Map Map of the United States of America : with the contiguous British and Spanish possessions

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Title

  • Map of the United States of America : with the contiguous British and Spanish possessions

Names

  • Melish, John, 1771-1822.

Created / Published

  • Philadelphia : J. Melish, [1816]

Headings

  • -  United States--Maps
  • -  United States

Notes

  • -  Relief shown pictorially.
  • -  First state.
  • -  Includes inset of the West Indies.
  • -  Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
  • -  LC copy sectioned in thirds and mounted on cloth backing. Inscribed in red ink: Entered according to Act of Congress the [blank] day of June 1816 and published by John Melish. Some longitudes and latitude numbers are annotations.
  • -  Vault

Medium

  • 1 map : hand col. ; 88 x 145 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • G3700 1816 .M4

Repository

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

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 96686672

Online Format

  • image

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Melish, John. Map of the United States of America: with the contiguous British and Spanish possessions. [Philadelphia: J. Melish, 1816] Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/96686672/.

APA citation style:

Melish, J. (1816) Map of the United States of America: with the contiguous British and Spanish possessions. [Philadelphia: J. Melish] [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/96686672/.

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Melish, John. Map of the United States of America: with the contiguous British and Spanish possessions. [Philadelphia: J. Melish, 1816] Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/96686672/>.