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Source Description
America Transformed: While this information-packed map summarizes the nation’s political geography and population growth after a century of territorial expansion and native removals, it also documents a new arena for empire building beyond the continent. Brightly colored boundaries outline 48 states and organized territories, as well as counties within each. Settlement in the eastern half of the country was denser than the West, which was characterized by much larger states and counties. Graphs and tables demonstrate the growth of population from 3.9 million in 1790 to over 76 million in 1900. Marginal insets depict Alaska and Hawaii (taken by a coordinated overthrow of the Hawaiian Queen just a few year prior), as well as "newly acquired territories" in the Caribbean and across the Pacific.
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Document identity
localId
cj82m3408
label
The United States of America
core
obj
dtoType
map
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
cj82m3408
contentType
map
stage
normalized
title
The United States of America
description
America Transformed: While this information-packed map summarizes the nation’s political geography and population growth after a century of territorial expansion and native removals, it also documents a new arena for empire building beyond the continent. Brightly colored boundaries outline 48 states and organized territories, as well as counties within each. Settlement in the eastern half of the country was denser than the West, which was characterized by much larger states and counties. Graphs and tables demonstrate the growth of population from 3.9 million in 1790 to over 76 million in 1900. Marginal insets depict Alaska and Hawaii (taken by a coordinated overthrow of the Hawaiian Queen just a few year prior), as well as "newly acquired territories" in the Caribbean and across the Pacific.
date
["[ca. 1902]"]
year
1902
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
English
identifierLocal
06_01_009717
creators
National Publishing Company (Boston, Mass.)
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection
subjects
United States--Maps
subjectsGeographic
North and Central America
United States
genreBasic
Maps
typeOfResource
Cartographic
country
United States
thumbnailUrl
largeImageUrl
pageCount
1
source
import
pubPlace
Boston
publisher
The Company
Source extras
institutionArkId
sf268508b
collectionArkId
41688024w
schema:latitude
38
schema:longitude
-98
extent
1 map : col. ; 96 x 138 cm., folded to 27 x 13 cm.
notes
Relief shown by hachures.
Insets: Cuba [and Porto Rico] -- Hawaiian [and South Pacific] Islands -- Alaska -- Philippine Islands.
Includes distance table, population charts, index to cities with population figures, and canal profiles.
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no
dcId
cj82m3408
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map
Single page context
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1
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0
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photo
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fda75fe54dc9b77b