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Map of reconnaissance exhibiting the country between Washington and New Orleans with the routes examined in reference to a contemplated national road between these two cities.

Title
Map of reconnaissance exhibiting the country between Washington and New Orleans [cartographic material] : with the routes examined in reference to a contemplated national road between these two cities.
Publication
[Washington, D.C.] : [s.n.], [1826]

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Additional Authors
  • Vail, Jefferson, 1801 or 1802-1835
  • Williams, W. G. (William G.), -1846
Description
1 map; 50 x 67 cm
Alternative Title
  • National Road
  • Mapping the Nation (NEH grant, 2015-2018). US004.3.04
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Road maps.
  • Maps.
Note
  • Relief shown by hachures.
  • Prime meridian: Washington. Longitude coordinates expressed here as measured from Greenwich.
  • Issued separately to accompany: United States. Board of Internal Improvement. Road from Washington to New Orleans. Washington, 1826. In U.S. Serial Set, 19th Congress, 1st session, House Document 156 (Serial Set 139).
  • Drawn by Lieuts. Jefferson Vail and W. Williams of the Infantry, adapted from an atlas by Henry Schenck Tanner--United States. Board of Internal Improvement. Road from Washington to New Orleans, page 11.
  • Details three alternate routes, and includes a straight line showing the shortest distance between Washington and New Orleans, with latitude and distances noted at intervals.
  • Manuscript version held by the U.S. National Archives--Ladd.
Indexed In (note)
  • Ladd, R. Maps showing explorers' routes, trails & early roads in the United States
  • New York Public Library. Dictionary catalog of the Map Division
Call Number
Map Div. 15-5062
OCLC
759518512
Title
Map of reconnaissance exhibiting the country between Washington and New Orleans [cartographic material] : with the routes examined in reference to a contemplated national road between these two cities.
Imprint
[Washington, D.C.] : [s.n.], [1826]
Cartographic Data
Scale [ca. 1:2,100,000] (W 92°--W 77°/N 39°--N 30°).
Type of Content
cartographic image
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
sheet
Indexed In:
Ladd, R. Maps showing explorers' routes, trails & early roads in the United States, entry 271
New York Public Library. Dictionary catalog of the Map Division, v. 10, page 178, column c, row 3
Local Note
NYPL Map Div. copy has accession no. stamped in lower left corner: 8119.
Source
US004.3.04
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North Carolina State Archives hand colored copy image
Place of Publication
United States District of Columbia Washington.
Added Author
Vail, Jefferson, 1801 or 1802-1835, draftsman.
Williams, W. G. (William G.), -1846, draftsman.
Research Call Number
Map Div. 15-5062
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