Research Catalog

Title

Map of the western and middle portions of North America : to illustrate the history of California, Oregon and the other countries on the north-west coast of America / by Robert Greenhow.

Author

Greenhow, Robert, 1800-1854

Publication

[Philadelphia] : [E.F. Woodward], [1844]

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Details

Additional Authors

• Ringgold, George H.
• Woodward, E. F.

Description

1 map; 57 x 63 cm, sheet 63 x 68 cm

Alternative Title

Mapping the Nation (NEH grant, 2015-2018). NA015.4.01

Subjects

• Mexico > Maps
• Canada > Maps
• Maps
• United States > Maps
• Alaska > Maps
• North America > Maps
• Hawaii > Maps

Genre/Form

Maps.

Note

• Relief shown by hachures.
• Shows Sandwich Islands, Russian America and western portion of British America, Mexico and the United States.
• "Longitude west from Washington" along bottom margin.
• "Longitude west from Greenwich" along top margin.
• "Drawn by George H. Ringgold, engraved by E.F. Woodward, Philad.a."
• "Compiled from the best authorities by Robert Greenhow."

Indexed In (note)

• New York Public Library. Dictionary catalog of the Map Division

Call Number

Map Div. 15-5040

OCLC

915310303

Author

Greenhow, Robert, 1800-1854, creator.

Title

Map of the western and middle portions of North America : to illustrate the history of California, Oregon and the other countries on the north-west coast of America / by Robert Greenhow.

Publisher

[Philadelphia] : [E.F. Woodward], [1844]

Cartographic Data

Scale approximately 1:120,000 (W 179°24ʹ--W 91°01ʹ/N 71°15ʹ--N 21°27ʹ).

Type of Content

cartographic image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

sheet

Indexed In:

New York Public Library. Dictionary catalog of the Map Division , v.1, page 248, column 2, no. 1.

Source

NA015.4.01

Connect to:

NYPL Digital Collections

Place of Publication

United States Pennsylvania Philadelphia.

Added Author

Ringgold, George H., cartographer.

Woodward, E. F., cartographer.

Research Call Number

Map Div. 15-5040