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Map Goldthwait's map of the United States, British Provinces, Mexico, Central America, W. India Is. &c., exhibiting the railroads with their distances, single and double tracks and width of gauge.

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Title

  • Goldthwait's map of the United States, British Provinces, Mexico, Central America, W. India Is. &c., exhibiting the railroads with their distances, single and double tracks and width of gauge.

Summary

  • Shows drainage, relief by hachures, place names, and state boundaries.

Names

  • Goldthwait, J. H.

Created / Published

  • New York, 1861.

Headings

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

Notes

  • -  Scale ca. 1:7,000,000.
  • -  Population figures appear to the left and bottom of the map. "Principal forts and military stations in the U.S." are listed at the lower right of the map.
  • -  LC Railroad maps, 42
  • -  Description derived from published bibliography.
  • -  Insets: Map of the railroads of New England and eastern N. York. 23 x 18 cm.--Map of the great railroad routes from the middle Atlantic ports to the Mississippi River. 22 x 42 cm.
  • -  Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

Medium

  • map 82 x 94 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • G3701.P3 1861 .G6

Repository

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

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 98688330

Online Format

  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Goldthwait, J. H. Goldthwait's map of the United States, British Provinces, Mexico, Central America, W. India Is. &c., exhibiting the railroads with their distances, single and double tracks and width of gauge. New York, 1861. Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/98688330/.

APA citation style:

Goldthwait, J. H. (1861) Goldthwait's map of the United States, British Provinces, Mexico, Central America, W. India Is. &c., exhibiting the railroads with their distances, single and double tracks and width of gauge. New York. [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/98688330/.

MLA citation style:

Goldthwait, J. H. Goldthwait's map of the United States, British Provinces, Mexico, Central America, W. India Is. &c., exhibiting the railroads with their distances, single and double tracks and width of gauge. New York, 1861. Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/98688330/>.