1898 Review of Louisiana Purchase Annexation, 1st Ed., Maps

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BookDescription: Binger Hermann, The Louisiana Purchase and Our Title West of the Rocky Mountains, With A Review of Annexation by the United States, Washington: The Government Printing Office, 1898, 87 pages with fold out maps. Bright gilt titles on violet boards. Some very minor mottling on cover. Tight binding and clean pages. Maps are in fine condition. Overall in very good plus condition. First Edition (another edition came out in 1900). Sections present on such subjects as error in United States map, original Louisiana from LaSalle's explorations and claim, French settlement, differing early maps, cession of territory to Spain, Spanish cession of Florida to England, Florida's retrocession to Spain, US relations with Spain over Florida, retrocession of Louisiana to France, French cession to the US, value and resources of Louisiana Purchase, Lewis and Clark Expedition, Florida boundary dispute, Western limit of Louisiana, annexation of Texas, US claims beyond the Rockies, Russian claims, joint occupancy of Oregon and negotiation, Oregon admitted as territory, Mexican purchase, gold and silver production, Oregon and the Louisiana Purchase, review of policy and practice of annexation of foreign areas by the United States, etc.