(WA.) Washington Territory Temple A large and comprehensive map

A large and comprehensive map of late 19th century Manchuria

and Connecticut

A fine copperplate engraving showing a very stylized depiction of a Japanese temple interior

this map does well for covering the towns and terrain

(WA.) Washington Territory Temple A large and comprehensive mapWashington Territory, GLO, 1879 Early in the 19th century the U. S. founded an agency to manage the surveying, platting and sale of the public lands in the western U. S. If you think back to the massive growth and acquisitions throughout the 19th century, it was an astounding challenge to manage. Spanning from Florida and the deep south, all the way west through the trans Mississippi lands, to the West Coast, it was hundreds of millions of acres.