Asa Whitney's Vision
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Title
Asa Whitney's Vision
Subject
Transcontinental railroads and American global trade
Description
Asa Whitney created these maps in the late 1840s to aid his campaign to build the first transcontinental railroad across North America. I found them while researching American ideas about trade with China during the era of manifest destiny. They provide an example of how Americans saw their nation’s development as bound up with global trade – and specifically tied to trade with Asia.
Source
David Rumsey Map Collection, Cartography Associates, Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial ShareAlike 3.0 Unported
Date
1849-1880
Contributor
Dael Norwood
Binghamton University
dnorwood@binghamton.edu
Binghamton University
dnorwood@binghamton.edu
Rights
Public Access
Format
Images and Text
Language
English
Coverage
Asia and the United States
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