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Post route map of the states of California and Nevada

Title
Post route map of the states of California and Nevada / designed and constructed under the orders of D.M. Key by W.L. Nicholson, topographer of the P.O. Dept., 1877 ; drawn by A.F. Dinsmore.
Author
Nicholson, W. L. (Walter Lamb), 1825-1895
Publication
[Washington, D.C.] : United States of America Post Office Department, [1881]

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CartographicSupervised use Map Div. 15-5464Schwarzman Building M1A - Map Division Room 117

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Additional Authors
  • Dinsmore, A. F.
  • United States. Post Office Department, publisher.
Description
1 map : hand colored; 141 x 120 cm on sheet 145 x 124 cm
Alternative Title
Mapping the Nation (NEH grant, 2015-2018). US037.1.03
Subjects
Genre/Form
Maps.
Note
  • Shows cities and towns, roads, railroads, and notable physical features.
  • Prime meridians: Greenwich and Washington, D.C.
  • "The service on this diagram brought up to date of October 1, 1881."
Indexed In (note)
  • New York Public Library. Dictionary catalog of the Map Division
Call Number
Map Div. 15-5464
OCLC
1027967285
Author
Nicholson, W. L. (Walter Lamb), 1825-1895, creator.
Title
Post route map of the states of California and Nevada / designed and constructed under the orders of D.M. Key by W.L. Nicholson, topographer of the P.O. Dept., 1877 ; drawn by A.F. Dinsmore.
Publisher
[Washington, D.C.] : United States of America Post Office Department, [1881]
Cartographic Data
Scale 1:760,320. 12 miles to the inch (W 124°25ʹ--W 114°30ʹ/N 42°00ʹ--N 32°32ʹ).
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. 2, page 255, column 3, no. 6
Source
US037.1.03
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Place of Publication
United States District of Columbia Washington.
Added Author
Dinsmore, A. F., draftsman.
United States. Post Office Department, publisher.
Research Call Number
Map Div. 15-5464 [Filed with California, 1877]
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