(Mississippi Valley) Map Illustrating the plan of the defences o -- N. Am - US Cities Pretty exceptional detailed map for

Pretty exceptional detailed map for this part of the world

Image size is 17 x 24

Condition is good with some light age toning

Hal Shelton pioneered a style he termed "natural-color maps" which assimilated his years of working of USGS and others

(Mississippi Valley) Map Illustrating the plan of the defences o -- N. Am - US Cities Pretty exceptional detailed map for(Mississippi Valley) Map Illustrating the plan of the defences of the Western & North Western Frontier as proposed by Charles Gratiot in his report of Oct. 31, 1837 At this time it was planned to limit western settlement to the states along the west bank of the Mississippi and to reserve for the Indians all the lands to the west. A string of forts was to preserve this division. This is one of two plans of how to accomplish the objective. It shows the