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Map Map shewing the several routes proposed for the passage of gunboats to the Lakes via: Erie and Oswego Canal; Champlain [Canal]; Illinois River and Chicago [Canal]; Wisconsin, Green Bay [Canal]

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Title

  • Map shewing the several routes proposed for the passage of gunboats to the Lakes via: Erie and Oswego Canal; Champlain [Canal]; Illinois River and Chicago [Canal]; Wisconsin, Green Bay [Canal]

Names

  • Sweet, S. H. (Sylvanus Howe), 1830-1899.
  • C. Van Benthuysen & Co.

Created / Published

  • Albany, N.Y., Lith. of C. Van Benthuysen, 1862.

Headings

  • -  Canals--Northeastern States--Maps
  • -  Canals--Ontario--Maps
  • -  United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Naval operations--Maps
  • -  United States--Northeastern States
  • -  Canada--Ontario

Notes

  • -  Scale ca. 1:3,600,000.
  • -  Shows canals and navigation routes in northeastern United States and southeastern Canada.
  • -  LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.) 33
  • -  Includes distance chart.
  • -  AACR2

Medium

  • map 36 x 81 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • G3711.P5 1862 .S9

Repository

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

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • gm70004800

Online Format

  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Sweet, S. H, and C. Van Benthuysen & Co. Map shewing the several routes proposed for the passage of gunboats to the Lakes via: Erie and Oswego Canal; Champlain Canal; Illinois River and Chicago Canal; Wisconsin, Green Bay Canal. Albany, N.Y., Lith. of C. Van Benthuysen, 1862. Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/gm70004800/.

APA citation style:

Sweet, S. H. & C. Van Benthuysen & Co. (1862) Map shewing the several routes proposed for the passage of gunboats to the Lakes via: Erie and Oswego Canal; Champlain Canal; Illinois River and Chicago Canal; Wisconsin, Green Bay Canal. Albany, N.Y., Lith. of C. Van Benthuysen. [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/gm70004800/.

MLA citation style:

Sweet, S. H, and C. Van Benthuysen & Co. Map shewing the several routes proposed for the passage of gunboats to the Lakes via: Erie and Oswego Canal; Champlain Canal; Illinois River and Chicago Canal; Wisconsin, Green Bay Canal. Albany, N.Y., Lith. of C. Van Benthuysen, 1862. Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/gm70004800/>.