The United States /

The United States / Panel title Territorial growth of the United States. produced by the Cartographic Division, National Geographic Society ; John B. Garver, Jr., chief cartographer ; Harold E. Aber, Jr., associate chief ; John F. Shupe, associate chief. , Scale 1:4,560,000. 1 cm. = 46 km. 1 in. = 72 miles ; Lambert conformal conic proj., standard parallels 33? and 45? (W 126?--W 66?/N 49?--N 24?) - Washington, D.C. The Society c1987. - 1 map col. 69 x 102 cm., folded to 15 x 22 cm.

"September 1987." "Supplement to the National Geographic, September 1987, page 340A, vol. 172, no. 3--The United States." Includes insets of Alaska, Hawaii, "Principal Hawaiian Islands," area map, and key to abbreviations. On verso: Europe claims North America, ca. 1750 -- A new nation on stage, 1787 -- Coming of age, 1821 -- Coast to coast, 1850 -- The Union holds, 1877 -- The fifty states today, 1987 -- A broader view. Relief shown by shading and spot heights. Text and facsimile "A new and correct map of the United States of North America," 1784 by Abel Buell on verso.

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United States--Maps.
United States--Maps--Early works to 1800--Facsimiles.
United States--Territorial expansion--Maps.
United States--Territories and possessions--Maps.
Estados Unidos--Expansión territorial--Mapas.
Estados Unidos--Mapas.

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