Subject Guide
Mountain West
Malachite’s Big Hole
Geopolitics of North America:
The fur trade was both an instrument and driver of empire in North America from the times of the earliest English and French settlements until the resolution of the question of the Oregon Territory took place. Below are links to a series of maps show geopolitical divisions and a brief description of what was happening on the continent at that time.
Geopolitical Map of North America - 1660
Geopolitical Map of North America – 1700
Geopolitical Map of North America - 1750
Geopolitical Map of North America – 1763
Geopolitical Map of North America – 1803
Geopolitical Map of North America – 1820
Map of the West 1836-1842: Physical and Social Geography of the West
Geopolitical
Map of North America – 1850