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Source Description
America Transformed: This map, one of the first thematic maps of the United States published by the General Land Office, provided an inventory of the nation’s land and mineral resources. Besides showing the extent of township surveys, it locates local land offices and completed, uncompleted, and projected railroads. In addition, it uses color coding to identify the locations of six mineral resources – gold (yellow), silver (red), copper (green), quicksilver (blue), tin (purple) and coal (gray) – primarily covering extensive areas of the western states and territories. Ignoring the presence of Native peoples in this region, the map suggests that the minerals are readily available for exploitation.
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Document identity
localId
7h14b315w
label
Map of the public land states and territories
core
obj
dtoType
map
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
7h14b315w
contentType
map
stage
normalized
title
Map of the public land states and territories
description
America Transformed: This map, one of the first thematic maps of the United States published by the General Land Office, provided an inventory of the nation’s land and mineral resources. Besides showing the extent of township surveys, it locates local land offices and completed, uncompleted, and projected railroads. In addition, it uses color coding to identify the locations of six mineral resources – gold (yellow), silver (red), copper (green), quicksilver (blue), tin (purple) and coal (gray) – primarily covering extensive areas of the western states and territories. Ignoring the presence of Native peoples in this region, the map suggests that the minerals are readily available for exploitation.
date
["1864"]
year
1864
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
English
identifierLocal
06_01_008796
creators
United States. General Land Office
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection
subjects
Mines and mineral resources--United States--Maps
Railroads--United States--Maps
United States--Maps
subjectsGeographic
North and Central America
United States
genreBasic
Maps
typeOfResource
Cartographic
country
United States
thumbnailUrl
largeImageUrl
pageCount
1
source
import
pubPlace
[Washington]
publisher
General Land Office
Source extras
institutionArkId
sf268508b
collectionArkId
41688024w
schema:latitude
38
schema:longitude
-98
extent
1 map : hand col. ; 76 x 111 cm.
notes
Relief shown by hachures.
Manuscript coloring showing Offices and metallic resources.
hasTranscription
no
dcId
7h14b315w
type
map
Single page context
seq
1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
mediaId
9bcc451c78af87e0