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Map of eastern Virginia : compiled from the best authorities and printed at the Coast Survey Office, A.D. Bache, supdt., 1863

Title
Map of eastern Virginia : compiled from the best authorities and printed at the Coast Survey Office, A.D. Bache, supdt., 1863 / compiled by W.L. Nicholson.
Author
Nicholson, W. L. (Walter Lamb), 1825-1895
Publication
  • [Washington, D.C.] : [U.S. Coast Survey Office], 1864.
  • [Washington, D.C. ?] : Lith. by Chas. G. Krebs, 1864.

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Additional Authors
  • Bache, A. D. (Alexander Dallas), 1806-1867.
  • Krebs, Charles G.
  • United States Coast Survey, publisher.
Description
1 map : color; 56 x 48 cm, on sheet 64 x 50 cm
Alternative Title
Mapping the Nation (NEH grant, 2015-2018). US245.1.03
Subjects
Genre/Form
Maps.
Note
  • Shows cities and towns, roads, and rivers.
  • Covers also Washington, D.C., Delaware, Maryland, and part of Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and North Carolina.
  • Relief shown by hachures.
  • Overprinted in red to indicate railroads and concentric circles, at intervals of ten miles, centered on Richmond, and in blue to show concentric circles centered on Washington, D.C.
  • At lower right margin: March 1864.
  • Date at title: 1863.
  • Compare, Library of Congress. Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 465.26 for similar ed.
Indexed In (note)
  • New York Public Library. Dictionary catalog of the Map Division
Call Number
Map Div. 17-5424
OCLC
70149513
Author
Nicholson, W. L. (Walter Lamb), 1825-1895, compiler.
Title
Map of eastern Virginia : compiled from the best authorities and printed at the Coast Survey Office, A.D. Bache, supdt., 1863 / compiled by W.L. Nicholson.
Publisher
[Washington, D.C.] : [U.S. Coast Survey Office], 1864.
Manufacturer
[Washington, D.C. ?] : Lith. by Chas. G. Krebs, 1864.
Cartographic Data
Scale approximately 1:890,000 (W 79°42ʹ--W 73°59ʹ/N 40°38ʹ--N 36°23ʹ).
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 444, column 3, no. 2
Local Note
NYPL Map Div. copy imperfect: stained, and several small pieces of map lacking along the center.
Source
US245.1.03
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Place of Publication
United States District of Columbia Washington.
Added Author
Bache, A. D. (Alexander Dallas), 1806-1867.
Krebs, Charles G., lithographer.
United States Coast Survey, publisher.
Research Call Number
Map Div. 17-5424 [Filed under Virginia 1863]
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