Chronological Chart of American History
Dalston’s chart is a variation on Emma Willard’s tree of time, and detailed early growth in the roots out to recent developments in the branches. Note the stages of social progress.
Maps from 1881–1932
11 maps found
Historical Geography
Notice the zealously sectional interpretation of history in this map, especially the identification of northern liberty as emanating from Christianity, in contrast to southern slavery.
French Explorations in the West, 1673-1743
This map adopted techniques used almost a century earlier by Johann Kohl to represent the stages of discovery through the use of color.
Conquest of the South, 1861-1865
Here the Civil War is represented in stages, as popularized by Henry Lindenkohl and the U.S. Coast Survey in the “Sketches of the Rebellion,” included above.
Transportation and Rates of Travel
Here Charles Paullin represented advances in transportation technology in geographic terms in order to depict the qualitative changes over the course of American history.
Land Use Maps, Series 1
Geographer John Wright devised these maps to represent the dynamism of agricultural growth in American history. Each map represents change over a ten year period.
Land Use Maps, Series 2
Geographer John Wright devised these maps to represent the dynamism of agricultural growth in American history. Each map represents change over a ten year period.
Land Use Maps, Series 3
Geographer John Wright devised these maps to represent the dynamism of agricultural growth in American history. Each map represents change over a ten year period.
The Histomap: Four Thousand Years of World History
This graphic depiction of history evokes Emma Willard’s “picture of nations” a century earlier, and was one of Rand McNally’s most popular sellers in the twentieth century.
Territorial Growth of the United States of America, 1783-1866
This type of map became popular in American schools in the late nineteenth century, a powerful visual depiction of the nation’s historical expansion and ideas of manifest destiny.
Topographical Map of the Rich-Patch Iron Region
Hotchkiss created this to lure capital to the region for mining and railroads alike. Note the candor in the lower left corner, and the attention to topographical detail.