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Source Description
Relief shown by hachures.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
ww72bp07g
label
Lloyd's official map of the state of Virginia from actual surveys by order of the Executive, 1828 & 1859
core
obj
dtoType
map
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
ww72bp07g
contentType
map
stage
normalized
title
Lloyd's official map of the state of Virginia from actual surveys by order of the Executive, 1828 & 1859
description
Relief shown by hachures.
date
["1862"]
year
1862
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
English
identifierLocal
06_01_006845
creators
Lloyd, James T.
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection
subjects
Virginia--Maps
subjectsGeographic
North and Central America
United States
Virginia
genreBasic
Maps
typeOfResource
Cartographic
country
United States
state
Virginia
thumbnailUrl
largeImageUrl
pageCount
1
source
import
pubPlace
New York
publisher
J.T. Lloyd
Source extras
institutionArkId
sf268508b
collectionArkId
41688024w
schema:latitude
37
schema:longitude
-80
extent
1 map : col. ; 76 x 117 cm.
notes
Relief shown by hachures.
Includes geographical remarks, population, altitudes, steam boat routes, and memoranda.
"Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1861 by J.T. Lloyd ..."
Indicates forts, towns, mills, factories, iron works, drainage, relief by hachures, county names and boundaries, roads, and railroads.
"N.B. This is the only map used to plan campaigns in Virginia by Gen. McClellan."
The text printed to the left of the map includes "Deviation of the magnetic needle from the true meridian, as ascertained from observations made during the years 1823 and 1824, by H. Boye," "Memoranda" describing the sources and projection used to make the map, "Geological remarks," "Situation, extent, &c." and "Table of the population."
List of new maps that are "Ready" is printed to the right of the map title.
Prime meridian: Washington.
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no
dcId
ww72bp07g
type
map
Single page context
seq
1
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0
type
photo
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176561eb7e30df39