Research Catalog

Title

Map of the state of Alabama / by David H. Burr.

Author

Burr, David H., 1803-1875

Publication

[New York, N.Y.] : Illman & Pilbrow, [1834]

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Illman & Pilbrow, publisher.
• Ford Collection.

Description

1 map : hand colored; 31 x 25 cm

Alternative Title

Mapping the Nation (NEH grant, 2015-2018). US031.1.08

Subjects

• Maps
• Alabama > Administrative and political divisions > Maps
• Alabama > Maps

Genre/Form

Maps.

Note

• Shows city and town boundaries, roads, railroads, and notable physical features.
• Prime meridians: Greenwich and Washington, D.C.
• "Entered according to act of Congress, in the year 1834, by Illman & Pilbrow, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the Southern District of New York."

Indexed In (note)

• Mason, Sara Elizabeth. A list of nineteenth century maps of the State of Alabama
• New York Public Library. Dictionary catalog of the Map Division

Call Number

Map Div. 15-5379

OCLC

755034370

Author

Burr, David H., 1803-1875, creator.

Title

Map of the state of Alabama / by David H. Burr.

Publisher

[New York, N.Y.] : Illman & Pilbrow, [1834]

Cartographic Data

Scale approximately 1:2,720,000 (W 89°00ʹ--W 84°53ʹ/N 35°00ʹ--N 30°00ʹ).

Type of Content

cartographic image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

sheet

Indexed In:

Mason, Sara Elizabeth. A list of nineteenth century maps of the State of Alabama no. 23

New York Public Library. Dictionary catalog of the Map Division, v. 1, page 120, column 1, no. 4

Local Note

NYPL Map Div. copy stamp in lower right corner: "Ford Collection;" has accession no. stamped in lower left corner: 54245.

Source

US031.1.08

Connect to:

NYPL Digital Collections

OCoLC copy image

Place of Publication

United States New York (State) New York.

Added Author

Illman & Pilbrow, publisher.

Ford Collection.

Research Call Number

Map Div. 15-5379