Map America

About this Item

About this Item

Title

  • America

Names

  • Thomson, John, 1777-
  • J. & G. Menzies.

Created / Published

  • [Edinburgh] : J. & G. Menzies, [1813]

Headings

  • -  America--Maps
  • -  Western Hemisphere--Maps
  • -  North America--Maps
  • -  Central America--Maps
  • -  South America--Maps
  • -  America
  • -  Western Hemisphere
  • -  North America
  • -  Central America
  • -  South America

Genre

  • Maps

Notes

  • -  Relief shown pictorially.
  • -  Shows major cities, political divisions, physical features, and areas of Indian habitation; Mississippi River as boundary between [French] Louisiana and the United States; Greenland, islands in the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans, western Europe, west coast of Africa, and the Mediterranean Sea.
  • -  English and Spanish.
  • -  Longitude based on Greenwich meridian.
  • -  LC copy imperfect: Partly torn at lower edge.
  • -  Includes dates of exploration on northern coast of Alaska.
  • -  Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

Medium

  • 1 map : hand color ; 44 x 50 cm

Call Number/Physical Location

  • G3290 1813 .T4

Source Collection

  • Contained in (work): Thomson, John, 1777- A new general atlas, consisting of a series of geographical designs, on various projections, exhibiting the form and component parts of the globe 2 p.l., xxiii, [1], 22 p. fold. plates (incl. 74 col. maps, 1 illus.) 55 x 43 cm

Repository

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

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2015588081

Online Format

  • image

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Credit Line: Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division.

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Chicago citation style:

Thomson, John, and J. & G. Menzies. America. [Edinburgh: J. & G. Menzies, 1813] Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/2015588081/.

APA citation style:

Thomson, J. & J. & G. Menzies. (1813) America. [Edinburgh: J. & G. Menzies] [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2015588081/.

MLA citation style:

Thomson, John, and J. & G. Menzies. America. [Edinburgh: J. & G. Menzies, 1813] Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2015588081/>.