The Pioneer Map of the U.S.A.


Collection: Osher Map Library Collection

Title: The Pioneer Map of the U.S.A.

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Date/Date Range: 1939

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Dimensions: Box 28 x 38 x 2.8 cm; puzzle 26.7 x 37 cm

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Notes: This puzzle map illustrates an idealized westward expansion (a.k.a. Manifest Destiny) of descendants of European immigrants into Indigenous territories. Characters and historical events are featured on the border of the puzzle. The legend for the border pictures skims over the horrors of many of these events.

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