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Map of Mexico and Central America. When the sweeping tail of the North American continent became a land bridge to South America three million years ago, it changed the world. An ocean that had flowed freely was now divided into Atlantic and Pacific.Contents
Covers : Mid-1800s : Americans make the West their own -- 1848 : California hits the mother lode -- California Trail : Paved with gold intentions -- 1845-49 : term of expansion -- Southern Overland Trail : West by Southwest -- Sante Fe Trail : buying Sante Fe 900 miles at a time -- Port Smith to California : Aim West, Shoot High -- Mormon Trail : Latter-day Saints find their Zion -- Oregon Trail : Pioneers settle new land, old claims -- The 1800s : chasing the Frontier West -- Pre-1800 : A reservoir of Pioneers -- 1804-06 : Lewis and Clark -- 1843-44 : Fremont the “Pathfinder” -- 1803 : a giant westward leap -- 1823-1831 : A mountain man marks the way -- 1846 : conquest in uncharted land -- 1806-07 : Zebulon Pike : explorer with a secret mission -- 1807 : The fur trappers -- 1820 : Long’s Desert Mirage.Additional Info
Supplement to National Geographic magazine October 1999
