The central gold region : the grain, pastoral and gold regions of North America : with some new views of its physical geography, and observations on the Pacific railroad
"In a series of articles and speeches, which were summarized in his best known publication, The Central Gold Region: The Grain, Pastoral and Gold Regions of North America (1860), Gilpin argued that the development of the interior of the continent, made possible in large part by a properly-sited transcontinental railroad, would create a new and dominant commercial line of communication between Europe and Asia. This would inaugurate a new era in human affairs focused around what would become the greatest civilization in history, the Republican Empire of North America"--Classics of Strategy and Diplomacy website
Print Book, English, 1860
Sower, Barnes & Co. ; E.K. Woodward, Philadelphia, St. Louis, 1860