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Map A new map of the United States. Upon which are delineated its vast works of internal communication, routes across the continent &c. showing also Canada and the Island of Cuba,

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Title

  • A new map of the United States. Upon which are delineated its vast works of internal communication, routes across the continent &c. showing also Canada and the Island of Cuba,

Summary

  • Detailed general map of the eastern half of the United States indicating drainage, state boundaries, state and county capitals, cities and towns, common roads, the "Oregon Route," canals, and railroads. One of the earliest maps to indicate an operating railroad west of the Mississippi River, from St. Louis to Jefferson City. Topography is indicated by hachures only in the inset of California. Indian tribes are shown west of the Mississippi River. [From published bibliography]

Names

  • Williams, W. (Wellington)
  • Lippincott, Grambo & Co.

Created / Published

  • Philadelphia, Lippincott, Grambo & Co., 1851.

Headings

  • -  Railroads--United States--Maps
  • -  Roads--United States--Maps
  • -  United States--Maps
  • -  United States

Genre

  • Road maps

Notes

  • -  Scale ca. 1:4,250,000.
  • -  Hand colored.
  • -  LC Railroad maps, 18
  • -  Insets: Map of the Niagara River and Falls.--City & harbor of Havana.--Map of the Island of Cuba.--Map of California, Oregon, New Mexico, Utah &c.
  • -  Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
  • -  AACR2

Medium

  • col. map 63 x 76 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • G3700 1851 .W5
  • G3700 1851 .W5 Copy 2 Sectioned in two, mounted on cloth, and varnished.

Repository

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

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • gm70005363

Online Format

  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Williams, W, and Grambo & Co Lippincott. A new map of the United States Upon which are delineated its vast works of internal communication, routes across the continent &c. showing also Canada and the Island of Cuba. Philadelphia, Lippincott, Grambo & Co, 1851. Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/gm70005363/.

APA citation style:

Williams, W. & Lippincott, G. &. C. (1851) A new map of the United States Upon which are delineated its vast works of internal communication, routes across the continent &c. showing also Canada and the Island of Cuba. Philadelphia, Lippincott, Grambo & Co. [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/gm70005363/.

MLA citation style:

Williams, W, and Grambo & Co Lippincott. A new map of the United States Upon which are delineated its vast works of internal communication, routes across the continent &c. showing also Canada and the Island of Cuba. Philadelphia, Lippincott, Grambo & Co, 1851. Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/gm70005363/>.