Map Colton's rail-road and military map of the United States, Mexico, the West Indies, &c.
About this Item
Title
- Colton's rail-road and military map of the United States, Mexico, the West Indies, &c.
Summary
- Detailed general map of portions of North America framed in decorative borders showing drainage, international and state boundaries, cities and towns, forts, railroads in operation, and proposed lines. [From published bibliography]
Names
- Colton, J. H. (Joseph Hutchins), 1800-1893.
Created / Published
- New York, 1862.
Headings
- - United States--Maps
- - Railroads--United States--Maps
- - Mexico--Maps
- - West Indies--Maps
- - United States
- - Mexico
- - West Indies
Notes
- - Scale ca. 1:6,500,000.
- - Relief shown by hachures.
- - Shows slave holding states.
- - LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), 26.3
- - LC Railroad maps, 45
- - Includes census information for 1860.
- - Insets: Colton's map of the Americas, Africa and a portion of Europe showing the Atlantic and part of the Pacific oceans.--New Orleans and delta of the Mississippi, Louisiana.--Mobile harbor, Alabama.--Key West and Tortugas, Florida reefs.--Wilmington and vicinity, N. Carolina.--Beaufort and vicinity, N. Carolina.--Norfolk, fortress Monroe, James River, Richmond, Petersburg &c &c.--Map of Charleston, Port Royal & Savannah vicinities.--Washington, Manassas Junction, Harpers Ferry, Baltimore, Annapolis &c &c.
- - Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
- - AACR2: 651/1; 650/2; 651/3; 651/4
Medium
- col. map 78 x 103 cm.
Call Number/Physical Location
- G3700 1862 .C65
Repository
- Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washington, D.C. 20540-4650 USA dcu
Digital Id
Library of Congress Control Number
- gm71000834
Online Format
- image
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Additional Metadata Formats
IIIF Presentation Manifest
Part of
- Parallel Histories: Spain, the United States, and the American Frontier (389)
- Railroad Maps, 1828 to 1900 (635)
- Transportation and Communication (1,190)
- Civil War Maps (2,338)
- Military Battles and Campaigns (4,495)
- Geography and Map Division (56,118)
- American Memory (438,749)
- Library of Congress Online Catalog (1,592,280)