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Map Map of the United States of North America with parts of the adjacent countries

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Title

  • Map of the United States of North America with parts of the adjacent countries

Names

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

Created / Published

  • [London] : John Arrowsmith, [1839]

Headings

  • -  United States--Maps
  • -  Mexico--Maps
  • -  United States
  • -  Mexico

Genre

  • Maps

Notes

  • -  Relief shown by hachures.
  • -  "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."
  • -  Prime meridians: Washington D.C. and Greenwich.
  • -  Includes notes within map.
  • -  The boundary between Maine and Canada, established by the Webster-Ashburton treaty of 1842, is shown by hand coloring.
  • -  LC copy sectioned in 8 and mounted on cloth. On printed label on verso: No. 1 United States.
  • -  Exhibited at LC as #132 in "Rivers, edens, empires...", July 24 through November 29, 2003. Also in travelling exhibit of the same name, beginning in July 2004.
  • -  LC Railroad maps, 6

Medium

  • 1 map : hand colored ; 92 x 123 cm

Call Number/Physical Location

  • G3700 1839 .B81
  • G3700 1839 .B81 Copy 2. Uncolored. In pen and ink in lower left margin: Deposited in the clerk's office, Dis. Court, D.C. March 15, 1841. Also an illegible signature. Sectioned in four and mounted on cloth.

Repository

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

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 98688304

Online Format

  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Burr, David H., Cartographer, John Arrowsmith, and David H Burr. Map of the United States of North America with parts of the adjacent countries. [London: John Arrowsmith, 1839] Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/98688304/.

APA citation style:

Burr, D. H., Arrowsmith, J. & Burr, D. H. (1839) Map of the United States of North America with parts of the adjacent countries. [London: John Arrowsmith] [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/98688304/.

MLA citation style:

Burr, David H., Cartographer, John Arrowsmith, and David H Burr. Map of the United States of North America with parts of the adjacent countries. [London: John Arrowsmith, 1839] Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/98688304/>.