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Map A chart exhibiting the lighthouses of the lake coast of the United States of America

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Title

  • A chart exhibiting the lighthouses of the lake coast of the United States of America

Names

  • Pleasonton, Stephen, -1865, cartographer.
  • Fillmore, Millard, 1800-1874, collector.
  • United States. Department of the Treasury. Office of the Fifth Auditor, publisher.

Created / Published

  • [Washington, D.C.] : 5th Auditor Treas[ur]y Depa[rtmen]t , 1848.

Headings

  • -  Lighthouses--Great Lakes (North America)--Maps
  • -  Lighthouses--Saint Lawrence River--Maps
  • -  Lighthouses--Champlain, Lake--Maps
  • -  Nautical charts--Great Lakes Region (North America)--Maps
  • -  North America--Great Lakes
  • -  Saint Lawrence River
  • -  Champlain, Lake
  • -  North America--Great Lakes Region

Genre

  • Nautical charts

Notes

  • -  Map of lighthouse locations in the Great Lakes region of the U.S. using red overprint symbols to indicate the locations and to emphasize state boundaries.
  • -  Lighthouse locations also shown along the upper St. Lawrence River (Canada) and around Lake Champlain.
  • -  Prime meridian: Washington D.C.
  • -  LC sheet imperfect: Use-darkened along fold lines on verso.
  • -  Includes 2 bar scales--1 in statute miles, the other in geographical (nautical) miles.
  • -  Handwritten (cursive script) inked identification statement on verso panel: Chart of light houses on the U.S. lake coasts, 1848, M. Fillmore.
  • -  Vault
  • -  Another exemplar (without signature) in single map file.

Medium

  • 1 map : color ; 39 x 77 cm, folded to 23 x 14 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • G3311.P5 1848 .P5

Repository

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

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2018588031

Online Format

  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Pleasonton, Stephen, -1865, Cartographer, Millard Fillmore, and Publisher United States Department Of The Treasury. Office Of The Fifth Auditor. A chart exhibiting the lighthouses of the lake coast of the United States of America. [Washington, D.C.: 5th Auditor Treasury Department, 1848] Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/2018588031/.

APA citation style:

Pleasonton, S., Fillmore, M. & United States Department Of The Treasury. Office Of The Fifth Auditor, P. (1848) A chart exhibiting the lighthouses of the lake coast of the United States of America. [Washington, D.C.: 5th Auditor Treasury Department] [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2018588031/.

MLA citation style:

Pleasonton, Stephen, -1865, Cartographer, Millard Fillmore, and Publisher United States Department Of The Treasury. Office Of The Fifth Auditor. A chart exhibiting the lighthouses of the lake coast of the United States of America. [Washington, D.C.: 5th Auditor Treasury Department, 1848] Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2018588031/>.