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A new map of the United States, upon which are delineated its vast works of internal communication, routes across the continent &c. : showing also Canada and the island of Cuba
- Title
- A new map of the United States, upon which are delineated its vast works of internal communication, routes across the continent &c. : showing also Canada and the island of Cuba / compiled, drawn & engraved by W. Williams, practical geographer and engraver, Philadelphia.
- Author
- Williams, W. (Wellington)
- Publication
- No. 14 N. Fourth St., Philadelphia : Lippincott, Grambo & Co., 1854.
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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. 15-5097 | Schwarzman Building M1A - Map Division Room 117 |
Details
- Description
- 1 map : hand colored; 62 x 72 cm
- Alternative Title
- Mapping the Nation (NEH grant, 2015-2018). US010.3.01
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Road maps.
- Maps.
- Thematic maps.
- Note
- Relief shown by hachures and spot heights.
- For Canada, covers only the southern part, bordering the U.S., between Ontario and New Brunswick.
- Shows roads, western trails, canals, railroads, proposed railroads, drainage, U.S. states and territories, state capitals, county seats and other towns.
- Prime meridian: Greenwich and Washington.
- Insets: Map of California, Oregon, New Mexico, Utah &c.-- Map of the island of Cuba -- City & harbor of Havana -- Map of the Niagara River and Falls.
- At bottom left: Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1851, by W. Williams, in the Clerks Office of the District Court of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
- Indexed In (note)
- New York Public Library. Dictionary catalog of the Map Division
- Call Number
- Map Div. 15-5097
- OCLC
- 79982548
- Author
- Williams, W. (Wellington), cartographer, engraver.
- Title
- A new map of the United States, upon which are delineated its vast works of internal communication, routes across the continent &c. : showing also Canada and the island of Cuba / compiled, drawn & engraved by W. Williams, practical geographer and engraver, Philadelphia.
- Publisher
- No. 14 N. Fourth St., Philadelphia : Lippincott, Grambo & Co., 1854.
- Cartographic Data
- Scale approximately 1:4,200,000 (W 105°--W 65°/N 49°--N 26°).
- 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. 10, page 183, column b, row 4
- Source
- US010.3.01
- Connect to:
- Place of Publication
- United States Pennsylvanis Philadelphia.
- Research Call Number
- Map Div. 15-5097