Map Illustrating the plan of... - Africa From a relatively uncommon mapmaker

From a relatively uncommon mapmaker

An inset shows "Modern Jerusalem and Environs"

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gardens and more

It shows the states along the rivers and the lands allocated to the Indians to the west and the proposed forts along the western boundary of the states

Map Illustrating the plan of... - Africa From a relatively uncommon mapmakerMap Illustrating the plan of the defences of the Western & North western Frontier, as proposed by The Hon: J. R. Poinsett, Sec. Of War In the early 19th century the issues of expansion and security were paramount, and this map shows the frontier of the western plains. With the Mississippi River as its eastern boundary and with only Missouri, Arkansas and Louisiana as states at the time, this map shows the network of nearby forts and roads that reached