Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Haines, D.
2. Dankworth, Frederick, approximately 1804-
3. Mitchell, S. Augustus (Samuel Augustus), 1792-1868.

Description

1. 1 map : hand col.; 107 x 84 cm.

Donor/Sponsor

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

Subject

1. Canals > United States > Maps
2. United States > Maps

Call number

1. Map Div. 01-5240

Note

1. Relief shown by hachures.
2. Prime meridian: Washington.
3. "Entered according to Act of Congress, in the Clerks Office of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, October 10th 1834 by S. Augustus Mitchell."
4. Includes decorative cartouche, "Distances on the Erie and Champlain canals," "Length of the principal canals in the United States," "Comparative heights of the principal mountains and hills, of the United States," "Comparative lengths of the principal rivers of the United States," statistical tables of the United States and North America.
5. Insets: Vicinity of Albany -- Vicinity of the Falls of Niagara -- Vicinity of Boston -- Vicinity of New York -- Vicinity of Philadelphia -- Vicinity of Baltimore and Washington -- Vicinity of Charleston -- Vicinity of New Orleans -- Map of North America, including all the recent geographical discoveries.

Author

1. Young, J. H. (James Hamilton)

Title

1. Map of the United States / by J.H. Young ; engraved by J.H. Young, D. Haines & F. Dankworth.

Imprint

1. Philadelphia : Published by S. Augustus Mitchell, 1834.

Cartographic data

1. Scale [ca. 1:2,900,000].

Connect to:

1. NYPL Digital Collections

Added author

1. Haines, D.
2. Dankworth, Frederick, approximately 1804-
3. Mitchell, S. Augustus (Samuel Augustus), 1792-1868.

Research call number

1. Map Div. 01-5240