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Map Complete map of the rail roads and water courses, in the United States & Canada.

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Title

  • Complete map of the rail roads and water courses, in the United States & Canada.

Summary

  • Map of the eastern half of the United States and part of Canada showing drainage, state boundaries, and place names. Shows steamboat routes and railroads in operation, in progress, and projected.

Names

  • Magnus, Charles.

Created / Published

  • New York, [1861]

Headings

  • -  Railroads--United States--Maps
  • -  United States

Notes

  • -  Scale ca. 1:5,800,000.
  • -  In lower margin of main map is printed "Entered, according to act of Congress, in the year 1859...." At the bottom edge below the inset neat lines is printed "Entered, according to act of Congress, in the year 1861...."
  • -  LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), 14.33
  • -  LC Railroad maps, 44
  • -  Description derived from published bibliography.
  • -  Insets: Military map of Maryland & Virginia. 11 x 19 cm.--Map of northern military movements: between New York & St. Louis. 14 x 24 cm.--[View of the U.S. Capitol] 18 x 19 cm.--[Entrance to Mobile Bay] 18 x 13 cm.--[United States and the Gulf of Mexico]. 18 x 18 cm.
  • -  Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

Medium

  • col. map 58 x 68 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • G3701.P3 1861 .M3

Repository

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

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 98688331

Online Format

  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Magnus, Charles. Complete map of the rail roads and water courses, in the United States & Canada. [New York, 1861] Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/98688331/.

APA citation style:

Magnus, C. (1861) Complete map of the rail roads and water courses, in the United States & Canada. [New York] [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/98688331/.

MLA citation style:

Magnus, Charles. Complete map of the rail roads and water courses, in the United States & Canada. [New York, 1861] Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/98688331/>.