Research Catalog

Title

Map of the states of Michigan and Wisconsin : embracing a great part of Iowa and Illinois, and the whole mineral region with a chart of the lakes / by John Farmer of Detroit ; engraved by J. Farmer.

Author

Farmer, John, 1798-1859

Publication

[Detroit, Mich.] : [John Farmer], 1854.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

Bayfield, Henry Wolsey, 1795-1885.

Description

1 map : hand colored; 50 x 101 cm

Alternative Title

• A geological map of the mineral region : from the official plate of the United States surveys and chart of Lake Superior reduced from the survey and chart of Lieut. Bayfield of the R.N. / by John Farmer.
• Farmer's 4th sheet, or map of Wisconsin, Iowa and northern part of Illinois : from actual survey exhibiting the sections / by John Farmer of Detroit.
• Mapping the Nation (NEH grant, 2015-2018). US103.5.01

Subjects

• Geology
• Sault Sainte Marie Canal (Mich.) > Maps
• Wisconsin > Maps
• Maps
• Michigan > Beaver Islands
• Michigan > Maps
• Geology > Lake States > Maps
• Geology > Michigan > Maps
• Isle Royale (Mich.) > Maps
• Lake Superior Region
• Lake States > Maps
• Superior, Lake, Region > Maps
• Michigan > Upper Peninsula
• Michigan > Isle Royale
• Minnesota
• Beaver Islands (Mich.) > Maps
• Detroit River (Mich. and Ont.) > Maps
• Geology > Wisconsin > Maps
• Geological maps

Genre/Form

• Maps.
• Geological maps.

Note

• Relief shown by hachures and spot heights; depths shown by soundings.
• Insets: Map of the surveyed part of Min[n]esota -- Map of Beaver Islands from actual survey. Scale 1: 380,160. 6 miles to an inch -- Plat of Isle Royale -- Plat of the Copper District on L. Superior. [Scale approximately 1: 2,100,000].
• "Exhibiting the sections, the geological formations, and the general topography : compiled from the state topographical department, from the latest United States surveys, and from other authentic sources."
• "Entered according to act of Congress in the Clerks Office of the U.S. Court for the District of Michigan at Detroit the 8th of July 1847 by John Farmer."
• "Entered according to act of Congress in the Clerks Office of the District Court of the United States for the District of Michigan at Detroit on the 25th day of November 1848 by John Farmer of Detroit."
• "Entered according to act of Congress in the Clerks Office of the District Court for the District of Michigan at Detroit on the 6th day of March A.D. 1849 by John Farmer."

Indexed In (note)

• Karpinski, Louis Charles. Bibliography of the printed maps of Michigan
• Barnett, L. Michigan maps
• New York Public Library. Dictionary catalog of the Map Division

Call Number

Map Div. 16-5386

OCLC

35060607

Author

Farmer, John, 1798-1859, creator, engraver, publisher.

Title

Map of the states of Michigan and Wisconsin : embracing a great part of Iowa and Illinois, and the whole mineral region with a chart of the lakes / by John Farmer of Detroit ; engraved by J. Farmer.

Publisher

[Detroit, Mich.] : [John Farmer], 1854.

Cartographic Data

Scale approximately 1:780,000 (W 92°10ʹ--W 82°30ʹ/N 49°00ʹ--N 45°30ʹ).

Type of Content

cartographic image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

sheet

Indexed In:

Karpinski, Louis Charles. Bibliography of the printed maps of Michigan, 176L4

Barnett, L. Michigan maps, 5-2613

New York Public Library. Dictionary catalog of the Map Division, v. 6, page 460, column 2, no. 3

Local Note

NYPL Map Div. copy imperfect: several pieces of map lacking; divided into 4 sheets 59 x 52 cm or smaller.

Source

US103.5.01

Connect to:

NYPL Digital Collections

Place of Publication

United States Michigan Detroit.

Added Author

Bayfield, Henry Wolsey, 1795-1885.

Research Call Number

Map Div. 16-5386