Item #M9401 Thermal Map of North America, delineating the Isothermal Zodiac, the Isothermal Azid of Intensity, and its expansions up and down the Plateau. William Gilpin.

Thermal Map of North America, delineating the Isothermal Zodiac, the Isothermal Azid of Intensity, and its expansions up and down the Plateau

Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co., c.1873. Notes: A fascinating Thermal Map of North America from the late 19th century.
William Gilpin (1813 – 1894) was a 19th-century US explorer, politician, land speculator, and futurist writer about the American West. He accompanied John C. Frémont on his second expedition through the West, and was instrumental in the formation of the government of the Oregon Territory. As a politician and writer, he was an inveterate believer in Manifest Destiny and was a visionary booster of new settlement to the West, helping lay the groundwork in his writings for a modern theory of the succession of civilizations.
Gilpin was a strong believer that the American West would not only be settled but also eventually hold an enormous population. He was a particularly strong advocate of the now-debunked climatological theory of "Rain follows the plow", which held that settlement in the arid lands of the West would actually increase rainfall in the region, making it as fertile and green as the Eastern United States., Size : 603x572 (mm), 23.74x22.52 (Inches), Coloring: Printed in Color, Reference: Howes G192; Wheat 1010, 1011 (1860 edition); WC 358 (1860 edition)., Category: Maps North America; Maps Geological;. Very Good, laid on acid free tissue paper for long term preservation. Item #M9401

Notes: A fascinating Thermal Map of North America from the late 19th century.
William Gilpin (1813 – 1894) was a 19th-century US explorer, politician, land speculator, and futurist writer about the American West. He accompanied John C. Frémont on his second expedition through the West, and was instrumental in the formation of the government of the Oregon Territory. As a politician and writer, he was an inveterate believer in Manifest Destiny and was a visionary booster of new settlement to the West, helping lay the groundwork in his writings for a modern theory of the succession of civilizations.
Gilpin was a strong believer that the American West would not only be settled but also eventually hold an enormous population. He was a particularly strong advocate of the now-debunked climatological theory of "Rain follows the plow", which held that settlement in the arid lands of the West would actually increase rainfall in the region, making it as fertile and green as the Eastern United States., Size : 603x572 (mm), 23.74x22.52 (Inches), Coloring: Printed in Color, Reference: Howes G192; Wheat 1010, 1011 (1860 edition); WC 358 (1860 edition)., Category: Maps North America; Maps Geological;.

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