Format Map
Contributors Johnson, D. Griffing
Dates 1854
Location Earth
World Maps
Language English
Subjects Earth
World Maps
Title
Colton's illustrated & embellished steel plate map of the world on Mercator's projection : compiled from the latest & most authentic sources exhibiting the recent Arctic and Antarctic discoveries & explorations /
Contributor Names
Johnson, D. Griffing.
Created Published
New York : J.H. Colton, 1854.
Subject Headings
-  World Maps.
-  Earth.
Notes
-  Relief shown by hachures.
-  Includes illustrations of cities and people along filigreed border.
-  Inset: view of Antarctic Continent as seen by the U.S. Ship Peacock, January 19th, 1840. 4 x 29 cm.
-  List of distances to and from various cities around the world at the top of map.
-  An explanation of projection at the top of map.
-  An explanation of scale in the lower left corner of map.
-  Geographical epochs listed in the lower right of map.
-  "Entered According to Act of Congress in the Year 1846 By D. Griffing Johnson in the Clerks Office of the District Court of the Southern District of New York."
-  Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
-  LC Copy cut and mounted on cloth. DLC
Medium
1 Map : Hand Col. ; 118 X 176 Cm.
Call Number/Physical Location
G3200 1854 .J6
Repository
Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washington, D.C. 20540-4650 USA dcu
Digital Id
G3200 Ct002354 Http://Hdl.Loc.Gov/Loc.Gmd/G3200.Ct002354
Library of Congress Catalog Number
2009579466
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