Research Catalog

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Description

1. 1 map : hand col.; 48 x 58 cm.

Donor/Sponsor

1. National Endowment for the Humanities Grant for Access to Early Maps of the Middle Atlantic Seaboard.

Alternative title

1. Map of the roads, canals & rail roads of the United States

Subject

1. Transportation > United States > Maps
2. United States > Distances, etc > Maps
3. United States > Maps, Tourist
4. Roads > United States > Maps
5. Railroads > United States > Maps
6. Canals > United States > Maps

Call number

1. Map Div. 01-5286

Note

1. Relief shown by hachures.
2. "Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1834, by H.S. Tanner, in the Clerk's Office of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
3. From Tanner's American traveller, or, Guide through the United States, 2nd ed. 1836.
4. Prime meridian: Washington, D.C.
5. Insets: Pottsville, &c. -- Environs of Pittsburg -- Cincinnati -- Louisville, &c. -- New Orleans -- Hudson River -- Environs of Montreal -- Albany, Saratoga, &c. -- Falls of Niagara &c. -- Environs of Quebec -- Environs of Providence -- Environs of Boston -- Environs of Richmond -- Environs of New York -- Environs of Charleston -- Baltimore & Washington -- Environs of Philadelphia.

Author

1. Tanner, Henry Schenck, 1786-1858.

Title

1. The travellers guide, or, Map of the roads, canals & rail roads of the United States, with the distances from place to place / by H.S. Tanner.

Imprint

1. Philadelphia : Published by H.S. Tanner, 144 Chestnut St., [1836]

Cartographic data

1. Scale [ca. 1:4,450,000].

Connect to:

1. NYPL Digital Collections

Added author

1. Tanner, Henry Schenck, 1786-1858. American traveller, or, Guide through the United States.

Research call number

1. Map Div. 01-5286 [Filed flat with U.S. 1834 ; related work in Map Div. 86-3213]