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Map The new naval and military map of the United States

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Title

  • The new naval and military map of the United States

Names

  • Smith, J. Calvin (John Calvin)
  • Baker, J.
  • Smith, Robert Pearsall, 1827-1898.

Created / Published

  • Philadelphia : J. Baker, [1862]

Headings

  • -  United States--Maps
  • -  United States

Notes

  • -  Also covers southern Canada, Mexico, Central America, and the West Indies.
  • -  Relief shown by hachures.
  • -  "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1862 by Robert P. Smith ..."
  • -  Prime meridians: Washington and Greenwich.
  • -  LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), 32.6
  • -  Includes state/county population (1860 census) tables, view of Washington, various Civil War scenes, time difference table, "table of air-line distances," 3 profiles, and portraits of prominent Union military personnel along decorative border.
  • -  Insets: Fall of rain and mean annual temperature with the mountains, plains & river systems of the United States -- Map of the world on Mercators projection -- Map showing the distribution of the slave and free colored population of the United States -- Map showing the distribution of staples in colors with the principle articles of export marked in the states severally, also the distribution of plants, trees, and animals.
  • -  Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
  • -  Sectioned and mounted on cardboard.
  • -  Copy imperfect: Small sections along edges of map missing; worn along fold lines.

Medium

  • 1 map on 4 sheets : hand col. ; 174 x 174 cm., each sheet 87 x 87 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • G3700 1862 .S6 Oversize

Repository

  • Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washington, D.C. 20540-4650 USA dcu

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2002622889

Online Format

  • image

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Credit Line: Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division.

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Chicago citation style:

Smith, J. Calvin, J Baker, and Robert Pearsall Smith. The new naval and military map of the United States. [Philadelphia: J. Baker, 1862] Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/2002622889/.

APA citation style:

Smith, J. C., Baker, J. & Smith, R. P. (1862) The new naval and military map of the United States. [Philadelphia: J. Baker] [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2002622889/.

MLA citation style:

Smith, J. Calvin, J Baker, and Robert Pearsall Smith. The new naval and military map of the United States. [Philadelphia: J. Baker, 1862] Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2002622889/>.