Research Catalog

Title

Geological map of Isle Royale, Lake Superior, Michigan / made pursuant to the Act of Congress, approved, March 1st., 1847, by J.W. Foster & J.D. Whitney, U.S. geologists ; assisted by S.W. Hill & W.S. Chlatter.

Author

Foster, J. W. (John Wells), 1815-1873

Publication

• [Washington, D.C.] : [publisher not identified], [1849]
• 379, Broadway, N.Y. : Ackerman, lithr., [1849]

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Details

Additional Authors

• Whitney, J. D. (Josiah Dwight), 1819-1896
• Hill, S. W. (Samuel Worth), 1815-1889
• Chlatter, W. S.
• Ackerman Lithr, lithographer.

Description

1 map : hand colored; 42 x 61 cm, on sheet 47 x 64 cm

Alternative Title

Mapping the Nation (NEH grant, 2015-2018). US107.1.06

Subjects

• Geology
• Maps
• Isle Royale (Mich.) > Maps
• Copper mines and mining > Michigan > Isle Royale > Maps
• Geology > Michigan > Isle Royale > Maps
• Geological maps
• Michigan > Isle Royale
• Physical maps

Genre/Form

• Physical maps.
• Maps.
• Geological maps.

Note

• Shows mineral lands, mines, and furnaces.
• Relief shown by hachures and spot heights; depths shown by soundings.

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

Linking Entry (note)

• Appears in: Jackson, Charles T. Report of the geological and mineralogical survey of the mineral lands of the United States in the state of Michigan. Washington, 1849. between p. 624 and 625.

Call Number

Map Div. 16-5429

OCLC

852428846

Author

Foster, J. W. (John Wells), 1815-1873, creator.

Title

Geological map of Isle Royale, Lake Superior, Michigan / made pursuant to the Act of Congress, approved, March 1st., 1847, by J.W. Foster & J.D. Whitney, U.S. geologists ; assisted by S.W. Hill & W.S. Chlatter.

Publisher

[Washington, D.C.] : [publisher not identified], [1849]

Manufacturer

379, Broadway, N.Y. : Ackerman, lithr., [1849]

Cartographic Data

Scale approximately 1:127,000 (W 89°--W 89°/N 48°--N 48°).

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. 764

Barnett, L. Michigan maps, 5-1409

New York Public Library. Dictionary catalog of the Map Division, v. 5, page 352, column 2, no. 7

Linking Entry

Appears in: Jackson, Charles T. Report of the geological and mineralogical survey of the mineral lands of the United States in the state of Michigan. Washington, 1849. between p. 624 and 625.

Source

US107.1.06

Connect to:

NYPL Digital Collections

Place of Publication

United States District of Columbia Washington.

Added Author

Whitney, J. D. (Josiah Dwight), 1819-1896, creator.

Hill, S. W. (Samuel Worth), 1815-1889, creator.

Chlatter, W. S., creator.

Ackerman Lithr, lithographer.

Related To

Jackson, Charles T. (Charles Thomas), 1805-1880. Geological and mineralogical report of the U.S. survey in Michigan. [Washington], [1849] (OCoLC)31838450

Research Call Number

Map Div. 16-5429 [Filed with Isle Royale, Mich. [1847]]