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America Transformed: Frank Bond, a General Land Office surveyor, draftsman, and finally Chief Clerk, created this thematic, historical map that was atypical of other GLO publications. He compiled the major Spanish, Dutch, French, British, and American routes during four centuries of Euro-American exploration. This colorful presentation was overlaid on a standard base map that showed the extent of township surveys by the beginning of the 20th century. The map demonstrated the current state of geographical knowledge and suggested that by this time there was little unmapped land.
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Document identity
localId
7h149x89g
label
United States showing routes of principal explorers and early roads and highways
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obj
dtoType
map
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
7h149x89g
contentType
map
stage
normalized
title
United States showing routes of principal explorers and early roads and highways
description
America Transformed: Frank Bond, a General Land Office surveyor, draftsman, and finally Chief Clerk, created this thematic, historical map that was atypical of other GLO publications. He compiled the major Spanish, Dutch, French, British, and American routes during four centuries of Euro-American exploration. This colorful presentation was overlaid on a standard base map that showed the extent of township surveys by the beginning of the 20th century. The map demonstrated the current state of geographical knowledge and suggested that by this time there was little unmapped land.
date
["1908"]
year
1908
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
English
identifierLocal
06_01_008479
creators
Berthrong, I. P.
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection
subjects
Explorers--United States--Maps
United States--Maps
United States--Discovery and exploration--Maps
subjectsGeographic
North and Central America
United States
genreBasic
Maps
typeOfResource
Cartographic
country
United States
thumbnailUrl
largeImageUrl
pageCount
1
source
import
pubPlace
[Washington, D.C.]
publisher
Dept. of the Interior, General Land Office
Source extras
institutionArkId
sf268508b
collectionArkId
41688024w
schema:latitude
38
schema:longitude
-98
extent
1 map : col. ; 59 x 81 cm.
notes
Relief shown by hachures.
Insets: Alaska -- Philippine Islands -- Tutuila Group of the Samoan Islands -- Manua -- Guam or Cuajan Island -- Hawaiian Islands -- Porto Rico -- Panama Canal -- Isthmus of Panama showing location of canal.
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no
dcId
7h149x89g
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map
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1
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0
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photo
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411f137ee3202709