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Map of the United States

Title
  1. Map of the United States / prepared by authority of the Honorable the Secretary of War, in the Office of the Chief of Engineers, under the direction of Brig. General A.A. Humphreys, Chief of Engineers & Bvt. Maj. Gen'l, U.S. Army ; originally compiled and drawn by E. Freyhold.
Published by
  1. [Washington, D.C.] : [Office of the Chief of Engineers, War Department], 1877.
Author
  1. United States. War Department. Office of the Chief of Engineers, creator, publisher.

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Additional authors
  1. Humphreys, A. A. (Andrew Atkinson), 1810-1883.
  2. Freyhold, Edward
Description
  1. 1 map on 2 sheets : color; 85 x 128 cm, sheets 95 x 67 cm
Alternative title
  1. Mapping the Nation (NEH grant, 2015-2018). US016.1.03
Subject
  1. Military bases
  2. Arsenals
  3. Maps
  4. Military bases > United States > Maps
  5. United States > Maps
  6. Arsenals > United States > Maps
Genre/Form
  1. Maps.
Call number
  1. Map Div. 15-5172
Note
  1. Arsenals, armories, forts, and barracks indicated by red flags.
  2. Prime meridians: Greenwich and Washington, D.C.
  3. Includes notes, inset of Alaska, and inset of West Indies and Central America.
Indexed in (note)
  1. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.)
  2. New York Public Library. Dictionary catalog of the Map Division
Author
  1. United States. War Department. Office of the Chief of Engineers, creator, publisher.
Title
  1. Map of the United States / prepared by authority of the Honorable the Secretary of War, in the Office of the Chief of Engineers, under the direction of Brig. General A.A. Humphreys, Chief of Engineers & Bvt. Maj. Gen'l, U.S. Army ; originally compiled and drawn by E. Freyhold.
Publisher
  1. [Washington, D.C.] : [Office of the Chief of Engineers, War Department], 1877.
Cartographic data
  1. Scale 1:5,000,000. One in. = 78.914 statute miles (W 141°--W 55°/N 55°--N 17°).
Type of content
  1. cartographic image
Type of medium
  1. unmediated
Type of carrier
  1. sheet
Indexed in:
  1. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), S197
Indexed in:
  1. New York Public Library. Dictionary catalog of the Map Division, v. 10, page 187, column b, row 3
Local note
  1. NYPL copy imperfect: some pieces chipped off near edges corresponding with center of country.
Source
  1. US016.1.03
Connect to:
  1. NYPL Digital Collections
  2. Library of Congress copy image
Place of publication
  1. United States District of Columbia Washington.
Added author
  1. Humphreys, A. A. (Andrew Atkinson), 1810-1883.
  2. Freyhold, Edward, compiler, draftsman.
LCCN
  1. 2006459244
Research call number
  1. Map Div. 15-5172
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