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Colton's railroad and commercial map of the United States and Canada

Title: Colton's railroad and commercial map of the United States and Canada
Author: G.W. & C.B. Colton & Co., cartographer, publisher.
Publication: No. 182 William St., New York [N.Y.] : G.W. & C.B. Colton & Co., 1882

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Status	Format	Access	Call Number	Item Location
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building M1A to submit a request in person.	Cartographic	Use in library	Map Div. (Atlas Cases) 15-5196	Schwarzman Building M1A - Map Division Room 117

Description

1 map : hand colored; 184 x 210 cm

Alternative Title

Subjects

Genre/Form

Maps.

Note

Prime meridian: Washington, D.C. and Greenwich.
Shows U.S. east of the Rocky Mountains.
Insets: Vicinity of New York [1:300,000] -- Map of the railroads of New England on an enlarged scale [1:900,000] -- General map of the United States showing the railroad routes across the continent [1:7,500,000]
"1882"

Indexed In (note)

Call Number

Map Div. (Atlas Cases) 15-5196

OCLC

957559733

Author

G.W. & C.B. Colton & Co., cartographer, publisher.

Title

Colton's railroad and commercial map of the United States and Canada

Publisher

No. 182 William St., New York [N.Y.] : G.W. & C.B. Colton & Co., 1882

Cartographic Data

Scale approximately 1:1,280,000; statute miles 20 to an inch (W 102°--W 66°/N 47°--N 28°).

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 188, column 2, row 4

Local Note

NYPL copy is divided into 24 sheets of 46 x 37 cm. Shelved in box in Atlas Cases.

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NYPL Digital Collections

Place of Publication

United States New York (State) New York.

Research Call Number

Map Div. (Atlas Cases) 15-5196