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Document identity
localId
cj82kw635
label
Map of the United States of America, the British provinces, Mexico, the West Indies and Central America, with part of New Granada and Venezuela
core
obj
dtoType
map
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
cj82kw635
contentType
map
stage
normalized
title
Map of the United States of America, the British provinces, Mexico, the West Indies and Central America, with part of New Granada and Venezuela
description
Relief shown by hachures.
date
["1857"]
year
1857
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
English
identifierLocal
06_01_009885
creators
Colton, G. Woolworth (George Woolworth), 1827-1901
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection
subjects
Railroads--United States--Maps
United States--Maps
Mexico--Maps
Central America--Maps
West Indies--Maps
subjectsGeographic
Mesoamerica
Mexico
North and Central America
United States
West Indies
genreBasic
Maps
typeOfResource
Cartographic
country
United States
pageCount
1
source
import
pubPlace
New York
publisher
J.H. Colton and Co.
Source extras
institutionArkId
sf268508b
collectionArkId
41688024w
schema:latitude
38
schema:longitude
-98
extent
1 map : hand col. ; 77 x 97 cm., folded in case 23 x 15 cm.
notes
Relief shown by hachures.
Prime meridians: Washington and Greenwich.
Insets: A map of the Atlantic Ocean showing the America & European ports and the routes of the ocean steamers -- The Isthmus of Panama showing the routes of travel between Chagres & Panama.
Includes table of distances and ill.
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no
dcId
cj82kw635
type
map
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