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Carte Physique et Politique de l’Amérique Septentrionale

Description: This map shows North and Central America and the surrounding areas. Regions are outlined in color based on the controlling nations explained by a key in the lower left corner. Major cities, bodies of water, and geographic features are noted (with relief shown by hachures). Prime meridian: Paris.
Date: 1856
Creator: Dussieux, L. (Louis), 1815-1894
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

Map of the United States and territories: showing the possessions and aggressions of the slave power.

Description: Map shows slave holding [dark shaded], non-slave holding [unshaded], and disputed territorries [grayed] parts of the United States during the decade before Civil War. The "Missouri Compromise" is indicated with a parallel line extending from the northern Arkansas border to California. No scale indicated. Political representation of slave holding, non-slave holding, and territories is also indicated. This broadside was printed and distributed in support of 1856 Republican Party presidential cand… more
Date: 1856
Creator: Bloss, William C.
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

The American Central Rail Way.

Description: Map shows the mid-nineteenth century American Central rail lines stretching from the middle of North American to Nebraska and Kansas territories. Relief shown by hachures. Scale [ca. 1:1,600,000].
Date: 1856
Creator: Sylvester, J. W.
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library
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