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Map The American atlas, exhibiting the post offices, post roads, rail roads, canals, and the physical & political divisions of the United States of North America

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Title

  • The American atlas, exhibiting the post offices, post roads, rail roads, canals, and the physical & political divisions of the United States of North America

Names

  • Burr, David H., 1803-1875.
  • Arrowsmith, John, 1790-1873.

Created / Published

  • [London?] : John Arrowsmith, [1839]

Contents

  • United States & part of the adjacent countries -- Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island & Connecticut -- New York -- New Jersey and Pennsylvania -- Virginia, Maryland and Delaware -- North & South Carolina -- Georgia and Alabama -- Florida -- Mississippi, Louisiana and Arkansas -- Ohio and Indiana -- Kentucky and Tennessee -- Illinois and Missouri -- Michigan and part of Wisconsin Territory.

Headings

  • -  United States--Maps
  • -  Postal service--United States--Maps
  • -  Post roads--United States--Maps
  • -  Railroads--United States--Maps
  • -  United States

Genre

  • Atlases
  • Road maps

Notes

  • -  Relief shown by hachures.
  • -  Title from title sheet.
  • -  "Entered according to the act of Congress, July 10th 1839, by David H. Burr, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Columbia."
  • -  Phillips, 4525
  • -  Map of the United States of North America LC Railroad maps, 6
  • -  Map of Virginia, Maryland and Delaware LC Railroad maps, 70
  • -  Map of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut LC Railroad maps, 98
  • -  Map of Mississippi, Louisiana & Arkansas LC Railroad maps, 134
  • -  Map of Georgia & Alabama LC Railroad maps, 200
  • -  Map of Kentucky & Tennessee LC Railroad maps, 224
  • -  Map of New Jersey and Pennsylvania LC Railroad maps, 255
  • -  Map of New York LC Railroad maps, 259
  • -  Map of North and South Carolina LC Railroad maps, 273
  • -  Map of the United States of North America Exhibited: Rivers, edens, empires: Lewis & Clark and the revealing of America, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., July 24-November 29, 2003.
  • -  Includes notes.
  • -  Advertisement (28 x 21 cm.) regarding sales and ordering pasted on inside of portfolio.

Medium

  • 1 loose-leaf atlas (13 maps) : hand col., mounted on cloth ; maps 130 x 130 cm. or smaller, folded in case 50 x 33 x 7 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • G1200 .B9 1839

Repository

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

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2009582191

Online Format

  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Burr, David H, and John Arrowsmith. The American atlas, exhibiting the post offices, post roads, rail roads, canals, and the physical & political divisions of the United States of North America. [London?: John Arrowsmith, 1839] Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/2009582191/.

APA citation style:

Burr, D. H. & Arrowsmith, J. (1839) The American atlas, exhibiting the post offices, post roads, rail roads, canals, and the physical & political divisions of the United States of North America. [London?: John Arrowsmith] [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2009582191/.

MLA citation style:

Burr, David H, and John Arrowsmith. The American atlas, exhibiting the post offices, post roads, rail roads, canals, and the physical & political divisions of the United States of North America. [London?: John Arrowsmith, 1839] Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2009582191/>.