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Phelps's national map of the United States : a travellers guide : embracing the principal rail roads, canals, steam boat & stage routes, throughout the union
- Title
- Phelps's national map of the United States : a travellers guide : embracing the principal rail roads, canals, steam boat & stage routes, throughout the union / drawn & engraved by J.M. Atwood, New York ; portraits & st. arms engd. by Wm. D. Smith.
- Author
- Atwood, John M., approximately 1818-
- Publication
- New York : Published by Ensigns & Thayer, 36 Ann Street, 1848.
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building M1A to submit a request in person. | Cartographic | Supervised use | Map Div. 02-303 | Schwarzman Building M1A - Map Division Room 117 |
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- Description
- 1 map : hand col.; 45 x 56 cm.
- Donor/Sponsor
- National Endowment for the Humanities Grant for Access to Early Maps of the Middle Atlantic Seaboard.
- Alternative Title
- Travellers guide
- National map of the United States
- Phelps's travellers' guide through the United States.
- Subjects
- Note
- Covers the U.S. as far west as Missouri.
- Shows distances along roads.
- Prime meridian: Washington.
- "Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1845 by H. Phelps in the Clerks Office of the District Court of the Southern District of N. York."
- From: Phelps's travellers' guide through the United States. New York, 1848.
- Insets: N. part of Maine -- Southern part of Florida -- Vicinity of Philadelphia -- Vicinity of Baltimore -- New York -- Boston -- Pittsburg -- St. Louis -- Cincinnati -- Chicago.
- Includes illustrated border of portraits of historical figures and state seals.
- Call Number
- Map Div. 02-303
- OCLC
- 27908973
- Author
- Atwood, John M., approximately 1818-
- Title
- Phelps's national map of the United States : a travellers guide : embracing the principal rail roads, canals, steam boat & stage routes, throughout the union / drawn & engraved by J.M. Atwood, New York ; portraits & st. arms engd. by Wm. D. Smith.
- Imprint
- New York : Published by Ensigns & Thayer, 36 Ann Street, 1848.
- Cartographic Data
- Scale [ca. 1:4,500,000] (W 95̕--W 71̕/N 46̕--N 29̕).
- Connect to:
- Added Author
- Phelps, Humphrey, active 19th century.Smith, William D., approximately 1800-Ensigns & Thayer.
- Added Title
- Phelps's travellers' guide through the United States.
- Research Call Number
- Map Div. 02-303