Map [Map of the United States and Canada].

About this Item

About this Item

Title

  • [Map of the United States and Canada].

Names

  • Breese, Samuel, 1802-1873.

Created / Published

  • [1847?]

Headings

  • -  United States--Maps, Manuscript
  • -  Canada--Maps, Manuscript
  • -  Indians of North America--Maps
  • -  United States
  • -  Canada

Notes

  • -  Shows only southeastern and southwestern portions of Canada.
  • -  Relief shown by hachures.
  • -  Title from published version.
  • -  Published version: Harper's cereographic map of the United States and Canada. New York : Harper & Brothers, 1847.
  • -  Prime meridian: Washington, D.C.
  • -  Pen-and-ink, colored ink, and watercolor.
  • -  Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
  • -  Includes notes indicating distribution of Native American populations, 4 blank areas preserved for further additions, and 17 insets, insets pasted on.
  • -  Annotations in margins.
  • -  Minor losses along folds.
  • -  Conserved, mounted on rice paper.
  • -  Vendor: John Carbonell
  • -  Acquisitions control no. 1998-41

Medium

  • 1 ms. map : col. ; 77 x 108 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • G3700 1847 .B72

Repository

  • Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washington, D.C. 20540-4650 USA dcu

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2007633527

Online Format

  • image

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Credit Line: Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division.

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Breese, Samuel. Map of the United States and Canada. [?, 1847] Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/2007633527/.

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Breese, S. (1847) Map of the United States and Canada. [?] [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2007633527/.

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Breese, Samuel. Map of the United States and Canada. [?, 1847] Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2007633527/>.