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Description

1. 1 map : hand colored; 184 x 210 cm

Alternative title

1. Railroad and commercial map of the United States and Canada
2. Mapping the Nation (NEH grant, 2015-2018).

Subject

1. Railroads > New England > Maps
2. Maps
3. Railroads > Canada > Maps
4. Railroads > United States > Maps
5. United States > Maps

Genre/Form

1. Maps.

Call number

1. Map Div. (Atlas Cases) 15-5196

Note

1. Prime meridian: Washington, D.C. and Greenwich.
2. Shows U.S. east of the Rocky Mountains.
3. Insets: Vicinity of New York [1:300,000] -- Map of the railroads of New England on an enlarged scale [1:900,000] -- General map of the United States showing the railroad routes across the continent [1:7,500,000]
4. "1882"

Indexed in (note)

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

Author

1. G.W. & C.B. Colton & Co., cartographer, publisher.

Title

1. Colton's railroad and commercial map of the United States and Canada

Publisher

1. No. 182 William St., New York [N.Y.] : G.W. & C.B. Colton & Co., 1882

Cartographic data

1. Scale approximately 1:1,280,000; statute miles 20 to an inch (W 102°--W 66°/N 47°--N 28°).

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 188, column 2, row 4

Local note

1. NYPL copy is divided into 24 sheets of 46 x 37 cm. Shelved in box in Atlas Cases.

Connect to:

1. NYPL Digital Collections

Place of publication

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

Research call number

1. Map Div. (Atlas Cases) 15-5196