1881
Map of the Shenandoah Valley
Here is one of several original maps designed by Hotchkiss to promote the mineral wealth of the region, taken from his journal The Virginias.
1881-1932
1881
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.
1881
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.
1888
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.
1891
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.
1925
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.
1932
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.
1932
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.
1932
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.
1932
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.
1932
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.
1932
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.