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Expedition Map of Major S.H. Long

Date: 1823
Description: In 1823 U.S. Army major Stephen H. Long led an expedition of scientific, trade, and military investigation up the Mississippi River and the Red River of th...
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United States Map

Date: 1855
Description: Map reads "Our Country" which is accompanied by a sailor with a flag to the left and workers rejoicing under the Constitution and Laws to the right. Across...
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Map of Wisconsin with Gold Region

Date: 1866
Description: This thematic shows the effects that Lake Michigan has had on Wisconsin mean temperatures in January and July. The map shows counties, some cities, rivers ...
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Map of Wisconsin, with Lines Showing the Remarkable Effect of Lake Michigan in Elevating the Mean Temperature of January and Depressing that of July

Date: 1865
Description: Drawn the last year of the Civil War, this thematic map shows the effects that Lake Michigan has had on Wisconsin temperatures in January and July. The map...
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Reconnaissance and Triangulation in Wisconsin

Date: 06 1887
Description: A map of southern Wisconsin, from the Illinois state border in the south to Rocky Run, Wisconsin in the north for the Coast and Geodetic Survey, showing th...
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Improved map of the Territories of Michigan and Ouisconsin (pronounced Wisconsin)

Date: 1836
Description: This map depicts Wisconsin and Michigan territories in 1836. It includes the area from Michigan to the Missouri River and Lake Winnipeg, and it shows the e...
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North America : Showing the Origin & Progress of the Storm of March 14-17, 1859, and How it Might Have Been Known Upon the Lakes a Whole Day Before it Reached Them!

Date: 1868
Description: This map is one of the earliest weather maps of the United States, which traced an 1859 storm across the continent. Manuscript annotations in red ink show ...

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