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America Transformed: This map, designed for travelers, compressed the Mississippi River and its major tributaries—the Ohio, Illinois, and Missouri—onto one compact sheet, providing a succinct guide to towns and distances along the navigable portions of the rivers. The Mississippi River and its tributaries provided transportation arteries for exploration, commerce, and travel. Starting in the early 19th century, steamboats dominated transportation on these navigable rivers. Canals, also introduced in the early 19th century, improved transportation, but they required significant investments into infrastructure. Steamboats, on the other hand, could travel on existing waterways and, unlike boats that relied on sails, against the current.
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Document identity
localId
7h14b0379
label
A new map of the western rivers, or, Travellers guide
core
obj
dtoType
map
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
7h14b0379
contentType
map
stage
normalized
title
A new map of the western rivers, or, Travellers guide
description
America Transformed: This map, designed for travelers, compressed the Mississippi River and its major tributaries—the Ohio, Illinois, and Missouri—onto one compact sheet, providing a succinct guide to towns and distances along the navigable portions of the rivers. The Mississippi River and its tributaries provided transportation arteries for exploration, commerce, and travel. Starting in the early 19th century, steamboats dominated transportation on these navigable rivers. Canals, also introduced in the early 19th century, improved transportation, but they required significant investments into infrastructure. Steamboats, on the other hand, could travel on existing waterways and, unlike boats that relied on sails, against the current.
date
["1851"]
year
1851
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
English
identifierLocal
06_01_008634
creators
Munson, Samuel B., 1806-1880
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection
subjects
Mississippi River--Maps
Missouri River--Maps
Ohio River--Maps
Illinois River (Ill.)--Maps
subjectsGeographic
Illinois
Mississippi River
Missouri River
North and Central America
Ohio River
United States
genreBasic
Maps
typeOfResource
Cartographic
country
United States
thumbnailUrl
largeImageUrl
pageCount
1
source
import
pubPlace
Cincinnati, Ohio
publisher
H. S. & J. Applegate
Source extras
institutionArkId
sf268508b
collectionArkId
41688024w
schema:latitude
47.2333
schema:longitude
-95.2
extent
1 map ; 56 x 27 cm.
notes
Includes distance list.
Text on verso.
hasTranscription
no
dcId
7h14b0379
type
map
Single page context
seq
1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
mediaId
0414ee8beac26ae6