Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Phelps, Humphrey, active 19th century
2. Ensigns & Thayer, publisher

Description

1. 1 map : hand colored; 44 x 57 cm

Alternative title

1. Mapping the Nation (NEH grant, 2015-2018). US010.1.05

Subject

1. Transportation > United States > Maps
2. United States > Maps
3. Tourist maps
4. Maps

Genre/Form

1. Maps.
2. Tourist maps.

Call number

1. Map Div. 15-5094

Note

1. Relief shown by hachures.
2. Prime meridian: Washington. Longitude coordinates expressed here as measured from Greenwich.
3. "Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1849 by Ensign & Thayer in the Clerks Office of the District Court of the Southern District of New York."
4. Insets: N. part of Maine -- Southern part of Florida -- Map of Oregon, California & Texas.
5. To accompany: Phelps' travelers' guide through the United States. New and improved ed. New York : Ensign, Thayer, & Co., 1851.
6. Includes illustrations of historical figures and state seals in surrounding margin.

Indexed in (note)

1. New York Public Library. Dictionary catalog of the Map Division

Author

1. Atwood, John M., approximately 1818-1884, draftsman, engraver.

Title

1. Phelps's national map of the United States [cartographic material] : a travellers' guide : embracing the principal rail roads, canals, steam boat & stage routes, throughout the union / drawn & engraved by J.M. Atwood, N.Y.

Imprint

1. New York : Ensign & Thayer, 50 Ann Street, 1851.

Cartographic data

1. Scale [ca. 1:4,700,000]. (W 98°--W 67°/N 46°--N 29°).

Type of content

1. cartographic image

Type of medium

1. unmediated

Type of carrier

1. sheet

Indexed in:

1. New York Public Library. Dictionary catalog of the Map Division, v. 10, page 183, column a, row 4

Source

1. US010.1.05

Connect to:

1. NYPL Digital Collections

Place of publication

1. United States New York (State) New York.

Added author

1. Phelps, Humphrey, active 19th century.
2. Ensigns & Thayer, publisher.

Research call number

1. Map Div. 15-5094