1830s map of German and American homes in the area east of Belleville, Illinois published in the German language newspaper Das Westland. The title translates to "Planning Map of the German Settlement: in St. Clair County Illinois, east of Belleville." It was published in Volume 1, Number 3 of Das Westland by the publishing company of Joseph Engelmann in Heidelberg. The map features the family
Map included in Gazetteer of the state of Missouri : with a map of the state...To which is added an appendix, containing frontier sketches, and illustrations of Indian character : with a frontispiece, engraved on steel / compiled by Alphonso Wetmore.
Map shows the townships of Missouri according to the Surveyors Office at St. Louis on the 30th of October 1837. The map also illustrates some of the different boundaries of the State of Missouri. Drawn to a scale of 18 miles to an inch.
From Karl Bodmer's "Illustration to Maximilian Prince of Wied's Travels in the Interior of North America. London : Ackerman & Co. 1844. First edition was published in Germany, 1839. See David Rumsey's Map Collection entry for more information.
In the 1830’s seemingly everyone wanted a print or view of the new town or a map of property; Eugene Dupre was an entrepreneur, first coming to St. Louis as s tailor, next a lithographer and mapmaker in these busy days for the city.
This map depicts the steps officials in Missouri and Iowa took to create two modern states. They were landmarks in their day - actually led to possible armed conflict in the "Honey War" on the contested state line or lines, when several honey bee tree hives were cut down - militias and hot heads assembled on both sides of the supposed boundaries. Iowa got a proper line and eventually Missouri got
Map of Missouri created by David Burr in 1834. Shows counties along the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers. Land to the west of the state is labelled "Missouri Terr."
The first of these maps was from a French school atlas which gave clear information on names of waterways, lakes, mountain ranges, native tribes, along with cities and states. The trans-Mississippi, in an interesting French administrative style, are drawn up in districts, the earliest western state, of Missouri, being in the “Ozark district”., From "Atlas Geographique dresse sous la Direction du Conseil Royal de l’instruction publique pour l’usage des colleges." Paris: Selves, 1832