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Source Description
Relief shown by hachures.
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Document identity
localId
7h149w44x
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
7h149w44x
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
["1850"]
year
1850
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
English
identifierLocal
06_01_008405
creators
Colton, G. Woolworth (George Woolworth), 1827-1901
Atwood, John M., b. ca. 1818
Barnard, William S., b. ca. 1809
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection
subjects
North America--Maps
Atlantic Ocean--Maps
subjectsGeographic
Atlantic Ocean
North America
North and Central America
genreBasic
Maps
typeOfResource
Cartographic
thumbnailUrl
largeImageUrl
pageCount
1
source
import
pubPlace
New York
publisher
Published by J.H. Colton
Source extras
institutionArkId
sf268508b
collectionArkId
41688024w
schema:latitude
58.166
schema:longitude
-104.466
extent
1 map : col. ; 77 x 97 cm.
notes
Relief shown by hachures.
Covers also parts of South America and Canada.
Shows cities and towns, Indian tribal areas, railroads, canals, drainage, etc.
Prime meridians: Washington, D.C. and Greenwich.
Inset: A map of the Atlantic Ocean showing the American & European ports and the routes of the ocean steamers.
Includes tables of distances.
"Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1848 by J.H. Colton in the Clerk's Office of the District Court for the Southern District of New York."
Map surrounded by a decorative border of grapevines, historical vignettes, and U.S. buildings and monuments.
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no
dcId
7h149w44x
type
map
Single page context
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1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
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51f5a38f177a3ff2