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Map Mitchell's new traveller's guide through the United States, showing the rail roads, canals, stage roads &c. with distances from place to place.

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Title

  • Mitchell's new traveller's guide through the United States, showing the rail roads, canals, stage roads &c. with distances from place to place.

Summary

  • General map of the eastern half of the United States, framed in decorative borders, indicating drainage, state boundaries, major cities and towns, roads, railroads, canals, and distances. [From published bibliography]

Names

  • Drake, Ira S.
  • Thomas, Cowperthwait & Co.

Created / Published

  • Philadelphia, Thomas, Cowperthwait & Co., 1853, c1848.

Headings

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

Notes

  • -  Scale ca. 1:3,700,000.
  • -  Shows railroads in operation, in progress of construction, and proposed.
  • -  LC Railroad maps, 23
  • -  Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
  • -  Insets: Map of the copper mine region.--Vicinity of Niagara Falls.--Map of the maritime and overland routes to California.--Map of the gold and quicksilver district of California.--Map of New England or eastern states.
  • -  AACR2: 651/1; 651/2; 710

Medium

  • col. map 55 x 73 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • G3700 1853 .D7

Repository

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

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • gm70005367

Online Format

  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Drake, Ira S, and Cowperthwait & Co Thomas. Mitchell's new traveller's guide through the United States, showing the rail roads, canals, stage roads &c. with distances from place to place. Philadelphia, Thomas, Cowperthwait & Co., 1853, 1853. Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/gm70005367/.

APA citation style:

Drake, I. S. & Thomas, C. &. C. (1853) Mitchell's new traveller's guide through the United States, showing the rail roads, canals, stage roads &c. with distances from place to place. Philadelphia, Thomas, Cowperthwait & Co., 1853. [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/gm70005367/.

MLA citation style:

Drake, Ira S, and Cowperthwait & Co Thomas. Mitchell's new traveller's guide through the United States, showing the rail roads, canals, stage roads &c. with distances from place to place. Philadelphia, Thomas, Cowperthwait & Co., 1853, 1853. Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/gm70005367/>.