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Document identity
localId
ht250291x
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F.T. Neely's new commercial map of the United States, Canada, British Columbia, and Northern Mexico, showing all the railroads, counties, and principal towns up to date
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obj
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map
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1
Source metadata
id
ht250291x
contentType
map
stage
normalized
title
F.T. Neely's new commercial map of the United States, Canada, British Columbia, and Northern Mexico, showing all the railroads, counties, and principal towns up to date
description
Relief shown by hachures.
date
["1893"]
year
1893
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
English
identifierLocal
06_01_011989
creators
Neely, F. Tennyson (Frank Tennyson), 1863-1941
Rand McNally and Company
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection
subjects
World history
United States--History
United States--Population--Charts, diagrams, etc
United States--Politics and government--Charts, diagrams, etc
United States--Maps
subjectsGeographic
North and Central America
United States
genreBasic
Maps
typeOfResource
Cartographic
country
United States
thumbnailUrl
largeImageUrl
pageCount
1
source
import
pubPlace
Chicago
publisher
F.T. Neely
Source extras
institutionArkId
sf268508b
collectionArkId
41688024w
schema:latitude
38
schema:longitude
-98
extent
1 map : hand colored ; 96 x 134 cm + advertisement (1 sheet ; 22 x 14 cm)
notes
Relief shown by hachures.
Prime meridians: Greenwich and Washington.
Includes description and statistics of the Columbian Exposition and description and illustration of the Statue of Liberty. Timeline from 1500 to 1890 and 3 charts in margins. Maps, diagrams and illustrations on verso.
Charts: Area and population of foreign countries, compared with the United States, 1890 -- Population of the United States, 1890 -- Population of the United States at intervals of five years, 1780 to 1890.
Timeline: Chronological discoveries, explorations, and important events.
On verso: portraits of 23 U.S. presidents; diagram of the history of political parties in the United States; Persia, Afghanistan and Baluchistan; map of Abyssinia and surrounding countries; Southern Africa comprising Cape of Good Hope, Natal, etc. with Orange River Free State and South African Republic; Central America; Alaska; diagram showing the comparative strength of the armies of the principal countries of the world; the creeds of the world; astronomy; Western Hemisphere; Eastern Hemisphere; diagram showing the tonnage of the navy of various countries and text.
Publisher advertisement allows customers to purchase copies for friends at a discounted price of $1.00. Form for Names of persons who might canvass on verso.
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no
dcId
ht250291x
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map
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1
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0
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photo
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