Map A map of the United States of North America Copy 1

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About this Item

Title

  • A map of the United States of North America

Names

  • Arrowsmith, Aaron, 1750-1823, cartographer.

Created / Published

  • London : A. Arrowsmith, Jan. 1st 1796.

Headings

  • -  United States--Maps
  • -  United States

Genre

  • Early maps

Notes

  • -  Shows many roads, has "Tennassee" on sheet 3, as well as the 22 line boundaries note.
  • -  Relief shown by hachures.
  • -  In lower margins: London. Published as the act directs by A. Arrowsmith, no. 24 Rathbone Place, Jan. 1st, 1796.
  • -  This seems to be a variant not mentioned by Tooley.
  • -  R.V. Tooley, Mapping of America, 1980, 79.
  • -  Includes notes and illustration of and text about Niagara Falls.
  • -  LC copy assembled, sectioned into 6 pieces and mounted on two pieces of cloth.

Medium

  • 1 map on 4 sheets : hand colored ; 123 x 141 cm, untrimmed sheets 67 x 82 cm

Call Number/Physical Location

  • G3700 1796 .A62
  • G3700 1796 .A62 Copy 2 Four unmounted sheets, trimmed to 64 x 73 cm.

Repository

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

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2015588798

Online Format

  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Arrowsmith, Aaron, Cartographer. A map of the United States of North America. London: A. Arrowsmith, Jan. 1st, 1796. Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/2015588798/.

APA citation style:

Arrowsmith, A. (1796) A map of the United States of North America. London: A. Arrowsmith, Jan. 1st. [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2015588798/.

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Arrowsmith, Aaron, Cartographer. A map of the United States of North America. London: A. Arrowsmith, Jan. 1st, 1796. Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2015588798/>.