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  2. John Melish - Wikipedia

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    1823 Melish map of the United States and portions of Mexico from the Atlantic Ocean to the area west of the Rocky Mountains. John Melish (June 13, 1771 – December 30, 1822) was a Scottish mapmaker who published some of the earliest maps of the United States (US). In 1816, he created the first map of the United States extending to the Pacific ...

  3. Cartography of the United States - Wikipedia

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    The cartography of the United States is the history of surveying and creation of maps of the United States. Maps of the New World had been produced since the 16th century. The history of cartography of the United States begins in the 18th century, after the declared independence of the original Thirteen Colonies on July 4, 1776 , during the ...

  4. Category:1820s in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Simple English; کوردی; Svenska ... Timeline of the history of the United States (1820–1859) 0–9. 1820 in the United States; 1821 in the United States; 1822 ...

  5. 1820 in the United States - Wikipedia

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    March 3 & 6 – Slavery in the United States: The Missouri Compromise becomes law. March 15 – Maine is admitted as the 23rd U.S. state ( see History of Maine ). April 24 – The Land Act of 1820 reduces the price of land in the Northwest Territory and Missouri Territory encouraging Americans to settle in the west.

  6. File:ElectoralCollege1820.svg - Wikipedia

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    Date: 31 December 2008 (Original); 2009-01-16 (Current): Source: This image was adapted from File:ElectoralCollege1804.svg, itself adapted from File:Map of territorial growth 1775.svg and File:ElectoralCollege1964.svg (both based off File:Blank_US_Map.svg) using data from File:ElectoralCollege1820-Large.png, File:United States 1820-1821-07.png, the original version uploaded by AndyHogan14 and ...

  7. United States Exploring Expedition - Wikipedia

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    The expedition is sometimes called the U.S. Ex. Ex. for short, or the Wilkes Expedition in honor of its next appointed commanding officer, United States Navy Lieutenant Charles Wilkes. The expedition was of major importance to the growth of science in the United States, in particular the then-young field of oceanography. During the event, armed ...

  8. Timeline of the American Old West - Wikipedia

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    The United States agrees to buy the colony of La Louisiane from the French Republic for the price of $15 million. Dec 20: The United States officially takes control of Louisiana, an enormous area of imprecise boundaries extending from the Mississippi River west to the Rocky Mountains, more than doubling the land area of the new nation. 1804: May 14

  9. American frontier - Wikipedia

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    The United States, while intending never to acquire lands from the Indians otherwise than peaceably, and with their free consent, are fully determined, in that manner, progressively, and in proportion as their growing population may require, to reclaim from the state of nature, and to bring into cultivation every portion of the territory ...