Map Phelps's national map of the United States : a traveller's guide : embracing the principal rail roads, canals, steam boat & stage routes, throughout the union

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About this Item

Title

  • Phelps's national map of the United States : a traveller's guide : embracing the principal rail roads, canals, steam boat & stage routes, throughout the union

Other Title

  • National map of the United States

Names

  • Atwood, John M., approximately 1818-, cartographer, engraver.
  • Ensigns & Thayer, publisher.

Created / Published

  • New York : Published by Ensign & Thayer, 50 Ann Street, 1852.

Headings

  • -  United States--Maps
  • -  United States

Genre

  • Maps

Notes

  • -  "Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1849 by Ensign & Thayer ... southern district of New York."
  • -  Prime meridian: Washington D.C.
  • -  Includes insets "Map of Oregon, California & Texas", "Southern part of Florida", "N. part of Maine", and portraits of U.S. presidents and statesmen and state emblems.
  • -  Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

Medium

  • 1 map : hand colored ; 44 x 57 cm

Call Number/Physical Location

  • G3700 1852 .A8

Repository

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

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 98685319

Online Format

  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Atwood, John M., Approximately , Cartographer, Engraver, and Publisher Ensigns & Thayer. Phelps's national map of the United States: a traveller's guide: embracing the principal rail roads, canals, steam boat & stage routes, throughout the union. New York: Published by Ensign & Thayer, 50 Ann Street, 1852. Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/98685319/.

APA citation style:

Atwood, J. M. & Ensigns & Thayer, P. (1852) Phelps's national map of the United States: a traveller's guide: embracing the principal rail roads, canals, steam boat & stage routes, throughout the union. New York: Published by Ensign & Thayer, 50 Ann Street. [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/98685319/.

MLA citation style:

Atwood, John M., Approximately , Cartographer, Engraver, and Publisher Ensigns & Thayer. Phelps's national map of the United States: a traveller's guide: embracing the principal rail roads, canals, steam boat & stage routes, throughout the union. New York: Published by Ensign & Thayer, 50 Ann Street, 1852. Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/98685319/>.