MANIFEST DESTINY 1806 1855
ELECTION OF 1848 AND THE CALIFORNIA GOLD RUSH
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Around Cape Horn, through Mexico, and through Canada
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The overland route, The Isthmus of Panama, and around Cape Horn.
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The Isthmus of Panama, Tierra ded Fuego, and the Overland Route
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Around Cape Horn, Through Utah, through the Sacramento River
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Detailed explanation-1: -The three main routes used by American gold seekers were the Oregon-California Trail, the Cape Horn route, and the Panama shortcut.
Detailed explanation-2: -Arriving in covered wagons, clipper ships, and on horseback, some 300, 000 migrants, known as “forty-niners” (named for the year they began to arrive in California, 1849), staked claims to spots of land around the river, where they used pans to extract gold from silt deposits.
Detailed explanation-3: -Most forty-niners from the Midwest and many from the East traveled West on the Oregon-California Trail. Travel by ship was costly. Maps and books promised a quick and easy overland voyage. But for many gold seekers who traveled overland, the journey would be the hardest they had ever experienced.
Detailed explanation-4: -The 3 Routes To Riches Once news spread East and beyond, there were three main routes to the California goldfields: the overland trail west, to sail to the eastern coast of Panama and cut across, and the longest route-to sail around Cape Horn.
Detailed explanation-5: -A voyage from the East Coast to California around Cape Horn was 17, 000 miles long and could easily take five months. There was a shorter alternative: sailing to Panama, crossing the isthmus by foot or horseback, and sailing to California from Central America’s Pacific Coast.