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Map Diagram of the United States of America, Mexico, the West India Islands and Isthmus of Darien; by W. T. Steiger, General Land Office.

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Title

  • Diagram of the United States of America, Mexico, the West India Islands and Isthmus of Darien; by W. T. Steiger, General Land Office.

Summary

  • Outline map of the United States and Middle America showing proposed routes of the Pacific Rail Road and its branches in connection with the various systems of existing and unfinished rail roads from the Mississippi Valley to the Atlantic and Gulf coasts.

Names

  • Steiger, W. T.
  • United States. General Land Office.

Created / Published

  • Baltimore, 1854.

Headings

  • -  Pacific Railroad
  • -  Railroads--North America--Maps
  • -  Railroads--United States--Maps
  • -  North America
  • -  United States

Notes

  • -  Scale ca. 1:6,000,000.
  • -  LC copy imperfect; northeast portion of map missing.
  • -  LC Railroad maps, 28
  • -  Description derived from published bibliography.
  • -  A table of distances appears to the right of the map.

Medium

  • col. map 73 x 94 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • G3301.P3 1854 .S7

Repository

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

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 98688319

Online Format

  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Steiger, W. T, and United States General Land Office. Diagram of the United States of America, Mexico, the West India Islands and Isthmus of Darien; by W. T. Steiger, General Land Office. Baltimore, 1854. Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/98688319/.

APA citation style:

Steiger, W. T. & United States General Land Office. (1854) Diagram of the United States of America, Mexico, the West India Islands and Isthmus of Darien; by W. T. Steiger, General Land Office. Baltimore. [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/98688319/.

MLA citation style:

Steiger, W. T, and United States General Land Office. Diagram of the United States of America, Mexico, the West India Islands and Isthmus of Darien; by W. T. Steiger, General Land Office. Baltimore, 1854. Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/98688319/>.