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Map Post- und Eisenbahn-Reisekarte--Deutschland, Holland, die Schweiz, Italien bis Neapel, der grösste Theil von Frankreich, Ungarn, Polen etc. : mit besonderer Rücksicht auf Eisenbahnen u. Seedampfschiffahrt Carte de voyage par voies de poste et chemins de fer en Allemagne, Hollande, Belgique, dans presque toute la France, en Suisse, plus d'Italie à Naples, de l'Hongrie, de la Pologne, etc

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Title

  • Post- und Eisenbahn-Reisekarte--Deutschland, Holland, die Schweiz, Italien bis Neapel, der grösste Theil von Frankreich, Ungarn, Polen etc. : mit besonderer Rücksicht auf Eisenbahnen u. Seedampfschiffahrt

Other Title

  • Carte de voyage par voies de poste et chemins de fer en Allemagne, Hollande, Belgique, dans presque toute la France, en Suisse, plus d'Italie à Naples, de l'Hongrie, de la Pologne, etc

Names

  • Hanser, G., active 1853-1859, cartographer.
  • Fillmore, Millard, 1800-1874, collector.
  • Serz & Cie., publisher.

Created / Published

  • Nürnberg [Germany] : Verlag von Serz & Cie., 1856.

Headings

  • -  Post roads--Europe, Central--Maps
  • -  Post roads--Germany--Maps
  • -  Post roads--Benelux countries--Maps
  • -  Post roads--Switzerland--Maps
  • -  Railroads--Europe, Central--Maps
  • -  Railroads--Germany--Maps
  • -  Railroads--Benelux countries--Maps
  • -  Railroads--Switzerland--Maps
  • -  German states--History--19th century--Maps
  • -  Germany--Administrative and political divisions--19th century--Maps
  • -  Europe, Central
  • -  Germany
  • -  Benelux countries
  • -  Switzerland

Genre

  • Road maps

Notes

  • -  Post-road/railroad map of Central Europe (Germany, Benelux, Switzerland, Austria, Poland, Hungary, and adjacent regions).
  • -  The component German states/principalities and adjacent countries are shown in distinctive border coloration.
  • -  Title from map-content area (recto).
  • -  When affixed to the cloth backing the map sheet was sectioned to 24 panels.
  • -  Handwritten (cursive script) inked identification statement on paper label affixed to cloth backing (verso): German post and rail in 1856, Millard Fillmore, May 16, 1856.
  • -  LC sheet imperfect: Use-worn, LC accession rubber-stamp in map-content area (top recto), lead-pencil annotations on cloth backing (verso).
  • -  Includes notes, indexed table titled "Statistische Uebersicht der 38 deutschen Bundesstaaten", railroad distance table, waterways distance table, and key to abbreviations.
  • -  Five paper panels with statistical tables, panel with spa/health-resort locations, panel with 6 trans-Alpine road profiles, and cover panel affixed to cloth backing (verso).
  • -  Vault

Medium

  • 1 map : color, mounted on cloth backing ; 72 x 63 cm, folded in cover (single panel) 19 x 11 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • G6031.P2 1856 .H3

Repository

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

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2018588027

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Chicago citation style:

Hanser, G., Active , Cartographer, Millard Fillmore, and Publisher Serz & Cie. Post- und Eisenbahn-Reisekarte--Deutschland, Holland, die Schweiz, Italien bis Neapel, der grösste Theil von Frankreich, Ungarn, Polen etc.: mit besonderer Rücksicht auf Eisenbahnen u. Seedampfschiffahrt. [Nürnberg Germany: Verlag von Serz & Cie, 1856] Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/2018588027/.

APA citation style:

Hanser, G., Fillmore, M. & Serz & Cie, P. (1856) Post- und Eisenbahn-Reisekarte--Deutschland, Holland, die Schweiz, Italien bis Neapel, der grösste Theil von Frankreich, Ungarn, Polen etc.: mit besonderer Rücksicht auf Eisenbahnen u. Seedampfschiffahrt. [Nürnberg Germany: Verlag von Serz & Cie] [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2018588027/.

MLA citation style:

Hanser, G., Active , Cartographer, Millard Fillmore, and Publisher Serz & Cie. Post- und Eisenbahn-Reisekarte--Deutschland, Holland, die Schweiz, Italien bis Neapel, der grösste Theil von Frankreich, Ungarn, Polen etc.: mit besonderer Rücksicht auf Eisenbahnen u. Seedampfschiffahrt. [Nürnberg Germany: Verlag von Serz & Cie, 1856] Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2018588027/>.