(U.S.) United States Of America British Empire showing the grid of the

showing the grid of the area

Image size is approximately 19 x 25

while twelve vignettes flank the sides telling the story of rail from "President Lincoln signs Pacific Railroad Act" in 1862 to the driving of the golden spike

The major rivers are in black and the streams in blue rendering a pleasing contrast

(U.S.) United States Of America British Empire showing the grid of the(U. S.) United States Of America, Melish Lavoisne, 1822 It's a foundational depiction of the nation for the period that even mentions how it utilizes the work of "Lewis & Clark and Pike" as well as that of "Major Long" in showing the western reaches of the nation. And indeed at the headwaters of the Arkansas river we see a lone "Highest Peak" looming where Pikes Peak is today. In the upper Midwest, a "Michigan Terry." consumes almost both shores of