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The Hitchcock family’s interest in geology passed from Edward to his son Charles, who by 1861 was appointed the State Geologist in Maine, and later in the decade State Geologist in New Hampshire. Geologic mapping of the area west of the Mississippi River grew rapidly after the Civil War, and the 1872 map displayed here by Hitchcock and William Blake is an example of that effort. Prepared for the 1870 statistical atlas of the United States, this map represents a transition from earlier 19th-century examples, as it uses highly detailed placement of vivid colors to differentiate between geologic time periods, and examines the fossils contained within the rocks.
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Document identity
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7h149x508
label
Geological map of the United States
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obj
dtoType
map
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
7h149x508
contentType
map
stage
normalized
title
Geological map of the United States
description
The Hitchcock family’s interest in geology passed from Edward to his son Charles, who by 1861 was appointed the State Geologist in Maine, and later in the decade State Geologist in New Hampshire. Geologic mapping of the area west of the Mississippi River grew rapidly after the Civil War, and the 1872 map displayed here by Hitchcock and William Blake is an example of that effort. Prepared for the 1870 statistical atlas of the United States, this map represents a transition from earlier 19th-century examples, as it uses highly detailed placement of vivid colors to differentiate between geologic time periods, and examines the fossils contained within the rocks.
date
["1872"]
year
1872
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
English
identifierLocal
06_01_008455
creators
Hitchcock, Charles H. (Charles Henry), 1836-1919
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection
subjects
Geology--United States--Maps
United States--Census, 1870
subjectsGeographic
North and Central America
United States
genreBasic
Maps
typeOfResource
Cartographic
country
United States
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largeImageUrl
pageCount
1
source
import
pubPlace
Washington, D.C
publisher
[G.P.O.]
Source extras
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sf268508b
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41688024w
schema:latitude
38
schema:longitude
-98
extent
1 map : col. ; 53 x 84 cm.
notes
Issued with vol. 3 of the 9th census report.
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no
dcId
7h149x508
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map
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1
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0
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photo
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