Research Catalog

Title

Map showing the position of the forest, prairie & treeless regions of North America exclusive of Mexico / prepared under the direction of C.S. Sargent, special agent.

Author

Sargent, Charles Sprague, 1841-1927

Publication

• [Washington, D.C.] : Department of the Interior, [1884]
• N.Y. : Julius Bien & Co.,lith.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Gannett, Henry, 1846-1914
• King, Harry, (Harold G. R.)
• United States. Department of the Interior.
• Julius Bien & Co., lithographer.

Description

1 map : color; 56 x 43 cm

Alternative Title

Mapping the Nation (NEH grant, 2015-2018). NA018

Subjects

• Phytogeography
• Forests and forestry
• Canada
• Phytogeography > North America > Maps
• Thematic maps
• Forests and forestry > Canada > Maps
• United States
• Phytogeography > United States > Maps
• Phytogeography > Canada > Maps
• Forests and forestry > United States > Maps
• Maps
• Forests and forestry > North America > Maps
• North America

Genre/Form

• Maps.
• Thematic maps.

Note

• Relief shown by shading.
• Includes inset of Aleutian Islands.
• "Compiled under the direction of Henry Gannett, E.M. Harry King draughtsman."
• In top margin: No. 1, Department of the Interior, Tenth Census of the United States.
• Appears in C.S. Sargent's Report on the forests of North America (exclusive of Mexico). Washington, 1884.

Indexed In (note)

• International bibliography of vegetation maps
• New York Public Library. Dictionary catalog of the Map Division

Call Number

Map Div. 15-463

OCLC

914243312

Author

Sargent, Charles Sprague, 1841-1927, creator.

Title

Map showing the position of the forest, prairie & treeless regions of North America exclusive of Mexico / prepared under the direction of C.S. Sargent, special agent.

Publisher

[Washington, D.C.] : Department of the Interior, [1884]

Manufacturer

N.Y. : Julius Bien & Co.,lith.

Cartographic Data

Scale approximately 1:15,200,000] (W 175°--W 15°/N 80°--N 6°).

Type of Content

cartographic image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

sheet

Indexed In:

International bibliography of vegetation maps, v. 1, p. 1-2

New York Public Library. Dictionary catalog of the Map Division, v. 1, page 249, column b, row 2

Local Note

NYPL Map Div. copy has accession no. stamped in lower left corner: 60497.

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Place of Publication

United States District of Columbia Washington.

Added Author

Gannett, Henry, 1846-1914, compiler.

King, Harry, (Harold G. R.), draftsman.

United States. Department of the Interior.

Julius Bien & Co., lithographer.

Research Call Number

Map Div. 15-463 [Filed with North America [188-], as originally cataloged in NYPL Dictionary catalog of the Map Division]