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Atlas of westward expansion / Alan Wexler ; maps and pen-and-ink drawings by Molly Braun ; Carl Waldman, editorial consultant.

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Traces the mass human migration across the North American continent.

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Bibliographic Details
Online Access:	Full Text (via Internet Archive)
Main Author:	Wexler, Alan
Other Authors:	Braun, Molly, Waldman, Carl, 1947-
Other title:	Westward expansion.
Format:	Map
Language:	English
Published:	[New York, N.Y.] : Facts On File, ©1995.
Subjects:	United States > Historical geography > Maps. United States > Territorial expansion > Maps. United States > Territorial expansion > Chronology. Historical geography. Territorial expansion. United States. Atlases. Chronologies. Maps.

Table of Contents:

Colonial America looks west (1754-1795)
The United States extends its empire (1796-1811)
Crisis on the frontier (1812-1820)
An expanding nation (1821-1845)
A transcontinental republic (1846-1853)
Wealth of the west (1854-1860)
Reshaping the west (1861-1867)
Frontier's end (1868-1900)
The real significance of the fronitier.