Research Catalog

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Description

1. 1 map : hand colored; 91 x 103 cm, on sheet 94 x 106 cm

Alternative title

1. Mapping the Nation (NEH grant, 2015-2018). US146.2.03

Subject

1. Railroads -- New York (State) -- Maps. - [Browse in index]
2. New York (State) -- Administrative and political divisions -- Maps. - [Browse in index]
3. New York (State) -- Maps. - [Browse in index]

Genre/Form

1. Maps.

Call number

1. Map Div. 16-5788

Language

1. English

Note

1. Prime meridians: Greenwich and Washington.
2. Shows counties and towns, completed and projected railroads, distances between railroad stations, and rivers.
3. Inset maps: Miniature rail road map of the vicinity of New York (scale approximately 1:318,000) -- The eastern portion of Long Island.
4. "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1875 by G.W. & C.B. Colton & Co. in the Office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington."

Indexed in (note)

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

Local note

1. NYPL Map Div. copy is divided into 2 sheets 94 x 53 cm.

Author

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

Cartographic data

1. Scale approximately 1:576,000 (W 80°10'--W 71°51'/N 45°05'--N 40°25').

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. 7, page 164, column 1, row 5

Source

1. US146.2.03

Connect to:

1. NYPL Digital Collections

Place of publication

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

Research call number

1. Map Div. 16-5788 [2 sheets]