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Map Map of the United States, the British provinces, Mexico &c. : showing the routes of the U.S. mail steam packets to California, and a plan of the Gold Region

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Title

  • Map of the United States, the British provinces, Mexico &c. : showing the routes of the U.S. mail steam packets to California, and a plan of the Gold Region

Names

  • Atwood, John M., approximately 1818-
  • Fillmore, Millard, 1800-1874, collector.

Created / Published

  • New York : J. H. Colton, 1849.

Headings

  • -  United States--Maps
  • -  United States

Genre

  • Maps

Notes

  • -  Relief shown by hachures.
  • -  Shows California's gold region and western trails.
  • -  "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1849 by J. H. Colton in the Clerks Office of the District Court of the Southern District of New York."
  • -  Includes illustration of "Pyramid Lake, Upper California" and distance table.
  • -  Insets: From New York to San Francisco via Cape Horn -- Map of the Gold Region, California.
  • -  LC copy: Signed in lower margin: M. Fillmore. Mounted on cloth.
  • -  LC Trails, 51
  • -  Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

Medium

  • 1 map : hand colored ; 39 x 56 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • G3700 1849 .A72
  • G3700 1849 .A72 Copy 2 Hand colored, showing state and territorial boundaries. Mounted on cloth.
  • G3700 1849 .A72 Copy 3 Hand colored, showing state and territorial boundaries. Separated along central fold.

Repository

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

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2012593336

Online Format

  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Atwood, John M., Approximately, and Millard Fillmore. Map of the United States, the British provinces, Mexico &c.: showing the routes of the U.S. mail steam packets to California, and a plan of the Gold Region. New York: J. H. Colton, 1849. Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/2012593336/.

APA citation style:

Atwood, J. M. & Fillmore, M. (1849) Map of the United States, the British provinces, Mexico &c.: showing the routes of the U.S. mail steam packets to California, and a plan of the Gold Region. New York: J. H. Colton. [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2012593336/.

MLA citation style:

Atwood, John M., Approximately, and Millard Fillmore. Map of the United States, the British provinces, Mexico &c.: showing the routes of the U.S. mail steam packets to California, and a plan of the Gold Region. New York: J. H. Colton, 1849. Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2012593336/>.