1859 United States of North America (Eastern & Central)

By: Theodore Ettling Date: 1859 (circa) London Dimensions: 34 x 35.75 inches (86 x 90 cm) This is a scarce six sheet map of the United States just prior to the Civil War and in this midst of Westward Expansion. The map made by Theodore Ettling and published by Day and Son Lithography based in London, circa 1859.  The map is rich with detail including towns, cities, roads, and early American railroads, most of which can be found in the northern states and would prove to be a major advantage for the Union Army throughout the Civil War. All state boundaries are as they appear today with the exception of Virginia, which has yet go through the succession of West Virginia that would officially be recognized as a state on June 20, 1863. The Western Frontier of North America Just west of the Mississippi, we find the expanding western frontier early settlements and all proposed routes for potential trans-continental railroads that had just been surveyed in the years that preceded the publicatio