(WA.) Washington Territory Jefferson Territory An uncommon large format map

An uncommon large format map for the state showing the progress of settlement and survey

Long's Peak and Estes Park

Includes an inset for the ancient "Lebanese Expansion" (Phoenician) throughout the Mediterranean and Middle East trading routes

Identifies the many mountain chains throughout as well as extended areas of plains and "slopes"

(WA.) Washington Territory Jefferson Territory An uncommon large format 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.