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America Transformed: Agricultural production in the eastern United States is represented by this plate from the statistical atlas illustrating the 1870 census. There are four maps, each showing the distribution and degree of cultivation of two major crops. As the first national atlas, this prize-winning volume was a landmark publication displaying an unprecedented number of visual statistics and thematic maps. It was compiled by Francis Amasa Walker, Superintendent of the ninth and tenth censuses (taken in 1870 and 1880) and Commissioner of Indian Affairs (1871-1872). Walker transformed the census, acquiring and tabulating vast quantities of geographic information about the rapidly expanding country. However, this furthered the ability of the federal government to manage and control "the Indian as an obstacle to the national progress," as Walker described Native tribes in 1879.
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Document identity
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gb19h9904
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Maps showing the range, and, within the range, the degree of cultivation of certain principal crops
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map
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1
Source metadata
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gb19h9904
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map
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normalized
title
Maps showing the range, and, within the range, the degree of cultivation of certain principal crops
description
America Transformed: Agricultural production in the eastern United States is represented by this plate from the statistical atlas illustrating the 1870 census. There are four maps, each showing the distribution and degree of cultivation of two major crops. As the first national atlas, this prize-winning volume was a landmark publication displaying an unprecedented number of visual statistics and thematic maps. It was compiled by Francis Amasa Walker, Superintendent of the ninth and tenth censuses (taken in 1870 and 1880) and Commissioner of Indian Affairs (1871-1872). Walker transformed the census, acquiring and tabulating vast quantities of geographic information about the rapidly expanding country. However, this furthered the ability of the federal government to manage and control "the Indian as an obstacle to the national progress," as Walker described Native tribes in 1879.
date
["[1874]"]
year
1874
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
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No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
English
identifierLocal
06_01_016800
creators
Walker, Francis Amasa, 1840-1897
United States. Census Office
Julius Bien & Co.
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection
subjects
Crops--United States--Maps
Agriculture--United States--Maps
Farms--United States--Maps
United States--Maps
United States--Census, 1870
subjectsGeographic
North and Central America
United States
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Maps
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Cartographic
country
United States
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1
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pubPlace
[New York]
publisher
[Julius Bien, lith.]
Source extras
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sf268508b
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41688024w
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38
schema:longitude
-98
extent
4 maps on 1 sheet : color ; sheet 57 x 43 cm
notes
From Statistical atlas of the United States based on the results of the ninth census 1870 / Francis A. Walker. [New York]: Julius Bien, lith., 1874.
"Pl. XXXVI."
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gb19h9904
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map
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1
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0
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photo
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6d254854d2c74e85