1921
A map from 1921 of North America, Central America, Greenland, and the Caribbean showing political borders, capitals and major cities, railroads, canals, mountain systems, lakes, rivers, islands, and coastal features of the region. An...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Germany, 1904
A geo-political map of the Germany showing country and state borders current to 1904, major cities, railroad lines, canals and navigable rivers.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Iowa, 1902
A map from 1902 of Iowa showing the State capital of Des Moines, major cities and towns, railroads, and rivers, including the border rivers of the Mississippi and Missouri.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Iowa, 1906
A map from 1906 of Iowa showing the State capital of Des Moines, major cities and towns, railroads, and rivers, including the border rivers of the Mississippi and Missouri.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Iowa, 1909
A map from 1909 of Iowa showing the State capital of Des Moines, major cities and towns, railroads, and rivers, including the border rivers of the Mississippi and Missouri.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Iowa, 1919
A map from 1919 of Iowa showing the State capital of Des Moines, major cities and towns, railroads, and rivers, including the border rivers of the Mississippi and Missouri.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Iowa, 1922
A map from 1922 of Iowa showing the State capital of Des Moines, major cities and towns, railroads, and rivers, including the border rivers of the Mississippi and Missouri.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Iowa, 1903
A map from 1903 of Iowa showing the State capital of Des Moines, counties and county seats, major cities and towns, railroads, and rivers, including the border rivers of the Mississippi and Missouri.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Iowa, 1919
A map from 1919 of Iowa showing the State capital of Des Moines, counties and county seats, major cities and towns, railroads and electric railways, and rivers, including the border rivers of the Mississippi and Missouri.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Panama, 1906
A map from 1906 of the Isthmus of Panama showing the railroad from Colon to the city of Panama, the projected route of the canal, the provinces of Panama at the time (Chiriqui, Veraguas, Azuero, and Panama), and the borders with Costa...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: India, 1904
India, showing country, province and native state borders current to 1904, major cities, railroad lines, and navigable rivers. Physical features include mountain ranges with elevation measured in feet, major rivers and watersheds, and...
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Map Courtesy of Donald E. Waite
An overview of the Oregon Boundary Treaty of 1846, which set the boundary between British North America and the United States at the 49th parallel. Information on the treaty, the personalities involved, relevant images, and a map are...