The map shows the Mexican Cession, this is, the U.S. purchase of territories from Mexico to the West as agreed in the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo, in 1848, the year after the end of the Mexican-American War of 1846 -1847. An additional territory called La Mesilla (south of Arizona and New Mexico) was purchased in 1853.
Duke Ellington, the <span>American composer, pianist, and bandleader of a jazz orchestra, which he led from 1923 until his death in a career that spanned over fifty years.</span>
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